William Levi Noble, Jr

Notes:

1870 US Mortality Schedules
Source Genealogy.com New Data Base
Noble, William L.
Age: 26
Gender: M
Occupation: Farmer
Death Date: April, 1870
Death Location: Sabine, Texas
Cause: Brain Inflammation
Birth Location: Texas

Above information courtesy of Debra LaMel (TX), Alta Mitchem Durden (SC), and Sandy Arnold Carr (LA).

William married Elizabeth Jane Burroughs before 1869. Elizabeth (daughter of James M. Burroughs and Lou Ann E. Fullen) was born about 1852 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 census, Eliza was living with her grandparents in San Augustine County, Her mother, Lou Ann, had remarried and was living with her second husband and their children in nearby Sabine County.

At the time of the 1870 census, Eliza was widowed and she is living with her grandparents and son, 1 year old William NOBLE. She is listed as a farmer, with both real and personal property.

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
183-183
P.W. Fullen?/Fuller? 43 M Farmer 300 150 SC
Sarah R. " 45 F Va
Eliza J. " 8 F Texas (Eliza J. BURROUGHS, granddaughter).
Rachael 3 " F Texas

Eliza's mother, Lou Ann, had remarried and was living with her second husband, Manuel Loving, in adjacent Sabine County.

1870 Census
Sabine County, Texas
624/624
Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C.
FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
Noble, William 1 M W Texas

1880 Census
Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James A. MITCHEM Self M Male W 35 GA GA GA
Eliza E. MITCHEM Wife M Female W 28 TX K. House --- ---
William N. MITCHEM Son S Male W 10 TX Home AR TX (Stepson to Eliza)
James M. MITCHEM Son S Male W 3 TX GA TX
Vadder E. MITCHEM Dau S Female W 7 TX GA TX
MITCHEM Dau S Female W 3M TX GA TX
Mary BARRAUES Other S Female B 12 TX Servant GA ---
Source Information:
Census Place Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255314 NA Film Number T9-1314
Page Number 290C

Jamison married Louisa Jane Oliphint before 1845. Louisa (daughter of Alfred Davenport Oliphint and Jemima Allen) was born about 1821 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Debra LaMel wrote that James M. Burroughs "was born in abt 1824 in Tuscaloosa Co AL to Raymond Burroughs and Elizabeth Harris Foster who married on 3-5-1817 Richmond Co GA.

James M Burroughs we think married LouAnn Fuller/n the daughter of Powell and Sarah R. Fuller/Fullen, any way Lou Ann later married Emanuel "Manuel" Walton Loving

I have also a lead on the death of her father James M Burroughs in Galveston Tx that I am awaiting on documentation for as well I have located a mention of his probated estate in the Galveston Paper in that time frame. I have sent to Galveston for this but have not received a reply yet. The Galveston Daily News Sunday February 4, 1900 Page 8 or 9 Some of the principal estates in the city, according to the inventories filed in the probate court, were valued as follows:
George Ball
John Sealy
J. L Durragh 1,120,460.00
Henry Rosenburg 1,197,747.00
Morltz Koppert 491,772,27
R. S. Willis/Wilds? 1,613,128.21
Isadore Dyer 123,470.31
Isadore LeClere 2,375.59
W. N. Willis 323,000.00
J. J. Hendley 561,680.86
H. Kempner 1,666,093.19
J. M. Burroughs 203,479.10
Ellen G. C. Durragh 169,795.00

This has to be James M. Burroughs, son of Raymond and Elizabeth and father of Eliza, because the other James M. Burroughs, son of Dr. John Jones was not deceased by 1900.

Dr. John Jones Burroughs was James M Burroughs brother, he also had a son named James M Burroughs, who was very heavily involved in the Military. He was an Adjutant (Military lawyer) The article goes on to tell histories of the first set of names and there donations, however J M Burroughs is not among them. James M Burroughs was listed on the 1891 (and other) Galveston City Directories as well. So we know he died bet 1895 and February 1900

Galveston, Texas City Directories
1888-91

Name: James M. Burroughs
Location 1: office over 211 20th between Postoffice, Church
Location 2: rooms same; boards Tremont Hotel Business Name: Galv. Wharf Company
Occupation: attorney; president

Name: James M. Burroughs; James M. Brown; Joseph Aiken
Location 1: Office Central Wharf, n end 21street Business Name: Galveston Wharf Company Occupation: president; vice-president; secretary and treasurer

Galveston Wharves later to become Galveston Wharf Company

(Research):

Census Listings:

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John M. DOHERTY Self S Male W 40 PA Sign Painter IRE IRE
James M. BURROUGHS Other S Male W 50 KY Lawyer VA VA

Source Information: Census Place Galveston, Galveston, Texas Family History Library Film 1255305 NA Film Number T9-1305 Page Number 58C

James married Lou Ann E. Fullen after 1850. Lou (daughter of Powell W. Fullen and Sarah R ???) was born about 1836 in Kentucky; died after 1869 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They may not have been legally married. If they were, they presumably divorced after the birth of daughter Elizabeth.

Levi married Jane Steen. Jane was born before 1800; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is included on the List of Slave Owners on the 1850 Sabine County, Texas Census, with 17 slaves. (Schluter & Toole, p I).

First of all, I saw in the 1840 Holmes County, Mississippi index that Robert Oliphint (may be your Robert), Bluford A. Oliphint and Alfred D. Oliphint were on page 259. Also, on this page were Silas S. Cause, Green B. Causey and Solimon Causey. On page 251 were Isaac C. Olipohint and Wilford Oliphant. On the 1850 Holmes County, Mississippi, Lexington census index on page 286 were Robert B. Oliphint and S.R. Olipints on page 288.

I found that on December 18, 1839, Alfred D. Oliphint obtained a conditional certificate for 320 acres of land in Sabine county, "he having brought with him his negroes, but his having not brought with him his white family but in the summer of 1840 said Oliphint returned to U.S. and removed his family to the Republic of Texas and his continued to reside in Sabine..."

He is found on the 1850 Sabine County census with his family and Solomon Causey and then Green B. Causey are living next door. There is also a Robert J. Oliphint living with Louisa Jane Oliphint Noble (daughter of Alfred and Jemima) living several doors from Alfred. A Joseph B. Oliphint and Wilford D. Oliphint (says son of Robert Oliphint & Abigail Davenport) are also living in Sabine County nearby.

Alfred is shown as A. D. on the 1860 Sabine County census. He is also on the 1880 Sabine County census.

I looked at an index to the Sabine County, Texas cemeteries. They had Alford and Martha listed and several other Oliphants but not Robert and Abigail. I wonder if the Robert shown on the 1850 Mississippi is Alfred's father? If Alfred was 41 in 1840, his father was 69 and that seems a little old to be moving, but not unheard of."

Here is the response to my email with some additional information:

"My ggg grandfather, Robert Oliphant, also had a son named Robert Bedford Oliphant who stayed behind in MS and never went to TX with his older brothers and parents. My gg grandfather, Dr. Samuel Rutherford Oliphant, Sr. M.D., was the youngest child, and traveled to MS with his parents and older brothers when they came back to MS to fetch the women and children, etc. and to take them to TX in 1840....Alfred and some of his male family and negroes having gone there in 1839 to secure the land.

I'll never know whether Robert and Abigail went to TX with the intention of returning to Holmes Co or not. I suspect that at their advanced age, they felt they needed to go with their older and more established sons, leaving behind their younger married son, Robert B. whose children may have been too young to make such a trip, as well as 2 daughters that I know of: Mary Oliphant Stigler(w/o Wm Stigler) stayed behind in MS and Eliza Ann Oliphant Wells (w/o Lindsey S. Wells) stayed behind as well. My Samuel returned to MS as a teenager to study medicine and marry his sweetheart back in Holmes Co...Laura Lovisa King.

Since Robert and Abigail owned at least 19 slaves, I am still trying to find their estate sale. I believe they died intestate, but the Holmes Co courthouse had a fire and the records are incomplete, so I may never know. I do know that somewhere I saw a record of one of the sons in law being appointed administrator in Holmes around 1845 or so. (When I sent money for a record, nothing ever was returned, so I shall have to go back in person, I guess. It is frustrating.)Wilford D. Oliphant was married to Martha Ann "Patsy" Stigler and Bluford A. Oliphant was married to Lenora Lehr. There was a younger Wilford who, I believe, was a teenager when they all removed to the Republic of TX in 1840.

Martha Oliphant Wiltshire(w/o Benj. Wiltshire) also went to TX with her family at some point, and I am thinking that it was her husband who was appointed administrator of the senior Oliphant's estate."

Connie in Texas clperdue@swbell.net

Alfred married Jemima Allen about 1821. Jemima was born before 1803; died before 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanche Finley Toole, a Sabine County genealogist, indicated she was a sister of Thompson Allen of Sabine County. This has not been proven, nor is she listed in the transcription of the Arva Allen Bible.

Notes:

Appears to be FULLEN from viewing the actual census microfilm. In Schluter and Toole's transcription of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas Census, he was listed as Powell FULLER.

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County
136-136
Powell W. FULLER (sic) 34 m SC Farmer
Sarah R. 34 f Va
Lou Ann E. 14 f Ky (m. Manuel Walton LOVING, son of Manuel W. Loving & Elizabeth Chiles)

He is living in the household immediately following William and Mahala CLARK, and preceding Elijah and Jane Clark. William Clark is said to be from Edgefield County, SC.

Said by Amy FULLEN to be a brother-in-law of Rebecca Fullen--the mother of William, John and James Fullen. She was a widow on the 1850 Sabine County, Census.

1860 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
183-183
P.W. Fullen?/Fuller? 43 M Farmer 300 150 SC
Sarah R. " 45 F Va
Eliza J. " 8 F Texas
(Eliza is their Grandaughter, born ot LouAnn Fuller/Fullen and James M. Burroughs)
Rachael 3 " F Texas

Note: On the actual census microfilm, the final letter of Powell's name is not clearly an N or an R. Debra LaMel writes that Eliza J BURROUGHS is actually a granddaughter of Powell and Sarah. This makes possible that the younger Rachel is a granddaughter as well.

On the 1870 Sabine County transcription by Blanche Toole, he is again listed as P.N. FULLER, in household 624/624. Again, on the actual microfilm, the accurate spelling of the name is not clear.

624/624
Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C.
FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
Noble, William 1 M W Texas

The relationship between the Davidson and Fullen/Fuller family is not known. Malvina Beddoe Davidson, however, is not a daughter of Powell and Sarah.

At the time of the 1880 census, Powell could not be found. His wife, Sarah, presumably widowed, was living with her daughter, Rachel, and son-in-law, John HARRIS in Henderson County, Texas.

Powell married Sarah R ??? before 1836. Sarah was born about 1816 in Virginia; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]