Rachel Laverne Morgan

Talbert married Minnie Clifford Byrd on 21 Dec 1927 in Jasper County, Texas. Minnie was born on 17 Jan 1907 in Texas; died on 6 Oct 2004 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Stiles Byrd and Renzie Mintner. She was called Clifford.

This is her listing on the SSDI:

CLIFFORD MORGAN 17 Jan 1907 06 Oct 2004 (V) 75951 (Jasper, Jasper, TX ) (none specified) 449-98-5942 Texas

Sabine County Reporter
October 13, 2004

Minnie Clifford Morgan

Minnie Clifford Morgan, 97, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at her residence. She was a longtime resident of Erin. Survivors: daughters, Thetis SINGLETARY of Erin, and Jenoyce STEPHENSON and Lois OLDS, both of Springhill; sons Monroe Morgan and Ronnie Morgan, both of Erin; 18 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren, and 24 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Oct. 8 at Forest Oaks Funeral Home chapel in Jasper. Interment followed at Zion Hill Cemetery in Jasper County.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Panola County, Pr 8
Enumeratad 26 Ap 1910
SD 2 ED 130 Sheet 8B
140-140
Byrd, Pleamer Head M W 36 m1 8 La La La Farmer
Byrd, Renzie Wf F W 33 m1 8 3/2 Ga Ga Ga
Byrd, Elmer Son M W 5 Tx La Ga
Byrd, Clifford Dtr F W 3 S Tx La Ga

Columbus married Applis Arabella "Bell" Sims on 1 Apr 1897 in Jasper County, Texas. Applis (daughter of Rev. Alfred Cuthbert Sims and Rachell Laura Arabella Segrest) was born on 16 Oct 1880 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; died on 12 Jan 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth Morgan reported that his grandfather, Thomas Marion Morgan, loved his "Uncle Mal" and spent much time in his household when he was growing up. He said Mal was a sleepwalker, and the boys tried to watch out for him at night to prevent him from getting hurt. Early one morning, Mal asked the boys to go with him to their field across the creek to bring a turning plow back to the garden. When they arrived at the field the plow was missing, and they began to study tracks closely in the plowed ground. They found Mal's barefoot tracks where he had picked up the plow and walked across the creek on a log. Arriving back at the garden near the house they found the plow. Mal remembered nothing about the trip in the moonlight.

POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF JASPER COUNTY, TEXAS 1846 - 1930 source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/jasper.html

ERIN

Craige, Jas. A., 20 Sep 1847 Discontinued 5 Nov 1866

(Re-established) Faircloth, Jas. B., 31 Oct 1882
MORGAN, MALACHI, 22 Oct 1883 Aarant, Martin B., 29 Nov 1912
McLemore, Thos. F., 6 Nov 1913
McLemore, Nannie O., 3 Oct 1916
Aarant, Martin B., 15 Feb 1918
Discontinued 28 Feb 1923; mail to Magnolia Springs

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Census Listings:

According to the FamilySearch
1880 Census
Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313
Page 14
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Mal. MORGAN Self M M W 32 GA Occ:Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Eliza MORGAN Wife F M W 31 FL Occ:Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: FL
Robert MORGAN Son M S W 22 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Fountain MORGAN Son M S W 20 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Malichi F. MORGAN Son M S W 18TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
William O. MORGAN Son M S W 14 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Columbus MORGAN Son M S W 10 TX Fa: GA Mo: GA
Salura E. MORGAN Dau F S W 5 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Thomas MORGAN Son M S W 4 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Sarah MORGAN Dau F S W 2 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Lawrence MORGAN Son M S W 1 M TX Fa: GA Mo: FL

Malachi married Tomsil Williams on 12 Feb 1851 in Decatur County, Georgia. Tomsil was born on 12 Feb 1831 in Decatur County, Georgia; died before 1873 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also shown as "Tonazil" and "Tomsie." She is buried in an unmarked grave near her husband and his second wife.

Notes:

In A.C. Sims' memoirs of the Civil War, he tells that he joined up with General Hood's Texas Regiment in Georgia after the death of this twin brother, Hub in Arkansas. His elder brother, Tom, was an officer in the Confederate Army. A.C. suffered much illness during the period he was in Georgia. Upon the end of the fighting, he returned home to East Texas where he was a teacher and later a Baptist Minister.

He first married Rachell Segrest, and on the 1870 Tyler County census, they were living in the home of Rachell's father, Jacob Segrist. About 3 months after the birth of Apless Arabella, Rachell died, leaving A.C. with 5 children under the age of 10. He later married Fannie Allen, and they had 5 more children.

His last will and testament was very simple:

State of Texas Jasper, Jasper County 21 January 1903

To all whom it may concern: Know by these prescence that it is my will that my beloved wife F.A. Sims after my decease shall retain full possession of all that is called mine as a means of support until her death provided, however, she remains single. In the event that she should marry again or die, all properties in anywise belonging to me be equally divided between my ten children. Written with mine own hand this 21 day of January A.D. 1903.

A.C. Sims

(The foregoing information is courtesy of Candie Sims. A. C. Sims's full memoirs of the Civil War, orginally published inthe JASPER NEWS BOY on May 17, 1911, can be found on Candie's website: http://CandiesTree.webjump.com/ )

Alfred married Rachell Laura Arabella Segrest on 8 Dec 1869 in Tyler County, Texas. Rachell (daughter of Jacob Segrest, Jr. and Martha L. Day) was born about 1851 in Alabama; died between 1880 and 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]