Fred Ben White

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Benjamin married Alabama Williams on 12 Jan 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Alabama (daughter of Lewis Sullivan "L. S." Williams and Frances Williams) was born after 1877; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Blanche Finley Toole wroted Melinda Strong, in September 2000, that Edward "ran away and joined to Civil War at age 14. He was a Bugle Boy." Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Co. G. Col. Bradford's Inf Brig. - CSA"



(Research):

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
117-118
White, Edward J W M 33 Farmer La Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 27 Wf Keeping House Tx Va Ky
White, Edna E W F i Dtr Tx
White, Fannie R W F 6 Dtr Tx
White, Ben M W M 3 Son Tx
White, Pattie M W F 1/12 May Dtr Tx

Edward married Mary Benena Meador in 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Richard Meador and Mary Ann Tucker) was born about 1853 in Texas; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Lewis and Daniel [Williams] were in the Civil War. In Dec of 1869, the Lewis, Daniel, and Hillary Judge Williams families came to Texas. At the same time Henry Y. Smith, the Brownings, Greers, Daniel Cordray, and no doubt, many other Georgians transfered themselves to Texas and settled in the Redlands of Sabine County. Lewis S. Williams was a surveyor and farmer."

Lewis married Frances Williams before 1866 in Clay County, Georgia. Frances was born on 7 May 1850; died on 29 Oct 1933; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Daniel (CSA) and Mary Williams.

Notes:

On the Sabine County 1854 Scholastic Census, H.S. White was shown as of household with five (5) children between the ages of 6 and 16 enrolled at School District No. 6. They were: Edward, Vardamenn, Mary, Hanibal, and Arrilla. Who was Arrilla, and who was her mother? Could this have been Hanzel, his daughter by Eliza Jones?

Henry S and Mary E White (third wife) were among the 11 founding members of the First Baptist Church of Hemphill, all of whom gathered on the banks of the Housen Bayou, drawing up 12 articles of Faith and 24 articles of Decorum. Henry served as the clerk to the church, recording all church proceedings for a period of some 12 years (from 1858 to 1870), as a delegate to church conferences, and as the moderator of church proceedings. In November, 1868, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Church. The MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS were transcribed and indexed by Di Ann Vick in 1982, and are available for purchase from both Ingmire Publications, 10166 Clairmont Dr St. Louis MO 63136 and Ericson Books 1614 Redbud St Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.

In 1876, H S and Mary E White left the First Baptist Church and were among the founding members of the Antioch Baptist Church in the Gravel Hill Community of Sabine County. According to a plaque on the front of the Antioch Church, J. S. Lambert and J J Roundtree were the organizers. Other founding members included: George Conn, John Anderson, T.D. Burkhalter, John De Weese, L.W. Hoard, Hosie Baldree, Ann Mason, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C.A. Hoard, C. Baldree

Per the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by White and Toole, "Henry S. White Sr. was Judge of Sabine County from 1869-1875, serving with Solomon Arthur. (They were called Chief Magistrates until the new State Constitution went into effect at the end of their term). Henry S. White was also a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. As the White Plantation lay just west of Hemphill, he was one of the last of the "Paderos" for the return of run-a-way slaves."

I have been unable to locate a CSA service record for Henry. It is probable that he was considered too old for service, he was almost 50 at the outbreak of the war.

His tombstone indicates he was a Mason.

Note in the 1920 Sabine County, Texas federal census, there was a 50 year old mulatto farmer named Jesse White (#594-616). He noted that his father was born in Mississippi and his mother in Georgia. What is his relationship, if any, to the other White's in Sabine County, Texas?

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
13 Sept 1850
305-307
Henry White 37 M Farmer 900 Ga
Anne White 26 F Miss
H J 13 M Miss
Mary White 11 F Miss
Will White 8 M Miss
A. V. White 6 La
Edward White 3 M La
Jno. White 3/12 M La

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No 1
Page 15C and 16D SD 1 ED 85 Stemped 231\\
Enumerated 26 and 28 Jun 1880
155-156
White, Henry S. W M 68 Farmer Ga Va Ga
White, Mary E W F 59 Wf Keeping House Miss Tn NC
Wallace, Sophia W F 30 StpDtr Farm laborer Miss --- ---
White, Eunice W F 28 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
White, Ann E W F 25 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
White, Ruth T W F 19 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---

Henry married Ann Vardeman before 1842 in Mississippi. Ann (daughter of Amaziah Vardeman and Una (Eunice) Carter) was born about 1824 in Mississippi; died after 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, he was a physician.

Richard married Mary Ann Tucker before 1837. Mary was born on 10 Jun 1818 in Kentucky; died on 2 Jun 1864 in Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows her as a daughter of James Tucker and Mary Richie.

David married Sarah ???. Sarah was born before 1820; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Greer family came to Texas from Georgia and reached the west bank of the Sabine River at Sabinetown Dec. 24, 1869, on a birhg moonlit night. They came with a large caravan, and all settled in Sabine County. The three Greer children were orphaned, and Sarah Williams, mother of Lewis Williams, took them in her home. When Lewis S. Williams, his family, and the other Williams families, Brownings, and Smiths came to Texas, the Greers came with them. They wereL David Greer m Martha Arnold; Jane Greer m Wm. M. Horn; and Sallie Greer m David Gellately. There are many Greer descendants in Sabine County. (White and Toole, p 67).