Frances "Fannie" Travis

Family/Spouse: George Virgil Bennett. George (son of Tony Chester Bennett and Emma Lillian Denby) was born on 3 Dec 1907 in Texas; died on 2 Apr 1967 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Amanda Ida Travis about 1900. Amanda (daughter of Simpson Travis and Jane Harvey) was born about 1872 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Is this the same woman as the Ida he was married to per the 1910 Sabine County Census? Richard and Ida had been married 10 years, and she was the mother of 5 children, 3 of whom were still living.

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According to SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS "Sophronia P and Ruth (White), both had married brothers, Cannon and Richard Travis, cousins of Wm. Barret Travis of Alamo fame (p. 58). The Travis men fought with Marion 'The Swamp Fox' in the American Revolution. R.H. Travis was the son of Wm Travis, and g.son of John and Arabella Hurst Travis. This Travis lineage is a collateral line of William B. Travis of Alamo fame (p.73)"

According to MINUTES 1858-1890 OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, Richard H. Travis was one of the eleven founding members of this church, along with his wife, Ruth C. Travis, as well as his brother and sister-in-law, Cannon and Sophronia Travis. Richard and Cannon Travis's membership in the church was rocky. On several occasions their membership was withdrawn, such as on 13 August 1859 when "Brothers R H Travis, Cannon Travis, & Wm T White came forward and acknowledge that they bin overtaken in a falt and beged the church to bare with them on a promise of assistence of that they would Refrain in the futer from such company where uppon the Church forgive them in love." Their occasions of sin seemed to center around "indulgin in profane swaring....and indulgin too mutch in intocking spirits." Over the thirty some odd years they were associated with the church, they were expelled several times, and usually soon readmitted.

Richard married Rutha Caroline White on 14 Sep 1843 in Amite County, Mississippi. Rutha (daughter of Edward White and Elizabeth Strickland) was born about 1822 in Mississippi; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On the 1870 Sabine County, Texas Census, his family is shown as follows:

613/613

Travis, Simpson 48 M W Farmer Mississippi Travis, Jane 27 F W Keeping House Texas Travis, Quincy 6 M W Louisiana

On the 1880 Sabine County, Texas Census, the listing is as follows:

ED 84 Prect. 1 197-206 Travis, Sims W M 49 Miss ___ ___ Travis, Jane W F 36 Wife Tex Miss Miss Travis, Quincy? W F 16 Dau (sic) TX Travis, Ida W F 9 Dau TX Travis, Lee W M 7 Son TX

Simpson married Jane Harvey. Jane (daughter of Kindred Jeremiah Harvey and Amanda Jane Mobley) was born in Nov 1843 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes shown as William Barrett Travis

From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amit e, 29 Feb 1812

This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. The transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi.

Feb 1825: William Travis by experience May 1825: John Travis, Nancy Travis by experience Apr 1827: Brother and Sister Travis restored Jan 1829: Brother and Sister Travis reported for non-attendance Mar 1829: Brother and Sister Travis excluded July 1841: William Travis restored. William and Nancy Travis, letter of dismission. Apr 1842: Members included: Elizabeth White, Emily and Patsy Strickland, Rutha White, Henry Strickland, Elizabeth White (dec'd), Polly (Mary) Travis, William Travis, Nancy Travis, John Travis, John Travis, Sr., Nancy Travis, Mary Travis

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, St. Helena Parish, Eastern District
Enumerated 24 July 1850
Page 178
21-21
William Travis 50 M Farmer $500 Miss
Sabrina Travis 23 F La
Cannon Travis 22 M Farmer Miss
Polean Travis 17 F Miss
Decalb Travis 15 M Miss
Wm Travis 7 M La
Winna Travis 4 F La
Rebecca Carroll 22 F La
Henry Carroll 19 M Farmer La

1860 Census
Lousiana, St. Helena Parish
Enumerated 22 Jun 1860
Page 26
234-234
Wm Travis 62 M Farmer 1800 500 S. Carolina
Sabrina Travis 32 F La
William Travis 15 M La
Wineford Travis 12 F La
Alice Travis 6 F La
Izabell Travis 1/12 F La
Henry Wagoner 15 M La

William married Nancy B. Hurst on 8 Oct 1817 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Nancy was born about 1798 in Northumberland County, Virginia; died on 1 Nov 1842 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Henry Hurst.

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Married:
Jules Hurst, a descendant, also reported that William and Nancy (Hurst) Travis had "twin girls said to have been killed by lightning--names unknown to me."

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There is an Ed White in Pike County, Mississippi in 1820. This may or may not be the same Edward White that is located in Amite County, Mississippi 10 years later. The family composition is 3 males under the age of 10, 1 male between 10-16, two males between 26 and 45, two females under the age of 10, and one female age 26 to 45.

On the 1830 Amite County, Mississippi census, Edward White and wife had 3 boys & 3 girls, 0-9, 1 boy and 1 girl 10-19. He was between the ages of 40 to 60 and his wife was between 20 and 40.

He was still in Amite County in 1840, on page 52. The microfilm at the San Antonio Public Library was faded and difficult to read. It appeared to show the following, however< Edward White Males 1-0-2-0-0-0-0-1 Females0-2-0-2-0-0-1-0 He appears to have held at least two female slaves, one under the age of five, and the other between five and ten. The number of male slaves is difficult to read. It is probably just one.

Edward White, his wife Elizabeth, and several of his children can be found in Amite County, Mississippi on the 1850 census as well. Sometime after this enumeration, they moved to Sabine County, Texas.

In White and Toole's book, Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records it was noted hat "Later that year (ca. 1843-sic), the Edward White family...and many of their friends and relatives came to Sabine County. Some forty or fifty covered wagons, some of them drawn by oxen, travelled together." From "Sabine County Historical Sketches And Genealogical Records."

Edward White is shown on various internet trees, most unsourced, as either the son of William White and Mary Matilda Mason of Mecklenberg, Virginia or as the son of Edward White and Pembrook Singleton of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. In neither case has documentary evidence been shown. Mildred Bell Landers emailed that she had "heard from a ggg grandson of Edward White (through his daughter who married Cannon Travis), and he asked if I had ever heard that Edward was an Indian named Whitecloud or Whitefeather, like his father, William. I had never heard this, and in Sabine County the past is closer than elsewhere. Nor had I heard that Edward White's father was William. One of my other gg grandfathers was part Indian, and this seems to be known in Sabine County, at least by descendants. Ever heard of any of this? There was a picture of an Edward White, Civil War veteran, in an issue of the Sabine County Reporter (maybe a son or grandson) and he did not appear to be part Indian. In my mother's family, some of them had characteristics that could be considered Indian."

Jack Hutchins White emailed, in August 2013, that his White ancestor was "Cajabeth White, who was living in Bute Co, NC with his brother, William, as early as 1766. He had two sons, John and Robert. John White inherited land from a man named John Seagrove, whose will names John White as his nephew. It seems likely that Cajabeth's wife, Frances, was a Seagrove, but this is not proven. The 1771 tax list for Bute Co shows that Young McLemore....had an overseer named John Seagrove, who appears on a number of documents with members of the McLemore family before they migrated out of Bute (later Warren) Co. I have been trying for a couple of years to piece together precisely how the Seagrove, McLemore and White families may have interacted with one another, but the Seagrove family history is as complicated as that of the Whites.

The thing that interests me about your website is that Cajabeth White was frequently referred to in court documents as Cade, and I see in your website that two sons of Edward White (b. 1781 in Mecklenburg Co, VA) each had sons they named Cade.

I believe it is likely that the Edward White in your website is the son of William White Sr. of Mecklenburg Co, VA. The personal property tax lists for that county show a son of William named Edward who is first listed as a taxable adult in the household of his father in 1797 and as head of his own household in 1800. He is gone from the county by 1801.




I am researching the possibility that William White Sr. was the brother of Cajabeth "Cade" White named in the 1766 tax rolls for Bute Co. The fact that the name Cade appears twice among the grandchildren of Edward White seems to support this theory.

I am still a bit fuzzy on when this White line intermarries with the Strong and McLemore families. I am hoping one of your family researchers would be willing to collaborate with me on the foregoing topics. I have copied Lisa Lisson, a White family descendant, who is assisting in this research."

(Research):
Census Listings:

CENSUS YR: 1850
STATE or TERRITORY: MS
COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368
PAGE NO: 93A
REFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe
23 615 615 White Edward 69 M Farmer 750 Va
24 615 615 White Elizabeth 55 F Geo 25
615 615 White Jane E. 25 F Amite Co Miss (Widow of J.H. Wente---I believe she is actually listed as Went on the microfilm)
26 615 615 White S. P. 17 F Amite Co Miss
27 615 615 White Wm. T. 12 M Amite Co Miss
28 615 615 Went Elizabeth 7 F Amite Co Miss
29 615 615 Went John E. 6 M Amite Co Miss
30 615 615 Went Jane E. 4 F Amite Co Miss
31 615 615 Went James T. 1 M Amite Co Miss

On the 1860 Sabine County, Texas census, Edward and Elizabeth (age 79 and 66) were living with 11 year old L.E. White, a female born in Texas. Edward's real property was valued at $500 and he had personal property valued at $7,943. I speculate that L.E. White might actually be M.E. White, Mary Elizabeth Sophronia White, the oldest daughter of James and Drucilla White. James died prior to 1860, and his wife remarried John C. Partin. James and Drucilla's two younger daughters are listed with Drucilla and her new husband, but their oldest daughter, born circa 1848/1849, has disappeared. It could be that this oldest daughter died. Or it could be that the oldest daughter went to live with and/or care for her elderly grandparents. Additionally, the 11 year old L.E. White does not seem to fit into any other of the White families shown on the 1850 census, nor can she be found after 1860.

Edward married Elizabeth Strickland after 1809 in Elbert County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Strickland and Ruth Thompson) was born about 1795 in Elbert County, Georgia; died on 25 Dec 1864 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amite, 29 Feb 1812

This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. The transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi.

Nov 1836: Received by experience, Elizabeth White Oct 1837: Elizabeth White, Pernecia Travis baptized Apr 1842: Members included: Elizabeth White, Emily and Patsy Strickland, Rutha White, Henry Strickland, Elizabeth White (dec'd), Polly (Mary) Travis, William Travis, Nancy Travis, John Travis, John Travis, Sr., Nancy Travis, Mary Travis

Elizabeth Strickland White and 10 others founded the regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ on the banks of the Housen Bayou on May 29, 1858. This later became known as the First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Elizabeth joined by letter from the Jerusalem Church in Amite County, Mississippi. The other founding members were Richard and Ruth Travis, Henry S and Mary Etta White, Simon and Mary Ann Beckcom, John and Sophronia Everett, and Cannon and Sophronia Travis.

Elizabeth's husband, Edward, did not become a member of this church, founded by his wife and several of his children, until over six years had passed. He then joined on a profession of faith and Baptism in June 1864. According to the minutes of June 25, 1864, "Confarence was adjorned for the Church to meete at Father E Whites at 4 oclock for the purpos of hearing what the Lord had don for his precious sole, after hearing of his Experiance it was moved that Father E White be Received in Christian fellowship."

This experience must have caused him to evangelize, because on July 23d, 1865, "after preching, the privelege of the Church was Extended when too Servint Girls came forward, Amy belongin to Edward White & Charitee also belonging to Edward White. after hearing ther Experience was Received the church and then adjorned to the water" By September, 1865, Father E. White was Moderator of the Conference, though it appears he gave up this reponsibility quickly. He was replaced by Pastor John L Mills in October of 1865. His faith apparently never wavered as it was noted that he "Dyed Jan 13th 1871 in the Faith."

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Married:
Bears and Panthers and Sabine County Women

This story from the 1800s, as told by the master storyteller, J.Frank Dobie, gives another reason not to mess with Sabine County women:

"One winter day the White family on Bear Creek in Sabine County killed a hog, cut it up, put the meat in a wooden tub, and set it in a corner of the cabin, to be salted down and smoked on the morrow.

Then the man went off with his dogs to join the neighbor on a hunt.

That night while Mrs. White was chunking up the fire in the fireplace, the children covered up in bed and a quilt wrapped around herself to shut out the cold norther blowing through the chinks in the log walls, she heard a panther scream.

She knew it had smelled the fresh meat. It prowled under the puncheon floor and then leaped up on the roof, every once in a while letting out a scream. Then it went to clawing on the logs and finally got a paw through a crack near the tub of meat and took out a piece.

At this, Mrs. White threw her quilt over the tub, seized an axe standing just inside the door, and waited.

In a little while the panther put its paw back through the crack for another piece of meat. She had the axe raised and now she came down with it, cutting the paw clean off.
That panther did not bother around the cabin any more that night."

----- J. Frank Dobie, "Tales of Old-Time Texas"

Posted by Ronad Barlow on his Facebook group, Farm Road 1 - From one end to the other. It is not known which Mrs. White this story relates to.

Notes:

From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amite, 29 Feb 1812

This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. This transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi.

May 1825: John Travis, Nancy Travis by experience Apr 1827: Brother and Sister Travis restored Jan 1829: Brother and Sister Travis reported for non-attendance Mar 1829: Brother and Sister Travis excluded Mar 1830: Grievance of John Travis with Joseph Raborn. Travis charged Raborn lied to hsi wife, and persuaded her to leave him. His wife was a Raborn. Apr 1830: Raborn not guilty, John Travis excluded. Aug 1830: John Travis restored. Joseph Raborn dismissed. Nov 1844: John Travis letter of dismission June 1854: John and Mary Travis (wife) charged with disorderly conduct Aug 1854: John Travis reunited

(Census information courtesy of Nanci Presley-Holley)

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 92BREFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

==================================================================== 33 611 611 Travis John 46 M Farmer 1,000 S.C. 34 611 611 Travis Mary 38 F Amite Co Miss 35 611 611 Travis Simeon 72 M Waggon Maker 3,740 Amite Co Miss 36 611 611 Travis Simpson 20 M Farmer Amite Co Miss 37 611 611 Travis John Q. 17 M Farmer Amite Co Miss X 38 611 611 Travis Joseph 14 M Amite Co Miss X 39 611 611 Travis Mary A. 12 F Amite Co Miss X 40 611 611 Travis Amos 10 M Amite Co Miss X 41 611 611 Travis Henry 8 M Amite Co Miss X 42 611 611 Travis Sarah A. 5 F Amite Co Miss

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 93A REFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

============================================================================ 1 611 611 Travis Martha A. 5 F Amite Co Miss 2 611 611 Travis Nancy A. 3 F Amite Co Miss 3 611 611 Travis Julia A. 3/12 F Amite Co Miss

Nanci's note: Who is the Simeon Travis, age 72, living with John D. Travis?

Living close by -- but unknown relation at this time:

13 608 608 Raborn Sarah 40 F La 14 608 608 Raborn Clorinda 21 F Amite Co Miss X 15 608 608 Raborn Agena 19 F Amite Co Miss 16 608 608 Raborn Joseph 13 F Amite Co Miss 17 608 608 Raborn Henry 11 M Amite Co Miss 18 608 608 Raborn John 9 M Amite Co Miss

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 93B REFERENCE: Enumerated 13 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

============================================================================ 8 619 619 Raborn Simpson 33 M Farmer 80 Amite Co Miss 9 619 619 Raborn Mary 21 F Pike Co Miss X 10 619 619 Raborn Wm 10 M Amite Co Miss X 11 619 619 Raborn Demarius 9 F Amite Co Miss X 12 619 619 Raborn Edward 7 M Amite Co Miss X 13 619 619 Raborn Mary C. 6 F Amite Co M

John married Mary Raborn on 19 Jul 1827 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Mary (daughter of Rev. Joseph Raborn, II and Sarah ???) was born about 1812 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sabine County, Texas 1870 Census

612/612 Travis, Mary 58 F W Miss
, Martha 25 F W Miss
, William E. 15 M W Miss

Notes:

Shown on Richard Spotswood Thomson's genealogy website as a son of Peter Ivey HARVEY and Mary Ann DUPREE.

Kindred married Amanda Jane Mobley before 1844. Amanda was born about 1825 in Henry County, Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]