George Washington Causey

Notes:

According to Virgie Speights, they were engaged in the timber business, and also ran a boarding house for the workers.
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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 13A Stamped 163
188-193
Causey, George W Head M W 49 m1 25 Tx Miss La Farmer
Causey, Mattie F Wf F W 47 m1 3/2 La SC SC

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP Our (4)
Enumerated 12 and 13 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 34B
680-703
Causey, George W Head M W 59 M Tx La La Farmer
Causey, Mattie F Wf F W 56 M La SC SC
Causey, Jack Son M W 31 M Tx Tx La Farmer
Causey, Mary Dtr in law F W 26 M Tx La Tx
Causey, Ross Grandson M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Martha Foster "Mattie" Elmira Bennett on 24 Nov 1884 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Charles "Charlie" Milton Bennett, Sr. and Mary Louise Brazeale) was born on 8 Jul 1863 in Louisiana; died on 3 Nov 1946 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They were married by Wm. Gellatly, J.P.

1. Viola Louise Causey was born on 3 Oct 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Dec 1933 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Jack Noble Causey was born on 13 Dec 1888 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Aug 1980 in Smith County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
3. George Ross Causey was born on 1 Sep 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Per the "1850 Census Sabine Co, Texas with added family information and corrections" Solomon Causey owned 2 slaves and his mother Nancy owned 3.

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Virgie Speights writes that they were an early pioneer family, "the Causeys being in Sabine County nearly as long as anybody. Early deeds writtn about 1830 or earlier mention them living at Pendleton or thereabouts, they came to Texas from South Carolina."

The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2

"Milam Cemetery receives marker"

The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....

Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:

"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.

Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 6 and 7 Nov 1850
199-199
Solomon W. Causey 34 M Farmer 1000 Miss
Martha Ann Causey 12 F Miss
Alphia E Causey 10 F Tx
William E Causey 4 M Tx
Mary V. Causey 6/12 F Tx
Nancy Causey 67 F SC

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 12 Jun 1860
Page 2, Stamped 318
7-7
Solomon Cawsey 44 M Farmer 1000 2625 Miss
Harriet L. Cawsey 34 F $--- $1320 La
William M. Fullen 16 M Tx
John W. Fullen 12 M Tx
William E Cawsey 12 M Tx
Sebern J. Cawsey 2 M Tx
Geo W Cawsey 1/12 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 23 July 1870
Pages 1 and 2 Stamped 7
320-320
Causey S 50 M W Farmer 300 600 Miss
Harriet L 43 F Keeping House La
Solomon J 13 M Tx
George W 10 M W Tx
Margeret 4 F W Tx
Alfred D 1 M W Tx
Williams Harriet 30 F B Domestic Servant Ga
Robert H 5 M B Tx
Virginia 1 F B Txs

Solomon married Harriet Louisa Harvey before 1860. Harriet (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd) was born about 1828 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the Lemon/Limon Tree at WorldConnect, she is instead shown as Harriett Slaughter.



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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, 4th Precinct
Enumerated 15 Jun 1880
Page 4 SD 1 ED 86
39-39
Causey, Harriet L W F 52 Farming La NC NC
Causey, George W M 20 Son Works on Farm Tx Miss La
Causey, Margret W F 14 Dtr At Home Tx Miss La
Causey, Alfred D W M 10 Son Works on Farm Tx Miss La

Seth married Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd. Zelotus was born about 1801 in North Carolina; died on 21 Jun 1865 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harvey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Headstone was engraved Z M A Smith, Died 1865,

Inscription:
"Age 64 years ? Rest mother rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow over thee weep"

Per photo and transcription at FindAGrave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64877207

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No 5, PO Milam
Enumerated 6 July 1860
Pages 29 and 30
224-224
ZMA Smith 59 F Farmer 400 671 NC
Margaret Allen 34 F La
W.H. Harvey 21 M Farmer LA
ZMA Smith 8 F Tx
MAA " 5 F Tx
Mary E. Allen 1 F Tx