Richard "Dick" Henry Travis

Abt 1820 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Richard "Dick" Henry Travis  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Dick
  Born	Abt 1820	Amite County, Mississippi   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	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 On several occasions their membership was withdrawn, such as on 13 August 1859 when "Brothers R H Travis, Cannon Travis, & Wm T White came forward and acknowledge that they bin overtaken in a falt and beged the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.
  Person ID	I534	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Harrison Travis,   b. Abt 1794, Orangeburg County, South Carolina ,   d. Abt 1869, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Nancy B. Hurst,   b. Abt 1798, Northumberland County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Nov 1842, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1817	Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi   [4]
  	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."
  Family ID	F430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rutha Caroline White,   b. Abt 1822, Mississippi ,   bur. Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	14 Sep 1843	Amite County, Mississippi   [5]
  Children	1. Nancy Caroline Travis,   b. Abt 1845, Amite County, Mississippi ,   d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Malissa J. Travis,   b. 1848, Amite County, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Barthena Caroline Travis,   b. 1849, Texas ,   d. Abt 1898  (Age 49 years)   4. John Travis,   b. 1851, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Baritta Travis,   b. 1853, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Barrett Travis,   b. 1853, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Theodosa Travis,   b. 1855, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Delaney Travis,   b. 1856, Texas ,   d. Bef 1870  (Age 13 years)   9. Mary Travis,   b. 1859, Texas ,   d. Bef 1870  (Age 10 years)   10. St. Helena "Lena" Travis,   b. Abt 1861, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Richard Jefferson "Dick" Travis,   b. 1863, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Mary Lanney Travis,   b. Abt 1864, Texas ,   d. 28 Jul 1936, Sabine County, Texas  (Age ~ 72 years)   13. Quincy Travis,   b. 1866, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1820 - Amite County, Mississippi Married - 14 Sep 1843 - Amite County, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 41, 58, 59 (Reliability: 3). [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 85 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records". [S322] Pressley-Holley, Nanci "Pressley-Price Family Tree" (formerly posted at RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, no longer available). [S282] Pickett, Tony--Family Researcher (abpickett@aol.com).