Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)
1842 - Abt 1917 (~ 74 years)-
Name Elizabeth "Lizzy" White Suffix (half Cherokee) Born Jul 1842 Chambers Co, Texas Gender Female Census 17 Jul 1870 Chambers (Subdivision 17) Co, Texas - resident 171/191
Shelton, Thos 36 1834 TN merchant & farmer 6,000 4800
Lizzie (White) 28 1842 TX
Thomas 10 1860 TX
Monroe 8 1862 TX
Martha 6 1864 TX
Robert 1 1869 TX
White, Robert 26 1844 TX merchant
Shelton, George 29 1841 TX farmer
Died Abt 1917 Notes - State of Texas
County of Chambers
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W.B. Gordon, who after being by me first duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says:
That he knew Elizabeth White, daughter of Martha White and John White. That Elizabeth White was first married to Thomas J. Shelton, to this wedlock were born the following children:
1. Thomas Haywood Shelton, who lives in Wisconsin.
2. O.M. Shelton, lives at Beaumont, Texas.
3. John Shelton who lives in Louisiana.
4. Mattie Shelton who married George Dick, both of whom are dead, they had one child John Dick.
5. Mary Lura Shelton, who married W.B. Gordon, Anahuac, Texas.
Mary Lura Gordon died about the year 1897 and left surviving her, her husband and the following children:
a. Ross Gordon, Devers, Texas
b. W. Curtiss Gordon, Houston, Texas
c. R.M. Gordon, Anahuac, Texas
d. A.G. Gordon, Beaumont, Texas
6. Annie Shelton Barrow, wife of Martin Barrow, they live in Beaumont, Texas
That after the death of Thos. J. Shelton, Elizabeth Shelton, his wife, was married to A.J. Barrow, who now resides at Hankamer, Texas. Elizabeth Shelton Barrow died about the year 1917 and left the above named children by her first husband the following named children by her second husband, A.J. Barrow, surviving her:
7. Josephine Barrow, wife of Foutz Wallace, Hankamer, Texas.
8. Claude Barrow, single, Hankamer, Texas
That the above named children are all the children and heirs of the said Elizabeth White Shelton Barrow.
Witness my hand this 8th day of November, A.D. 1927.
(signed) W.B. Gordon
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 1927.
(signed ? Long)
Notary Public, in and for
Chambers County, Texas
Person ID I6906 Roots Last Modified 12 Sep 2013
Father John Booth White, (DNA Circle-g), b. Abt 1817, Louisiana , d. 15 Feb 1859, Chambers Co, Texas (Age ~ 42 years) Mother Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g), b. 22 Nov 1817, Louisiana , d. 27 Dec 1863, White Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 46 years) Married 1835 Liberty Co (Chambers), Texas Family ID F44 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Thomas W. Shelton, b. 1837, Maury Co, Tennessee , d. Bef 1880, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas (Age < 43 years) Married Abt 1860 Chambers Co, Texas Divorced Bef 1910 of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Children 1. Thomas Haywood Shelton, b. May 1860, Chambers Co, Texas , d. Aft 1927 (Age ~ 68 years) + 2. Oliver Monroe Shelton, b. 25 Dec 1861, Chambers Co, Texas , d. 06 Jun 1937, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 75 years) 3. Martha Shelton, b. 1864, Chambers Co, Texas , d. Aft 1870 (Age > 7 years) 4. Robert Shelton, b. 29 Sep 1868, Chambers Co, Texas , d. 4 Jul 1964, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 95 years) + 5. Mary Lura Shelton, b. Abt 1871, d. Abt 1897 (Age ~ 26 years) 6. John Shelton, b. 1872, Chambers Co, Texas , d. Aft 1880, of, Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 9 years) + 7. Mattie Shelton, b. Abt 1873, d. Bef 1927 (Age ~ 53 years) + 8. Annie Shelton, b. Jan 1874, Chambers Co, Texas , d. Aft 1927 (Age ~ 54 years) Last Modified 16 Oct 2011 Family ID F2912 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 A.J. Barrow, b. Abt 1842, d. Aft 1927 (Age ~ 86 years) Married Aft 1880 Children 1. Josephine Barrow, b. Abt 1885, d. Aft 1927 (Age ~ 43 years) 2. Claude Barrow, b. Abt 1887, d. Aft 1927 (Age ~ 41 years) Last Modified 10 Feb 2011 Family ID F2913 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos White, Elizabeth
The hand written notes on the back of this photo says she was half Cherokee and her husband's grandfather came from England