Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)

Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)

Female 1842 - Abt 1917  (~ 74 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth "Lizzy" White 
    Suffix (half Cherokee) 
    Born Jul 1842  Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 17 Jul 1870  Chambers (Subdivision 17) Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1859, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g),   b. 22 Nov 1817, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1863, White Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 1835  Liberty Co (Chambers), Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F44  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas W. Shelton,   b. 1837, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1880, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 43 years) 
    Married Abt 1860  Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced Bef 1910  of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Haywood Shelton,   b. May 1860, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1927  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +2. Oliver Monroe Shelton,   b. 25 Dec 1861, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 1937, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Martha Shelton,   b. 1864, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870  (Age > 7 years)
     4. Robert Shelton,   b. 29 Sep 1868, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1964, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +5. Mary Lura Shelton,   b. Abt 1871,   d. Abt 1897  (Age ~ 26 years)
     6. John Shelton,   b. 1872, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, of, Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
    +7. Mattie Shelton,   b. Abt 1873,   d. Bef 1927  (Age ~ 53 years)
    +8. Annie Shelton,   b. Jan 1874, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   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

  • Photos
    White, Elizabeth
    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