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Hawley Stark was the son of William Hawley Stark and his first spouse,
Elizabeth Zachary. Samuel was born in 1835 in Carroll Parish, Louisiana where
his father owned property at the upper settlement on Bayou Macon.1
William Hawley Stark and Elizabeth had another child born in Louisiana named
Daniel Lafayette [Born in 1832] while the first child born in Texas was James
Terry Stark in 1837 which reveals the family moved to Texas during or after the
year 1836.2 William H. Stark was elected Justice of the Peace,
Sabine Beat 4, of Jasper County on February 4, 1839 and his brother, Esahl “Asa“
Lafitte Stark was elected Constable, Sabine Beat 4 on the same date indicating
both were living in the Republic of Texas by early 1839 and before.3
Nancy
Hawley, William’s mother, married Enos Hardin after 1838 who then probably
died around 1847. Nancy had most likely received a slave named Ann as part of
the estate. On December 29, 1847, Nancy Hardin, a resident of Newton County,
Texas, declared in a document of indenture [given over to work for], that the
slave named Ann was assigned by this binding contract to work for Nancy's
grandchildren named, “Daniel Lafayette Stark, Samuel Hawley Stark, James
Terry Stark, Lewis Miles Stark, Martha Ann Stark, Mary Stark, Elizabeth
McFarland Stark, children of William H. Stark and Elizabeth Stark, all of the
County and State aforesaid. Witnesseth, that the said Nancy Hardin for and in
consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars in hand paid by their next
friends and the love and affection which she bears for her grandchildren afore
named, doth by these presents…..”
This
document clearly reveals Samuel Hawley was the son of William H.
and Elizabeth Stark, grandson of Nancy Hardin and the
"H." initial in his middle name stood for Hawley.4
In
1850, William Hawley Stark was documented in the Newton County,
Texas census which was the first census taken for Texas after
the Republic joined the Union. In dwelling #180, family #180 was
listed Wm. H. Starks, age 41, born in New York with property
valued at $500. His wife’s name was Elizabeth T., age 39, born
in Louisiana. The second oldest of their children reported in
the census was Samuel H., age 17, born in Louisiana.
Samuel married
Julia Cassandra Dougharty May 08, 1856 in Jasper County, Texas.5 She was the daughter of George Dougharty and Courtney Caraway.
The 1860 census for Newton County reports S. H. Stark, age 24, born in Louisiana, has a spouse named Julia, age 21, born in Louisiana, and children named Coatny E., age 3, and Geo. D., age 9/12, both born in Texas. Living next door in dwelling # 28 was John Harrison Ford, Julia’s half-brother and
living in dwelling #27 was Samuel's brother, Daniel Lafayette Stark and his spouse, Amanda Dougharty, Julia‘s sister. Samuel's father, William Hawley Stark, was living in dwelling #31.6
John Howell Burnett, Commanding, and Anderson Floyd, second in command, resigned from the Texas Senate in January of 1862 and organized the 13th Regiment of Texas Cavalry which mustered February 22, 1862 in northeast Texas and March 1, 1862 for the southern counties. Volunteers were
recruited from Newton County, Texas by William Blewett who became the first commander of Company H, known as the “Dreadnaughts.”
Samuel Hawley Stark, at the age of twenty-five, was recruited by Captain William Blewett February 20, 1862 in Newton to serve in Company H for a period of 12 months. Samuel and the above men reported for duty in Crockett, Houston County, Texas March 1st after traveling 115 miles. William
Blewett, named command of Company H, was not present at this first muster of the company which was conducted by Captain S. M. Drake. On his arrival in Crockett, Samuel’s horse and equipment were valued at $165. The Thirteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment completed it’s organization May 24th, 1862 at Porter’s
Springs, Houston County and was placed under the command of John Howell Burnett. Samuel Hawley Stark was reported absent in the July and August Company muster because he was on detached service. He was reported present in the September and October musters and had last received pay from Captain A. T. Monroe June 30th
of 1862. The November and December Muster of Company H reveals Samuel Hawley Stark was in the hospital in Little Rock. The Regimental Return for Company H, 13th Texas Cavalry reports S. H. Stark was “Sick at Camp Nelson since 23 Nov. 1862.” In the December Regimental Return recorded S. H. Stark as “Sick
at Little Rock since 22 Dec. 1862.” The last entry to be found for Samuel Hawley Stark was made in the Register of the Confederate States of America Rock Hotel Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. This document reported S. H. Stark was admitted December 16, 1862 and died of disease March 12, 1863.7
Julia and Samuel had another child, Mary E. Stark, who was born in the year 1862.8 September 30th, 1863, Julia gave John Alston power of attorney to represent her in collecting any pay that may have been due to her husband, Samuel H. Stark from the Confederate Army. The document
stated, “{The State of Texas, County of Newton} Know all men by these presents that I Julia C. Stark of the County of Newton State of Texas have made constituted and appointed and do …(not legible)…constitute and appoint the Honorable J. Alston of the County of San Augustine aforesaid my true and lawful attorney
for my name place and stead to collect and Rec. (Receive) for any admass of pay …(Not legible)…that may be due my husband Samuel H. Stark from the Confederate States for service rendered in the army to wit in Capt. John T. Starks Company H Burnetts Regiment 13th as ?back pay? Giving and quantity unto my
said attorney full power and authority to do and perform …(not legible)… every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby satisfying and confirming all that my said attorney shall
lawfully do by resolve hereof. In testimony where of I here unto set my hand and seal this 30th day of September, A. D. 1863. Signed Julia C.
Stark.”
On the same day, The County Clerk, John Moore, stated “{The State of Texas, County of Newton} Before me John Moore Clerk of County of Newton Court of Newton County, State of Texas personally appeared Julia C. Stark whose signature appears to the above power of attorney and acknowledge that she
signed the same as her act and deed for the purpose therein written do certify which I hereto sign my name and office the seal of said County Court this the 30th Sept. A. D. 1863. Signed John Moore
Clerk.”
This final document was prepared and signed on the same day and recorded “{The State of Texas, County of Newton} Before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace Personally appeared Julia C. Stark and …(Not Legible)… oath on the Holy Evangilist of Almighty God, That the wife of Samuel H. Stark
late private in John T. Starks Co. H Burnetts Regiment 13th …(Not legible) and she is entitiled to the pay etcetera that may be due him from the Confederate States. …(Not legible)… also appeared at the same time John Alston, respectable …9Not Legible)… to me well known and under oath to foresaid
that he Knows the said wife and Knows the said husband and that the facts sworn to be his own …{Not Legible}. Signed: Julia C. Stark, John Alston. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 30th September A. D. 1863. Signed Wm. R. Fuller, J.P.”
On March 24, 1864 in Newton County, Julia married Samuel’s cousin, Daniel Donaho Stark, the son of Esahl “Asa” Lafitte Stark, who was the brother of Samuel’s father, William Hawley Stark. Julia and Daniel were living in Limestone County by 1870 and later moved to Johnson County, Texas where
they appear on the 1880 census. This family will be covered in more detail in a later Chapter.
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Source 1: Newton County, Texas Deed Book A, (Copy of Original in Files of Clovis LaFleur), Pages 255 & 256, Samuel Hawley Stark listed as grandson of Nancy (Hawley) Hardin. Parents mentioned as William H. Stark and Elizabeth
Stark.
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Source 2: Newton County, Texas Census, 1850,
Dwelling #180, Family #180, Samuel H., age 15 listed in the census living in the home of Wm. H. Stark. This would place his birth year as
1835.
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Newton County, Texas 1860 Census; Page 5, Family 29, S. H. Stark, age 24, born in Louisiana.
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Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846, a publication of the State Archives Division of the Texas State Library in Austin. Printed 1981, Volume 1, page 295. |
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Newton County Probate Book A, pages 255 - 256. |
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Jasper County, Texas Marriage Records, Miscellaneous Files #1, URL ---
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txjasper/marriages/jasmar_ms1.htm), Marriage File Vol. 1, page 87.) |
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Transcribed by the Newton County Historical Commission, Newton County, Texas Census 1860, (Prepared using National Archived MF No. 653 of 1860 Population Schedule 1860, Roll 1302, Texas, Vol. 8 (247 -469), page 5.
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Captain William Blewett’s Company was known at various times as Captain Blewett’s Company, Company G, and Company H, 13th Regiment Texas Cavalry. Source: Confederate Archives, Chapter 6, File No. 721, page 1.
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Family History Library Film 1255313 NA Film Number T9-1313, Johnson County, Texas 1880 Census, page 226D, listed as Mary M., age 18. Head of the house was her step-father, Daniel D. Stark. Samuel Hawley Stark died in March of 1863 and his widow, Julia married Daniel D. Stark
March 24, 1864. Therefore, Mary has to be the daughter of Samuel Hawley Stark. |
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 Stark,
George Dougherty & Sisters
(56 KB): Photo of L-R; Caroline "Carrie"
Stark, George D. Stark, Mollie Stark, and Courtney
Stark. Caroline is the daughter of Daniel Donahue Stark
and Julia Cassandra Dougherty. The other three are
children of Samuel Hawley Stark and Julia. Samuel Stark
and Daniel Stark were cousins. Daniel Married Julia
after Samuel was killed in the Civil War. Contributed by
Jimmie Mitchell.
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 L-R;
Ella, Vera, & Lotty Stark; They were daughters of
George Dougherty Stark and Hattie Rogenia Corder. Ella
Stark married Pike Davis and was buried in
Ragtown Cemetery in Carter County, Oklahoma. She had one
daughter named Ellowene Davis. Vera Stark married
Vernon Gode. Contributed by Jimmie Mitchell.
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 Mary
Charlotte "Lotty" Stark was
born September 27, 1893 and died April 01, 1971
in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. She married Noah
“Boag” Mitchell December
16, 1916 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. He was
born in 1892 and died in August of
1967 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. They were
buried in the Newport Cemetery, Carter
County, Oklahoma. Contributed by
Jimmie Mitchell, grandson of “Lotty” Stark.
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Photo of Joseph Emil Rice and Effie Cassandra Stark,
November 20, 1910. Effie Cassandra Stark was the
daughter of George D. Stark and Granddaughter of Samuel
Hawley Stark.
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The
following is a letter from Effie Stark Rice to her
daughter, Gracie dated 2 October, 1946. She relates her
understanding of the people of George Dougharty Stark,
her father. Contributed by Gracie Cary to Mary Burns
Stark. [Transcription Note: The first part of the letter
wasn’t legible and the letter will start at the point
where it can be read.]
Letter
From Effie (Stark) Rice to her daughter, Gracie (Rice)
Cary
Everyone
else is fine & trying to get their crops gathered.
We are well pleased with our home, have plenty milk,
cream, butter & eggs & are planning to kill two
hogs & are planning to kill a yearling. Wish you
could come help me can the beef. I will write you the
day we plan kill both or one and you can come down get
some meat. Tell Sylvia when she learns to write to write
me a letter. Know Kenneth didn’t get to drive the bus.
The man that drove it last year kept the job. Say
Gracie, I will write all I can think of about my father’s
people (George Dougharty Stark was her father). They
were Scotch Irish on his father’s side. My great
granddaddy Stark owned a large plantation & lots of
slaves. His home was some place not to far from Houston,
Texas on the "Brazos River." (Actually,
William Hawley Stark lived on the Sabine River, about
120 miles from Houston.) Daddy has told me lots of his
people & home when we would be working in the
timber. His mother’s surname was Direty (Dougharty)
before she married. He had 3 sisters two older than him
their names were Courtney, Mollie, & Carrie.
(Courtney was the oldest and both Mollie and Carrie
where younger. Carrie was a half-sister, daughter of
Daniel Donaho Stark.) Dads father & Grandfather’s
given was George so him being the only boy they give him
the name George Direty Stark. (George Dougharty Stark)
Call him this Middle name for his mother’s people.
Mollie died when she was a young lady. Courtney married
a man by the name of Lummis & her home is at
Madisonville, Texas. That is where my mother (Hettie
Rogenia Corder) was born & raised. Daddy met mother
at his sister’s. He carried the mail horseback for
several years & he would stop over at his sister’s
so there where he first met mother. But never married
till he was about 30 years old. Aunt Carrie married a
man by the name of Low. (Samuel Warren Lowe) He is a
Methodist Minister & their home is in Houston,
Texas. Their oldest son name is Dan, Grandfather fought
in the Civil War. He died in an Army Hospital & is
buried with other soldiers at FT Smith, Arkansas.
(Samuel Hawley Stark died in a Little Rock Army Hospital
and is believed to have been buried in Nelson’s
Cemetery near Little Rock. Place of burial is not known
with certainty.) Dad said they wanted to go see him but
the only way they had to go was horseback or in Ox
Wagons & they couldn’t make it in time after the
war. Grandmother (Julia Cassandra Dougharty) married dad’s
cousin, another Stark (Daniel Donaho Stark, son of Esahl
"Asa" Lafitte Stark.) & to this union 2
boys were born, Uncle Simeon & Uncle Frank. Frank
lives in Ardmore and I don’t know where Sim is. I have
a picture of my grandfather made before the Civil War.
Also have a tin type picture of my great grandma on
mother’s side. Sorry I can’t finish. Dad is ready to
go to town. Bye & God Bless You All. Signed: Mother ===================== Mary
Burns Stark Note: Last October I had the
privilege to meet many of the family in the following
pages. (Descendants of George D. Stark) The occasion was
their 24th family reunion in less than 28 years...Many
of them plan to attend our reunion this June. I found
the family to be warm, close, yet friendly and happy.
There is a presence of one departed but very much an
influence still. Effie Cassandra (Stark) Rice was a
person who received love and respect from her family and
community and she still does. Born in Brownwood, Texas,
but reared in Oklahoma, the daughter of a carpenter and
farmer, she received no unusual training for her day.
But I found she had a way with poetry that’s rare.
Also, she served most of her family and community as
nurse and midwife. The above letter was written at such
a time... I wish to express gratitude to Mr. & Mrs.
Frank Cary for their huge contribution for this Edition.
(Stark Family Association of Texas Yearbook)
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 Photo
of Ethel E. Davis & William "Bud" Zachary.
Ethel E. Davis was
the daughter of William "Tom" Davis and Mary
Ellen Stark. Mary Stark was the daughter of Lewis Myles
Stark and Elizabeth Ford. Lewis
Stark was the son of William Hawley Stark. Ethel was
born October 19, 1888 and died May 19, 1971. She married
William Bennett "Bud" Zachary,
Jr. July 13, 1902 in Newton County, Texas, born November
02, 1874 in Newton, Newton County, Texas and who died
December 01, 1970 in Newton,
Newton County, Texas. Both were buried in the Bob Herrin
Cemetery in Newton County, Texas.
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  Zadie
E. Stark was born September 08, 1888 and died
January 12,
1910.5 She married Adrian
Ivy Herrin son of William Herrin and Emily
Wilkinson. He was born November 25, 1876 in Newton
County, Texas, and died January
07, 1966. Adrian and Zadie were buried in the Bob
Herrin Cemetery in Newton County, Texas.
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Following
remarks by Clovis LaFleur, May 6, 2002
I
visited the Bob Herrin Cemetery April 22, 2002 and found
the grave sites of William Benjamin Zachary, his spouse
Opel, and his mother, Zadie Stark. When facing the
tombstones, Zadie is buried to the left of William and
at his feet. Gladys Zachary Skinner had visited with
William's spouse, Opel, before Opel died, and Opel said
William was adopted by William Bennett Zachary and his
spouse, Ethel Davis. Opel also told Gladys William
Benjamin's mother died giving birth. Zadie's headstone
records she died January 12, 1910 while William
Benjamin's headstone records he was born January 12,
1910. This would seem to confirm the report William was
adopted by William Bennett Zachary and Ethel Davis.
William Benjamin Zachary's true ancestry line would be
through Zadie E. Stark and his father, Adrian Ivy
Herrin.
Ethel
Davis was the daughter of William "Tom" Davis
and Mary Ellen Stark. Zadie was the daughter of Lewis Napoleon
"Pode" Stark and Annie Davis. William Davis
and Annie Davis were brother and sister while Lewis Napoleon
Stark and Mary Ellen Stark were brother and sister.
Therefore, Zadie and Ethel were first cousins with the
same set of grandparents, namely Lewis Myles Stark &
Elizabeth Ford and Turner Moore Davis and Anna Hall.
Zadie and Ethel were both born in the same year and were
probably very close, especially with the close family
ties shown above. I believe it would have been natural
for Ethel to raise Zadie's child after she died,
especially if William Bennett Zachary and Ethel Davis
could not conceive a child. They had no other children.
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 William
Benjamin Zachary was the son
of Adrian Ivy Herrin and Zadie
Stark. Zadie Stark died giving birth to William. He was
adopted by William Bennett
Zachary, Jr. and Ethel Davis and named William Benjamin
Zachary. This information was orally given to Gladys
Zachary Skinner by William
Benjamin's wife, Opel Lee Erwin. William was born
January 12, 1910 in Newton County, Texas and died
November 28, 1982 in Jasper
County, Texas. He married Opel Lee Erwin. She died
October 01, 1993. Both were buried in the
Bob Herrin Cemetery in Newton
County, Texas.
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 Biographical
Sketch of John Adam Whitman. By Clovis LaFleur, October,
2003
John
Adam Whitman was the son of Joseph "Josiah"
Whitman and Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hartley. John
A. Whitman married Elizabeth C. McGraw October 22, 1854
in Perry County, Alabama and they began their migration
to Texas October 30th, 1854. The day after their
marriage, Elizabeth obtained a letter of dismissal from
the Baptist Church of Christ, Pilgrim Rest, Perry
County, Alabama which said, "The Baptist Church of
Christ at Pilgrim Rest, Perry County, Alabama. We hereby
certify that our beloved Sister Elizabeth C. Whitman, a
member of our body in full fellowship and in good
standing with us and is hereby dismissed from us at
heare own Request when joined to another Church of the
same faith and order done by order of the Church and
aforgone By this 23rd day of October 1854. Signed: S. R.
Sheritt, Church Clerk." They arrived in Texas
December 7, 1854. Also arriving at about the same time
was John's Uncle, also named John "Adam"
Whitman. [John Adam Whitman has often been confused with
his Uncle, "Adam" Whitman who married Dorothy
Richard. ] Joseph "Josiah" Whitman and his
spouse, Margaret Hartley and the rest of their children
probably made the trip with the newly weds. Joseph can
be found in the 1860 census living in Dwelling #37 while
their son, John, is living in Dwelling #30. Siblings of
John Adam listed living with his father Joseph were;
Catharine, age 24, Polly A., age 18, Margaret A., age
16, Josiah, age 22, and Henry P. age 13.
John
Adam Whitman and Elizabeth McGraw had four children.
Elizabeth died March 22, 1864, giving birth to her
daughter, Polly E. Whitman. April 17, 1865, John A.
Whitman married Mary L. Stark, the daughter of William
Hawley Stark and Elizabeth Zachary and they had one
daughter named Louisa M. Whitman, born July 07, 1866.
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Source:
Thomas A. Wilson, "Some Early Southeast Texas
Families", (Nortex Press in Austin, TX), page 86;
"John
A. Whitman lived on Caney Creek. I do not know whether
he was a brother or a cousin to Adam (Whitman). Billy
Whitman was a son. Ed Kerr, Billie Stark, Jr., and a
Garsee married three of his daughters. Uncle John's
second wife was Mary Stark, and they were married April
17, 1865. John A. Whitman was a private in Company C,
11th (Spaight's) Battalion, Texas Volunteer Infantry.
[Note 6 on same page: John A. Whitman was also a private
in Company C, 11th (Spaight's) Battalion, along with his
future brother-in-law, Dan Stark. Whitman and Mary Stark
were married April 12, 1865.]" |
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 Charles
Dougharty Biographical Sketch by Clovis LaFleur October,
2003
Charles
Bowman Dougharty was born February 24, 1843 in Natchez,
Adams County, Mississippi. Charles Dougharty's father,
George Dougharty, was born in South Carolina in 1784 and
was a surveyor by profession, arriving in Texas in the
1840’s. George and his son, William Hardy Dougharty
[Son born in 1819 to first wife of George Dougharty
named Elizabeth Sojouner], purchased 1,500 acres from
Adam Lackey Stewart September 20th, 1845.[1] On August
27th, 1847, George was present at the first meeting of
the Newton County Commissioners Court serving as County
Clerk and kept the minutes of the meeting. William H.
Dougharty had been elected County Commissioner and was
present at the same meeting. On January 11th 1847,
George was "appointed to survey ascertain and mark
the County line dividing the County of Newton from
Jasper."[2] George married his second wife,
Courtney Caraway, January 1st, 1835 in Franklin County,
Mississippi. This was Courtney’s second marriage,
having previously been married to David Ford in the same
County and State January 30th, 1822. From this marriage
she had children named; Elizabeth Ann Ford, b. 1826;
Hester Ann "Hettie" Ford, b. 1832; and John
Harrison Ford, b. 1825 [Was 35 in 1860 Newton County
Census.] In the 1850 census for Newton County, George
Dougharty was recorded with wife Courtney and had
children living in the home named: Francis Bascomb
Dougharty, age 20 [was son of Elizabeth Sojouner, first
wife of George]; Hester Ann "Ford", age 18
[Daughter of David Ford] and listed as children of
George and Courtney were Marshall Joseph Dougharty, age
15, Amanda Catherine Dougharty, age 13, Julia Cassandra
Dougharty, age 11, and Charles Bowman Dougharty, age 7.
Courtney died before September of 1853 and George took
out a license February 20, 1854 to marry Harriet Hall,
widow of Britton Hall but was killed by an ox on March
28th, 1855, leaving the younger children still living at
home orphans.[3] Asa Lafitte Stark married his second
wife, the above mentioned Hester Ann "Hattie"
Ford March 26th, 1857 in Newton County and the 1860
census for Newton County reports Marshall Joseph
Dougharty and Charles Bowman Dougharty are living in the
home of Asa Lafitte Stark and his second wife, Hester
Ann "Hettie" Ford, the half-sister of the
Dougharty brothers. By 1860, we find the Dougharty
family and Stark family have bonded together through
marriage and will find the next generation families
created by marriage were living in close proximity to
each other in the Newton County Census of 1860. W. H.
Stark was reported on page 5 of the 1860 census living
in dwelling #31 and was family #31 in the census report.
Living in dwelling #27 was D. L. Stark and his spouse,
"A." J. H. Ford [John Harrison Ford] was
living in dwelling #28 and a document dated in October
of 1859 revealed he was the guardian of George Bowman
Dougharty, his half-brother.[4] During the Civil War,
Charles Bowman Dougharty served as a private in Company
C of the 11th (Spaight's) Battalion, Texas Volunteers.
After the War, he married Nancy Matilda Stark October
02, 1867 in Newton County, Texas who was the daughter of
William Hawley Stark and Elizabeth Zachary. Charles
Dougharty died May 11, 1880 and was buried in the George
Dougharty Cemetery in Newton County, Texas.
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Newton
County, Texas Deed Book B, page 84 [Copy of original in file.]. |
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Commissioners
Court Minutes of Newton County, 8/22/1845 to 2/18/1851,
transcribed by Melba Canty, County Clerk, 1976. |
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Wilson,
Thomas A., "Some Early Southeast Texas Families", page
84; Edited by Madeline Martin, Lone Star Press - Houston |
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Newton
County, Texas Probate Book B, page 131; Dated October ?? 1859;
Quote: No. 43: C. B. Dougharty Minor; Probate Court Newton
County, A. D. 1859. John H. Forde Guardian of Charles B.
Dougharty, most respectfully …….." The copy in my
files could not be read any further except for date "?? Day
of October A. D. 1859." |
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Daniel Lafayette Stark
Daniel Lafayette Stark was the son of William Hawley Stark and his first spouse, Elizabeth Zachary. Daniel was born November 22, 1832 in Carroll Parish, Louisiana where his father owned property at the upper settlement on Bayou Macon.[1] William Hawley Stark and Elizabeth had
another child born in Louisiana named Samuel Hawley Stark [Born in 1836] while the first child born in Texas was James Terry Stark in 1837 which reveals the family moved to Texas during or after the year 1836.[2] William
H. Stark was elected Justice of the Peace, Sabine Beat 4, of Jasper County on February 4, 1839 and his brother, Esahl “Asa“ Lafitte Stark was elected Constable, Sabine Beat 4 on the same date indicating both were living in the Republic of Texas by early 1839 and before.[3]
Nancy Hawley, William’s mother, married Enos Hardin after 1838 who then probably died around 1847. Nancy had most likely received a slave named Ann as part of the estate. On December 29, 1847, Nancy Hardin, a resident of Newton County, Texas, declared in a document of indenture [given
over to work for], that the slave named Ann was assigned by this binding contract to work for Nancy's grandchildren named, “Daniel Lafayette Stark, Samuel Hawley Stark, James Terry Stark, Lewis Miles Stark, Martha Ann Stark, Mary Stark, Elizabeth McFarland Stark, children of William H. Stark and Elizabeth
Stark, all of the County and State aforesaid. Witnesseth, that the said Nancy Hardin for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars in hand paid by their next friends and the love and affection which she bears for her grandchildren afore named, doth by these presents…..” This document clearly reveals
Daniel Lafayette was the son of William H. and Elizabeth Stark, grandson of Nancy Hardin and the "L." initial in his middle name stood for Lafayette.[4]
In 1850, William Hawley Stark was documented in the Newton County, Texas census which was the first census taken for Texas after the Republic joined the Union. In dwelling #180, family #180 was listed Wm. H. Starks, age 41, born in New York with property valued at $500. His wife’s name was Elizabeth
T., age 39, born in Louisiana. The oldest of their children reported in the census was Daniel L., age 17, born in Louisiana.
Amanda Katherine Dougharty
Daniel married Amanda Katherine Dougharty January 12, 1854 in Newton County.[5] She was the daughter of George Dougharty and Courtney Caraway. George Dougharty was born about 1784 in South Carolina. He arrived at Natchez, Mississippi about
1810 and married Elizabeth Sojourner there in 1811. George was a land surveyor
and in 1820 was appointed the County surveyor for Adams County, Mississippi. He
apparently taught Sunday School at the Methodist Church in Kingston,
Mississippi. He was an ensign in the Mississippi Militia during the Creek Indian
War. George and Elizabeth had 12 children and Elizabeth died about 1832. In
1834, George married a widow, Courtney Ann Carraway Ford January 1, 1835 in Franklin County, Mississippi. After George and Courtney married, they moved to
Feliciana Parish, Louisiana where they had three children named Marshall Joseph, Amanda
Katherine, and Julia Cassandra.[6]
Courtney had married David Ford January 22, 1822 in Franklin County where they had four children named Elizabeth Ann, b. 1826; Francis
Barcoid, b. 1828; Hester Ann "Hettie", b. 1832; John Harrison, b. 1825 [Was 35 in 1860 Newton County Census.]. David Ford died between 1832 and
Jan. 1, 1835.[6]
By 1846 George and Courtney Ann were documented as residents of Newton County, Texas.
When Texas was admitted to the Union of the United States in 1846, Jasper County was
split with the eastern half becoming Newton County. The first County Clerk in
Newton County was George Dougharty. One of his first assignments (in addition to
furnishing a table and chairs for the County Court) was to mark the line between
Jasper and Newton Counties.[6]
Courtney died in 1853 and George married the widow Harriet Hall. She died in
1854. In May of 1855 George (age 72 by now) and his grandson son Charles Bowmen were
hauling logs on an ox cart "by Wilson Wood's place". George stopped to
open a gate and was gored by one of the oxen. His 11 year old son pulled
enough logs from the wagon to cover George and ran for help. George died from
this injury. The inventory of his estate included (besides his surveying tools
and maps) four boxes of books, including Josephus and Cicero.[6]
In the 1850 census for Newton County we find George Dougharty with wife Courtney and children named: Francis Bascomb “Ford”, age 20 [Must have been a Ford for he would have been born in 1830, five years before the marriage of Courtney Caraway Ford to George Dougharty.]; Hester Ann “Ford“, 18 [Places her
birth in 1832 and makes her a Ford for the same reason.]; Marshall Joseph Dougharty, age 15, Amanda Catherine, age 13, Julia Cassandra Dougharty, age 11, and Charles Bowman Dougharty, age 7.
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Submitted by Jane McManus, Oak Grove Cemetery, Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana,
(URL Location:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/vernon/cemetery/okgrunio.txt), "Electronic," Stark, D. L. - 22 Nov 1832/24 Aug 1904 Husband (Amanda Stark)
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Newton County, Texas 1860 Census; Page 5, Family 27, D. L. Stark, age 27, born in Louisiana; Page 5, Family 29, S. H. Stark, age 24, born in Louisiana; Page 5, Family 31, in home of W. H. Stark, age 50 is James L. Stark, age 21, born in Texas.
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Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846, a publication of the State Archives Division of the Texas State Library in Austin. Printed 1981, Volume 1, page 295. |
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Newton County Probate Book A, pages 255 - 256. Click her to see scanned copy of the original. Use browser "Back" button to return to this text. |
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Some Early Southwest Texas Families, by Thomas A. Wilson, page 86, footnote #3, quote: "Daniel's wife was Amanda K. Dougharty and they were married January 9, 1854." |
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Neal
Lowe, 1996; "The Stark, Hawley, Donaho, Larimore,
Dougharty, and Carraway Families." This article was written
by Neal Lowe, grandson of Caroline Stark, granddaughter of
William Hawley Stark through her parents, Samuel Hawley Stark
and Julia Cassandra Dougharty. |
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Their Later years
The 1860 census for Newton County, Texas, reveals D. L. Stark, age 27, born in Louisiana, was the head of family #27, living in dwelling #27 with his spouse, "A.", age 22, born in Mississippi. No children are reported for the couple. Living next door in dwelling # 28 was John Harrison Ford, Amanda's
half-brother and living in dwelling #29 was Daniel's brother, Samuel Hawley Stark. Daniel's father, William Hawley Stark, was living in dwelling #31.[7]
The Citizens of Texas voted to secede from the Union on February 23rd, 1861 and the State of Texas formally seceded from the Union on March 2, 1861 and rather than return to being an Independent Republic, joined the Confederate States of America. Many of the men from the Stark family and their extended
families were recruited by Josephus Irvine and served in Company C. Josephus Somerville Irvine, born in Lawrence County, Tennessee, August 25, 1819, was a veteran of the Texas War for Independence and saw action April 21st , 1836 in the decisive “Battle of San Jacinto.” Some early Newton County
Commissioners Court meetings was held at his home on Quicksand Creek before the community of Newton was selected as the site for the County Government.
In September of 1861, Captain Likens was promoted to Major and authorized to raise Likens’ Sixth Battalion of State Militia. Blair’s Cavalry became Company A, Likens’ Artillery company became Company B, commanded by K. D. Keith, Infantry Company C was recruited from Newton County and commanded by Captain
Josephus S. Irvine, and Infantry Company D was recruited from Tyler County and commanded by Captain W. J. Spurlock. In June of 1862, Major Likens was promoted and authorized to raise a regiment of Texas Cavalry. Captain Spaight was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the newly formed 11th Texas Battalion which
became known as “Spaight’s Battalion.” Daniel was among those recruited along with other men in the family. To see more about the Civil War actions of this battalion, see "
Daniel survived the Civil War and settled down to farming and the couple had their first child, William G. Stark, Daniel died August 24, 1904 in
Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana and was buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Amanda died July 30, 1916 in the same location and was also buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery.[8]
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Direct Index to Deeds and Deeds of Trust -- Newton County, Texas
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Grantors: Martha & W. H. Stark
Grantee: D. L. Stark etal
Kind of Instrument: Deed
Record: Volume Q, page 39
Date of Instrument: January 11, 1892
Date of filing: July 25, 1896
Description: Int. A. L. Stark
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Grantors: A. L., D. L., L. M. Stark etal
Grantee: R. M. Campbell etal
Kind of Instrument: P/A
Record: Volume M, page 631
Date of Instrument: January 13, 1893
Date of filing: January 19, 1893
Description: 617 acres; W. H. Stark Survey
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Grantors: D. L., L. M. Stark etal
Grantee: L. B. Clark etal
Kind of Instrument: P/A
Record: Volume M, page 631
Date of Instrument: January 13, 1893
Date of filing: January 19, 1893
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Grantors: Stark, D. L. & Amanda C.
Grantee: W. H. Stark, Jr.
Kind of Instrument: Timber Deed
Record: Volume 2, page 328
Date of Instrument: January 24, 1907;
Date of filing: September 5, 1906
Description: 100 acres, Turner Survey
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Newton County, Texas 1860 Census, Transcribed by Newton County Historical Commission, page 5. Publication prepared using National Archives Microfilm Publications Microcopy No. 653, Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States -- 1860 -- Roll 1302
--TEXAS-- Volume 8 (247 - 469).
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Oak Grove Cemetery
(Hornbeck) - Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Directions: From US Hwy. 171 in the center of Anacoco turn east onto LA Hwy. 111 and go approximately 2.8 miles. After crossing several bridges, road curves to the right. At this bend, turn left onto Oak Grove Road. Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church and cemetery can be seen from this location. A sign over the main
gate indicates the cemetery was established in 1851. Tombstone inscriptions were first copied in April 1979, and recopied by Jane P. McManus in November 1995. The two new sections were copied first as the burials were approached from the Driveway to the fence in each case. The older center section was copied last in zigzag rows, and many of the unreadable inscriptions
in this area were verified from the 1979 version. Submitted by Jane McManus. Quote: "Stark, Amanda - [unreadable small concrete marker - no dates]; Stark, D. L. - 22 Nov 1832/24 Aug 1904 Husband. |
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Daniel Lafayett Stark Descendant Register
Generation No. 1
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 Daniel
Lafayett Stark (William Hawley Stark7, Daniel
R. Stark6, Asahel Stark5, Christopher
Stark (Junior)4, Christopher Stark (Senior)3,
William Stark (Senior)2, Aaron Stark [1608-1685]1)
was born 22 NOV 1832 in Probably Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and
died 24 AUG 1904 in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. He was
buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hornbeck, Vernon Parish,
Louisiana. He married Amanda
Catherine Dougharty 12 JAN 1854 in Newton County, Texas.
She was born 20 OCT 1837 in Clinton, East Feliciano Parish,
Louisiana, and died 30 JUL 1916 in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish,
Louisiana. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hornbeck,
Vernon Parish, Louisiana. [Photo Note: Daniel Stark Tombstone
dated 9/14/2006. Stone was very old and did not photograph well,
The top part looks like an open bible. The inscription read:
"In Memory of my Beloved Husband D. L. Stark, Nov. 22,
1832 - Aug 24, 1904. Blessed are the pure in heart for they
shall see God."
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Children of Daniel Lafayett Stark and Amanda
Catherine Dougharty are:
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Rev.
William G. Stark was born 20 OCT 1866 in Newton
County, Texas, and died 02 FEB 1956 in Hornbeck, Vernon
Parish, Louisiana. He married Texana
B. Ford 13 OCT 1886 in Newton County, Texas. She was
born 12 APR 1865 in Newton County, Texas, and died 08
NOV 1934 in Hornbeck, Louisiana.
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James
Archibald "Archie" Stark was born 15 JAN
1869 in Leesmill, Newton County, Texas, and died 06 AUG
1934 in Bon Wier, Newton County, Texas.
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Elizabeth
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James
Archibald "Archie" Stark (Daniel Lafayett
Stark8, William Hawley Stark7, Daniel R.
Stark6, Asahel Stark5, Christopher Stark
(Junior)4, Christopher Stark (Senior)3,
William Stark (Senior)2, Aaron Stark [1608-1685]1)
was born 13 JAN 1869 in Leesmill, Newton County, Texas, and died
06 AUG 1934 in Bon Wier, Newton County, Texas. He was buried in
Ford Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. He married Eugenia
Wood 04 FEB 1886 in Leesville, Verdon Parish, Louisiana.
She was born 24 JAN 1872 in Perhaps Texas, and died 14 MAY 1954
in Kirbyville, Newton County, Texas. She was buried in Ford
Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.
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Children of James Archibald "Archie"
Stark and Eugenia Wood are:
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Alice
Catherine Stark was born 08 JAN 1887 in Newton
County, Texas, and died 21 FEB 1965 in Hornbeck, Vernon
Parish, Louisiana. She married H.
Wesley Owers. He was born 16 OCT 1878, and died 29
MAR 1935 in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
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Lola
Stark was born 29 APR 1890.
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Hettie
M. Stark was born 01 NOV 1891, and died 07 MAY 1974
in Newton County, Texas.
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James
L. Stark was born 08 DEC 1894, and died 04 SEP 1980
in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, at Jasper Memorial
Hospital.
Beaumont
Enterprise / KIRBYVILLE /Obituary
James
L. Stark, 85, of Kirbyville died at 5 a.m. Thursday,
September 4, 1980 at Jasper Memorial Hospital after an
illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at
Causey's E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville with
Masonic graveside rites in Ford Cemetery. A native of
Old Salem, Texas, he had lived in the Kirbyville area
most of his life and was a retired woods foreman for
Kirby Lumber Co. He was also a Newton county
commissioner. Survivors include his wife, Cora Williams
Stark of Kirbyville; six daughters, Jimmie Lee Talley,
Ina Wilma Jones and Charlene Travis, all of Kirbyville,
Donna Nichols of Leesville, La., Sybil Peveto of
Beaumont and Laura Gene Gall of Vidor; two sons, Chester
Stark of Beaumont and Billy Jim Stark of Kirbyville; two
sisters, Lola Dougharty of Lewis Chapel, Texas, and Lena
Stivender of Bon Wier; three brothers, Bunyon Stark of
Houston, Dwight Stark and Babe Stark, both of Lewis
Chapel; 30 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
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George
Stark was born 14 JUN 1895.
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  Edward
C. "Edd" Stark was born 24 MAR 1898 and died
September 29, 1969 in Newton County, Texas. He married
Mirtha Mae Owers, born December 9, 1901, died April 15,
1984.
Both are buried in the Ford Chapel Cemetery, Newton
County, Texas. Mirtha
was the twin sister of Bertha Owers who married Edward's
brother, Clifton. Tombstone photos contributed by Edith
Blankenship 3/12/2008.
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Bunyon
"Bun" Stark was born 23 OCT 1899 in Newton
County, Texas, and died 1985 in Newton County, Texas.
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Lener
"Lena" Stark was born 24 DEC 1900.
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  Clifton
L. Stark was born 20 MAY 1902 and died July 6, 1967 in
Newton County, Texas. He married Bertha Owers, born
December 9, 1901, died April 12, 1988. Both are buried
in the Ford Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. Bertha
was the twin sister of Mirtha Owers who married
Clifton's brother, Edward.
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Lennia
"Lennie" Stark was born 04 JAN 1904.
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Lenoard
Stark was born 23 JUL 1905.
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Dwight
Lee Stark was born 08 MAY 1907, and died 28 MAY
1989.
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Bertie
Wood "Babe" Stark was born 25 DEC 1908.
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Hazel
Stark was born 25 OCT 1913.
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