Effie Lee O'NEAL

Other Events:

• Name: Jim O'Neal
• Census: 1870, Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA; pg 177
• Occupation: 1873; cook's helper on a cattle drive
• Census: 1880, Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA; page 337
• Residence: 1886, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA
• Census: 1900, , Victoria, Texas, USA; ED 89, pg 6A
• Census: 1910, , McLennan, Texas, USA; ED 95, pg 4A
• Census: 1920, , Limestone, Texas, USA; ED 81, Sheet 10
• Census: 1930, , Limestone, Texas, USA
• Census: 1940, Mart, McLennan, Texas, USA

Notes:

(Medical):Lost his eyesight in a plowing accident.

Census:
Eataw Dist. 48 W.
with his dad

Census:

J.R. O'Neal 19 and Eula M 16.

Census:
Precinct 3, Vol. 107, Line 28
O'NEIL, James R. W head 2/1862 38 TX M 20
Eula M. wife 2/1865 35 AL 9/6
Ernest R. son 10/1884 15 TX
Frank S. son 9/1886 13 TX
Eula J. dau 11/1889 10 TX
Myrtle M. dau 5/1894 6 TX
Effie Lee dau 1/1896 4 TX
James L. son 9/1897 2 TX

Census:
Precinct 2
James R Oneal Head M 48 Germany
Eular Oneal Wife F 45 Alabama
Jewel Darrete Dau F 19 Texas
Lawrence Darrete Son M 12 Texas
Jack Darrete S-in-l M 19 Texas

Census:
Vol. 115, Line 46
O'NEAL, James R. W head 61 TX
Eula wife 54 TX
James L. son 22 TX
Lenord a-son 14 TX

Census:
Pct 1
James and Eula

Census:
James and Eula

Died:
He was in a "private hospital" at 1515 N 5th, Waco, for four months prior to his death.

James married Eula Mae WALKER on 12 Apr 1880 in Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, USA. Eula (daughter of John Green WALKER and Phebe Naomi GAMBLE) was born on 26 Feb 1863 in , , Alabama, USA; died on 15 Sep 1941 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA; was buried on 16 Sep 1941 in Mart, McLennan, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Eula Mae Nina Walker

Other Events:

• Tax List: 1848, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; Land Roll
• Census: 3 Sep 1850, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; pg 295 (148A), d/f #132/132
• Tax List: 1854, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; Land Roll
• Residence: 1857, , Limestone, Texas, USA
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, , Limestone, Texas, USA; pg 17 (322)
• Military: Between Sep 1861 and 1865, , , Texas, USA; Co K, 12th Texas Cavalry, CSA
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, , Limestone, Texas, USA; pg 56-57 (177A-B), d/f #285/400
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, , Limestone, Texas, USA; ED 93, pg 21 (324B)
• Census: 19 Jun 1900, Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA; ED 60, pg 21A
• Pension: 15 Sep 1905, Headsville, Robertson, Texas, USA; Confederate
• Obituary: 18 Feb 1909, Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, USA; Groesbeck Journal

Notes:

In April of 1905 Rueben applied for a pension. His pension says his name is Reubin Oneal. It is signed R Onieal.
What is your age? 80
How long have you resided in said county and what is your post office address? 48 years, Headsville.
What is your occupation if engaged in one? Wholly unable to work.
What is your physical condition? Worn out from old age.
In what state was your command originally organized? Texas
How long did you serve? Enlisted about 9/1861 and served till war closed.
What was the name or letter of your company and name or number of your regiment? Co. K and 12th Texas Cavalry - served about four years.
What real and personal property do you own, and what is the present value of such property? Don't own any property at all.
What property, and what was the value thereof, have you sold or conveyed within two years prior to the date of your application? Chunk of a pony and some hogs worth about fifty dollars.
Witnesses were B. F. Burns and B. T. Hammond.
His physical condition according to a doctor was "nervous exhaustion caused from old age".
The application was approved even though Rueben's name was not found on the rolls of Co. K.

...Reuben had an old green leather trunk he carried, back of his saddle all during the Civil War. One time at some crisis he asked Martha to hide it because it was full of gold coins. No one has ever found it but Dorothy had the green trunk given to her plus other items from the Walker side...

Tax List:

Name Section Township/Range
ONeal, Reuben 9 10-17

Census:

Reuben O Neal M 24 Mississippi
Mary F O Neal F 22 South Carolina
Margaret O Neal F 1 Mississippi
Bryant Lane M 22 North Carolina
They live near William.

Tax List:

Name Section Township Range Taxable Acres
Oneal, Reuben 27 10 17 40
Oneal, Reuben 28 10 17 40

Census:
Precinct 2, d/f #122/115, Eutaw P.O.
R. O'Neal 33 Miss Farmer $1000 RE $1300 PP
Mary 30 SC
Margaret 11 Miss
Jno 9 Miss
William Henry 5 Miss
Martha 4 Miss
Ellen 2 Tex
Jas R. 4/12 Tex

Military:
Civil War

Census:
District 48 W, Eutaw PO
Reubin O'Neal 46 Planter
Elizabeth 34 SC
Jno 18
Ellen 12
Martha 13
Jas R. 10
(I don't have anything on Elizabeth.)

Census:
Precinct 8, Headville
James BERRY Self M Male W 31 AL Farmer AL AL
Nannie BERRY Wife M Female W 29 AL Keeping House AL AL
George BERRY Son S Male W 10 TX At Home AL AL
Marion BERRY Son S Male W 6 TX At Home AL AL
John BERRY Son S Male W 4 TX At Home AL AL broken arm
Reuben O'NEIL Other W Male W 55 AL Farmer AL GA
I once believed this family to be James Berry O'Neal, brother to Reuben, I no longer believe so.

Census:
Precinct 5
Ruben Oneal Head M 74 Aug 1825 Mississippi
A F Martin Boarder M 60 Mar 1840 Illinois m. 40 yrs.
D E Martin Boarder F 62 Oct 1837 Alabama 8/6 children
Alvy Martin Boarder M 18 Aug 1881 Arkansas
Reuben is widowed and they're farming.

Pension:
Pension #11030: document says Headsville, Limestone Co, TX, it's near the county line.

Reuben married Mary F RIGBY about 1848 in , , Mississippi, USA. Mary (daughter of Russell Thomas RIGBY and Lydia SULLIVAN) was born in 1830 in , Darlington, South Carolina, USA; died before Jul 1870 in , , Texas, USA; was buried in Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This family is difficult to trace because of the repetitive naming and the fact that so many different families resided together. Ive seen a lot of sources that list 7 children for Russell and Lydia - William B, Emily Ann, Mary F, Sidney F, John Owen, Martha, and Melissa Lydia - and 8 children for Russell and Mary - Joseph A, Margaret, Russell, Charles, Louvinia, Stephen, Benjamin, and Archie. However, I have found no sources online that prove any of these children. I've also found sources that show most of these children to be nieces and nephews, again I find no sources that prove any parentage. If we go strictly with the 1850 and 1860 census records, assuming that all the children are with the correct parents, we find John O, Robert E, Sidney, Melissa, and Stephen who are all older than the supposed marriage date for Mary, and Joseph, Charles, Margaret and Miranda who would be Mary's children. It's possible that our Mary Rigby O'Neal is also a daughter of Bryant.

Died:
probably Limestone County

Other Events:

• Census: 28 Jun 1860, , Dallas, Alabama, USA; pg 28 (906B), d/f #211/206
• Residence: 1867, , Leon, Texas, USA
• Census: 1870, Bowling, Leon, Texas, USA; pg 24A
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, , Limestone, Texas, USA; ED 93, pg 22 (324B)
• Census: 7 Jun 1900, Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA; ED 60, pg 9B

Notes:

(Research):Leon Co, TX Land Records
JOHN WALKER J. WALKER 921

Census:
Athens Beat, Liberty Hill PO
J G Walker 39 [1821] Ala
P N Walker 33 [1827] S C
S G Walker 9 [1851] Ala
N R Walker 7 [1853] Ala
T W Walker 5 [1855] Ala
S R Walker 3 [1857] Ala
Liberty Hill became Athens.

Census:

J G Walker 49
Feby Walker 44
S G Walker 17
T W Walker 14
Sarah Walker 13
M R Walker 6
E M Walker 4
J Shuffield 17

Census:
Headville, Precinct 8
Jno. G. WALKER Self W Male W 60 AL Farmer GA GA
Samuel G. WALKER Son S Male W 28 AL Asst. Farmer AL AL
T. W. WALKER Son S Male W 24 AL Asst. Farmer AL AL
Minnie R. WALKER Dau S Female W 16 AL House Keeping AL AL

Census:
Precinct 5
Walker, Jno G head W M head Apr 1821 79 W AL AL AL
John is widowed.

John married Phebe Naomi GAMBLE on 6 Feb 1851 in , Dallas, Alabama, USA. Phebe (daughter of Samuel Rand GAMBLE and Rachel WILSON) was born on 25 Dec 1832 in , Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 29 Mar 1872 in , Limestone, Texas, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1872 in Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She owned at least 3-640 acre tracts of land - PN Walker.

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 1800
• Residence: 1823, , Yazoo, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1837
• Tax List: 1839
• Census: 1840, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; pg 5
• Residence: Abt 1840, De Kalb, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1842
• Tax List: 1846
• Tax List: 1848
• Tax List: 1854
• Probate: May 1855, , Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA

Notes:

Signed guardianship papers for three children with William's widow, Sarah, and Peter Bozeman, 5/1855.
Jim Bowie's mother was Mary O'Neal who marr. Stephen Bowie. This is in a book indexed in 2000 called "The History of the Annals of Northwest Louisiana". Mariah Gibson O'Neal (b. 1809) who marr Harvey O'Neal tells the story in 1890 in Rapides Parrish LA. [This is NOT true, Jim Bowie's mother was not an O'Neal.]

New York Daily Times (New York, New York), 9 January 1856
Horrible Retribution - In the early part of September last, a man living in Kemper County, in this State, whose name was Greenberry O'Neal, killed in an affray a man whose name we heard but have not forgotten. He was arrested and carried before the proper authorities and by them admitted to bail. A few nights since, while himself and family were seated around the fire, an unknown person approached his dwelling and placing a gun through a crack in the wall, discharged its contents at him, which entering his head, scattered his brains upon the floor, killing him instantly. An efforts was made, we learn, to find the perpetrators of this horrible deed and bring them to justice, but a last accounts no traces of them could be found. - Macon(?) (Miss.) Star.

There is a Greenberry O'Neal in Sumter Co, AL, in the land records 1838-1840
106 Harrison Allen from Oneal Greenberry pg 548

1848 Land Roll, Kemper Co, MS
Name Section Township/Range
ONeal, G.B. 3 10-17

1854 Land Roll, Kemper Co, MS
Name Section Township Range Taxable Acres
Oneal, G. B. 3 11 17 160
Oneal, G. B. 3 10 17 80

There is a Green Berry O'Neal livinging with Andrew Cliney on the 1860 census
Andw B Cliney, Margarett, Wm, Permelia C, Elizabeth, Mary A, Thos, Theodore, Green B Oneal

(Research):1850 Kemper Co Mississippi
O'NEAL 148A-148B Reuben and William
RIGBY 147A-147B Russell
CHERRY 149A-149B
GIBSON 153B-156B-159A-167B-208B

1840 Kemper Co Mississippi
CHERRY 8
ONEAL 5
RIGBY 24
GIBSON 8-22

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi

Census:
age number
Male
5-9 2
10-14 1
40-49 1
Female
5-9 1
40-49 1
Free Colored Male
10-23 1
5 Slaves
If this is our Green, Ruben is missing.

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi, Land Roll

Tax List:
Kemper Co, Mississippi, Land Roll

Greenberry married Peggy TRAYLOR on 19 Dec 1822 in , Lawrence, Mississippi, USA. Peggy was born about 1805; died between 1835 and 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William may be her father.

Notes:

Married:
"Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2D7-X7S : accessed 18 Apr 2013), Greenberry Oneal and Peggy Traylor, 1822.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1817, , , North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1820, , Darlington, South Carolina, USA; pg 229a
• Census: 1830, , Darlington, South Carolina, USA
• Tax List: 1837, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1839, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Census: 1840, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; pg 24
• Tax List: 1842, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1846, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Property: 1 Dec 1846, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1848, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; Land Roll
• Census: 1850, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; Slave Schedule
• Census: 2 Sep 1850, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119
• Property: 5 Dec 1850, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA
• Tax List: 1854, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA; Land Roll
• Census: 3 Jul 1860, , Scott, Mississippi, USA; pg 60, hh #378

Notes:

The 1850 Census shows Mary, age 23, born in Mississippi. This is his wife rather than his daughter. This family is difficult to trace because of the repetitive naming and the fact that so many different families resided together. I've seen a lot of sources that list 7 children for Russell and Lydia - William B, Emily Ann, Mary F, Sidney F, John Owen, Martha, and Melissa Lydia - and 8 children for Russell and Mary - Joseph A, Margaret, Russell, Charles, Louvinia, Stephen, Benjamin, and Archie. However, I have found no sources online that prove any of these children. I've also found sources that show most of these children to be nieces and nephews, again I find no sources that prove any parentage. If we go strictly with the 1850 and 1860 census records, assuming that all the children are with the correct parents, we find John O, Robert E, Sidney, Melissa, and Stephen who are all older than the supposed marriage date for Mary, and Joseph, Charles, Margaret and Miranda who would be Mary's children.
On the other hand, if brother Bryant died in 1850, Stephen, Sidney, and Malissa may be his instead of Russell's. This is the problem we deal with when a family uses the same names over and over.

Census:
there is 1 M age under 10, 1 M age 16-25, 1 F age 16-25, total 3 people, no slaves

Census:

1 M under 5, 1 M 10-14, 1 M 30-39, 2 F under 5, 1 F 5-9, 2 F 20-29, 1 F 60-69, total 9 free people, 1 slave F 55-99

Census:

2 M 5-9, 1 M 10-14, 1 M 20-29, 1 M 40-49, 1 F under 5, 1 F 5-9, 2 F 10-14, 1 F 15-19, 1 F 40-49, total 11 free people, no slaves

Property:
RIGBY RUSSELL 28 10N 17E CHOCTAW 161.42 1846/12/01

Tax List:

Name Section Township/Range
Rigby, Russell 28 10-17
Rigby, Russell 27 10-17

Census:
SLAVE OWNER # OF
PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES DESC AGE COLOR STATE (FREED) BLIND REMARKS
Right side
3 38 Rigby Russel 1 32 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
3 39 Rigby Russel 1 22 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
3 40 Rigby Russel 1 21 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
3 41 Rigby Russel 1 30 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
3 42 Rigby Russel 1 22 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
4 1 Rigby Russel 1 19 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
4 2 Rigby Russel 1 1 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
4 3 Rigby Russel 1 6/12 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
4 4 Rigby Russel 1 10 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119

Census:

Rigby, Russell 52 M Farmer 3000 SC
Mary 23 F Miss
John O 18 M Laborer SC
Robert E 16 M Laborer SC
pg 148A
Sidney 10 M Miss
Malissa L 7 F Miss
Stephen 3 M Miss
Joseph 1 M Miss
fam 121
Rigby, William B 25 M Farmer 340 SC
Mary 25 F Miss
Martha 7 F Miss
Russle 6 M Miss
Nancy 4 F Miss
Needham 2 M Miss

Property:
RIGBY RUSSELL 33 10N 17E CHOCTAW 42.33 1850/12/05

Tax List:

Name Section Township Range Taxable Acres
Rigby, Russell 27 10 17 120
Rigby, Russell 27 10 17 320
Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 120
Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 160
Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 20
Rigby, Russel 33 10 17 200
Rigby, Russel 33 10 17 40
Rigby, Russel 34 10 17 160
Rigby, Russell 3 9 17 80

Census:
District 1, Hillsboro PO
Rigby, Russell 62 M NC
Mary 33 F Miss
Sidney 24 M Miss
Lidia 17 F Miss
Stephen 13 M MS
Andrew, Joseph 11 M MS
Margaret 8 F MS
Rigby, Charles 5 M MS
Marenda 2 F MS
Jones, Henry 3? M VA
Lilly, W W 25 M NC

Russell married Lydia SULLIVAN about 1819 in , , South Carolina, USA. Lydia was born between 1801 and 1804 in , Scott, Mississippi, USA; died before 1846 in , Kemper, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It's hard to pinpoint Lydia's age. The 1820 census lists a female between 16 and 25 [1795-1804], the 1830 has a female 20-29 [1801-1810] and the 1840 has one 40-49 [1791-1800]. I have to assume that the last one is either incorrect or is someone else. Using the first two, we see that Lydia could be born from 1801-1804. Since there is no one in the household in 1840 in this age range and the younger children are thought to be niece and nephews, it's probable that Lydia died between 1834 when Robert was born and 1837 when the next baby would have been expected.
There is a big question about whether all these children belong to Russell and to which wife they were born. Sidney is 10 on the 1850 census, making Mary only 13 when he was born. I'm pretty sure that, if he is a child of Russell, he is also a child of Lydia. Malissa is 7 on the 1850, making Mary 16 when she was born, it's possible that she is Mary's child but I believe she is Lydia's, who probably died giving birth to her or to the next child. Stephen is 3 on the 1850 census, meaning Mary was 20 when he was born. I have no proof but believe that, if he is a child of Russell, he is also a child of Mary, and she married Russell about 1846.
However, there is reason to believe that Robert, Sidney, Malissa and Stephen are the children of Bryant, Russell's brother.

Notes:

Married:
If they did marry in 1819, there are probably more children but I believe they married a little later.

Other Events:

• Name: C M C Walker
• Occupation: minister
• Residence: 1821, , Dallas, Alabama, USA
• Census: 1830, , Dallas, Alabama, USA; pg 94, image 56
• Census: 31 Oct 1850, , Dallas, Alabama, USA; pg 529 (264A), d/f #663/?

Notes:

All I really know about this family is what I got from the 1850 Federal Census.

Census:

Cornelius Walker
2 boys under 5
2 boys 5-9
1 man 30-39
1 girl under 5
2 girls 10-14
1 girl 15-19
1 lady 30-39

Census:
Athens Beat
C M C Walker M 50 Georgia
Mary Walker F 61 South Carolina
Martha Walker F 32 Georgia
J G Walker M 29 Alabama
C G Walker M 20 Alabama
J A Walker M 15 Alabama
Cornelius is a farmer.

Cornelius married Mary ??? about 1817 in , , Georgia, USA. Mary was born in 1792 in , , South Carolina, USA; died after 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1830, , Wilcox, Alabama, USA
• Census: 1840, , Dallas, Alabama, USA; pg 83, image 81, hh#1182

Notes:

There is a Samuel Gamble listed aboard the Pennsylvania Farmer leaving Ireland in October 1772 and arriving in Charleston in December. There are many people named Gamble in the "Old Shell Creek" Cemetery in Wilcox County, Alabama, but I have not tried to sort the relationships.

Census:

Sam'l R Gamble
1 boy 5-9
1 boy 10-14
1 boy 15-19
1 man 20-29
1 man 50-59 [Samuel]
2 girls 10-14 [Phoebe and ?]
1 girl 15-19
1 lady 40-49 [Rachel]

Samuel married Rachel WILSON about 1815 in , , South Carolina, USA. Rachel was born in 1795 in , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA; died after 1849; was buried in Shell Creek, Wilcox, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 31 Oct 1850, , Dallas, Alabama, USA; pg 529 (264A), d/f #668/?

Notes:

Census:
Athens Beat
Rachel Gamble F 55 1795 South Carolina
M J Gamble F 26 1824 South Carolina
James W Gamble M 24 1826 South Carolina
Neomi Gamble F 18 1832 South Carolina
Rachel is worth $3296. She lives near CMC Walker.

There are more Gamble children on this page living with H H and Europa Hudgins.
R J G Gamble M 14 1836 Alabama
N E Gamble F 13 1837 Alabama
J J Gamble M 10 1840 Alabama
L J Gamble F 9 1841 Alabama