Lt Col Alexander James DALLAS

1820 - 1889  (68 years)

• Name	Alexander James DALLAS  [1]
  Prefix	Lt Col
  Born	29 Sep 1820	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	28 Oct 1850	, Washington, Texas, USA
  pg 293A-B, hh #135
  Reel No: M432-918 Enumerated By E. D. Little 39 135 135 Dallas Alex 29 M 100 R I 40 135 135 Dallas Tabitha 26 F Texas 41 135 135 Dallas James 7 M Texas 42 135 135 Dallas William 5 M Texas 1 135 135 Dallas Elizabeth 4 F Texas 2 135 135 Dallas Pricilla 2 F Texas
  Property	16 Aug 1854	, Bell, Texas, USA
  (bought) 160 acres on Darrs Creek from James B Wills
  Census	9 Jul 1860	, Bell, Texas, USA
  pg 324B-325A, fam/dwell 394/396
  Dallas A. G. 39 M . farmer 5,040 5,635 Kentucky . . (Missouri was crossed out, and Kentucky written above) Dallas Tabitha 36 F . . . . Missouri . . Dallas Jas. 17 M . . . . Texas . X Dallas E. 13 F . . . . Texas . X Dallas Wm. 15 M . . . . Texas . X Dallas Mary 10 F . . . . Texas . X Dallas Reuben 9 M . . . . Texas . X Dallas M. 6 F . . . . Texas . X Dallas Elmire 4 F . . . . Texas . X
  Census	23 Aug 1870	Salado, Bell, Texas, USA
  pg 16, hh #120 (68B)
  Beat 4 DALLAS, A.J. 50 M W Farmer Ky Margerit 46 F W Keeping House Tenn Reuben 19 M W Texas Mattie 17 F W Texas Elmira 15 F W Texas Jennie 4 F W Texas
  Census	1 Jun 1880	, Bell, Texas, USA
  ED 3, pg 1 (323A)
  Precinct 3 A J Dallas Self M 59 Kentucky M Dallas Wife F 54 Tennessee Jennie Dallas Dau F 13 Texas Fannie Whittington Niece F 17 Texas Wm Tullouch? B-in-l M 62 Tennessee Jno Little [blank] M 20 Arkansas
  Name	A J Dallas
  Name	Alex Dallas  [6]
  Died	2 Aug 1889	, Bell, Texas, USA   [7]
  Buried	3 Aug 1889	, Bell, Texas, USA
  	Address: Dallas Cemetery Bell County Bell County, Texas
  Person ID	I3686	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	James Laraine DALLAS,   b. 14 Apr 1788, , Baltimore, Maryland, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 1835, , Washington, Texas, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth REID,   b. 6 May 1798, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 21 Dec 1878, , Washington, Texas, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1814	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F1746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Tabitha L WILLS,   b. 11 May 1824, , , Missouri, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1860, , Bell, Texas, USA  (Age 36 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1842	, Washington, Texas, USA   [9]
  Children	1. James DALLAS,   b. Oct 1843, , Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1859  (Age ~ 16 years)   2. William DALLAS,   b. 1845, , Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1859  (Age 15 years)   3. Amy Elizabeth DALLAS,   b. 18 Nov 1846, , Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1888, , Bell, Texas, USA  (Age 41 years)   4. Mary Priscilla DALLAS,   b. 9 Feb 1849, , Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. 20 May 1869, , , Texas, USA  (Age 20 years)   5. Reuben T DALLAS,   b. 1851, , Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. Deceased   6. Martha Ann DALLAS,   b. 4 Jan 1854, , Bell, Texas, USA ,   d. 10 Feb 1920, Holland, Bell, Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)   7. Elmira DALLAS,   b. 1856, , Bell, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Jan 1904, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret HENRY,   b. 25 Feb 1825, , , Tennessee, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1894, , , Texas, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1862	, , Texas, USA   [10]
  Children	1. Jennie DALLAS,   b. 15 Jul 1866, , Bell, Texas, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 1899, , , Texas, USA  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was granted three labores of land in Milam District, Bell Co, Texas on 11/16/1853 by Governor E M Pease of Texas. The land lay on Darrs Creek about 14 miles southeast of Belton. On 8/15/1854, James B Wills sold Alexander 160 acres in the "forks of Darrs Creek" for $75. Alexander and Tabitha lived there for the remainder of their lives. Alexander purchased lots 4, 5, 14, 15, Block 15, Town of Salado on 8/31/1861. The money went to building the Salado College. Alexander was a trustee of the school. In 1862, Alexander contributed to the outfitting of Captain X B Saunders' Civil War company. His 1889 will provided land for the Dallas Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1249] Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, (FamilySearch.org), Dallas, Alexander J. to Tabetha Wills [S543] Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, Limmer, E A Jr., (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), pg 444. "He was born September 29, 1820 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky." [S34] 1860 Bell, TX, pg 324. age 39, Kentucky [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, pg 293A-B, hh #135. age 29, R I (Rhode Island?) [S685] Cemetery, Dallas, Bell, TX, Dallas, A J. 29 Sep 1820 [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, pg 293A-B, hh #135. Alex Dallas [S685] Cemetery, Dallas, Bell, TX, Dallas, A J. 2 Aug 1889 [S543] Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, Limmer, E A Jr., (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), 444. [S582] Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6. Alexander J Dallas to Tabetha Wills, 6 Jan 1842, by D B Madden, Esq. [S543] Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, Limmer, E A Jr., (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), pg 444.