Descendants of John Tart

July 17, 2000 - Research continuing, by Carol Martin
(wife of Tommy Roy Martin - grandson of Roy Lester Tart)

Note - I try to be very careful to be as certain as possible about any info. before recording it. Please let me know if you have validation that something should be different than what I have recorded . Do not know why the spelling of

Tart/Tartt changed, adding another t on the end. In many records I have seen it spelled both ways.

1) John Tart
b. March 18, 1835, Henderson Co., Tn.
*From census info. (which is included at end ) & civil war pension application copy
d. Mar. 29, 1916. Franklin Co., Tx.
**from Death Records Index @ Tx. Library and Archives
+ Dianna b. circa 1848, Miss. *from census info. which is included at end
From Confederate Research Sources, Vol 3 T, pg. 769 (thru Ancestry.com) - Pvt. Co. K, 16th La. Inf. En. Sept. 29, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to June, 1863, Regtl. teamster. Roll July and Aug., 1863, Absent, sent to Hospl., Aug. 20, 1863, order of Dr. Ware. Roll Sept. and Oct., 1863, Present. Roll Jan. and Feb., 1864, Absent, sick, sent to Hospl., from camp, near Dalton, Ga., Feb. 6, 1864. Roll March and April 1864, Present Roll to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent furloughed from Hospl., July 4, 1864, for 60 days. Roll to Feb. 28, 1865, Absent, on furlough, Feb. 10, 1865, order Gen. Holl. Roll April 20 to 30, 1865, Present.

From Texas State Archives - Application for pension (approved Sept 1, 1913) - have copies
* Note - 1880 census for Marion Co. also showed that parents of John Tart were born in S.C.

2) Rebecca A. Tart b. c. 1868, Miss. *from census info. which is included at end

2) William Jefferson Tart b. Dec. 21, 1873 Bluffdale, Erath, Tx. d. July 01, 1946 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. Gooch Cem. From Mason Co., Tx. death records & family sources (W.A. 'Bill' Tart remembers that Wm. J. 'Bill' Tart was walking home and stopped to rest at a friend's home, where he died suddenly) Also noted on death cert., which Leesey was informant, stated that Susan Higans (Higgins?) was mother of Wm. Jefferson Tart - will be checking on this.
+ Georgia Anna (Leesey) Waits b. Feb 29, 1876 Tx. d. Jun.24, 1951 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. Gooch Cem. (Georgia Anna (Leesey) Waits family history done separately -- Am puzzled as to why/when Leesey Waits became Georgia Anna (which is on her grave marker) -- if anyone has a clue on this, please let me know) Susie Bell Peterson remembers that her mother (Lola Tartt Bell) said her mother's name was Leesey Georgia Ann.

3) Roy Lester Tartt b. Mar. 05, 1895 m. Nov 07. 1914 (Recorded @ Mason Co. Courthouse)
d. Feb. 28, 1925 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. Gooch Cem.
+ Odie Ethel Garner b. Oct. 14, 1886 d. Apr 04, 1961 Mason, Mason Co., Tx. bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. Gooch Cem.

4) Annie Beatrice Tartt b. living, Mason, Mason Co., Tx.
+ Jack Mearl Martin b. May 18, 1912 Streeter, Mason Co., Tx.
d. Aug. 18, 1982 (at his home on hwy. 29) Mason, Mason Co., Tx. bur. Gooch Cem. Mason, Mason Co., Tx.

4) Cora Irene Tartt b. Nov. 12, 1918 Mason, Mason Co., Tx. d. May 23, 1919 Mason, Mason Co., Tx.

4) Roy Lester (R.L.)Tartt, Jr. b. Feb. 14, 1920 Mason, Tx. d. Jan 27, 1994 Mason, Mason Co., Tx. bur. Mason, Mason Co, Tx. - Gooch Cem.

4) Sarah Belle Tartt b. living, Mason, Mason Co., Tx.
+ W.D. (Bill) Watkins b. Apr 07, 1918 d. Jan 08, 1970 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. - Gooch Cem.

3) Carrie Lee Tartt b. Nov 1896 Franklin Co., Tx. d. 1977 bur. Gooch Cem. Mason, Mason Co., Tx.
+ Walter C. Henrich b. 1889 d. 1972 bur Gooch Cem., Mason, Mason Co, TX

3) Callie Dona Tartt b. Jun 25, 1898 Franklin Co., Tx. d. Jan 3, 1967 bur. Gooch Cem Mason, Mason Co., Tx.
+ John Abner Reeves b. 1915 d. 1971 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. - Gooch Cem.

3) Oran Dee Tartt b Jun 04, 1900 Franklin Co., Tx. d. Sep 19, 1956 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. - Gooch Cem. (next to his parents plot)
+ Katherine Anna (Katie) Leifeste (divorced) b. Feb 12, 1896 d. Aug 25, 1961 ***see note at end

4) Walton Tartt b. May 20, 1920 Mason Co., Tx. d. Dec. 14, 1944 (killed in WW ll) bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx. - Gooch Cem.

4) Gladys Elizabeth Tartt b. Nov 14, 1921 Mason Co., Tx. d. Feb 22, 1978 Houston, Harris Co., Tx. Gladys had a twin who died very soon after birth.
+ David Fisher Self

4) Jewel Louise Tartt b. Jan. 13,1935 d. Jan. 14, 1935 Mason Co., Tx.

4) Georgia Ann Tartt b. Aug 22, 1936 d. Aug 23, 1936 Harris Co., Tx.

3) Florie Tartt b. 1902 d. 1905 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx - Gooch cem. (in same plot with her parents)

3) Mānie Velma Tartt (name from mar. record @ Mason Co., Tx courthouse) b. 1903 d. 1986 bur. Mason, Mason Co., Tx.- Gooch Cem.
+ James W. C. Thompson b. Nov 13, 1887 d. Dec 17, 1974

4) Blan Maurine Thompson b. Mason Co., Tx.

4) Carrie Lee Thompson b. Mason Co., Tx.

4) Johnnie Edward Thompson b. Mason Co., Tx.

3) Lola Bell Tartt b. Jan 08, 1906 Mason Co., Tx. d. Feb 20, 1985 bur Gooch Cem., Mason, Mason Co., Tx.
+ Charley Bell b. Dec. 16, 1896 d. Jan 07, 1979 bur. Gooch Cem. Mason Co.

4) Susie Bell
Susie remembers asking her aunt Edna Tartt about being told they had Indian blood. Edna told her she didn't know anything about that, but that Grandpa (unclear if this referral is to John Tart) had married "an Indian woman the second time".
+ Peterson

4) Sara Bell

4) Callie Ann Bell
+ James E. "Buddy"
Hughes.

3) William Albert Tartt b. Apr 17, 1908 d. Dec 20 1987 Harris Co., Tx. bur
+ Mabel Lillian Ordeneaux b. Dec 09, 1905 d. Jun 17 1985 Harris Co., Tx.

4) William Albert (Bill) Tartt b. living, Houston, Harris Co., Tx.

4) Gary Dean Tartt b. Houston, Harris Co., Tx.
+ Dorothy

4) Wanda Fay Tartt b. living, Houston, Harris Co., Tx.

4) Beverly Mae Tartt b. Houston, Harris Co.,Tx.
+ Rosendahl
(Birth & death info. on this family unit from S. S. Death Index, from Birth Records, Harris Co., Tx., and from W.A. - Bill Tartt)

3) Edna Pauline Tartt b. Jun 27, 1912 d. 1999 bur. Nixon, Tx.
+ C.E. Bradford

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* 1870 Census - Calhoun Co., Miss.

Tart, John age - 30 b. pl. Tn.
wife, (unclear) age - 20 b. pl. Miss.
dtr. , Rebecca age - 2 b. pl. Miss.

1880 Census - Monroe Co., Texas - Pg. 358, Enumeration District 84

Tart, John age - b. pl. Tn.
wife, Dianna age - 32 b. pl. Miss.
dtr. , R.A. age - 12 (have family note that Wm. Jefferson had a sister named Becky)
son , W.J. age - 8

1900 Census in Texas, Franklin Co.

last name first name age b. date b.pl. present location

Tart, W.J. 26 Dec. 1873 Tx. Franklin Co., Tx.
" Licy 24 Feb. 1876 " "
" Roy L. 5 Mar. 1895 " "
" Carrie 3 Nov. 1896 " "
" Caldonia 1 Jun. 1898 " "
Tart, John 65 Mar. 1835 " "

** From Death Records Index at the Tx. State Library & Archives in Austin, Tx. - 1903 - 1940,

Vol. 50

Tart, John d. county - Franklin d. date - Mar 20, 1916 cert. #6833

*** Oran and Katie Tart had 3 more children that were born and died in Houston and are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., - at corner of 145 and N. Main St.

- noted by David F. Self, Jr.

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Mason County Marriage Records

Register number 4-465
Mr Lester Tart / Miss Oda Garner
marriage performed November 07, 1914
by Mr S. J. Thorne
Justice of the Peace, Prec. 1
Mason Co., Tx.

(Mason Co. Courthouse, Volume 4, pg. 233 of Marriage Rec. of Mason Co., Tx.)

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Mason County Marriage Records

Register number 4-648
Mr. Oran Tart / Miss Katherine Leifeste
marriage performed July 06, 1919
by Mr S. J. Thorne
Justice of the Peace, Prec. 1
Mason Co., Tx.

(Mason Co. Courthouse, Volume 4, pg. 324 of Marriage Rec. of Mason Co., Tx.)