1883 Wagon train settlers from
Calvert, ROBERTSON County
to
Cedar Gap, TAYLOR County, TEXAS
"There are probably more connections here than we realize." Nola. Dec. 1999
ANDERSON |
CHANDLER | HILBUN | PRUITT | SANDELL |
STEPHENSON | TRAYLOR
"In 1883, a winding train of white-topped, covered wagons
arrived in Cedar Gap, Taylor County, from Robertson County. Since all of the travelers
were Baptist, it was inevitable that soon a Baptist Church would be organized. The only
public meeting place in the community at this time was a one-room log cabin school.
Ten families were in the wagon train. These were the L.B. Pruitts,
the George Pruitts, T.W. (Wash) Stephenson, and the W.H. (Bud) Chandlers, the C.J.
Sandells, the Frank Traylors, the George Washington Anderson, and three other families
whose names we could not learn. Most of the families were related. The two Pruitt men were
brothers and also were brothers of Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Stephenson. Sandell was a cousin
to the Pruitt men. Mr. Anderson was the father of Mrs. L.B. (Mary) Pruitt. The families
brought household goods, cattle and horses for riding and field work. Men on horseback
drove large herds of cattle as in a regular cattle drive. When they reached Cedar Gap,
they were ready to establish homes and to engage in farming and ranching on their arrival
in the valley." Reference: Juanita Zachry page 183. A History of Rural
Taylor County'. Republished by Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1995 ph 1-800-880-8642
Wagon Train Occupants
Family |
Name |
Age 1883 |
Connection to head |
ANDERSON |
George Washington |
48 |
head |
|
Josephine P. nee Smith |
31 |
wife |
|
John N. |
16 |
son |
|
William H. |
16 |
son |
|
Loula A. |
10 |
daughter |
|
Mattie |
08 |
daughter |
|
George |
06 |
son |
|
Eliza M.Smith |
05 |
stepdaughter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHANDLER |
W.H. (Bud) |
26 |
head |
|
Emma nee Pruitt |
21 |
wife |
|
Eura |
01 |
daughter |
|
|
|
|
HILBUN |
Elias B. |
54 |
head |
|
Matilda nee Brantly |
47 |
wife |
|
Ruth J. Brantley |
35 |
sister-in-law |
|
Joseph Hilbun |
24 |
nephew |
|
Ezekiel G. Brantley |
44 |
brother-in-law |
HILBUN |
Franklin |
29 |
son |
|
Catherine |
33 |
daughter-in-law |
|
|
|
|
PRUITT |
Luther |
29 |
head |
|
Mary nee Anderson |
21 |
wife |
|
Exa |
04 |
daughter |
PRUITT |
Eligah D. |
49 |
father |
|
Emily E. nee Kay |
54 |
mother |
|
|
|
|
PRUITT |
George W. |
|
head |
|
Mary J. nee Hilbun |
23 |
wife |
|
Lacy D. |
01 |
daughter |
|
Grissell |
infant |
son |
PRUITT |
Oun |
27 |
brother |
|
Bell |
22 |
sister-in-law |
|
|
|
|
SANDELL |
Calvin J. |
26 |
head |
|
Julia nee Jones |
25 |
wife |
|
Earnis |
infant |
son |
|
|
|
|
STEPHENSON |
Thomas Washington |
32 |
head |
|
Charity E. nee Pruitt |
25 |
wife |
|
Effie |
7 |
|
|
|
incomplete |
|
|
|
|
|
TRAYLOR |
Frank |
31 |
head |
|
Eliza Smith nee Coley |
26 |
wife |
|
Albert Sidney |
01 |
son |
|
|
|
|
Rreference :
Taylor Co. 1900 Census ED 151 SD 4 Sheet 6
Taylor
Co. 1910 Census ED 270 SD 16 Sheet 6B line 98
George Washington Anderson
William David Anderson was born in 1829 in Tenn.a
brother to George W. Anderson who was born in 1835 in Texas my gr. gr.-f.. They lived in
Robertson Co from at least 1840-1880. George W. m. Barbara Ann Swingler Sept. 29 1860 in
Robertson Co. Barbara had 2 dau.s' Sarah and Julia Jones. Barbara was born in Baden,
Germany. Sarah Jones m. Nathan Bradford and ? Woodfin. Julia Jones m. Calvin J. Sandell.
George and Barbara had 6 children together before she died. They are:
Mary b. 1861-m- Luther Pruitt
John N. b. 1867-m- Effie Stephenson and
Pearl Graham
(Note: no child born for 5 years George away 3 yrs Civil War service )
William H. b. 1867-m- Louella ?
Loula A. b. 1873 -m- Levi B. Cope in 1889 Cedar Gap,
Taylor Co.
Mattie b. 1875 -m- J.A. McDaniel
George Jr. b. 1877 -m- Mattie
George W. married next Josephine Smith she had one dau.
Pearl Smith she married Willie Brookeson
George and Josephine had three children:
David C. b. 1887 -m- Callie ?, and Jesse b ?
?J. S. R. J. b. 1889 son
Bessie D. b. 1891 -m- Lee Sandell
My Grd-Mother Loula A. Anderson Cope had 10 children she was 40 yrs old when last
child was born. George W. Anderson is buried in the Drummond Cemetery in Lawn, Taylor Co.
TX
My grandmother Loula Alice Anderson Cope was born in 1873
Becks Prairie, Robertson CO. TX. Loula and Mary Anderson Pruitt are sisters. Loula
Anderson married Levi B. Cope in Cedar Gap, Taylor CO. TX 1st May1889. Calvin
J. Sandell married another sister to Mary and Loula Anderson. He married Julia Swingler
Jones who is a half sister to Mary and Loula Anderson. Julia and her sister Sarah were the
dau.s of a unknown Jones man ..
Also the Pruitts' were at my grandmother's (Loula
Anderson Cope) funeral in 1953 in Roscoe, TX.
Information courtesy of David Cope Mamie P.
Smith b. Mar. 1886. (dau)
Elder W.D. Anderson performed the marriage ceremony for
Eliza COLEY to H.B. Smith 20 Feb. 1877 in Robertson Co. Eliza soon became a widow when her
husband was dragged to death by a team of mules. On 5 April 1881 Eliza married E.
Frank TRAYLOR.
JOHN N. ANDERSON JOHN N. ANDERSON came to Taylor County on the wagon train with his father and three
sons and two daughters. The mother had died a few years prior to their migration to Taylor
County. G. W. Anderson went into the Merkel area to the west of Abilene. John soon
returned and married Effie Stephenson, a daughter of another of the families coming from
Robertson County. Soon thereafter he acquired some 300 acres of land along the present
U.S. highway 84 just to the south and west of the Cedar Gap school house. There John
Anderson reared a family of five children:
Bernice
Bert
Max
Lola
Jewell
The first wife Effie, died in 1921 and Mr. Anderson, in
1923 married Miss Pearl Graham, the daughter of John L. Graham. Annie and Micie Jane were
born to "Miss" Pearl as she was called even after her marriage. Max and Bert are
dead, Bernice, Lola and Jewell each live in Houston, TX and Mickie Jane in Tuscola and
still operates the John Anderson farm at Cedar Gap. Reference: A Baker's Dozen:
We were Thirteen. The story of the Casey Family of Tuscola by Clifford Casey.
William "Bud" CHANDLER
1900 census for Taylor County , TX Justice Precinct #2
SD4, ED 151 sheet 12
Family 221 neighbors of beside Eligah and Emily Pruitt.
William b. Nov. 1857 in Mississippi and his wife Sarah F. 38 b. Mar 1862 in Texas
had been married eighteen years and raised five children all living in 1900.
Eura D.
b.
Nov 1882
Fianist E. b. Sep
1886 (son)
Harris E.
b. Nov
1891
Elmus K. b.
Jan 1894 (son)
Onah
b. Jul 1896 (dau.)
Old Franklin, Robertson Co., TX & Eli Chandler
1850 census Robertson Co.
1880 Census for Robertson County
ED 146, Vol.27, Sheet 34, Line 41
Age Born
Sarida (Serida?) Chandler
53
MS widow
Wm. H. Chandler
23 MS
Annie E. Chandler
21 MS
James A. Chandler
16 TX
Florene (Florence?) E. Chandler 14
TX
Florence Chandler married B.E. Bugg, Jamuary 8,1895 in Taylor County. The 1900 Census for
Taylor County: Anne (sp? - hard to read) living with Florence & B.E.Bugg. William's
brother, James A. Chandler, never married, lived with Florence & Brantley Bugg in
Nolan County. They are buried in Nolan County - Coffee Cemetery.
In 1910 Census for Estancia, Torrance County, N.M. ED 274, Pg 8B:
Age Born
William H. Chandler
53
MS
Sarah F. Chandler
48
Elmus K. Chandler
16
birthplace not listed
Ona D. Chandler
13
birthplace not listed
Myrtle Chandler
7 birthplace not listed
1920 Census for Estancia, New Mexico
William H., Sarah, Elmus & Myrtle are listed. Sarah probably died in NM. William H.
may have moved to California & possibly died there, but may be buried in Estancia.
William H. & Sarah F. Chandler are listed in the 1910 Census for Estancia, NM. There
are 3 children listed. Sarah died in 1920 and is buried in Estancia, but this
information has not been verified.
R.O. & Sallie Chandler Brown were early settlers in Mulberry Canyon. They were married
in Robertson County in 1879. They died in Sweetwater and are buried in Sweetwater
Cemetery. Who is Sallie Chandler Brown?
Information courtesy of Margaret Joyner. Posted
Nov. 6, 2000
Elias B. HILBUN
As for Hilbuns in the wagon train, I feel it highly
probable. I need to look at land records in Robertson Co., Taylor Co. and Runnels Co. Land
transactions tell where the persons lived and can indicate if they moved before or after
the transaction date.
Dora Ann Hilburn was born c.1834 in Lowdes Co. AL and
moved to Bienville Parish, LA as a child. When about twenty-six she married Joshua
Traylor. 30 April 1857. The Traylor family moved to the Beck's Prairie area of
Robertson Co. TX where other Hilburn relatives from Bienville Parish had settle including
Elias B. Hilburn and wife Matilda ["Mattie" C.] (nee Brantly), her mother, Mary
S. (Wimberley) Brantley, brother Ezekiel G. b. 1839 and sister Ruth Jane Elvira Brantly d.
1904 Taylor Co. TX. "Dora Hilburn was a sister-in-law to old Grandmother Hilburn that
lived up where Greens lived west of Moro School" wrote Cora Traylor, daughter of
Frank and Liza Traylor. The wife of Elias B. Hilbun was Matilda Brantly, the sister of
Adelaide W. Brantly that married David W. Hilbun, brother of Dora Ann Hilbun.
Dora's brother, Davod W. Hilbun died young and had only
one child, Joseph H. Hilbun. The father of Dora was Joseph Hilbun b. 1796 in GA? d. 1 Jan
1858 in Bienville Ph. LA. He married (2nd) Mary Conway on on 11 Feb. 1829 in Montgomery
Co. AL. This was before Lowndes Co. was cut out of Montgomery Co. A number of Hilbuns
lived in Lowndes Co. AL. and most moved to various parts of LA. Joseph went to Bienville
Parish before 1850. Information courtesy of Emma Hill
Cora Reynolds Pruitt who grew up at Elm Grove, recalls
that most were Methodists. Prayer was important to these early citizens. Cora recalled
hearing the story of her Grandmother Hillburn being quite ill. Family members desired that
some devour Christian be called to pray with the family. Cora's future mother-in-law Mary
(Mrs. George Pruitt), rode behind her father on a horse a great distance to get Elisha
Pruitt, whom local folk called a dedicated Christian. Elisha Pruitt travelled about the
country in a cart drawn by one horse. He prayed with the family and the grandmother
recovered. Cora's father was Joe Ed Reynolds. Ref: Juanita Zachary's A
History of Rural Taylor County'
Cora's future mother-in-law was Mary Hilbun who married
G. W. Pruitt in Robertson Co. TX. Her sister Carry m. W. W. McCrary. Mary &
Carry are daughters of Elias B. and Matilda (Brantly) Hilbun. Matilda is the daughter of
James Brantly and Mary S. (Wimberly) Brantly. Mary S. is the daughter of David Wimberly.
Matilda was living with a son-in-law Ben F. Hawkins in Abilene on 1910 census of Taylor
Co. p. 141
1850 Census
Bienville Ph. LA Family 445
1870 Census Bienville Ph. LA. pg 32/135 Ward 7 P.O.Sparta
253/253 Brantly E. G. 26 m farmer AL [he is Ezekiel G.]
Mary 50 f GA [mother of EG, Ruth Jane, Matilda, Adelaide]
Jane 21 f AL [she had married a Williams]
254/254 Hilbun E B 40 m farm AL
Matilda 35 f AL wife
Franklin 15 m LA
Thomas 14 m LA
Noamy 12 f LA
Mary 10 f LA [m. G W Pruitt]
Carry 8 f LA [m. W W McCrary]
Chance 3 m LA
1880 Census Robertson Co ED 144, SD4 page
19 family#
159: Anderson
160: Eaves, H. wife S.C.
161: Hilbun, F.P.
166: Watkins with widow Eliza Coley Smith who later married Frank Traylor.
1900 Census Taylor County , TX Justice Precinct #4
SD4, Vol. 101 ED 151 page 15 line 86
Franklin Hilbun b. Jan 1854 LA, m. 22 years,
farmer. Father b. AL. Mother FL
Wife Catherine M. b. Dec. 1858 LA mother of 8, 7 living in 1900 Children:
?Jewell J. b.Oct 1884 TX
(son)
James B. b. Jun 1887
John R. b. Oct. 1889
Edward B. b. Jan 1892
Daniel B. b. Oct 1894
Hiram B. b. Mar. 1880 TX m. Lillie B. b. Nov.
1877 TX
John Pruitt
b. 1760 m. Mary Hopper, beget twelve children including Elijah D. Pruitt, b. July 27,
1802, South Carolina; m. Sarah Eaves, July 05, 1834, Marengo Co. AL. Elijah D. and
Sarah Eaves Pruitt settled in Trinity Co. TX. Another son of John and Mary
Hopper, Ezekiel Berryman Pruitt 1800-1880 m. Charity Eaves 1800-1879 and
beget four children:
Burrell Eaves Pruitt
b. 1819 m. Martha Criswell in
Robertson Co. TX
D. Lee Pruitt
Arvissus Avie Zeona Pruitt b. 1825
Elijah Deconde Pruitt b.1832-1880
Elijah (Lige) PRUITT
Elijah Pruitt b. Feb. 1832 Marengo Co., Al. came to
Taylor County from Robertson County in 1883 along with Thomas W. Stephenson and others.
The families scattered over the valley extending from Cedar Gap in the extreme eastern
part of the valley to the hills west and Buffalo Gap to the northwest. Mr. Pruitt settled
on 360 acres of land along the foot of the hills west of Tuscola. For a time he and his
family lived in a one-room log cabin which served as their home and as a relay station for
stages going to the west. He later enlarged the place to an eight-room house with porches
all around. Mrs. Vada Pruitt Kidd of Tuscola is one of the descendents, along with Miles
W. (shine) Pruitt of Fort Worth, Texas. "Shine" was for many years typesetter
and latter editor and publisher of the Tuscola paper, which in its last years was known as
the Jim Ned Valley Reporter. Reference: A Baker's Dozen: We were Thirteen. The
Story of the Casey Family of Tuscola by Clifford Casey. Elija died in south Taylor
Co. in 1914 and is buried in Buffalo Gap Cemetery. His wife, Emily Emaline Kay b. Nov.
1829 S.C. Married Oct. 03 1850. Died 1913. Mother of eight children.
Luther Bunyan b. June 22, 1854, TX; d. Sep. 30,
1920, south Taylor Co.TX
George W. b. April 1853, Texas; d. 1938, south Taylor
Co.TX
Oun D. b.
May 1856, TX m. BELL; b. Oct. 1861, TX.
Charity E. b. c. 1859
Mary A. b. c. 1860 TX
?Lanora M. b. c. 1866 TX
?Sarah b.
Sources:
Jim Hutchins .
Pruitt genealogy courtesy of Nola.
Curtis Jacob's Records in Old Tyron County Historical Society in Forest City, NC. courtesy
of James M. Eaves
Taylor Co. 1900 Census ED 151 SD 4 Sheet 6
Taylor Co. 1910 Census ED 270 SD 16 Sheet 6B line 98
Luther Bunyan PRUITT
Both families of Pruitts, the Chandlers, Sandells and Andersons, settled in Cedar Gap for
a time. The Traylors went to near Moro; later the Sandells went to the Bethel community,
Mr. Anderson and his children to Mulberry Canyon and the Bud Chandler family to Bluff
Creek. The Stephenson family bought land east of the present Cedar Gap schoolhouse. Lou
Pruitt bought the Guy Hawkins place and settled about a mile west of the Cedar Gap
cemetery. Lou, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, and Wash and Vie Stephenson helped establish
the Cedar Gap Baptist Church in 1884, and became charter members.
Pruitt sold his farm in 1892, and moved to Fisher County, where he rented land from Dot Langham.
In January 1895, the family moved to a farm west of Tuscola. Later they moved to Bluff Creek and bought land.
Luther B. Pruitt b. Jun 22 1854 Trinity Co. TX married
Mary Elizabeth Anderson b. July 29 1861 Robertson Co. TX on April 1 1875 in Robertson
Co.TX. Mary was the dau. of George Washington Anderson & Barbara Swingler ( born in
Germany ). George and Barbara were married September 29 1860 Robertson Co. TX. Lou died
Sept 30, 1920, at age 66. Mary died August 11, 1927 at age 66. Their children were :
Exa
b. Oct. 1879 d.
1969 oldest child, m. Wm Green, 2nd m. A.M. Daniel. Juanita
Daniel Zachry is a descendant.
Hebia (Hebie) b. Aug 1882 d.
1915 m. 29 Jun 1898 L. Ed Thomas
Ottie Duma b. Oct.
1884 d. 1970 m. America McCollum
Ploma Roxie b. Oct 1886
d. 1959 m. John Moss Griffith
Eva N.
b. Feb. 1889 d.
1967 m. Emmet Hickman ?m. Hill White
John Bunyan b. May 1891 d.
1960 m. Jessie Donaldson
Warren Dee b. Aug. 1893
m. Lee Spurrier
Vestus Elbert b. Dec. 21 1895 d. May 17, 1966, south Taylor Co.
TX. m. Ida Mae Williamson
Vera P. b.
Dec. 12 1897 d. in infancy 30 Jan. 1898 while the family was at Bluff Creek
Ava Villa b. Apr. 1899
d. 1981 m. Morris Hafner
Ola Vada b. 1902
d. 1981
m. Ernest Simmons
Miles Herman b. 1904
d.
1979 m. Allene Raulston
Only Villa and Vada were alive in 1980. Dee Pruitt's son
is Warren Pruitt (Warren is now an attorney in Vernon, Texas)
Warren Pruitt b. 12 May 1917 d. 04 Aug 1996 76385 (Vernon,
Wilbarger, TX)
Villa Hafner b. 23 Apr 1899 d. Feb 1981 79605
(Abilene, Taylor, TX)
Pansy Pruitt 28 Feb 1892 May 1980 79603
(Abilene, Taylor, TX)
Gaston Pruitt 18 Jul 1896 May 1985 79536
(Merkel, Taylor, TX)
Carrie Pruitt 21 Dec 1883 Dec 1981 79603 (Abilene,
Taylor, TX)
William Pruitt 08 Jun 1880 Apr 1967 79603 (Abilene, Taylor,
TX)
Effie Pruitt 12 Jun 1895 Nov 1992
79602 (Abilene, Taylor, TX)
Cora Pruitt 09 Jul 1892 Nov
1983 79601 (Abilene, Taylor, TX)
Eli Pruitt 07 Jul 1889
May 1971 79602 (Abilene, Taylor, TX
Willis Pruitt 10 Jan 1897 Apr 1977 79602
(Abilene, Taylor, TX)
A.M. (Matt) Daniel third marriage was to Exa Pruitt Green
in January of 1913. She was widow whose husband had died five years previous, leaving her
with an infant son Clarence. Matt Daniel died at Potosi, September 25 1942. Mrs. Daniel
died July 4 1969. Both are buried at Potosi. (Their children are Emma Dell (Mrs Sammie
Griffith), Juanita (Mrs B.A. Zachry [author of A History of Rural Taylor
County']) and Mattie (Mrs Roscoe Vinson) Ref: Juanita Zachary's A History
of Rural Taylor County' page 183:
References: Juanita Zachry page
102. A History of Rural Taylor County'.
Taylor Co. 1910 Census ED 270 SD 16 Sheet 6B line 98
Nola wrote: Cora Reynolds Pruitt was the wife of the twin Elias Pruitt, they had sons T.
G. Pruitt, F. M. Pruitt, Marvin Pruitt and Aulton Pruitt. F.M. Pruitt was the Chief of
Police in Abilene, wife (DALE).
George PRUITT
GEORGE W PRUITT was born April 1853 in Texas,
and died 1938 in South Taylor County Texas. He married MARY JANE about 1880. She was born
May 1860. George Willis Pruitt went by the name of " Bill". Children of GEORGE
PRUITT and MARY JANE are:
i. Lacy D. b. Aug. 1882
ii. Grissiell b. Mar. 1883. (dau)
iii.Mareic E. b. Mar. 1885. (son)
iv. Elias b. July 07, 1889.
v. Eli E. b. July 07, 1889, TX; d. May 1971, Abilene TX
m. Cora
vi. Mary A. b. Jan. 1893.
vii. Willie Matildia b. Jan. 10, 1896, Abilene TX;
d. 1970, Newark, OH.
viii. George Willis b. Jan. 10, 1896, TX; d. April
1977, Abilene TX.
Ref: 1900 12th
census of the US
Justice Precinct No. 2. Taylor Co. TX
11 day of June 1900
sheet 6, SD 4 ED 151 (page 64)
Family 95 line 14 Pruitt, George head, wife and eight children.
Family 96, line 24
Neighbor is George Anderson b. Oct 1835 age 64 TX
wife Josephine b. Oct 1887 age 47 MS
Family 98 Line 34
Pruitt, Oun, head May 1856 age 44 b. TX LA LA
Pruitt, Bell, wife, Oct 1861, 38, m. 22 years. TX KY TX
Nila, dau Oct 1891, 8, TX
Family 100 Line 46
Sandell, Calvin, head, Feb 1857 age 43 b. LA MS MS m. 20 years.
C.J. SANDELL> family
Calvin J. Sandell b. LA married Julia Jones, G.W. Anderson step-daughter
Children: ?Eanis C b. Dec. 1883
Ewan L. b. Jun
1886
Mandie b. Oct.
1888
Ref: Taylor Co. 1900 Census ED 151 SD 4 Sheet 6 Line 46
Thomas Washington Stephenson
T.W. (Wash) Stephenson settled
on a farm near Cedar Knob in the north east of the valley about two and half miles from
Cedar Gap school house. Mr. and Mrs. Vie nee Charity E. Pruitt Stephenson
were charter members of the Cedar Gap Baptist Church that was organized in 1884. The
church, constructed in 1897, stood on the hill just to the north of Cedar Gap schoolhouse.
There children were:
Ticie (Mrs. Joe Perry)
Effie (Mrs. John Anderson)
Jewel (Mrs. John Thomas)
Eunice (Mrs. Grover Powell)
Velma (Mrs. Jack Townsend)
Carl
Roy
Ray (was cashier of a bank at Slaton, TX)
Mr. Stephenson died in 1918 and his wife in 1942 and both
lie in the Cedar Gap Cemetery of the Baptist Church which they helped to organize soon
after they arrived in the area. Reference: A Baker's Dozen: We were Thirteen. The
Story of the Casey Family of Tuscola by Clifford Casey.
Robertson Co. Marriages 1838 - 1875 Jan 29 1874 Thomas W. Stephenson - Charity E. Pruett.
FRANKLIN EDWARD ""Frank"" TRAYLOR
Joshua Traylor was born in South Carolina in the
year 1818, and at an early age moved with his parents, John and Nancy Traylor to the state
of Louisiana. Joshua had the misfortune of losing his first wife Emilene (maiden name
unknown) and was left with four small children, Frank, Amelia, Lou and Sarah and was
forced to leave the young girls to be raised by relatives in Louisiana. Immediately after
the Seminole War Josh returned to Louisiana and married Miss Dora HILBUN of Sparta
in the year of 1854. To the second union five more children were born including James
Hamon, Izora Joan and Joseph Morris who were all born in Louisiana. They had moved from
Sparta, Louisiana and settled a short time at Calvert, Robertson County at Becks Prairie,
where Leona Gertrude was born October 12, 1872 before moving to Mills Co. TX. Josh
returned to Robertson County to drive back a herd of hogs. It took three weeks for him to
walk and drive them from Robertson County to Mills County. The Josh Traylor family
including Mrs. Love and her two daughters Jeanie and Kate settled in Mills County, Texas
in 1874. Mrs. Lyde LOVE was Josh's sister-in-law and widow of Captain Love.
Edward Frank Traylor was born 24 February
1852 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The 1880 census for Robertson County shows F.E.
Traylor born in Louisiana, age twenty-one, single, a laborer and that he had a broken leg.
On 5 April 1881 in Robertson Co., TX Frank Traylor married Mrs. Zilpha Eliza COLEY SMITH
who was born 21 January 1857, Arcadia Parish. Her parents John Coley, a gambler, and Mary
FUNDERBURG were both born in Louisiana but by 1880 resided in Robertson Co., TX. Their
eldest child Albert Sidney Traylor b. April 11 1882 Calvert, Robertson Co. TX. They
had a ranch at Bluff Creek
where they grew cotton. Mary Coley, Eliza's mother is buried in Bluff Creek
Cemetery, Taylor Co. TX. Oral family history from Ada, Homer's wife says Edward "Homer"
Traylor born May 16 1884 came to Taylor Co. from Robertson Co. in the wagon train. Probably
not!
Taylor County Cemeteries
Compiled by West Texas Genealogical Society. Printed 1978.
NOTE: There are only
eight of the thirty one cemeteries in Taylor County shown on this page. Additionally, the burial lists shown here
are only partial lists associated with the original settlers. For a list of all cemeteries and access to complete burial lists for
all but 3 of the 31 cemeteries, see the cemetery page.
Bluff
Creek Cemetery
Brantley R.J.E. (Row 6) b. 10 Dec.
1846 d. 7 Feb 1904
Brantley, E.G. (Row 6) b. 24 Nov. 1839 d. 28 Nov.
1903 [died at Audra age 59]
Hilburn, E.B. (Row 6) b. 7 Jan 1829 d. 27 Aug. 1903
Chandler, W.D. (Row 9) b.3 Nov. 1833
d.14 Feb. 1893
Chandler, Emma (wife) (Row 9) b. 23 Nov. 1848 d. 5 Mar
1926
Coley, Mary (Row 3) b. (no dates)
D. mother of Zilpha Eliza Traylor
Hilbun T.B. (Row 7) b. 5 May 1856
d.18 Mar 1892
Pruitt, Vera Priscilla b. 12 Dec 1897
d. 30 Jan 1898
Traylor, E. Frank b. 24 Feb 1852 d. 5
Feb 1927
Traylor Z. Lizza b. 21 Jan 1857 d.: 3 Aug. 1942
Bradshaw Cemetery
Pruitt, Catherine b.17 Jan 1851 d. 28 May 1919 (wife of J.E.)
(K38)
Pruitt, J.E. b.1 Nov 1849 ( another source has born 21 Nov 1849) K-37 d.
9 Nov. 1945
Pruitt, Robert C. b.: 22 Oct 1903 d. 25 May 1906 (K40)
Son of J.W. Pruitt
Traylor, Homer 1884 1946
Buffalo Gap Cemetery
Pruitt, Carrie 1885-1981 6A
Pruitt, Eliji D. 1832-1914 8A CSA No marker
Pruitt, Emily 1828-1914 8A
Pruitt, George W. 1897 -1977 8A Veteran
Pruitt, G.W. (Bill) 1853-1938 8A
Pruitt, Nina 1888 -1889 8A
Sandell, Bessie 1891-1962 5B
Sandell, George 1922-1926 5B
Sandell, O. (Baby) 1912-1912 5B
Sandell, Lee 1886-1959 5B
Sandell, Virgil 1903-1973 5B
Cedar Cap Cemetery
Anderson, Effie May b. 22 Jan. 1876 d. 11 Nov. 1921
Hilburn, Mattie C. b. 12 Jan 1836
d. 7 Sept. 1918
Stephenson, Mrs. C.E. b. 1858 d.
1942
Stephenson, T.W. b. 1851 d. 1918
Stephenson, Iris b. 9 Feb 1880 d. 6 Apr. 1954
Stephenson, Roy b. 11 Sep. 1889 d. 24 Apr. 1955
Stevenson, Carl W. b. 1885 d. 1963
Stephenson, Leonce b. 31 Dec. 1918 d. 14 Apr. 1918
Stephenson, Louvernia b. 1885 d. 1912
Drummond Cemetery
Anderson, G. W. b. (no dates) d.
McBee Cemetery
The McBee Cemetery is located in the south Taylor County
north of Lawn on County Road.
Row 8 east. Anderson, Eleanor, wife of J.H. b. 1885 d. 1967
Rose Hill Cemetery, Merkel
Block 2 West Lot 14
Hilbun, A.J.
Hilburn F.P. 19 Oct 1884 - 22 Jun 1906 son of F.P & C.M. Hilbun
Pruitt, F.M. 1912-1986
Pruitt., A.L. Block 10 East Lot 8
Pruitt, B.L. Block F. West Lot 14
Pruitt, Ottie Dean 1884-1951
Pruitt, America Etta 1880 1951
Martin,
Lindle E. "Curly" 1909 1975
Pruitt, E.B. Block 2 East Lot 4
Pruitt, Elie E. 7 Jul 1889 - 27 May 1971
Pruitt, Effie 12 Jun 1895
Pruitt, Elias B. 7 Jul 1889 - 8 Aug 1959 father
Pruitt, Cora E. 9 July 1892 - 5 Nov 1983 mother
Tuscola Cemetery
Row 1 begins in SW corner and moving north.
Row 2 Anderson, Annie May b.1885 d.1918
Sandell E.P. (Fred) b. Dec 22, 1883 d. Nov. 19. 1969
Margaret Born: April 28, 1894
unmarked grave
Row 3
Sandell, E.P. (Fred) b. Dec. 22, 1883 d. Nov. 19, 1969
Sandell, Margaret b. April 28, 1894 (no death date)
unmarked grave.
Sandell, E.W. b. Nov 22 1996 (? error ?1886) d. no date
(His navy picture on monument)
Claudy Sandell b: Sept 8, 1888 d. April 15, 1894
Sandell, Calvin J. b.Feb. 18, 1857 d. July 1. 1943
Julia A. Sandell b. Feb 19, 1858 d. June 13, 1943
Space.
Row 4
Triple headstone "Well Done"
Luther B. Pruitt b. June 22, 1854 d. Sept 30, 1920
Mary E. Pruitt b. July 29, 1861 d. Aug 11, 1927
Vestus Elbert Pruitt Sr. b. Dec. 21 1865 d. May 17, 1966
Row 1
Pruitt - double headstone
Infant son of John and Jessie Pruitt b. July 8, 1920 d. July 18, 1920
John B. Pruitt b. May 3, 1891 d. March 6, 1960
Row 7
Coley
R.H. Coley b. Oct. 2 1855 d. April 26, 1929
Nancy Ann July 1, 1858 d. Jun 17 1944
Coley baby F.H. (mark)
Row 9
Anderson
Pearl A. Graham b.1885 d.1946
John Newton b.1867 d.1945
Large space between these and the next grave. Unmarked grave
TAYLOR County Texas
Survey
Block |
Grantee - To whom the land was awarded |
Section/Abs |
64 |
J. ANDERSON |
148 1621 |
64 |
W. CHANDLER |
150 1843 |
64 |
W. CHANDLER |
150 1858 |
64 |
PRUITT |
150 1889 |
4 |
G. ANDERSON |
04 1852 |
5 |
G. ANDERSON |
14 1803 |
64 |
W. CHANDLER |
146 688 |
64 |
J. ANDERSON |
262 1620 |
64 |
J. ANDERSON |
234 1622 |
4 |
C. SANDELL |
20 1770 |
3 |
E.C. PRUITT |
08 1768 |
1 |
E. PRUITT |
04 1767 |
64 |
G. PRUITT |
156 1606 |
64 |
F. HILBUN |
156 1755 |
64 |
G. PRUITT |
156 1605 |
64 |
F. HILBUN |
156 1585 |
64 |
L. PRUITT |
142 1604 |
64 |
E. TRAYLOR |
138 1614 |
64 |
JE CHANDLER J. CHANDLER |
06 1821 |
|