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Note: ld by mail: family group sheet showing William J. Wheat son of Joseph Wheat and Malitta "Mollitty" M. ?--wife of Joseph Wheat. George did not give sources.
!CENSUS: 1850 U S Fed Census; Milam and Williamson Dist., Milam County, Texas; Page 16B, dwelling # 432, family # 448; Line 21.
1850 Texas Census, Milam County, Milam and Williamson, Roll M432_913, Page 16, Image 34:
Joseph Wheat, 35, Alabama
Malitta, 36, Tennessee
Drecory N., 13, Arkansas (disappears after 1850)
Samuel D., 11, Arkansas (Samuel DeWitt marries Anna Mercedes Anderson, whom I have not been able to locate besides on the marriage license application)
William J., 9, Arkansas (marries Susan M. Belt)
Adaline, 6, Arkansas (Mary "Polly" Adeline Wheat marries James Sydney Haydon)
Peter, 2, TX (disappears after 1850)
Isibel C., 3/12, TX (marries Samuel Truman Belt)
!CENSUS: 1860 U S Fed Census; P.O. Belton, Bell County, Texas. page 47, Line 33.
1870 Texas Census, Milam County, Devilla P. O., Roll M593_1598, Page 304, Image 604:
William J. Wheat, 29, Ark, saddler
Susan Wheat, 21, TX (Susan M. Belt Wheat)
Anna Wheat, 3, TX
Mary Wheat, 1, TX (the infamous Mary Wheat, lover of Dr. Jenkins and sister of the yet-to-be born Hugh Wheat)
!CENSUS: 1880 U.S. Fed Census; Precinct 3, Bell, Texas; Page 15C, Line 42. As Wm. age 38
!CENSUS: 1900 U.S. Fed Census; Precinct 3, Holland, Bell County, Texas; Sheet 11A, Line 32. As W.J. Wheat; HOH, white, male, Nov 1841, age 58, married for 34 years; AR TN TN; Occupation: Farmer owning his farm free and clear; can read and write.
!MILITARY: He served in the military in 1861 in Bell County, Texas. Capt. Milton W. DAMRON'S Company. Company D. 18th Texas Calvary. Enlisted in Fall of 1861. At the fall of Arkansas Post a part of this Company escaped and was thrown in with Company E . 17th Texas Consolidated Dismounted Cavalry, with Captain DAMRON commanding. A part of the original Company was captured and carried to Camp Douglass (Chicago) but, after several months, were exchanged and returned to the Confederate lines East of the Mississippi River and the Company was there reorganized. Taken from the following web page: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=2078812&id=I2830
!MILITARY: The following was taken from the following website: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/military/civilwar/rangers.txt : Capt. Milton W. DAMRON'S Company. Company D. 18th Texas Calvary. Enlisted in Fall of 1861. At the fall of Arkansas Post a part of this Company escaped and was thrown in with Company E. 17th Texas Consolidated Dismounted Cavalry, with Captain DAMRON commanding. A part of the original Company was captured and carried to Camp Douglass (Chicago) but, after several months, were exchanged and returned to the Confederate lines East of the Mississippi River and the Company was there reorganized. The following roll includes the names of men in all three of these organizations (but probably not all of them) and were furnished by Sam W. BISHOP, Wm. J. WHEAT, George FISHER, Sam H. COX, Henry C EDRINGTON, Jesse SUTTON, C.B. ROBERTS and others, some by each and each one acting separately.\par : privates included: WHEAT, Sam D. Temple\line and WHEAT, Wm. J., Goulbusk, R.F.D. Coleman, County\line
!PENSION: Bell County, Texas - Military: Confederate Pension Applications: Wheat, William J. 40037 Bell
!DEATH: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4876&enc=1> ; about W. J. Wheat: Name: W. J. Wheat; Death Date: 22 Mar 1928; Death County: Coleman; Certificate: 10287
Note: !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: George and Lynn Pollak of Wimberley, TX sent to Virginia Summers-Arno
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