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Note: 1860 Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, page 043 White, James 22 Born MS Sintha 22 " Julian 3 " Holbert, Franklin 19 1870 Census, Robertson Co., Texas, page 245, line 22: White, James 33 AL Brick Mason $500 Synthia 32 MS Julie 13 AR James 7 MS Cora 4 MS Eloise 2 Texas. 1880 Census, Robertson Co., Texas.,vol. 27, sheet 39, ed 145, line 40, pg. 515B White. J. W. 42 VA VA VA grainer & miller Cynthia E 42 MS SC SC J. Frank 17 MS day laborer Cora L. 13 MS Elowees 11 Texas. Hallie H. 7 Texas. George 2 Texas. brother David 20 MS VA AL day laborer Moore, Edward other B 24 AL AL AL day laborer
James Washington White reached rank of Captain of Co. D, 26th Alabama Infantry Reg. After the war, he came to Texas, and moved to Bremond shortly after it came into existence. He was Postmaster at Bremond 1885-1889. He, also, was Sheriff of Robertson Co. in 1890. According to an article in History of Robertson Co., Capt. White was one of the more colorful peace officers of that time and had a reputation of catching cattle thieves.
Sept. 1, 1913,a Widow's Pension, No. 24166, was approved for his second wife--Mrs. Mecca S. White
George Vernon White, Jr.; 132 Masters Drive, Conroe, Texas 77304; (gvfWhite@@aol.com ) (grandson of James Washington White) "A lot of people thought James Washington White lost an arm in the Civil War, but that is not correct. Dad told me that he got his hand caught in machinery in a cotton gin in Kosse."
Subj: Joseph E. White Date: 6/7/03 6:00:04 PM Central Daylight Time From: GvfWhite To: Lillyj57
I am amazed at the amount of information that you discovered on Joseph while I was without a computer. He must have had about as many children as his brother, George W. We seem to have kin from one end of this country to the other.
Thanks for telling me about David M. White.
Did you make your trip to Navarro County? Did you get John Turner's book? I found our copy of his book and, also our copy of J. W. Baker's History of Robertson County.
Dad told me that a writer came to Bremond and talked his father, James W. White, into letting him write his biography. The writer worked on it a time and returned to go over it with his father. James W. confronted the man with the fact that he had embellished on certain events and had written fiction into it. When the writer told him it was to create more interest, James W. told him to get out and wouldn't let him write anymore. The writer was probably from Waco. This occurred between 1880 and 1892.
Guess I have rambled enough. George
A HISTORY OF ROBERTSON COUNTY, Texas By J. W. BAKER (sponsored by The Robertson Co. Hist. Survey Committee)
page 404 James Washington White, 1838-1894, was one of the more colorful men in Bremond's early years. He was an Alabamian, served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, and was made Captain of Co. D, 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment in 1862. After the war, he migrated to Texas and moved to Bremond shortly after the town came into existence (it came into existence abt. 1869). He served as sheriff of Robertson Co. in 1890. Prior to that he served as postmaster from 1885 to 1889.
page 189 George Freeny was charged with the murder of his step-son and was to be hung on a scaffold built on the courthouse yard. The sheriff was James Washington White and was always addressed as Captain White. Since George Freeny had a daughter, he feared for her life. His last request to Captain White was that he take his daughter, Mary, aged eleven and care for her. This Captain White did, and Mary Freeny lived with the Whites until she was a grown woman. (Personal note by Lilly Engleman) I believe the above story shows what a compassionate man Capt. White was since Mary was colored and considering the nature of things at that time.
page 189 The following is a story told by Capt. White's granddaughter, Mrs. Lucy Maris: The first jail did not have a limestone kitchen; the old wooden lean-to which served as a kitchen burned. The wooden kitchen which burned was the personal property of Capt. White, so he asked the commissioners court to add a new kitchen to the jail. Permission was refused, so Capt. White then asked permission to rebuild the kitchen with his own funds, which was also refused. Then Sheriff White sent the court the message that construction of a new kitchen would begin the next day, and that he would be on hand to entertain any and all objectors. Captain White was a one-armed man, and sat in a chair on the jail porch with a shot-gun in the crook of his only arm. There were no objectors.
NOTE: THE MRS. LUCY MAIRS REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH WAS LUCY E. White MARRIED TO CLARENCE E. MAIRS. SHE WAS BORN JAN. 7, 1898 AND DIED JAN. 24, 1980. ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX, HER LAST BENEFIT WAS SENT TO BREMOND. SHE IS LISTED ON THE Texas DEATH INDEX AS DYING IN BRAZOS CO., Texas. ON THE Texas GENERAL BIRTH INDEX THERE IS A DAUGHTER LISTED AS BEING BORN TO LUCY & CLARENCE-----PATRICIA NELL MAIRS BORN JAN. 14, 1927 IN BEXAR COUNTY, Texas.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm CONFEDERATE Alabama TROOPS 26th Regiment, Alabama Infantry (O'Neal's)
26th Infantry Regiment was formed at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in December, 1861, using the seven company 3rd Alabama Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. The men were from Walker, Winston, Tuscaloosa, Marion, and Fayette counties. Two companies under Major J.S. Garvin were soon ordered to Fort Donelson and captured in that fight on February 16, 1862. After being exchanged, they joined the regiment in Virginia. It was placed in General Rains' Brigade at Yorktown, then was assigned to Rodes', O'Neal's, and Battle's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 26th was active in many conflicts of the army from Williamsburg to Mine Run. Later it moved to Camp Sumter, Georgia, and for a time guarded prinsoners. During the spring of 1864, the unit was attached to Cantey's Brigade and fought with the Army of Tennessee from Atlanta to Bentonville. This unit totalled 283 men in April, 1862, and reported 32 casualties at Gaines' Mill and 86 at Malvern Hill. It lost 116 at Chancellorsville, and of the 319 engaged at Gettysburg, forty-one percent were disabled. The regiment was badly cut up at Nashville and a very small group surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Edward A. O'Neal; Lieutenant Colonels John S. Gavin, William H. Hunt, and William C. Reeder; and Majors David F. Bryan, and R.D. Redden.
"Recollections of Confederate Scout Service" by James Bruton Gambrell, Captain of Scouts, Confederate States Army In the above book, James Gambrell relates the following about James Washington White: "Captain Jim White was one of the bravest, coolest, and in every way safest, men I knew. He enlisted in an Arkansas command and was made Captain of a company. The drill and slow, dull movements of the infantry line wore upon the spirit of Captain White and he resigned to get into a more active service. Jim helped bring Mississippi to order. In Texas, where he moved, he became a noted peace officer, a terror to evildoers, and a comfort to good citizens."
Robertson Co., Texas website The list below was taken from an 1892 - 1893 ledger of a general store in Franklin (store name unknown). This book was purchased in 10.2002 at an e-bay auction by William Kent Brunette. This ledger, which contains hundreds of entries and is a fascinating glimpse into the past, is one of Barnard's Flat Opening Blank Books. George D. Barnard & Company Lithographers, Blank Book Makers, Printers, and Stationers, 1101, 1103, & 1105 Washington Avenue, Corner of 11th Street, St. Louis, No. B 84137. The original of this oversized ledger has been donated to the Genealogy Collection of the Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History in Bryan, Texas If you wish to obtain the precise dates your ancestors transacted business with this general store, view items purchased, or review account payment information, please consult the source. J. W. White pg. 56 Suspense Account - 86, 87, & 88 (three pages of names are listed) J. W. White (Boone Prairie) pg. 86
Dallas Morning News, February 16, 1894 Franklin, Robertson Co., Texas. Feb. 15--Ex-Sheriff J. W. White died here at his home last night. He was one of the applicants for the appointment of the United States marshal of the northern district of Texas.
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