Person:George Choate (1)

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Name George Craft Choate
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Feb 1851 Madison City, Marshal County, Mississippi
Marriage to Winnie Clementine Jackson
Marriage License? 23 Dec 1875 Bryan, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Death? 1925 Craft, Cherokee County, Texas
Burial? Atoy Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas

Middle name information comes from granddaughter Mary, John's daughter.

Listed in the 1860 Jasper County, Texas Census as George Choat, age 9, born MS. With parents and siblings.

Listed in the 1870 Nacogdoches County, Texas Census as George C. Choat, age 19, Farmer, born MS, father born TN, mother born NC. Cannot read or write. With parents and siblings.

Listed in the 1880 Madison County, Texas Census, District 99, page 4D, enumerated June 2 & 3, Dwelling 35, Household 35 as Geo. C. Choat, age 30, Farmer, born MS, father born TN, mother born NC. With wife, two children, and two stepchildren.

Listed in the 1900 Cherokee County, Texas Census, Precinct 1, District 17, page 81A, enumerated July 6, Dwelling 422, Household 425 as George C. Choate, born Feb. 1850, age 50, married for 26 years, born TN, parents born TN, farmer, can read and write, and rents a farm. With wife and children.

In 1910, son Milton is listed living with his brother John. Perhaps Winnie and George both had died before then?

Family tree records from Pauline Moses show his birth year to be 1848.