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Facts and Events
Name[1] |
John Stiles, Sr. |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[9][2] |
19 Mar 1797 |
Barren County, Kentucky |
Other? |
1823 |
Red River County, TexasMigration |
Marriage |
Bef 1826 |
Red River County, Texas(reportedly had 23 children, of whom 12 survived to adulthood) to Sarah K. Reed |
Marriage |
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to Unknown |
Military[10] |
14 Jul 1836 |
Texas |
Other? |
Aug 1848 |
Red River County, TexasLegal |
Census[11] |
1850 |
Red River County, Texas |
Will[12] |
15 Aug 1854 |
Red River County, Texas |
Death[9][2] |
15 Aug 1854 |
Red River County, Texas |
Burial[9] |
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Old Concord Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas |
Red River County, Texas, 1850 census:[11]
- Styles, John 53 yrs Farmer b. Kentucky
- Sally 43 yrs b. Kentucky
- John 17 yrs b. Texas
- James 20 yrs b. Texas
- Sarah 15 yrs b. Texas
- Francis [f] 13 yrs b. Texas
- Kirby 13 yrs b. Texas
- Joseph 10 yrs b. Texas
- Rusk 9 yrs b. Texas
- George 2 yrs b. Texas
References
- ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
p. xviii. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook of Texas Online
"Stiles, John".
About 1818, he moved with his father from Doakville, in what became Indian Territory, across the Red River.
- Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
p. 4.
In 1823, he settled at the present site of Whiterock, 10 miles northeast of Clarksville.
- Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States. Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas)
26 August 1848.
As County Judge, he appointed as notaries for Red River County: Burril P. Smith, Martin Fulbright, George S. Young, and Isaiah Wells.
- Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States. Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas)
28 October 1848.
He served as election officer for Precinct 2 in the general election of 1848.
- Red River, Texas, United States. Red River, Texas, United States. Probates
Book A, p. 67, 15 Aug 1854.
His will mentions his children Thomas G. [mentioned again as George T.], Solomon R., Lewis Cass, Laura Ellen, Polly [Wilkerson], Sarah [Giddens], Elizabeth [Brotherton], James A., and his wife Sarah K.
- Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
pp. 5-6.
He led a party of armed settlers (who had thought they were within Arkansas Territory under the Quapaw Treaty) to defy the survey party sent by Andrew Jackson, which would have put Jonesborough and the surrounding area into Indian Territory. Jackson acquiesced in their demands; his written reply was: "Run that line where those white men show you to run it. They are the kind of men I want in my own country." (This whole story has the feeling of being apocraphal.)
- Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
pp. 10-11.
He was an old friend of David Crockett, whom he hosted when Crockett crossed the Red River at Jonesborough.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Find A Grave.
- ↑ Texas, United States. Descriptive Muster Roll of Captain Becknell's Company Mustered into Service on the 14th of July 1836.
Enlisted in Becknell's Volunteer Company & appointed 4th Corporal.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Red River, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 209B, dwelling/family 205/205.
- ↑ Texas. Probate Court (Red River County). Wills, 1847-1882. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980)
Book A, p. 67.
Mentions sons Thomas G. [mentioned again as George T.], Solomon R., Lewis Cass, Laura Ellen, Polly [Wilkerson], Sarah [Giddens], Elizabeth [Brotherton], James A., and wife Sarah K.
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