Person:Jonathan Choate (1)

Listed in the 1850 Marshall County, Mississippi Census, Southern Division, page 267, enumerated November 19th, Dwelling 819, Household 819 as Jack Shoat, age 25, farmer, born TN. With wife and daughter. Also in Marshall County, living with William A. and Susan J. Cochran (Susan born TN), is a Nancy Choate, age 50, born GA. Possible mother and sister?

Listed in the 1860 Jasper County, Texas Census, page 23, enumerated July 30, Dwelling 150, Household 150 as J. J. Choat, age 38, farmer, born TN. With wife, children, and 4 "Domestic"s: James A. Harley (I think), age 32, born TN; David, age 5, born TX; James, age 4, born TX; Missouri (I think), age 10/12, male, born TX. No race is given, but the bottom of the page tally is all whites.

Listed in the 1870 Nacogdoches County, Texas Census, District 2, enumerated August 25, page 16, Dwelling 116, Household 116 as Jonothan J. Choat, age 58, Clergyman, born TN, cannot read or write. With wife and children.

Listed in the 1880 Tarrant County, Texas Census, District 99, page 6B, enumerated June 4, Dwelling 51, Household 52 as Jonathan J. Choat, age 58, minister, has a "spinal affection," born TN, father born TN, mother born SC. With wife Martha.

Listed in the 1900 Nacogdoches County, Texas Census, Loonyville, District 49, page 214A, enumerated June 5, Dwelling 56, Household 56 as Jonathan J. Choate, born Dec. 1822, age 77, married for 26 years, born TN, father born TN, mother born SC, Farmer, can read and write, owns his farm. With wife Martha.

Birth date and county information, and information on his wives comes from his ggrandson, Raymond Lewis Collins, posted on the internet.

"Nacogdoches Gateway to Texas" by Carolyn Ericson. Book containing information on the Choate family. According to Suewiya Pickett, posted on the internet, Jonathan was a Presbyterian Preacher.