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Descendants of Kenchen King Stokes

Generation No. 1

1. KENCHEN KING² STOKES (WILLIAM R.¹) was born Abt. 1833 in Alabama ^1,², and died 14 July 1862 in Camp English, Lafayette County, Arkansas ³. He married FRANCES ANN DICKEY 03 February 1856 in Tyler County, Texas ^4,⁵, daughter of ELLINGTON DICKEY and ELIZABETH RATCLIFF. She was born 1839 in Louisiana ⁶, and died 1884 in Near Pilgrim Community, Gonzales County, Texas ⁷.

Notes for KENCHEN KING STOKES:
STOKES, K. K., "CORPORAL", Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and served "Honorably" in Company "I", 13th Texas "Cavalry", "Flowernaughts", C.S.A., later "Dismounted".
(note: Company "I" was formed in Orange County, Texas.)
(note: Gave his life in Battle for his Countries cause; the cause of "Liberty".)

This is wrong according to the 13TH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT (DISMOUNTED), ROSTER OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON ACTIVE DUTY, MARCH 1862 - MAY 1865 at http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/13txcav.html. It says he died of a disease in Lafayette County, Arkansas.

Captain Samuel Fairchild's Company I, originally of Orange County, was with the rest of the 13th Cavalry near the confluence of the Red and Sulphur Rivers in Lafayette County, Arkansas, in July 1862. They had an outbreak of measles, as well as typhoid fever from contaminated water. K. K. Stokes and the other soldiers who died at Camp Beaty and Camp English were buried near Walnut Hill, the plantation of the first governor of Arkansas, James S. Conway. Conway's small family cemetery is now a state park (although a very unimpressive one.) The troops of the 13th were buried nearby at a site called "Soldier Ridge," which the locals can still locate for you. I was there recently, but didn't have time to visit the actual site.

In reference to the care the soldiers received at Camp Beaty, it was probably quite good considering the time. They had a field hospital set up, and had Dr. Edward Currie as the regimental surgeon, as well as Lieutenant John J. Burroughs, also a doctor, who was with Company K, from here in Woodville. They made several trips during July to Little Rock for medicine. Unfortunately, none of the treatments they had then for typhoid fever actually worked - they just slowed the symptoms.

I have the complete microfilm for the 13th Texas, but I can give you the high points for K. K. Stokes from my notes. He joined at Orange 1 Mar 62, but may have already been a member of Fairchild's militia company. He was 28 years old when he enlisted. The company reported to Camp Burnett, at Porter's Springs, Houston County in mid-Mach, and was there until the regiment left for Camp McCulloch, near Tyler in June. They left for Arkansas June 2nd, 1862, crossed the state line at Bright Star, Ark., and crossed the Red River a week or so before Stokes died on July 14th.

by Tom Reid of Woodville, TX

More About KENCHEN KING STOKES:
Burial: Unknown, Soldiers' Ridge, near Walnut Hill, Lafayette County, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Disease while serving in the CS Army in Arkansas
Census: 1860, Orange County, Texas
Individual Note: See Related Files "The Service Record Notes of Kenchen King Stokes"
Military Branch: Walker's Texas Division, 1st Brigade, 13th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Company I
Name Used: R. R. Stokes on Tyler County, Marriage Index
Nickname: K. K.
War Veteran: Civil War

Notes for FRANCES ANN DICKEY:
Fanny's grave is marked by a concrete cover, but her tombstone is broken and unreadable. She is buried with some of her children that died in an epidemic of some type in the early eighteen-seventies.

More About FRANCES ANN DICKEY:
Burial: Unknown, Round Lake (Clabbertown) Cemetery, Gonzales County, Texas
Census: 1860, Orange County, Texas
Nickname: Fannie

More About KENCHEN STOKES and FRANCES DICKEY:
Marriage: 03 February 1856, Tyler County, Texas ^8,⁹

Children of KENCHEN STOKES and FRANCES DICKEY are:

	i.	MARCINDA S.³ STOKES, b. Abt. 1857, Texas ¹⁰; d. Unknown.
2.	ii.	ELIZABETH ANN STOKES, b. 10 April 1859, Orange County, Texas; d. 06 May 1881, Gonzales County, Texas.
3.	iii.	KENCHEN KING STOKES, JR., b. 11 January 1862, Orange County, Texas; d. 26 February 1938, Medina, Bandera County, Texas.

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