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Descendants of Henry Stracener, Jr.

Generation No. 2


2. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 STRACENER (HENRY2, HENRY1) was born 10 Mar 1814 in Madison County, Alabama8, and died 17 Nov 1899 in Bettie, Upshur County, Texas8. He married LYDIA CAPPS 31 Aug 1834 in Saint Clair County, Alabama9. She was born 16 Jun 1816 in Knox County, Tennessee10, and died 16 Feb 1897 in Bettie, Upshur County, Texas10,11.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON STRACENER:
STRACENER, TEXAS. Stracener, a farming community off U.S. Highway 271 four miles north of Gilmer in north central Upshur County, was settled sometime before 1900, when a school was in operation there. By 1906 the school had an enrollment of fifty-five black students. In the mid-1930s the community comprised the school, a store, and number of houses. After World War II the school and the store closed, and by the mid-1960s only a few widely scattered houses remained.

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Oak Hill Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas
Census 1: 1860, Upshur County, Texas page 409B
Census 2: 1870, Upshur County, Texas page 143B & 144A
Census 3: 1880, Upshur County, Texas
Name Used: George Strauner on Marriage Record.

More About LYDIA CAPPS:
Burial: Unknown, Oak Hill Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas
Name Used: Liddy Capps on Marriage Record

Marriage Notes for GEORGE STRACENER and LYDIA CAPPS:
The gender of Liddy Capps is female.

Spouse:            Strauner George
Marriage Date:      Aug 31, 1834
County:            Saint Clair

This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 1035441 - 1035445


More About GEORGE STRACENER and LYDIA CAPPS:
Marriage: 31 Aug 1834, Saint Clair County, Alabama12
     
Children of GEORGE STRACENER and LYDIA CAPPS are:
  i.   ELIZABETH4 STRACENER, b. Abt. 1837, Saint Clair County, Alabama13; d. Unknown.
10. ii.   NANCY ANN STRACENER, b. Abt. 1839, Saint Clair County, Alabama; d. 03 Feb 1925, Ashland, Upshur County, Texas.
11. iii.   HIRAM WINSTON STRACENER, b. 07 Feb 1841, Saint Clair County, Alabama; d. 28 Jun 1927, Bettie, Upsur County, Texas.
12. iv.   GEORGE THOMAS STRACENER, b. 15 Jul 1842, Saint Clair County, Alabama; d. 22 Nov 1934, Bettie, Upshur County, Texas.
13. v.   WILLIAM HENRY STRACENER, b. 14 Apr 1844, Saint Clair County, Alabama; d. 07 Aug 1898, Bettie, Upshur County, Texas.
14. vi.   LOUISA JANE STRACENER, b. 04 Feb 1847, Saint Clair County, Alabama; d. 04 Mar 1900, Upshur County, Texas.
15. vii.   FRANCES CAROLINE STRACENER, b. Abt. 1849, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Abt. 1876, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.
  viii.   MARGARET DRUCELLA STRACENER, b. 18 Aug 1851, Monroe County, Mississippi13; d. 23 Nov 1907, Marion County, Texas14; m. E. MADISON FULLER, Upsur County, Texas; d. Unknown.
  More About MARGARET DRUCELLA STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Unknown Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas

  More About E. FULLER and MARGARET STRACENER:
Marriage: Upsur County, Texas
16. ix.   MALINDA NARSISSUS STRACENER, b. 18 Dec 1855, Upshur County, Texas; d. Unknown.
17. x.   MARY ANGELINA STRACENER, b. 15 Dec 1860, Upshur County, Texas; d. 23 Jan 1945, Upshur County, Texas.
18. xi.   UPTON WRIGHT STRACENER, b. 10 Mar 1861, Upshur County, Texas; d. 23 Jan 1933, Gregg County, Texas.


3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN3 STRACENER (HENRY2, HENRY1) was born 18 Aug 1816 in Madison County, Alabama15,16, and died 01 Apr 1862 in Comanche County, Texas17,18. He married NANCY JANE KUYKENDALL 05 Nov 1837 in San Augustine County, Republic of Texas19, daughter of ABRAHAM KUYKENDALL and MARY LINDLEY. She was born 29 Jan 1820 in Franklin County, Tennessee20,21, and died 10 May 1862 in Comanche County, Texas22,23.

Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STRACENER:
      Received second class land grants from the state of Texas. This means, he had to have moved to Texas between 2 March 1836 and before 1 October 1837. Land Grants are as follows:

County Certificate No. Grant District File No.

Bell 2493 & 2597 297 Milam 675
Bell 71 Milam 691
Bell 569 Milam 702
Angelina 1704 640 Nacogdoches 134


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This is a letter from James A. Graves

Howard Bell County Texas
May 20th 1858

Benjamin Stracener
Dear Brother this
I rec portion
letter this morning and Br Ramley and missing
being at my house I have procured your letter
and will send them to you at the firt oppertunity
I hope dear Brother that you and yours will
use them to the best advantage. I hope you will
present them and yourselves toe the Church imm-
deately and all be faithfull to the Good Lord.
May heaven bless you all. With all spirit
blessings in Christ Jesus and Supply all your
Temperal wants is the wish and prayer of your
old friend and brother
Jas. A. Graves



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                  These are some receipts

RECEIPTS


No 65 $2.31
Received of Benjamin Stracener Two dollars
& 31 cents being the amount of his State & County
Tax for the tear 1856 on propery situated
in Bell County
M.W. Damron
A.S. & B.C.

$16.66 2/3

One day after date I promise
to pay Benjamin Stracener the
Sum of Sixteen & 66 2/3 Dollars for
value received. 100
April 15th 1857 Frank Pendleton


Re'd Belton Dec 11 1856 of Benjamin Stracener Eight
dollars & fifty cnets on the costs of ClK in the case
of ?ai?o A?re? vs Stracener.
A.W. Richard ClK
DC&BC

Received of Benjamin Stracener
Two Dollars and 8 cts for State and
County Tax for 1842 and 1843 and one
dollar one half of Sheriffs Sheriffs
Cost in full ? ? Febuary 27
1844
David Mark
Sheriff





One day after date I promis to
pay the the order of Chamberlin & ?
the sum of twenty ($20.00) Dollars for
value received +-----------------+
Belton July 3rd 1856¦ missing ¦
¦ ¦
+-----------------+



A. W. Bell horse

a black or wather brown with a small
stripe of white in his face heavey main and
tail and branded with a small see C (with a circle
around the C)
on the left shoulder and 8 or 9 years old
with and a roman nose +-----------------------+
Mr. Benj. Stracener ¦ missing ¦
+-----------------------+

Please pay Jno
T. Flint on order the sum of
twelve 50/100 dollars the amount
due me in cost in the case
of Ayeres vs Stracener ?
as your receipt for the sums
? abligs
Belton Texas Oct 15th 1857


Stephenvelle Tx June 7 th 1861
R'd of Benj Stracener $14.17 fourteen
dollars & Seventeen cents payment
in full of all account to date
? ?
? Alexander


Received by Benjamin Stracener
the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents in full of his state and County
Tax for the year 1848 Walter
C. Greer Assor and Collector for
Vanzandt County


$61.70 Bell County Texas
One day after date I promised to
pay ? ? Hill on order the sum of
sixty one dollars and seventy cents for
value received this the 29th day of
November AD 1860 +------------------------+
¦ missing ¦
+------------------------+


$19.25
One day after date I promise
to pay to the order of ? Emlsee
at his office ing the town of Belton
Bell County Texas nineteen dollars &
twenty five cents with ten per
cent interest untill paik for value
received this 1856
March 11 1856 Mrs Mary X Kerkendoll
A.?. Emlsee







More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Barbee Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County, Texas
Census 1: 1850, Van Zant County, Texas page 219B
Census 2: 1860, Erath County, Texas page 127B
Individual Note: Came to Texas before 5 Nov. 1837.
Name Used: Strasner on 1850 Census
Occupation: farmer

More About NANCY JANE KUYKENDALL:
Burial: Unknown, Barbee Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County, Texas

More About BENJAMIN STRACENER and NANCY KUYKENDALL:
Marriage: 05 Nov 1837, San Augustine County, Republic of Texas24
     
Children of BENJAMIN STRACENER and NANCY KUYKENDALL are:
19. i.   WILLIAM HENRY4 STRACENER, b. 30 Aug 1839, Nacogdoches (now Angelina) County, Republic of Texas; d. 03 Apr 1897, Dublin, Erath County, Texas.
20. ii.   MARY ANN STRACENER, b. 15 Jun 1842, Nacogdoches (now Angelina) County, Republic of Texas; d. 02 Jan 1914, Duffau, Erath County, Texas.
  iii.   ELLEN C. STRACENER, b. Abt. 1847, Angelina County, Texas24; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM CLAUNCH, 10 Mar 1864, Comanche County, Texas25; d. Unknown.
  More About ELLEN C. STRACENER:
Date born 2: 1847, Smith County, Texas26
Name Used: Ellin Straciner on Texas Marriage Record.

  More About WILLIAM CLAUNCH and ELLEN STRACENER:
Marriage: 10 Mar 1864, Comanche County, Texas27
  iv.   MARTHA A. STRACENER, b. 24 May 1850, Van Zant County, Texas28,29; d. 28 Jan 1862, Dublin, Erath Co, Texas30,31.
  More About MARTHA A. STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Barbee Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County, Texas
  v.   BENJAMIN J. STRACENER, b. 16 Feb 1853, Van Zant County, Texas32,33; d. 08 Nov 1861, Erath County, Texas34,35.
  Notes for BENJAMIN J. STRACENER:
Gravestone reads: "Budded on earth. . . to bloom in heaven."

  More About BENJAMIN J. STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Barbee Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County, Texas
  vi.   JASPER N. STRACENER, b. 06 Oct 1861, Erath County, Texas36,37; d. 06 Nov 1861, Erath County, Texas38,39.
  More About JASPER N. STRACENER:
Burial: Unknown, Barbee Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County, Texas

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