Descendants of RICHARDSON ROUNTREE


Generation No. 1

1.  RICHARDSON2 ROUNTREE  (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1737 in New Kent Co; Virginia.

Notes for RICHARDSON ROUNTREE:
The following is from a report written by George Stephens

Richardson Rountree, b. 1736, St. James Notham Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, moved south from Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina. During the American Revolution he enlisted as a Private in S. C., and served in Brandon's Regiment. Eventually he was comissioned as a Captain in the S. C. Militia. In 1790 Richardson was living in Union County, S. C., and other of his Rountree relatives were living, variously in Spartanburg, Orangeburg, and Edgefield County. 
Another bit of evidence for a later birth date for Richardson, cited in 1936 by my cousin Mary Head Burton from a "List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Va, in the State Library in Richmond" stated that "Richardson Rountree was born in NC in 1751 and entered the Revolution from Edgefield District, S. C., where he died in 1818". There must have been two Richardson Rountrees (father and son), for a Richardson married Matilda Anderson in Virginia and either this was Richardson's father or else it was the first marriage of the son. 
In any event, Richardson Rountree later met and married a woman named Mildred Hart, possibly (Mary) Mildred Hart, in S. C., perhaps in 1774 or 1775. This couple subsequently spent a good portion of their lives in Degefield District, S. C., where Captain Richardson Rountree died about April of 1819. His will was probated on 20 April 1819. A DAR application by a descendant of Richardson and Mildred says that Mildred Hart was born in 1746 in Union District S. C. and died in Edgefield District, S. C. in January 1810. The application also shows their marriage was in Union District, S. C., in 1765.

On August 12, 1936, Mary Head Burton of Valdosta, Georgia, a descendant of Richardson Rountree through Carey Cox, Senior, went to Virginia and transcribed the will of Richardson. Mildred Hart is not mentioned which means she may have died before him. A DAR application says that Mildred died in January of 1810. 
The two sons, Daniel and Thomas Hart Rountree were to administer the will. The inventory indicated that Richardson was a farmer and a merchant. Two daughters of Mildred and Richardson, Martha Rountree and Mildred Mariah Rountree, married two of the sons of Carey Cox Sr., and his wife Mary Horne. These two son-in-laws, Asa & Carey Cox Jr, are mentioned as legatees. After all debts were paid, Rountree's estatestill had $9,523. 97, which was a reasonably comfortable sum in 1819. 

Mary Head Burton noted further that the original Rountree estate administration papers are in Box 13, page 21 in the Ordinary's Office of the Edgefield S. C. Court House, and that they include a petition dated 26 April 1819 and signed by James and Daniel Rountree, asking that the estate be sold and distributed as quickly as possible to avoid interest payments and on account of the perishability of the crops, etc. Although Thomas Hart and Daniel Rountree were appointed administrators, James and Daniel seem to have administered the estate. Perhaps Thomas Hart Rountree was unavailable at the time and speed was of the essence. William had apparently already gone to Tennessee.

	
Children of RICHARDSON ROUNTREE are:
2.	i.	THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, b. March 27, 1778, Union Co; South Carolina; d. July 15, 1828, Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.
3.	ii.	JAMES ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1761; d. November 08, 1848, Union Co; South Carolina.
4.	iii.	WILLIAM ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1765.
5.	iv.	ELIZABETH ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1766; d. Aft. 1834.
	v.	REBECCA ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1770; m. SAMUEL STALNAKER, 1800.
6.	vi.	MARY ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1772; d. 1851, Panola Co; Mississippi.
	vii.	MARIA ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1775; d. 1856, Harris Co; Georgia; m. ASA COX.
	viii.	MARTHA ROUNTREE, b. October 06, 1783; d. June 30, 1868, Putnam Co;  Georgia; m. CARY JR.COX, 1799.
	ix.	SARAH CLARA ROUNTREE, b. 1784; d. 1877; m. JAMES JEFFERSON SMITH.
	x.	ISABEL(LA) ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1785; m. WILLIAM STEVENS.
7.	xi.	MILDRED ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1787.
	xii.	DANIEL ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1793; d. Aft. 1850, Edgefield Co; Tennesse; m. (1) FANNIE NELSON; m. (2) ELIZABETH DOROTHY.


Generation No. 2

2.  THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born March 27, 1778 in Union Co; South Carolina, and died July 15, 1828 in Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.  He married (1) MARY GILBREATH Bef. 1804 in South Carolina.  She was born March 11, 1787 in Virginia or South Carolina, and died April 05, 1815 in Lincoln Co; Tennessee.  He married (2) SARAH Abt. 1804 in South Carolina.  

More About THOMAS HART ROUNTREE:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore Co;  Tennessee

More About MARY GILBREATH:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore Co;  Tennessee
	
Children of THOMAS ROUNTREE and MARY GILBREATH are:
8.	i.	JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, b. February 01, 1806, South Carolina; d. April 13, 1888, Burnet Co; Texas.
9.	ii.	KATHERINE ROUNTREE.
	iii.	ELIZABETH ROUNTREE, m. FELIX LANDESS/LANDERS.
	iv.	ANN ROUNTREE, m. BENJAMIN A. BERRY.

	
Child of THOMAS ROUNTREE and SARAH is:
	v.	WILLIAM G. "BUCK"4 ROUNTREE.


3.  JAMES3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1761, and died November 08, 1848 in Union Co; South Carolina.
	
Children of JAMES ROUNTREE are:
10.	i.	WILLIAM H.4 ROUNTREE, b. February 13, 1784; d. 1877, Benton Co., Mississippi.
	ii.	RICHARDSON ROUNTREE.
	iii.	MARY "POLLY" ROUNTREE, m. VAUGHN.
	iv.	JOHN H. ROUNTREE.
	v.	TURNER ROUNTREE.
	vi.	MATILDA ROUNTREE.
	vii.	JESSE H. ROUNTREE.


4.  WILLIAM3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1765.  He married (1) ? Bef. 1792.    He married (2) SALLY HOPT Abt. 1792.    He married (3) HARRIET SHERROD December 28, 1826.  

Notes for WILLIAM ROUNTREE:
William Rountree made his will on 22 February 1836. It was presented to the Madison County court on 3 January 1837[22]. The relevant portions are worth repeating (spelling errors corrected except in names):

First I desire to be decently buried where my son William lies if I should die at or near home without any unnecessary expense…I wish my wife Harriet to have all the negroes I have purchased since our marriage except Enoch and John which is to balance against some negroes I bought with some money that was on hand previous to our marriage…I wish her to have my Hericain [read Hurricane Creek] land and the stock that belongs there and [list of furniture, etc.] which she is to take the above property at my death without waiting for any administration…and that to be her part of my estate in full. The remainder of my property and estate to be equally divided among Seborn J. Rountree, Milly Tate, Chesley B. Rountree’s children and Nancey Donohoo’s children, taking into view the property that I let said Seborn and Milley have in December 1833 which was valued by Gross Scruggs and Waddy Tate. Seborn recd thirteen hundred dollars and Milley recd one thousand and fifty dollars. Now I wish said Milly Tate to have two hundred and fifty dollars and Chesley B. Rowntree’s children thirteen hundred dollars and Nancey Donohoo’s children to have thirteen hundred dollars and then the balance of my estate equally divided amongst the above four legatees, to wit Seborn J. Rowntree, Milley Tate, Cherley B. Rowntree’s children, and Nancey Donohoo’s children – except that [money after debts have been paid] to be divided into five equal parts and my wife Harriet to have one part…Seborn J. Rowntree and Clement T. Baldwin to act as executors…



Marriage Notes for WILLIAM ROUNTREE and SALLY HOPT:
On 2 July 1822 William Rountree filed for divorce. In the court record William Rountree vs. Sally Rountree, *Madison County Chancery Court Record Book A, pp 212-3*

…he states he has resided in this county 11 or 12 years. About 31 or 32 years ago he married Sally Hopt[9]. In the spring of 1816 orator left home to go to North Carolina to purchase some negroes for some of the elder children of the marriage who had married about that time. He was absent about three months and during his absence, his wife set out for South Carolina; on his return orator met her on Cumberland Mt. and to his astonishment he learned she intended to leave him. She went on and stayed in Carolina three years and then returned to Alabama and has since lived with her children. Divorce asked. C. B. Rountree as Deputy Sheriff, delivered to defendant a copy of the bill on 1 Aug. 1822. On the 5th of October 1822 she filed her answer: she went to South Carolina and stayed three years. About two years before, she had been to South Carolina to see her parents and was gone about eight weeks and on returning found complainant had contracted a disease which he communicated to respondent. Upon he recovery she came to a solemn resolution never again to remain with complainant as a wife. She therefore went to South Carolina and remained there as charged. Suit dismissed by complainant.

On 29 April 1823 Sally sued for divorce; Ibid., p 359 :

She states that in the year 1793 they were married in the District of Lawrence [read Laurens] in the state of South Carolina and lived together until 1814. In 1809 William Rountree removed from South Carolina to Madison County, then a part of Mississippi Territory, carrying with him oratrix and his family. In 1814, oratrix hearing of the death of her mother, went on a visit to her father in the State of S. C. remaining there seven or eight weeks. On returning she found him infected with a contagious disease which he communicated to her. She left him and remained away three years. He wrote saying he had to raise a young child (of) his son by a young woman who had no place of residence and asked oratrix to return and raise this infant child of his son promising to deed her one half of his property…was a man of very large estate…but did not do so.

William Rountree's response:

Answer of William Rountree: states the date of her visit to S. C. was the latter part of 1812 or early 1813. In the spring of 1816 he went to purchase some negroes to settle some of the older children of this unfortunate marriage and was absent three months. On returning he met her on Cumberland Mt. on her way to Carolina. She and her little son [William Jr. or her bastard child?] had taken up for the night at the same house at which respondent arrived later the same evening. He requested her to return with him. She remained away four years, then came to visit her daughter in Limestone County; she came to his house and selected what she wanted and returned to her son-in-law Mr. Tate’s, later left Tate’s and went to another son-in-law’s Donahoo. “The conduct of a perverse woman baffles all calculation. She pursues the phantoms of her own disordered imagination. Forgets the realities of her side of the question and charges crimes on your respondent and his neighbors which exist alone in her own fancy.” 

The Huntsville court granted William Rountree a divorce from Sally Rountree, and Sally was ordered to pay court costs. Madison County was not the only site of their disputes. They had two children living in Lauderdale County, and a history of that county states:

Alabama’s divorce laws have come into national attention in recent years and have been subject to much criticism. It is interesting to note that divorce suits made an early appearance in Lauderdale County. Sally Roundtree (sic) became involved in a dispute with her son-in-law Zedekiah Tate over property that had been intended for her support. The property had been left in Tate’s care for Sally by her husband William Roundtree when she and William had separated in about 1816. Sally eloped from the bed and board of William Rountree as the records state. In the subsequent litigation it appears Sally remained absent for about four years and engaged in acts of adultery. She sued for a divorce in Madison County, but the court granted the divorce to William in 1824 and required her to pay court costs. The legislature confirmed the divorce decree in 1825. After she had returned from her elopement, her conduct continued to be so scandalous that her children would not have her live with them. The Lauderdale County court ruled that Tate must continue to hold the property conveyed to him by William Rountree for the support of the latter’s former wife.
*A History of Lauderdale County, Alabama, Jill Knight Garrett, (1964), pp 188-9 

The separation took place at least by 1814. Thomas and William Allen obtained a judgment against Zedekiah Tate in November 1814 and attempted to seize his slaves as payment. On 20 March 1815, William Rountree convinced the court that the slaves were actually his property by explaining that he had given the slaves to Tate for the support of his wife Sally Rountree. Tate attempted to return the slaves, but the court ruled that he must continue to hold the property. William deeded additional slaves to Tate, as trustee for Sally, in 1818 - or perhaps merely formalized the arrangement made years earlier.
*Madison County Deed Book H, p357

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM ROUNTREE and HARRIET SHERROD:
William Rountree also remarried, to Harriet Sherrod of Limestone County, the widow of John Sherrod, on 28 December 1826 as reported in The Huntsville Democrat. This time, he executed a marriage contract. That contract was dated 7 November 1826 and entered to the Huntsville Court on 20 December 1826. In this agreement, Harriet Sherrod relinquished dower rights to 400 acres where William then lived and to his slaves. She was to have a one-fifth share of his estate…which is an equal share with William’s present children[18]. Any property he acquired after the marriage and two town lots in Tuscumbia were to be vested in her and “children, if we should have any.

SOURCES:
Madison County Marriage Book C, p 503
Madison County Deed Book K, p434
Madison County Minute Book 4, p84


	
Children of WILLIAM ROUNTREE and SALLY HOPT are:
11.	i.	CHESLEY B.4 ROUNTREE, b. 1790; d. Abt. 1832.
12.	ii.	SEABORN JONES ROUNTREE, b. August 13, 1792, South Carolina.
13.	iii.	MILDRED ROUNTREE, b. 1795; d. Aft. 1850.
14.	iv.	NANCY ROUNTREE, b. 1795; d. 1825.
	v.	WILLIAM ROUNTREE, b. Aft. 1810; d. Bef. 1836.


5.  ELIZABETH3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1766, and died Aft. 1834.  She married WILLIAM GOLDSMITH Abt. 1783.  He died 1834 in Greenville Co; South Carolina.
	
Children of ELIZABETH ROUNTREE and WILLIAM GOLDSMITH are:
	i.	THOMAS4 GOLDSMITH.
	ii.	WILLIAM JR. GOLDSMITH.
	iii.	TURNER GOLDSMITH.
	iv.	LUCY GOLDSMITH, m. DAUGHERTY.
	v.	SALLY GOLDSMITH, m. WILLINGHAM.
	vi.	MILLY GOLDSMITH, m. GREER.
	vii.	POLLY GOLDSMITH, m. HOWARD.


6.  MARY3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1772, and died 1851 in Panola Co; Mississippi.  She married ELIJAH WILBORN Abt. 1791.  He died 1819 in Union Co; South Carolina.
	
Children of MARY ROUNTREE and ELIJAH WILBORN are:
	i.	MARY4 WILBORN.
	ii.	JANE WILBORN.
	iii.	WILLIAM ROUNTREE WILBORN.


7.  MILDRED3 ROUNTREE (RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1787.  She married WILEY H. BERRY.  He died 1838.
	
Child of MILDRED ROUNTREE and WILEY BERRY is:
	i.	JEFFERSON A.4 BERRY.


Generation No. 3

8.  JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE (THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born February 01, 1806 in South Carolina, and died April 13, 1888 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He married (1) MUSADORA FLACK 1825, daughter of THOMAS FLACK and MUSADORA FLACK.  She was born October 04, 1807 in Tennessee, and died November 01, 1849 in Canton, Madison Co; Mississippi.  He married (2) MARTHA ANN ROGERS March 29, 1850 in Travis Co; Texas, daughter of JESSE ROGERS and MARY MIDDLETON.  She was born June 09, 1835 in Choctaw Co; Mississippi, and died November 27, 1883 in Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for JAMES LEWIS ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE:
Burnet County Federal Census 1870 
441 Rountree J. L.	65	m	w 	farmer		S. C. 
	Martha		35	f	w 	keeping house	Ms. 
	Felix		18	m	w 	works on farm	Tx. 
	Wilson		13	m	w 	works on farm	Tx. 
	Mary		11	f	w			TX. 
	Jefferson	8	m	w			TX. 
	Stanewalt	7	m	w			TX. 
	Sylvania	5	f	w			Tx. 
	James		1	m	w			Tx. 



Burnet County Histories
Vol II; Pgs 268-269
By Darryl Debo

ROWNTREE

  James Lewis Rountree was born February 1, 1806, in South Carolina, died April 13. 1888, in Burnet County Texas, and was buried in the Old Burnet Cemetery. He was the oldest son of Thomas and Mary Gilbreath Rowntree, who were married in the early 1800's (before 1804) in South Carolina.
  Thomas Rowntree was born March 27, 1778, in South Carolina and died July 15, 1858, at Lynchburg in Lincoln (later Moore) County, Tennessee. Mary Gilbreath Rowntree was born May 11, 1787, in Virginia or South Carolina and died April 5, 1815, in Lincoln County, Tennessee. They are both buried in the Bethel Cemetery at Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee.
  James L. Rowntree came to Lincoln County, Tennessee, with his parents prior to 1810. His father, Thomas, settled on Mulberry Creek, a tributary of Elk River. There he served as a captain in the local militia, damned the creek, and built the first cotton mill in 1820. He also operated a tavern, owned a farm, and platted and established the town of Lynchburg in 1820.
  James was first married around 1825/26 to Musadore(a) Flack, daughter of Thomas and Susan Flack. Musadore was born in 1807 in Tennessee. After their marriage, she and James lived in Franklin County, Tennessee, on land he purchased from his father. About 1836 they migrated to Alabama, and from there they moved to Texas in 1838, locating first in Milam County and then in Travis County. It was in the latter that their 14th and last child was born (Josephine).
  Soon after Josephine's birth, James and family went east to Canton in Madison County, Mississippi, where Musadore's brother, Rufus K. Flack, lived. The Rowntrees remained in Canton for about a year, and it is not known if they were there for a visit or because of Musadore's ill health. While there Musadore died November 1, 1849, as also did their son, Thomas. Also, while there the oldest daughter, Emily Jane, married Rufus B. Parkes January 31, 1849, and returned to live in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
  Family tradition states that James L. Rowntree, while still in Canton, Mississippi, married a second time, this time to Martha Ann Rogers, a daughter of John Rogers. However, their marriage on March 29, 1850, is of record in Travis County, Texas (Marriage Book,Vol. 1, Page 68).
  Some information concerning James Lewis Rowntree's early life is found in an article by F.S.
Rountree, published in the Dallas Morning News in 1829 under a column entitled "Pioneers and Veterans:"
           
         "In Milam County, where Rountree first settled, the indians were quite troublesome,
        Three different times the Indians stole every horse he had. On one occasion when the
        Indians had made a raid on the settlement, six men had made preparations to follow the
        marauders.  Mr. Rountree was one of the six. They overhealed the Indians the next day
        on the prairie. They killed the Indians and recovered the horses.
          J.L. Rountree attended the treaty Sam Houston held at Waco in the '40's. The Indians
        surrendered their captives and so did the whites. Mr. Rountree was present when the 
        Indian cheif surrendered John McClellan (sic.)  to General Houston. Despite the fact that
        the Indians had kept him twenty years, McClellan (sic.)  became a fine citizen. He was cap-
        tured when only 5 years old and could run a trail better than an Indian. He became a lifelong 
        friend of Rountree after his release."

  It is believed James L. Rowntree moved to Burnet County in the late summer of 1852 (some place the date in 1851). In the Deed Records of burnet County (Vol. A, Page 46) J.L. Rountree was deeded 195 1/4 acres of land from John B. Holland and wife on August 28, 1852, which land was located on the South San Gabriel about 25 miles from Georgetown (actually the land was on Oatmeal Creek, a tributary of the South San Gabriel).
  James continued to live in the Oatmeal community until 1881 when he sold his last acreage to his daughter and son-in-law, Josephine and Robert Lewis. During this time he served, at least for a period, as Justice of the Peace and for some 20 years operated a store and served as postmaster for the Oatmeal post office (one of the earliest in the county), which was later moved to Bertram. It is thought that the store and post office were located about one and a half miles west of his farm at what was known as the Nagiller Spring on Oatmeal Creek.
  After selling his Oatmeal farm Rowntree purchased a ranch southwest of Burnet in Backbone Valley, but it is not known at this time if he contined to live there until his death. According to Rufus Alonzo Parkes of Lynchburg, Tennessee, who visited his grandfather at his ranch in Backbone Valley for a short time in 1883, Rowntree was of average build and weighed about 200 pounds at that time. Parkes 
related that Rowntree died of a broken neck, received in a fall from his corral fence, april 13, 1888, at age 82.
  The appraisement of his estate indicated he owned 320 acres in Backbone Valley and a house and lot in Burnet. James' second wife, Martha Ann, who was born June 9, 1835, in Mississippi, preceded him in death November 27, 1883, and was buried in the Old Burnet Cemetery. According to Joseph Gus Rountree of Beeville, Texas , James L. Rowntree and his first wife, Musadore, had 14 children; and
he and his second wife, Martha Ann, had nine -- a total of 23.
  The Rowntree name name has been variously spelled --Rowntree, Rountree, Roundtree--however, the Burnet County family preferred Rowntree. Most of the family members insisted on that spelling in spite of the fact that court records, census enumerators, etc. most often recorded the name as Roundtree. It has been noted as a quirk of fate that the name is also incorrectly spelled Rountree 
on James L. Rowntree's tombstone in the Old Burnet Cemetery.

*The above material was contributed by Mrs. Hazel Lewis Purtell, 3215A 66th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79413; and Philip Koch III, 331 Gershwin Drive, Houston, Texas 77079 *
  



More About JAMES LEWIS ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas
Cause of Death: Died of a broken neck

More About MARTHA ANN ROGERS:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Marriage Notes for JAMES ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE and MARTHA ROGERS:
Travis Co; Texas
Marriage Book, Vol I, Pg 68
	
Children of JAMES ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE and MUSADORA FLACK are:
15.	i.	EMILY JANE5 ROUNTREE, b. April 07, 1827, Lincoln Co; Tennessee; d. November 30, 1884, Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.
	ii.	THOMAS ROUNTREE, b. March 29, 1828, Lincoln Co; Tennessee; d. April 23, 1849, Mississippi.
	iii.	WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROUNTREE, b. May 30, 1829, Lincoln Co; Tennessee; d. March 23, 1864, Oakland, Alameda Co; California.

Notes for WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROUNTREE:
Information offered by the daughter of Emily Jane Rountree, granddaughter of James L. Rountree & Musadore Flack:

William Rountree, a son, who went to California (probably a forty-niner), and was living at Oakland, California, in the early fifties of the last century. In the early fifties, sometime prior to the year 1854, he left Oakland Cal., with his partner, and started for Mexico to look after some mining interests, and was never heard from again. He left a wife and two daughters at Oakland surviving him. I have now in my possession a California gold piece minted in 1853. William Rountree sent this gold piece, a fifty-cent gold piece, and a twenty-five cent gold piece, and a one dollar gold piece, all called California money, back to my mother, Emily J. Parks. My coin bears the date of 1853. It is by the date on this coin that I fix the date when William Rountree left Oakland for Mexico and was never heard from again. I have always understood that he left Oakland about the time he sent these coins to my mother.

	iv.	MARY ANN ROUNTREE, b. October 08, 1830, Lincoln Co; Tennessee; d. July 05, 1831, Tennessee.
	v.	SUSAN LUCINDA ROUNTREE, b. November 30, 1831, Tennessee; d. April 26, 1838, Tennessee.
	vi.	RUFUS FLACK ROUNTREE, b. March 06, 1833, Tennessee; d. November 19, 1849, Tennessee.
	vii.	JAMES COLUMBUS ROUNTREE, b. June 04, 1834; d. September 04, 1839, Tennessee.
16.	viii.	MARTHA ANN ROUNTREE, b. February 18, 1836, Tennessee; d. 1933.
17.	ix.	MUSIDORE LOUISA ROUNTREE, b. October 31, 1837, Alabama; d. November 11, 1921, Burnet Co; Texas.
	x.	THOMAS FLACK ROUNTREE, b. February 21, 1840, Texas; d. February 23, 1849.
	xi.	AMANDA MELVINA ROUNTREE, b. January 29, 1842, Texas; d. May 19, 1902; m. (1) GEORGE BEASON, January 27, 1859, Burnet Co; Texas; m. (2) JEREMIAH T. WOODWARD, May 18, 1870, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About AMANDA MELVINA ROUNTREE:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

18.	xii.	ELVIRA MELVINA ROUNTREE, b. March 10, 1845, Milam Co; Texas; d. February 20, 1938, Burnet Co; Texas.
	xiii.	ROBERT F. ROUNTREE, b. December 09, 1846, Texas; d. July 20, 1893, Llano Co; Texas; m. ELIZABETH "BETTY" SMITH, May 04, 1881; d. April 01, 1926.

Notes for ROBERT F. ROUNTREE:
Information offered by the daughter of Emily Jane Rountree, granddaughter of James L. Rountree & Musadore Flack:

R.F. (Bob) Rountree, a son of James L. Rountree, was my mother's youngest brother. He was about my age. In his young manhood he came back here to attend school. R.F. Rountree married Elizabeth, the daughter of Felix Smith, and in 1883 when I was in Texas resided in Llano County twenty miles from the town of Llano. He resided there until he was assassinated. He lived in a stone residence.

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SOURCE: Burnet County Histories Vol. II  (pg. 269)
                by Darryl Debo
Accumulated a large ranch acreage in Llano County Texas. He built a large rock home which later became a historical landmark. Robert was assasinated as he returned home with supplies which he had purchased in town.



More About ROBERT F. ROUNTREE:
Burial: Llano Cemetery, Llano Co; Texas

19.	xiv.	JOSEPHINE "AUNT JO" ROUNTREE, b. March 22, 1848, Manor, Travis Co; Texas; d. January 08, 1933, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas.

	
Children of JAMES ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE and MARTHA ROGERS are:
	xv.	SARAH VIRGINIA5 ROUNTREE, b. January 04, 1851, Texas; d. 1851, Texas.
	xvi.	FELIX SMITH ROUNTREE, b. April 16, 1852, Texas; m. MISSOURI ANN BROWN, 1882.

Notes for FELIX SMITH ROUNTREE:
Baptist Minister

	xvii.	JOHN MIDDLETON ROUNTREE, b. July 12, 1854, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; d. April 12, 1939, Burnet Co; Texas; m. PRISCILLA KATE "AUNT KATE" HILL, September 03, 1879, Burnet Co; Texas; b. November 09, 1856; d. August 06, 1940, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About JOHN MIDDLETON ROUNTREE:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery

More About PRISCILLA KATE "AUNT KATE" HILL:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery

Marriage Notes for JOHN ROUNTREE and PRISCILLA HILL:
Marriage Records  
Book E 
1877-1880 

GROOM BRIDE page DATE OFFICIATING 
 Rountree, John M., Hill, Prissilla C. 174 3 Sept 1879 E.McDaniel, M.G. 


	xviii.	WILSON BAXTER "BABE" ROUNTREE, b. October 07, 1856, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; m. BETTY A. RUSHIAN/RUSHING, February 13, 1884, Burnet Co; Texas; b. November 08, 1866; d. April 17, 1885, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About BETTY A. RUSHIAN/RUSHING:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Marriage Notes for WILSON ROUNTREE and BETTY RUSHIAN/RUSHING:
Marriage records of the Burnet County Clerk's Office, Burnet:
Date of Marriage; Date of License; Date Filed
Marriage Book H, page 397
F/146
W. B. Rountree and Bettie A. Rushian
2/13/1884; 2/13/1884; 3/18/1884


20.	xix.	MARY ANN GARNER ROUNTREE, b. October 05, 1858, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; d. December 08, 1888, Burnet Co; Texas.
	xx.	JEFFERSON DAVIS ROUNTREE, b. December 29, 1860, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; d. 1952, Prescott, Arizona.

Notes for JEFFERSON DAVIS ROUNTREE:
Never married.


More About JEFFERSON DAVIS ROUNTREE:
Occupation: Welldriller

	xxi.	STONEWALL JACKSON ROUNTREE, b. January 29, 1863, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; d. 1935.

Notes for STONEWALL JACKSON ROUNTREE:
Never married

	xxii.	SYLVANIA ROUNTREE, b. October 19, 1865, Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas; d. 1923; m. J. WILL FITTS, January 04, 1887.
	xxiii.	JAMES LEWIS JR. ROUNTREE, b. November 25, 1868, Texas; d. 1935.


9.  KATHERINE4 ROUNTREE (THOMAS HART3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1)  She married THOMAS H. SHAW.  He died 1842.
	
Children of KATHERINE ROUNTREE and THOMAS SHAW are:
	i.	THOMAS J.5 SHAW.

Notes for THOMAS J. SHAW:
A minister of the Christian church

	ii.	ANNE SHAW, m. DANIEL SMOOT.
	iii.	ELIZABETH SHAW, m. MILTON N. MOORE.
	iv.	BENJAMIN SHAW, m. MARY DAVIS.
21.	v.	WILLIAM SHAW.
	vi.	NANCY SHAW, m. ABRAM SETLIFF.
	vii.	MARY SHAW.
	viii.	JAMES SHAW.


10.  WILLIAM H.4 ROUNTREE (JAMES3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born February 13, 1784, and died 1877 in Benton Co., Mississippi.  He married KESIAH GASTON 1809.  She was born 1793 in Chester Co., South Carolina.

Notes for KESIAH GASTON:
GASTON-SC-1814-27

Will of Wm. GASTON

Hopefully, this is the correct forum to post this?  Perhaps it can go into the MS archives and be helpful to someone?  As I'm transcribing other Wills from Chester and Union Counties, SC, and would be happy to share relevant data, perhaps someone could let me know if this is the right way to go about it?

   The following information is taken from the Will of William GASTON.

He died 1814 in Chester County, South Carolina.  The estate remained open until 1827 sometime after the death of his wife Ann (PORTER) GASTON.  The inventory of her estate shows only "one Negro man" and "one Negro woman and child", so presumably the specific bequests mentioned as follows had been carried out.

Taken from the original on file in the office of Probate Judge, Chester County, S.C. in Apt. No 22, Pkg. No. 314, recorded in Will book E at page 312

I also give and bequeath to my said son William GASTON all that tract of land on big creek of Saluda, which was originally granted to Robert Gaston, and my negro man NORMAN & my survey Instruments to him and his heirs and assigns forever-----

I give & bequeath to my daughter Anna my negro girl LETTE dureing the life of sd Anne, and after her death the said negro girl & her increase if any, to go to such Children as the said Anne may leave.
[**Anne GASTON married Richardson ROUNTREE]

I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha my negro boy HARRY, dureing the life of the said Martha and at her death to go to such Children as she may leave.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Susannah during her life my negro girl DORCUS and after the death of the said Susannah the said negro girl & her increase if any, to go to such Children as the said Susannah may leave- - -

I give & bequeath to my daughter Elisabeth dureing her life my negro boy DANIL and after her death to go to such Children as she may leave.
[**Elizabeth GASTON married Churchill CARTER, Jr, and moved to Union Co, probably near Jonesville, in 1838]

I give and bequeath to my daughter Kisiah the first Child that my negro woman may hereafter have, during the life of the said Kisiah and after her death to go to such Children as she may leave
[**Kisiah GASTON married William H. ROUNTREE

Best regards to all,
Carolyn Carter Johnson (email to: rhunterg@ix.netcom.com)

Contributed by: "Richard H. Greene" rhunterg@ix.netcom.com
	
Children of WILLIAM ROUNTREE and KESIAH GASTON are:
	i.	REV. ROBERT L.5 ROUNDTREE, b. May 14, 1810, Chester Co., South Carolina.
	ii.	JAMES SYLVESTER ROUNTREE, b. 1815, South Carolina.
	iii.	ELIZABETH ANN ROUNTREE.


11.  CHESLEY B.4 ROUNTREE (WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born 1790, and died Abt. 1832.  He married LUCINDA CATHERINE SESSUMS February 28, 1822 in Lawrence Co; Tennessee.  
	
Children of CHESLEY ROUNTREE and LUCINDA SESSUMS are:
	i.	THOMAS PAINE5 ROUNTREE, b. 1815.
	ii.	CATHERINE E. ROUNTREE, m. MARION C. BROWN.

Notes for CATHERINE E. ROUNTREE:
Catherine E. Rountree was “wife of Marion C. Brown” in the settlement of Wm. Rountree’s estate, but Catherine E. Rountree” in the settlement of her father’s estate in 1839.


	iii.	LEONIDAS C. ROUNTREE, b. Abt. 1827; d. December 11, 1875, St. Louis Co; Texas; m. ANNA ELIZA SMITHER, June 19, 1851, Walker Co; Texas.

More About LEONIDAS C. ROUNTREE:
Burial: Walker Co; Texas
Occupation: Tavern owner

	iv.	JOHN MCKINLEY ROUNTREE, b. August 24, 1829; d. January 30, 1888, Walker Co; Texas; m. (1) MARY JANE LOWE, March 30, 1855, Walker Co; Texas; d. 1858; m. (2) ELIZA, Aft. 1855.


12.  SEABORN JONES4 ROUNTREE (WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born August 13, 1792 in South Carolina.  He married (1) DOCIA GRAY.    He married (2) ADALINE FLIPPIN November 15, 1832.    He married (3) ELIZABETH B. ROGERS June 06, 1834.  

Notes for SEABORN JONES ROUNTREE:
Census_Year  1850
Microfilm #  432-7
State        AL
County       jackson


30  422  422 Rountree       Seaborn J.     58   M         Farmer         3,000     SC
 31  422  422 Rountree       Elizabeth B.   49   F                                  Va
 32  422  422 Rountree       Harriet        22   F                                  Ala
 33  422  422 Rountree       Rebeccah M.    15   F                                  Ala
 34  422  422 Rountree       Thomas         14   M                                  Ala                     X
 35  422  422 Rountree       Wiley B.       13   M                                  Ala                     X
 36  422  422 Rountree       Ruben R.       11   M                                  Ala                     X
 37  422  422 Rountree       Sally G.       9    F                                  Ala                     X
 38  422  422 Rountree       Seaborn J.     7    M                                  Ala                     X
 39  422  422 Rountree       Joseph B.      5    M                                  Ala
                   REMARKS:  Middle intial could be "R".
40  422  422 Ledbetter      Joel C.        24   M         Teacher                  Ala
41  423  423 Rountree       Chesly B.      30   M         Farmer                   Ala
42  423  423 Rountree       Eliza          19   F                                  Ala
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Probate Records of William Roundtree - Madison Co., AL

Probate Book 8 Page 61

We the undersigned being appointed by the Judge of the Orphans' Court of
madison County appraise the perishable property Estate of Wm. Rountree decd
have on the 11th and 12th Just appraised The said Estate as for as shown us
two Negro men being run off and could not be found and two old negroes a man
and a woman not supposed to be worth anything done agreeable to the ? order
the 13th day of Jany 1837.
R/K H. Steger
                                                             Thos Martin
                                                              H. M.
Harris/Hearris
 
The State of Alabama          I certify That the appraisers appointed by the
by the 
Madison County                  Orphans' Court to 'Madison County; appraise
the property of Wm. Rountrees Estate decd met on the 11th & 12th ? instant and
? ? ? before me this the 13th of January 1837.               Thos Martin ? ?  

State of Alabama               Before me Richard B. Purdon, Clerk of the
County Court        
Madison County                 of said County this day personnally appeares
Seaborn J/I Rountree and Clement T. Baldwin, Executors of the Will and
Testament of William Rountree, deceased, and made oath that the foregoing is a
true inventory of the property belonging to said testator's estate except his
lands, notes, accounts.
subscribed & sworn before me this                                Seaborn J/I
Rountree
14th January 1837 Richd B. Purdon Clk                         Clement T.
Baldwin

The State of Alabama
                               Orphans' Court of Madison County this the 20th
day of March 1837. An Inventory of and appraisment of perishable property
belongin to the Estate of William Rountree, deceased, having been returned by
Seaborn J. Rountree and Clement T Baldwin, Executors of the last will and
Testament of said decedent is ordered to be recorded (see minute Book No 7
page 41) Pursuant to said order said Inventory was duly recorded on the 8th
day of December 1837.       
                                                  Teste, Richd B. Purdon,
Clerk 
	
Children of SEABORN ROUNTREE and DOCIA GRAY are:
	i.	PATSY5 ROUNTREE.
	ii.	ALVATINE ROUNTREE, m. COLBERT.
22.	iii.	WILLIAM ROUNTREE, b. February 17, 1818; d. May 26, 1872.
	iv.	JOHN ROUNTREE.
	v.	CHARLES (CHESLEY) ROUNTREE.
	vi.	SUSAN ROUNTREE, m. STARNES.
	vii.	NANCY ROUNTREE.
	viii.	WILEY ROUNTREE.
	ix.	LEE ROUNTREE.
	x.	HARRIET ROUNTREE, b. 1827; m. MCDANIEL.
	xi.	FRANCIS M. ROUNTREE.

	
Children of SEABORN ROUNTREE and ELIZABETH ROGERS are:
	xii.	REBECCA MARTITIA5 ROUNTREE, b. May 05, 1834; d. January 1902; m. HENRY G. LEDBETTER, October 03, 1854, Jackson Co; Alabama.
	xiii.	THOMAS ROUNTREE, b. November 27, 1836; m. SALLY V. HANCOCK.
	xiv.	WILEY B(ERRY?) ROUNTREE, b. February 13, 1838; m. ELIZABETH HOLBROOK, 1859, Titus Co; Texas.
	xv.	REUBEN ROGERS ROUNTREE, b. December 25, 1839; m. (1) SARAH (?) FLOYD; m. (2) RUTH MOSS.
	xvi.	SEABORN JONES ROUNTREE, b. December 01, 1843; m. MARY C. FLOYD, January 28, 1868, Cass Co; Texas.

Notes for SEABORN JONES ROUNTREE:
He served in a Titus County unit in the Civil War as a sergeant

	xvii.	JOSEPH ROGERS ROUNTREE, b. May 29, 1845; m. ELLEN WOMACK.
23.	xviii.	SARAH GRAY ROUNTREE, b. July 29, 1841, Woodville, Alabama; d. March 14, 1915.


13.  MILDRED4 ROUNTREE (WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born 1795, and died Aft. 1850.  She married ZEDEKIAH TATE, son of WADDY TATE and NANCY SIMPSON.  He was born Abt. 1782 in North Carolina, and died 1835 in Lauderdale Co; Tennessee.

Notes for ZEDEKIAH TATE:
Lauderdale Co; Tennesse's - Justice of the Peace in 1818 and assessor and tax collector in 1819
	
Children of MILDRED ROUNTREE and ZEDEKIAH TATE are:
	i.	NAPOLEON B.5 TATE, b. Abt. 1808.
	ii.	ELMYRA T. TATE, b. 1810; m. WILLIAM BURTON, July 06, 1830, Lauderdale Co; Tennessee.
	iii.	RICHARD TATE, b. 1812; m. SARAH YANCEY, September 07, 1837.
	iv.	JOHN A. TATE, b. 1825; m. ELIZA A. HOUGH, December 07, 1854, Lauderdale Co; Tennessee.
	v.	WADDY TATE, b. 1827; d. 1847.
	vi.	ELIZA CAROLINE TATE, b. 1833.
	vii.	HIRAM TATE, b. 1828; d. 1868, Texas.
	viii.	FRANKLIN SIDNEY TATE, b. 1818.


14.  NANCY4 ROUNTREE (WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born 1795, and died 1825.  She married JOHN DONAHOO May 06, 1817 in Madison Co; Mississippi, son of SAMUEL DONAHOO.  
	
Children of NANCY ROUNTREE and JOHN DONAHOO are:
	i.	SARAH ANN5 DONAHOO, m. PETRIE.
	ii.	ELMIRA DONAHOO, m. GARNER.
	iii.	WILLIAM R. DONAHOO.


Generation No. 4

15.  EMILY JANE5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born April 07, 1827 in Lincoln Co; Tennessee, and died November 30, 1884 in Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.  She married RUFUS BURTON PARKES January 31, 1849 in Canton, Madison Co; Mississippi, son of ALLEN PARKES and FANNY MILLER.  He was born May 05, 1827 in Moore Co; Tennessee, and died September 21, 1897 in Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.

More About EMILY JANE ROUNTREE:
Burial: Odd Fellows & Masonic Cemetery, Moore Co; Tennessee

Notes for RUFUS BURTON PARKES:
MOORE COUNTY, TN Bio

RUFUS B. PARKS, clerk and master of the Chancery Court of Moore County, Tenn., is one of four children born to Allen W. and Fannie (Miller) Parks, natives of North Carolina, born in 1797 and 1802, respectively. They took up their abode permanently in Tennessee in 1826. The father was a farmer, merchant, and in latter days kept hotel, and was magistrate a number of years. He died November 18, 1884, and the mother January 6. 1877. Rufus B. was born May 5, 1827, near Lynchburg, and received a good practical education. For about four or five years after attaining the age of nineteen he clerked in merchandise stores and then engaged in the business for himself, continuing until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Kentucky Infantry, and was afterward transferred to the Ninth Kentucky Infantry, in which he was lieutenant. On account of poor health he resigned and came home, but soon joined the Twenty-third Tennessee Battalion and served until the close of the conflict. After his return he farmed alone until 1883, when he engaged in merchandising also, which he followed until 1885. He owns 120 acres of land. In 1849 he was married to Emily J. Roundtree, who died November 30, 1884, having borne him four children: Rufus A., Alice A. (Mrs. Loderick Robertson), Edwin L. and May. Mr. Parks has been a member of the Christian Church, in which he is deacon, for forty years. Politically he is a Democrat, and has been magistrate about six years. He was elected to his present position in 1883, and is an efficient and trustworthy officer. 


More About RUFUS BURTON PARKES:
Burial: Odd Fellows & Masonic Cemetery, Moore Co; Tennessee
	
Children of EMILY ROUNTREE and RUFUS PARKES are:
24.	i.	RUFUS ALONZO6 PARKES, b. October 21, 1849, Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.
	ii.	FRANCES MUSADORA PARKES, b. July 02, 1851; d. August 18, 1858.
	iii.	JAMES BUCHANAN PARKES, b. February 04, 1855; d. September 01, 1857.
	iv.	OLIVIA LOUISA PARKES, b. November 07, 1856; d. August 16, 1862.
	v.	EMILY PARKES, b. August 21, 1858; d. December 29, 1859.
	vi.	ALICE A. PARKES, b. November 11, 1861; m. LODERICK J. ROBERTSON.
	vii.	EDWIN LEE PARKES, b. February 09, 1864; m. NANNY ALLEN, December 06, 1883.
	viii.	MAY PARKES, b. February 18, 1871; m. THOMAS A. HAYES, December 18, 1889.


16.  MARTHA ANN5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born February 18, 1836 in Tennessee, and died 1933.  She married (1) PLEASANT M. NEAL December 17, 1852 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He was born May 07, 1825, and died June 25, 1856.  She married (2) KINCHER D. TURNER 1857.  He was born 1825 in Alabama, and died 1866 in Bosque Co; Texas.

Notes for MARTHA ANN ROUNTREE:

SOURCE: Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas; p. 844

MARTHA A. TURNER was born in Tennessee in 1836, and in 1839 was brought to Texas by her parents, who settled in Milam County. Her father, James L. Rountree, a native of Tennessee, a farmer and a justice of the peace, married Miss Musadore Flack, daughter of Thomas Flack, of Georgia, and to this union were born eight children - Emily J; William, Martha A., Louisa M., Amanda M., Elvira, Robert and Josephine.
Miss Martha A. Turner was first married to Pleasant M. Nail, who was born May 7, 1825, became the father of one child, Musadore A. Nail, and died June 25, 1856. The then Mrs. Martha M. Nail next was married, in 1857, to Kincher D. Turner, who was born in Alabama in 1825 and came to Texas in 1856. He settled in Bosque County, where he died in 1866, his possessions consisting of livestock, most of which was soon run off by cow theives.
Mrs. Turner, however, gathered together all she could find of the unstolen stock, sold and traded at some disadvantage, and in 1870 purchased a farm of 330 acres of raw land, 120 acres of which she has under cultivation; has herself made all the improvements, and has reared in respectibility her six children - Musadore A. Nail and her five children by Mr. turner, Owen F., Robert W., John O., Emma J. and Louis D.

Marriage Notes for MARTHA ROUNTREE and PLEASANT NEAL:
Burnet County, TX - Marriages: 1852-1856


Marriage Notes for MARTHA ROUNTREE and KINCHER TURNER:


	
Child of MARTHA ROUNTREE and PLEASANT NEAL is:
	i.	MUSADORE A.6 NEAL.

	
Children of MARTHA ROUNTREE and KINCHER TURNER are:
	ii.	OWEN F.6 TURNER.
	iii.	ROBERT W. TURNER.
	iv.	JOHN O. TURNER.
	v.	EMMA J. TURNER.
	vi.	LOUIS D. TURNER.


17.  MUSIDORE LOUISA5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born October 31, 1837 in Alabama, and died November 11, 1921 in Burnet Co; Texas.  She married SAMUEL KING MCFARLAND June 13, 1854 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He was born September 08, 1837 in Missouri, and died July 07, 1901 in Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for MUSIDORE LOUISA ROUNTREE:
McFARLAND, Mrs. L. M. - 11 Nov 1921 

Burnet Bulletin, 17 Nov 1921 

Mrs. L. M. McFarland Dead. 

Last Friday, November 11th, 1921, at the home of her son, Ray, in Cleburne, Mrs. L. M. McFarland passed away.  The body was brought to Burnet and interred Saturday afternoon in the Old Cemetery, Rev. Joe Eustis officiating. 

Mrs. McFarland's maiden name was Rountree.  She was born in Alabama on the 31st day of October, 1837, making her at the time of her death a little more than 84 years of age.  When a small girl she moved with her father's family to Texas, and shortly thereafter came to Burnet County, where in 1854 she was united in marriage to S. K. McFarland.  To this union eight children were born, four of whom are still living.  They are S. L. McFarland of Marlin; R. J. McFarland of Burnet; W. A. and Ray McFarland of Cleburne.  More than 50 years of her life was spent in Burnet County, placing her in the ranks of the old settlers of this section.  At the age of fourteen years, Mrs. McFarland joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and for 70 years she lived a consistent Christian life, loved and respected by a large number of relatives and friends. 

Three sisters and six brothers also survive her, as follows:  Mrs. Bob Lewis, Burnet County; Mrs. Frank Thomas of this section; Mrs. Sylvania Fitts of Seattle, Washington; John Rountree of the Bertram community; F. S. Rountree of Vigo Park, Texas; Jeff, Jim and Wilse Rountree of Nogales, Arizona, and Babe Rountree, who resides in the state of Washington. 

The Bulletin joins in extending condolence to the bereaved relatives. 



More About MUSIDORE LOUISA ROUNTREE:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Notes for SAMUEL KING MCFARLAND:
1860 Burnet County Census

148 McFarland S.K.   21   m   farmer  Missouri 
148 McFarland Musadorie    21   f   Tennessee 
148 McFarland Samuel  L.  5   m   Tennessee 
148 McFarland Martha E.    4     f    Texas 
148 McFarland Rufus J.   2    m   Texas 

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1870 Llano Co; TX Census 
McFarland S.K.
M.L. 
Samuel, age 15 
Martha E. 14 
Rufus J. 12 
Amanda 6

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1880 Burnet Co TX census - Pct 1 pg 113

McFARLAND, S.K.; age 42; b.MO; f&m/b TN; occ: farmer
M.L.; wife; age 42; b.AL; f/b NC; m/b TN
Rufus J.; son; age 22; b.TX; f/b MO; m/b AL; occ: works farm
Amanda Ollie; dau; age 16; b.TX
William A.; son; age 6; b.TX
Robert R.; son; age 1; b.TX

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It became necessary to MOVE graves that would be covered over by Lake Buchanan, beginning in 1931, TWO of the graves of young children of S.K. & M.L. were moved from the Old Bluffton Cem. to the New Bluffton Cem., located 8 or 9 miles west of Shaw Island, 3 miles west of present community of "New" Bluffton. Jennie is buried in an Unmarked Grave at the New Bluffton Cemetery, although cemetery records show she is buried in Lot 167 grave 2, and Mattie is buried in Lot 167 grave 1.

Records kept by the company hired to move these graves referred to the children as MATTIE and JENNIE, with Jennie listed as an infant. Persons NOTIFIED for permission to move the graves, their relationship and place of residence in 1931 were: R. J. McFarland of Burnet: W. A. of Cleburne; R. R. of Cleburn, listed as brothers, and an added note which said to notify Mrs. Hudson Hereford at Tow. 



Marriage Notes for MUSIDORE ROUNTREE and SAMUEL MCFARLAND:
Source: Burnet County, TX - Marriages: 1852-1856 

McFarland, Samuel K.         Rountree, Masarone L.      13 Jun 1854

	
Children of MUSIDORE ROUNTREE and SAMUEL MCFARLAND are:
	i.	EMILY JANE "JENNIE"6 MCFARLAND.

Notes for EMILY JANE "JENNIE" MCFARLAND:
Died in infancy.

	ii.	HIRAM MCFARLAND.

Notes for HIRAM MCFARLAND:
Died in infancy.

	iii.	IRA MCFARLAND.

Notes for IRA MCFARLAND:
Died young.

	iv.	SAMUEL LEWIS MCFARLAND, b. April 07, 1855, Tennessee; d. January 1930; m. MARY ALICE BEAN, October 10, 1877, Lampasas Co; Texas; b. December 15, 1859; d. November 1936.

Notes for SAMUEL LEWIS MCFARLAND:
BURNET BULLETIN. The Burnet Bulletin, a weekly newspaper first published in January 1873, was edited until 1874 by George Whitaker. According to other sources, T. A. Stone may have founded and first edited the paper as the Burnet County Exponent, then sold it to Whitaker, who changed the name. Subsequent publishers included C. W. Miller, Charles M. Harris and Company (1875), Swift Ogle and Company (1876), S. L. McFarland and James Kibbee (1876), and James Kibbee (1877). C. W. Macune,qv Charles M. Harris, and Swift Ogle were successive editors. Ogle became editor and owner in 1878 but disappeared with some of the paper's funds in 1879, after which Capt. T. E. Hammond served as editor with financial assistance from Gen. Adam R. Johnson.qv James A. Stevens ran the paper from 1880 to 1898, when it was acquired by L. C. and Hardee (J. H.) Chamberlain, in whose family it remained until 1960. Ward Lowe, D. C. (Chester) Kincheloe, Lowell C. Welch, Ted C. Polk, and Mr. and Mrs. George Puckett of the Bluebonnet Publishing Company published the paper between 1961 and 1975. Another weekly paper known as the Bulletin and Bertram Enterprise was published briefly by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Polk and Mrs. Marvin Dodd in 1974. The weekly Burnet County Bulletin appeared from 1974 to 1987 and the Bulletin and Marble Falls Messenger after February of the latter year. Former Dallas newsman Tom Graham and associates purchased the paper in 1981 but sold it later that year to Mac B. McKinnon. In the 1990s the paper was published by Rick Espitia and had a circulation of 3,550. 

bibliography: Texas Newspaper Directory (Austin: Texas Press Service, 1991).

Diana J. Kleiner


More About SAMUEL LEWIS MCFARLAND:
Burial: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

	v.	MARTHA "MATTIE" ARMORETTA MCFARLAND, b. 1856.
	vi.	RUFUS JACKSON MCFARLAND, b. April 09, 1858, Burnet Co; Texas; d. July 12, 1944, Burnet Co; Texas; m. CORA EDNA JONES, January 01, 1884, Burnet Co; Texas; b. September 16, 1865, Travis Co; Texas; d. July 24, 1923, Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for RUFUS JACKSON MCFARLAND:
BURNET BULLETIN, JULY 20,1944
 
RUFUS JACKSON McFARLAND (1858-1944)
 
A BURNET COUNTY PIONEER CALLED
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Rufus Jackson McFarland, a pioneer of Burnet County, was called by death at the Shepperd-Allen Hospital in Burnet July 12th, 1944, where he had been ill for several days. His funeral service was held July 13th in the Northington funeral Chapel, conducted by Rev. Robert H. James, Methodist pastor. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery of Burnet, with Bunk Gibbs, Eppie Debo, Frank Debo, M. McClure, Bud Moffitt and Vernon Greer as pallbearers.
Mr. McFarland is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Adam Cummins of Agua Dulce, Texas, Mrs. C.B. Raney of San Antonia, Mrs. W.G. Gibson of Manteca, California, Mrs. J.W. Copeland of Pettus, Texas, three sons, King McFarland of Burnet, C.C. McFarland of Houston, Rufus McFarland of San Antonia, and one brother R.R. McFarland of Cleburne. His wife preceded him in death many years ago.
Mr. McFarland was born April 9th 1858 in Burnet county, and lived in this section all his life. He was a law-abiding, honest man, and had many friends to regret his death. For the past several years Mr. McFarland had been totally blind, but he bore this affliction courageously and was always glad to have his old friends call and talk over old times with him. Upon the anniversary of his 86th birthday last April 9th, his children arranged a celebration for him at the Burnet Hotel, when many of his old friends called and paid their respects. Mr. McFarland greatly enjoyed the occasion, as did his children and the friends who dropped in for a few minutes chat.
Jack McFarland was indeed a pioneer of Burnet county, his parents being among its earlier settlers. Until he was twelve years of age, Indians raided this section of Texas regularly murdering the people and stealing horses. No doubt Mr. McFarland witnessed the effects of some of these depredations, and could relate many of the interesting early day episodes of the county. Not many men and women who were in Burnet county during Indian times are alive, and soon all of them will be gone, with only the memories of them left, which should be reverenced always.
 

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1900 Burnet Co., TX census Pct 1 pg 199

McFARLAND, Rufus; b. April 1858; age 42; married 16 yrs; b.TX; f/b MO m/b TN; farmer & stockman; read & write; own farm
Cora E.; wife; b.Sept. 1855; age 34; 8 children born 7 living; b. TX; f/b AL; m/b AR
Lula; dau; b. Dec 1886; age 13; b.TX
King; son; b.April 1888; age 12; b.TX
Gussie (hard to read, might not be right) dau; b.June 1890; b.TX
Nora; dau; b. Mch. 1892; age 8; b.TX
Willie?(hard to read???) dau; b. Sep 1893; age 6; b.TX
Rufus; son b. Aug 1895; age 4; b. TX
Lillian; dau; b. Dec 1898; age 1; b.TX


More About RUFUS JACKSON MCFARLAND:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Notes for CORA EDNA JONES:
BURNET BULLETIN, JULY 26,1923
 
MRS. CORA E. MCFARLAND (1865-1923)
 
MRS. R.J. McFARLAND DEAD
 
This community was deeply shocked and grieved Tuesday afternoon, July 24th, 1923, when it was learned that Mrs. R.J. McFarland had died in Temple, where she was recently operated upon for cancer. The body was brought to Burnet and will be interred Thursday morning in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Bro. Hocutt, Methodist pastor, conduting the service.
Mrs. McFarland was a good woman in its truest sense - a loving kind and helpful wife, a devoted mother, a faithful, consecrated Christian, and a neighbor and friend universally loved.
She is survived by her husband, R.J.McFarland, and nine children, as follows: Mrs. Lula Frazier of south Texas, King McFarland of this place, Mrs. Annie Hereford of Tow, Mrs. Nora Cummins of South Texas, Mrs. Willie Hereford of Burnet, Rufus McFarland of Burnet, Mrs. Ed. McDaniel of this county, Cliffton McFarland of this community, and Miss Thelena of Burnet. The loved ones are heart-broken over the loss of their dear mother, who is awaiting them in that better world beyond the grave.
The Bulletin joins the hundreds of friends of the family in extending condolence and sympathy in their sad bereavement.
 
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BURNET BULLETIN, AUG 16,1923
 
MRS. CORA EDNA (JONES) McFARLAND (1865-1923)
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MRS. CORA EDNA JONES McFARLAND

"The Old Order Changeth," and the brave men and loyal women, who as pioneers of this county, are answering the "last roll call" and passing on to the Great Beyond, and such was the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Cora Edna Jones McFarland was born in Travis county, Texas, September sixteenth, 1865, and moved to Burnet county, with her parents at the age of sixteen years, and resided here till her death, which occurred in Temple sanitarium, July 24, 1923. It was not the privilege of her loved ones to be with her when the last summons came, but her loving Saviour piloted her over the dark river.
On January 1st, 1884 she was united in marriage to Rufus Jack McFarland and to this union ten children were born - the first born dying in infancy. Those surviving of Burnet are: King McFarland, Mrs. Willie Hereford, Mrs. Lillian McDaniel, Rufus McFarland, Clifton McFarland, and Miss Thelena., Mrs. Lula Frazier of Odem, Mrs. Annie Hereford of Tow Valley, Mrs. Nora Cummings of Aqua Dulce, her mother of Ft. Worth, five brothers, two sisters and twenty five grand children are left to mourn her sad demise. Her father preceded her in death two years ago. Mrs. McFarland was truly a daughter of the Confederacy, her father was a volunteer in the war between the states and served with loyalty, the Confederate cause, the entire four years of that terrible struggle - as did four of her uncles, and one Uncle, James Jones,
"sleeps in the bivouac of the dead" - he was killed in the last battle fought in that memorable war, and later when the World war was on, her son, Rufus McFarland was with those who were battling for their country.
For thirty-five years Mrs. McFarland was a devoted member of the Methodist church, training her children to live a God fearing life and "In teaching them how to live taught them how to die" - it was her happy privilege to see all her children united with churches of their choice.
Numberless friends in Burnet County are saddened at her death, the missionary society of the Methodist Church feel deeply their loss, as she was a cherished member of their society and the Order of the Eastern Star realize that "In the measureless realm of time, how brief is our earthly life; yet how momentous and eternal its issues" and sorrow with the loved ones, who mourn the death of Sister Cora McFarland, whose membership "lengthened the golden chain of this noble order." Sincere sympathy is extended to the sons and daughters, and to the heart broken husband, who so happily journeyed through many years of contentment with his devoted wife. The funeral services were held at the tabernacle, her beloved pastor, Rev. Hocutt, officiating and the Order of the Eastern Star held their impressive burial service. Quantities of fragrant flowers covered the casket and grave and all that was mortal of this beloved one, was tenderly laid to rest, awaiting the resurrection morn and waiting beyond the river to welcome her loved ones to their eternal home "in that land where separation and death are known no more, forever"   A FRIEND.

More About CORA EDNA JONES:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Marriage Notes for RUFUS MCFARLAND and CORA JONES:
Marriage Book F, pg 135
R. J. McFarland and Miss Cora E. Jones
Married 1/1/1884 by S. L. McFarland, OMG
License issued 1/1/1884
Filed 1/5/1884


	vii.	AMANDA OLIVIA "OLLIE" MCFARLAND, b. May 02, 1864, Burnet Co; Texas; d. March 17, 1886, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About AMANDA OLIVIA "OLLIE" MCFARLAND:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

	viii.	WILLIAM ALEXANDER MCFARLAND, b. September 28, 1875, Burnet Co; Texas; m. (1) SOPHIA PETERS, Bef. 1892; m. (2) BESSIE MCCOY, September 28, 1892, Burnet Co; Texas; d. December 12, 1951, Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for BESSIE MCCOY:
Funeral Notice:
LIGON, Bessie,.....1951 12 14, --, Bluffton


Marriage Notes for WILLIAM MCFARLAND and BESSIE MCCOY:
Marriage Book G, page 218
William A. McFarland and Miss Bessie McCoy
Married 9/28/1892
License issued 9/28/1892
Filed 10/31/1892


	ix.	ROBERT RAY MCFARLAND, b. August 03, 1878, Burnet Co; Texas; d. December 01, 1944, Cleburne Co; Texas; m. MARY THOMAS "MOLLIE" DEBO, April 23, 1890, Burnet Co; Texas; b. December 23, 1876, Burnet Co; Texas; d. May 24, 1932, Cleburne Co; Texas.


18.  ELVIRA MELVINA5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born March 10, 1845 in Milam Co; Texas, and died February 20, 1938 in Burnet Co; Texas.  She married ELISHA FRANKLIN "FRANK" THOMAS December 12, 1866 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He was born September 05, 1841, and died April 17, 1916 in Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for ELVIRA MELVINA ROUNTREE:
Information offered by the daughter of Emily Jane Rountree, granddaughter of James L. Rountree & Musadore Flack:

Elvira, a daughter, who married _____ Thomas, and lived at Burnett, Texas. This Thomas wound up the estate of my grandfather, James L. Rountree, in the probate courts at Burnett, Texas. I remember receipts being sent out here for all of us (my mother's children) to sign, for our interests in the estate.

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THOMAS, Mrs. Frank - 20 Feb 1936
Burnet Bulletin, 27 Feb 1936

Pioneer Citizen Called by Death. Mrs. Frank Thomas, a pioneer citizen of Burnet County, died at her ranch home a few miles west of Burnet on Feb. 20, 1936.Her body was interred the next day in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery in Burnet. The funeral service was conducted by Bro. L. V. Nobles, Church of Christ 
minister, with the Burnet Funeral Home in charge.  The active pallbearers were John Baker, Pete Elliott, Vert Gibbs, Charley Schnabel, Pres Graves and Ballard Dorbandt.  The honorary pallbearers were Chris Dorbandt, R. J. Knox, Basil Baker, O. A. Riggs, John Harness, Henry Harness, Eppie Debo, Ed Magill, Hardee Chamberlain, Gus Stuart, Frank Pavitte, Ellis Guthrie, Earl Foulds, John Davidson, M.G. Schnabel and Captain D. G. Sherrard.
Mrs. Thomas was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rowntree, pioneer citizens of Burnet County.  She was born March 10, 1845 in Milam County, Texas, making her at the time of her death almost 91 years of age.  With her parents she moved to Burnet County while a small child and has been a resident of this section ever since.  She was united in marriage to Frank Thomas on December 12, 1866.  To this union was born seven children, one of whom died in infancy.  A daughter, Mrs. V. T. Breazeale, a resident of Nevada, was called by death a few years ago. Five children, three sons and two daughters, survive her. They are: Marshall Thomas of Dallas, Mrs. J. A. Graham of Brownsville, Robert Thomas of Tampica, Mexico, Frank Thomas and Miss Louise Thomas of Burnet.  She is also survived by three brothers and one sister, Jeff and James Rowntree of Nogales, New Mexico, J. M. Rowntree of Bertram and Mrs. J. W. Fitts of Berkley, California. Until only a few years ago, Mrs. Thomas, notwithstanding her advanced age, was very active in her home and business affairs. Upon her visits to town, scarcely a week would pass that she failed to visit the Bulletin office and it was a pleasure to converse with her.  She had been a resident of this county for more than 80 years and could recount many interesting events of this section when it was a frontier, in some of which she was an active participant.  She was here when the Indians made their forays into Burnet County, stealing horses and murdering the settlers.  She knew pioneer 
life in all its varied aspects and with the people of that day met and bravely overcame the many dangers and problems that made our present day civilization.  Almost since the earliest settling of Burnet County, the Thomas and Rowntree families have been numbered among its leaders.  For many years Mr. and Mrs. Thomas resided in the town of Burnet, where Mr. Thomas was one of the pioneer merchants and where their children grew to manhood and womanhood and received their early education. A number of years ago they moved to their ranch a few miles west of Burnet, where Mr. Thomas first died, and now his companion has joined him.  People of 60 years of age and older are able to realize to some extent the stability and worth of people like Mr. and Mrs. Thomas who so courageously brought this country from a wilderness to what it is at the present time, but a recital of such sounds like fiction to the youngest generations.  Most of them have passed to their reward and a monument should be erected to their memories and placed upon the courthouse square in our county seat, so that as time passes, their heroic lives may not be forgotten.

The Bulletin joins the many friends of the Thomas and Rowntree families in extending condolence and sympathy to the bereaved relatives in the death of this remarkable and good woman.

More About ELVIRA MELVINA ROUNTREE:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

Notes for ELISHA FRANKLIN "FRANK" THOMAS:



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Burnet County Federal Census 
1870 

118 Thomas E. F.	27	m	w 	farmer		Ken. 
	Elvira		24	f	w 	keeping house	Tx. 
	Marshal		3	m	w			Tx. 
	Alace		1	f	w			Tx. 
	Mary		23	f	w			Ken. 


More About ELISHA FRANKLIN "FRANK" THOMAS:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas
	
Children of ELVIRA ROUNTREE and ELISHA THOMAS are:
	i.	MARSHALL6 THOMAS, b. 1867.
	ii.	ALICE BERNICE THOMAS, b. 1869; m. J.A. GRAHAM.
	iii.	ROBERT THOMAS, b. 1871; d. 1941.

More About ROBERT THOMAS:
Burial: Old Burnet Cemetery

	iv.	KATE THOMAS, b. 1874; d. August 07, 1931; m. VERT T. BREAZEALE, Abt. 1911.

More About KATE THOMAS:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

	v.	FRANK "LITTLE FRANK" JR. THOMAS, b. March 26, 1878; d. January 01, 1939, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About FRANK "LITTLE FRANK" JR. THOMAS:
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

	vi.	LOUISE THOMAS, b. 1880.

More About LOUISE THOMAS:
Burial: Burnet Cemetery


19.  JOSEPHINE "AUNT JO"5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born March 22, 1848 in Manor, Travis Co; Texas, and died January 08, 1933 in Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas.  She married ROBERT "UNCLE BOB" LEWIS August 01, 1867 in Bosque Co; Texas.  He was born October 17, 1836 in Athens, Limestone Co; Alabama, and died January 17, 1933 in Burnet Co; Texas.

Notes for JOSEPHINE "AUNT JO" ROUNTREE:
LEWIS, Josephine Rountree - 8 January 1933 
  SOURCE: Vertical File, Herman Brown Free Library; copy of newspaper clipping, date unknown.

A PIONEER CITIZEN CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. Robert Lewis, a pioneer resident of Burnet County, was called by death at her home on Oatmeal Creek last Sunday, January 8th, 1933. The body was interred the following day in the neighborhood cemetery, Rev. Walter Everett, of the Church of Christ conducting the service. The pallbearers were Cecil Mitchel, dudley Lewis, Grover Davidson, Lowell Lynn, Frank Thomas, and Rudolph Lewis.

Mrs. Josephine Rountree Lewis was born May 21st 1848 at Manor, Texas, making her at the time of her death 84 years, 7 months and 18 days of age. Her mother died shortly after her birth. When she was three years old her father, James Rountree, moved to Burnet county, settling on the farm where she resided all her life with the exception of four years directly after her marriage. On August 1st 1867 she was united in marriage to Robert Lewis. to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are living, as follows:

- Mrs. D.K. Uzzell of Paris, Texas
- Mrs. J.W. Davidson of Bertram, Texas
- Mrs. W.C. Evans of Winters, Texas
- Mrs. M.W. Moses of McKinney, Texas
- Rodney T. Lewis of Bertram, Texas
- Rufus Lewis of Corpus Christi, Texas
- Mrs. E.J. Hardgrave of San Angelo, Texas
- Hix Lewis of Bertram, Texas.

One son, Wade Lewis, died September 13th 1905. She is also survived by her husband, Robert Lewis, 96 years of age, who is very seriously ill, and the following sisters and brothers:

- Mrs. Frank Thomas of Burnet
- John Rountree of Bertram
- Mrs. Will Flits of Los Angeles,
- Felix Rountree of Lubbock
- Jeff Rountree of Tucson
- Jack Rountree of Seattle

Mrs. Lewis was baptised into the Christian Church at an early age and lived a life of devotion to her home and family. She had been an invalid for eleven years and bore her pain and suffering uncomplainingly, desiring still to serve others rather than to be served. Her death has brought peace to her tired body; and she is now waiting in the World Beyond for her faithful husband of a companship lasting more than 55 years, and her devoted children.

The Lewis family for more than 50 years has occupied a prominent position in the social and financial affairs of Burnet County and their friends are numbered by all who know them. As the children grew to maturity and made homes for themselves, they have followed in the footsteps of their noble parents and made leading citizens in their respective homes and esteem of all who knew them.

The writer has known the Lewis family for more than a half century. In our early boyhood days, Mr. robert Lewis exemplified our idea of the model, prosperous citizen--a man helping to bring this country into a finer state of civilization. He and his departed wife embued the minds of their children with the same lofty ideas of citizenship and thrift that they practiced all their lives, and their efforts were rewarded, as the lives of their children testify.

In the death of Mrs. Lewis, a true pioneer of Burnet County has passed to her reward, and the country would be greatly benefited if more of those left behind would emulate her life's example. The Bulletin extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives.



More About JOSEPHINE "AUNT JO" ROUNTREE:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

Notes for ROBERT "UNCLE BOB" LEWIS:
LEWIS, Robert - 17 Jan 1933 
Source: Vertical File, Herman Brown Free Library; copy of newspaper clipping, date unknown.

ONE OF BURNET COUNTY'S OLDEST CITIZENS PASSES AWAY

Death, on Tuesday, January 17th, 1933, removed from his family and numerous friends, Mr. Robert Lewis, who perhaps at the time of his death was the pioneer living citizen of Burnet County. His body was interred in the Oatmeal Cemetery Tuesday afternoon, at 4:00 o'clock, by Rev. Walter Everett of Burnet officiating. The pall bearers were Walter Lewis, Dudley Lewis, Grover Davidson, Lowell Lynn, Frank Thomas and Rudolph Lewis, being the same with the exception of the first named that officiated at the burial of the wife of the deceased, which occurred on January 9th.

Robert Lewis was born October 17th, 1836 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, making him ninety-six years and three months of age. His mother died when he was a small child and a few years after her death the family moved to Henderson County, Texas, remaining there only a short time, removing to Burnet County, where Mr. Lewis resided until his death, a period of about 85 years. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, remaining in same throughout the entire period of the Civil War. He made a good soldier as well as citizen. Two years after the close of the war, on August 1st, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Josephene Rountree. The two traveled down the Highway of Life side by side for 67 years, Josephene preceding him in death exactly nine days, almost to the minute. Robert and Josephene were baptized at the same time into the Christian Church in their early married life. both of them had lived the lives of invalids for a number of years. His tired, broken body was placed beside hers in identical caskets. While she was lovingly known as "Aunt Jo," he also was respected, loved and known as "Uncle Bob," throughout the community for many years.

Sixty of the years of their married life were spent at the home place where they died, which had belonged to Mrs. Lewis' father, James L. Rountree. The following children survive Mr and Mrs Lewis:

- Mrs. D.K. Uzzell of Paris, Texas
- Mrs. J.W. Davidson of Bertram, Texas
- Mrs. W.C. Evans of Winters, Texas
- Mrs. M.W. Moses of McKinney, Texas
- Rodney T. Lewis of Bertram, Texas
- Rufus Lewis of Corpus Christi, Texas
- Mrs. E.J. Hardgrave of San Angelo, Texas
- Hix Lewis of Bertram, Texas.

One son, Wade Lewis, died 27 years ago.

Mr. Lewis was from distinguished parentage, one of his great-great grandfathers, Colonel Fielding Lewis, having married Betty Washington, sister of George Washington, Father of our Country.

His long life among his fellow men demonstrated his worth as a husband, father and citizen. The writer knew Mr. Lewis for at least 50 years and he has always been considered one of the outstanding citizens of his section of Burnet County. He was scrupulously honest and respected and loved by all who knew him. He was a man of judgement and thrift and by hard work and good management accomplished considerable of this world's goods. He was a true pioneer with all the better qualities of such. 
--Burnet Bulletin.

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SOURCE:
Burnet County history, Vol II; Pg 203

Robert Lewis enlisted in the Confederate Army March 25, 1862, at burnet and was enrolled by Captain C.C. Arnett, mustered into service at Camp Terry April 5, 1862, by R.T.P. Allen. Captain C.C. Arrnett's Company, Allen's Regiment, composed of 10 companies, later became Company G., 17th Regiment of Texas Infantry. Robert was ill much of the time; however, he remained in the service for the duration of the war.


More About ROBERT "UNCLE BOB" LEWIS:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery
	
Children of JOSEPHINE ROUNTREE and ROBERT LEWIS are:
	i.	GEORGIANN6 LEWIS, b. August 22, 1868, Burnet Co; Texas; d. June 11, 1947; m. (1) SILAS DUNLAP TAYLOR, July 04, 1888; m. (2) D.K. UZZELL, January 08, 1919.

More About GEORGIANN LEWIS:
Burial: Clyde, Texas

	ii.	OPHELIA LEWIS, b. October 18, 1869, Burnet Co; Texas; d. November 04, 1950, Burnet Co; Texas; m. JOHN WARREN DAVIDSON, November 09, 1888; b. March 22, 1866; d. April 14, 1944, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About OPHELIA LEWIS:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

More About JOHN WARREN DAVIDSON:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

	iii.	CLARA LEWIS, b. June 18, 1871, Burnet Co; Texas; d. September 11, 1964; m. WILCE C. EVANS, November 09, 1888.

More About CLARA LEWIS:
Burial: Winters, Texas

	iv.	NORA LEWIS, b. July 14, 1872, Burnet Co; Texas; d. October 07, 1959, McKinney, Texas; m. MARTIN WHITE MOSES, April 19, 1893.

More About NORA LEWIS:
Burial: McKinney, Texas

25.	v.	RODNEY TAYLOR LEWIS, b. February 26, 1874, Burnet Co; Texas; d. February 24, 1962, Burnet Co; Texas.
	vi.	RUFUS EDMUND LEWIS, b. September 10, 1875, Burnet Co; Texas; d. Corpus Christi, Texas; m. BETTY NUTT.

More About RUFUS EDMUND LEWIS:
Burial: Seaside Memorial Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Texas

	vii.	WADE LEWIS, b. April 17, 1877, Burnet Co; Texas; d. September 13, 1905, Burnet Co; Texas; m. BONNIE BELLE NUTT.

More About WADE LEWIS:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

	viii.	MINNIE LOUISE LEWIS, b. April 17, 1880, Burnet Co; Texas; m. EVERETT JAMES HARDGROVE.

More About MINNIE LOUISE LEWIS:
Burial: San Angelo, Texas

	ix.	ROBERT HIX LEWIS, b. July 07, 1883, Burnet Co; Texas; d. May 15, 1959, Burnet Co; Texas; m. LIZZIE WILSON; b. 1892; d. 1941, Burnet Co; Texas.

More About ROBERT HIX LEWIS:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

More About LIZZIE WILSON:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery


20.  MARY ANN GARNER5 ROUNTREE (JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born October 05, 1858 in Oatmeal, Burnet Co; Texas, and died December 08, 1888 in Burnet Co; Texas.  She married COLOMBUS JOSEPH H. HIBLER January 15, 1879 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He was born April 10, 1858 in Missouri, and died February 10, 1926 in Burnet Co; Texas.

More About MARY ANN GARNER ROUNTREE:
Burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas

More About COLOMBUS JOSEPH H. HIBLER:
Burial: Fairland Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas
	
Children of MARY ROUNTREE and COLOMBUS HIBLER are:
	i.	KATHERINE SYLVANIA6 HIBLER, b. December 19, 1880, Missouri; d. March 07, 1914, San Patricio Co; Texas; m. (1) MAYFIELD; m. (2) CLARENCE TAYLOR MORROW, May 08, 1904, Marble Falls, Burnet Co; Texas; b. January 22, 1869, Rutherford Co;  North Carolina; d. October 02, 1949.
	ii.	GROVER CLEVELAND HIBLER, b. March 12, 1884, Burnet Co; Texas.


21.  WILLIAM5 SHAW (KATHERINE4 ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1)  He married ELIZA PARKES.  
	
Child of WILLIAM SHAW and ELIZA PARKES is:
	i.	FRANCES MARION6 SHAW.


22.  WILLIAM5 ROUNTREE (SEABORN JONES4, WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born February 17, 1818, and died May 26, 1872.  He married MARTHA ROGERS July 04, 1839 in Madison Co; Alabama.  
	
Children of WILLIAM ROUNTREE and MARTHA ROGERS are:
	i.	SEABORN LEE6 ROUNTREE.
	ii.	CHARLES ALLEN ROUNTREE.
	iii.	LEE ROUNTREE.


23.  SARAH GRAY5 ROUNTREE (SEABORN JONES4, WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born July 29, 1841 in Woodville, Alabama, and died March 14, 1915.  She married ANDREW BARNEY COOK November 26, 1856.  He was born April 03, 1836 in Macon, Georgia, and died November 13, 1902 in Cookville, Texas.

Notes for ANDREW BARNEY COOK:
Picking up the 1889 article in the Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas (F. A. Battey & Co, 1889), page 197-8, where we left off above:

 Andrew B. Cook came to Texas in 1851, began farming, and continued in this vocation until 1862[1], when he enlisted in the Confederate army, and served until the surrender in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.  At Oakland, Mississippi, a rifle-ball struck him in the shoulder, but notwithstanding the wound he afterward took part in many severe battles, such as those at Franklin, Holly Springs, Iuka, Lumpkin’s Mills, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Vicksburg and many other places.  He was twice captured; first at Franklin, Tennessee, and held eighteen days, and again near Pilot Point, Georgia and kept prisoner eight and one half months.  In 1867 Mr. Cook embarked in mercantile business at the little town of his own founding – Cookville, on the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway but still continues farming, and now owns about one thousand acres of fine land, four hundred of which he has under cultivation, raising various or mixed crops.

 The marriage of Mr. Cook took place November 20, 1856, to Sarah G., daughter of Seaborn Rountree, a native of South Carolina.  Twelve children have been born to this union, and eleven named as follows…and one that died unnamed.  Mr. Cook is a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church, and a good and useful citizen.......

The remainder of the article contributed by his son, Rueben Cook, to the History of Titus County, Vol. I  generally repeats the same material:

 Andrew Barney Cook was married to Sarah Gray Rountree in 1856.  Her mother’s maiden name was Rogers, and she was born in Woodville, Alabama and had one sister and several brothers.  Wiley Rountree lived in Mt. Vernon, Texas, and his sister Rebecca Ledbetter in Cusseta, Cass County, Texas

 My father and mother had twelve children, two of whom died in infancy, the others living to maturity.  [The remainder of this material is inserted below.]

 My father, A. B. Cook, came to Texas in 1856 (sic) and settled on 160 acres of land given to him by mother’s father [This would be Seaborn J. Rountree] about half way between Omaha and Springhill, in Morris County [formed from Titus in 1875], where Lou and Lizzie were born.  They lived in a log cabin about 100 yards north of the road, and was pointed out to me on my only trip to Springhill Primitive Baptist Church.  My father would close his store at Cookville on one Saturday each month so he and Mother could attend services there…My mother and two children lived there throughout the Civil War in which my father served.  At Oakland, Mississippi he received a spent rifle ball in his shoulder, but afterwards engaged in several battles, such as Franklin, Tennessee and Pilot Point, Georgia, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Vicksburg, etc., and was twice captured and held prisoner at Franklin, Tennessee and Pilot Point, Georgia 8 ½ months.  One or two of his brothers were flag bearers and as their mounts were shot down, he grabbed the flag and carried it to victory.  That is probably what gave him the title of Major.  After the war was over, he made one or two crops and then moved to Clay Hill (the P.O. name until it was changed to Cookville in 1880).  He had a shack for a store in the corner of the yard – about 8 by 12 feet.  Later he had a larger building almost adjoining the home on the West side, and later built a larger building on a corner of the business district layed (sic) out facing the railroad which came about 1879.   He had a well-assorted stock of goods – dry goods and groceries, boots and shoes, clothing, some drugs, especially Smith’s Bile Beans, Groves’ Chill Tonic, Calomel and quinine, name it and take it; and a large room added to back of store containing flour and salt by carload, bagging and ties, John Deere and Kelly stocks and plow points, sweeps, saddles, plow lines, single or double trees, etc.  After thirty years in this business, he sold out about 1895 and retired.  He had a quiet disposition, was charitable in giving ground for churches and schools, or anything else for the good of the community; kept his business and politics to himself.  Two of his famous sayings were “Honesty is the best policy” and “Doing well is hard to beat”.  His first residence was about 100 feet South of the “big road”, as it was called, now Highway 67 in almost exactly the same place, as it passes that particular spot.  As the family grew, he built side rooms until about 1880 he built a 7-room house with 2 stack chimneys to the South and in line with his store, facing the railroad.  That house burned down not long afterward in August.

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Andrew Cook’s obituary from the Mt. Pleasant Times-Review (I have not corrected the errors in typesetting and spelling):

 A Pioneer Gone.

 A.B. Cook, of Cookville, Texas, was suddenly called hence Thursday night, Nov. 13th  [1902], at 11:30.  His fatal illness, neuralzia of the heart was of only two days duration, and while he and his physicians realized the danger he was in, his death was quite a surprise and a shock to all. 

A.B. Cook, merchant, farmer, and founder of Cookville, was born in Macon, Ga., April 3, 1836, come to Texas in 1851, enlisted in the confederate army in 1862 and served until the surrender.  He was in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.  At Oakland, Miss. He was severely wounded, but afterwards engaged in many severe battles such as Franklin, Holly Springs, Iuka, Lumpkins Mills, Murfersboro, Nashville, Vicksburg, and many others.  In the death dealing contest at Iuka, two brothers older than himself of Whitesfields Legion color bearers, each falling successively, a third, the subject of this sketch, grasped the bloodstained banner from the prostrate forms of his wounded brothers and bore it aloft to a glorious victory.[3]  At our state capitol says The Southern Home Magazine.  That group of heroes should be memorialized in bronze or granite, a parallel of which defies the world.

 He was twice captured, first at Franklin where he was severely wounded and kept in prison 18 days, and again at Pilot Point and held a prisoner eight months at Indianapolis.

In 1867 Mr. Cook embarked in the mercantile business in the little town of his own founding, Cookville, Texas, and continued in that occupation until his retirement in 1896.  He was a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church, having joined that church at the age of eighteen.  Almost as regular as the Saturday before the first Sunday of each month came, he would be found on his way to Spring Hill church where his membership has been for forty-eight years.

 Major Cook had his peculiarities, yet those who knew him best loved him, and to know him intimately was to admire, respect, and love him.


	
Children of SARAH ROUNTREE and ANDREW COOK are:
26.	i.	LOUISA REBECCA6 COOK, b. November 01, 1857; d. January 19, 1920.
	ii.	JOSEPH I. COOK.
	iii.	ELIZABETH V. “LIZZIE” COOK, b. September 14, 1859; d. December 14, 1952; m. ALEXANDER KEITH.
	iv.	SAMUEL DR. ASA COOK, b. April 26, 1866; d. April 26, 1894.
	v.	FLORENCE JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” COOK, b. November 12, 1869; d. July 06, 1943; m. WILLIAM ALLEN PRIEST.
	vi.	ILLA COOK, b. February 03, 1871; d. October 1946; m. SANDY C. TABB.
	vii.	ANNIE J. “JEFFIE” COOK, b. April 02, 1873; d. 1916, Clovis, New Mexico; m. CALVIN MYERS.
	viii.	D. A. “DOC” COOK, b. August 17, 1875; d. Aft. 1963; m. LOUISE CHEEVER.
	ix.	RUEBEN R. R. COOK, b. October 08, 1877; d. Aft. 1863; m. EDNA OLA KEITH.
	x.	EVA COOK, b. October 30, 1879; m. JAMES BUCHANON.
	xi.	SADDIE COOK, b. February 03, 1882; d. Aft. 1963; m. BOLIVAR C. BARRIER.


Generation No. 5

24.  RUFUS ALONZO6 PARKES (EMILY JANE5 ROUNTREE, JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born October 21, 1849 in Lynchburg, Lincoln (Moore) Co; Tennessee.  He married SUSAN A. HOLT November 14, 1872.  

Notes for RUFUS ALONZO PARKES:
MOORE COUNTY, TN Bio

HON. R. A. PARKS, editor of the Lynchburg Falcon and attorney at law, was born October 21, 1849, in Lynchburg. His father is Rufus -B. Parks, whose sketch appears next above. His early life was spent with his parents and in school. He engaged in teaching school and studying law when a young man. In June, 1872, he obtained license to practice law, and has ever since continued to do so, in the firm of Holman & Parks, from 1872 to 1884, and since then in the firm of Holman, Holman & Parks. He was united in marriage, November 141872, to Miss Susan A. Holt, of Moore County. This union has been blessed in the birth of six children, four of whom are now living: Roy H., Pearl, Harry R. and Margaret. Mr. Parks is a Democrat in politics and take# an active interest In political affairs. He has held the office of recorder of Lynchburg, and is 'now filling his second term of office as mayor of the town. He represented Lincoln and Moore Counties in the lower house of the Legislature from 1882 to 1884. He is a member of I. O. O. F.,having joined that fraternity in December, 1884. Since february, 1884, he has been editor and proprietor of the Lynchburg Falcon, and has made it a good paper. 
	
Children of RUFUS PARKES and SUSAN HOLT are:
	i.	ROY H.7 PARKES.
	ii.	PEARL PARKES.
	iii.	HARRY R. PARKES.
	iv.	MARGARET PARKES.


25.  RODNEY TAYLOR6 LEWIS (JOSEPHINE "AUNT JO"5 ROUNTREE, JAMES LEWIS4 ROWNTREE/ROUNTREE, THOMAS HART3 ROUNTREE, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born February 26, 1874 in Burnet Co; Texas, and died February 24, 1962 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He married (1) SUSAN ELIZABETH THORP February 24, 1897 in Bertram, Burnet Co; Texas.  She was born February 26, 1875 in Burnet Co; Texas, and died December 22, 1939 in Burnet Co; Texas.  He married (2) MRS. ANNIE LEE SCHOOLEY EDWARDS January 01, 1951.  She was born December 02, 1884, and died January 01, 1971.

Notes for RODNEY TAYLOR LEWIS:
LEWIS, Rodney T. -- 24 February 1962 
  
The Austin American, Austin,Texas, February 25, 1962.

BURNET---Funeral services for Rodney T. Lewis, life long Bertram resident who died in a Burnet hospital Saturday, will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Bertram Church of Christ. Darrell Debo will officiate. Burial will be in Oatmeal Cemetery under direction of Clement Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Annie Lee Lewis; son H. Dudley Lewis of Bertram; two daughters, Mrs. F. B. Malone and Mrs. L. A. Purtell of Lubbock; brother, Rufus Lewis of Valera; sister, Mrs. W. C. Evans of Coleman; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

More About RODNEY TAYLOR LEWIS:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

Notes for SUSAN ELIZABETH THORP:
The Austin American, Austin,Texas

LEWIS, Susie Thorp- 22 December 1939 
 
MRS. RODNEY LEWIS PASSED AWAY FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 22ND

Mrs. Susie Lewis, beloved wife of R. T. Lewis, died at about three o'clock Friday morning, December 22nd at their home in the Oatmeal community. She suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago, and never did recover from it.

Mrs. Susie Thorp Lewis was born in Burnet County on June 4th, 1875, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.F.M. Thorp, now deceased. She was united in marriage to Rodney T. Lewis at Bertram on February 24th, 1897, and to this union three children were born, one son and two daughters. Mrs. Lewis was converted early in her married life and united with the Church of Christ. She lived a consistent Christian life and attended church regularly up until she became seriously ill. She was a kind and devoted wife and mother, a loyal neighbor and friend, and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Lewis lived all of her life in Burnet County.

Decedent is survived by her devoted husband, R. T. Lewis, one son, Dudley Lewis of Bertram, two daughters: Mrs. Frank Malone of Lubbock and Mrs. Adnold Purtell of Sudan; two brothers: Tom Thorp of Center Point and Charlie Thorp of Winters; two sisters: Mrs. Will Parker of Eldorado and Mrs. Sam DeSpain of Clyde. She is also survived by three grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at the Church of Christ in Bertram at two o'clock Saturday afternoon, December 23, 1939, by Rev. L. V. Nobles of Lone Grove. A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were present to pay their last respects to their departed loved one and friend. The floral offering was exceptionally beautiful.

The pall bearers were Grover Davidson, Reed Davidson, Raymond DeSpain of Smithwick, Ollie Barrett, Joe Floreke of Taft and Eugene Clark of Austin.


More About SUSAN ELIZABETH THORP:
Burial: Oatmeal Cemetery

More About MRS. ANNIE LEE SCHOOLEY EDWARDS:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Burnet Co; Texas
	
Children of RODNEY LEWIS and SUSAN THORP are:
	i.	ORA MABEL7 LEWIS.
	ii.	HORACE DUDLEY LEWIS.
	iii.	HAZEL VALREE LEWIS.


26.  LOUISA REBECCA6 COOK (SARAH GRAY5 ROUNTREE, SEABORN JONES4, WILLIAM3, RICHARDSON2, WILLIAM1) was born November 01, 1857, and died January 19, 1920.  She married GEORGE WASHINGTON WITT.  
	
Child of LOUISA COOK and GEORGE WITT is:
	i.	ANDREW WELDON7 WITT.