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Allie Colwell was born on 4 Jun 1815 in Alabama or TN. She died on
6 Oct 1883 in Angelina Co., TX. She has reference number 1222. Parents:
William I Colwell. She was married to Samuel Gilliland
on 19 Jan 1890 in Texas (Mexico). Children were: Samuel
Brzxton Gilliland, James Lucien Gilliland,
Manley Gilliland, Martha Ann Gilliland,
Mary Keziah Gilliland, Eli Gilliland,
Wiley Gilliland, Devilla Caroline Gilliland.
Andrew
Jackson Colwell was born on 3 May 1822 in Alabama. He died on 8 Jan 1902
in Farmer's Branch, Texas (Keenan Cemetery. He was buried in Lived 80 years.
He has reference number 93. References:
Grant, Ruth S. 1992. History of Angelina County. Family entry 237, Re: William
Colwell Sr. Lufdin Gen. and Hist. Gociety, Lufkin, Texas
Townsend, Joann B. 1992. History of Angelina County. Family entry 238. Re :
William Colwell. Lufkin Gen. and Hist. Society, Lufkin, Texas.
Swenson, Helen M. Angelina County Marriage Records, 1846-1897.
Barried 10 Jan. 1902 in Deenan Cemetery, Farmer's Branch, Texas.
Andrew Jackson Colwell was born in Alabama May 3, 1820. He was the 6th child
of William and Maria (Mary) Colwell. When Andrew was still a baby, the
family moved to Tennessee, where four more children were born before the
family moved with a group of neighbors to the Mexican State of Texas. Stories
had reached them about large free grants of land that was fertile and beautiful.
Thus, they decided to leave the protection and rights that their ancestors had
fought for, leave the United States of America and go to a foreign country. Their
grant was issued in Spanish stating that there were eleven membors in the
family. Two of the older boys came later. When the Mexican government took a
census in 1835, Andrew Jackson was listed as 14 years of age. On Jan. 7. 1850,
he married Nancy Harriet Hughes in Angelina County. Nancy was born in Louisiana
June 30, 1834, and her family moved to Texas soon afterward. Twelve children
were born to them, but three died very young. Four sons and five daughters
married and had families. They were l. Wiley, b. Sept. 21, 1850, died Oct. 2,
1850. 2. Mary J. b. Nov. 7, 1852, died young. 3. Martha, b March 8, 1855. died
under the age of 21. 4. Robert J., b. July 14, 1857, died young. 5. Melvina M.
b. Oct. l, 1858, died Jan. 1, 1911. 6. James Thomas b. March 20, 1861, died April
7, 1939. 7. Arra Belle C. b. July 5, 1863. 8. John
born June 29, 1865, Wiley, b. April 24, 1868, 10. Andrew Jackson Jr. b. April
9, 1871, died June 16, 1942. 11. Dora, b. Feb. 23, 1873, died Oct. 28, 1910.
12.
Joan Margaret born July 3, 1875, died March 19, 1952, at Fort Worth, Texas.
In 1870 the Andrew Jackson family was living in Tarrant County, Texas. In 1879
he bought three hundred and nineteen acres in Dallas County , Texas on the Elm
Fork of the Trinity River. This location was known as the Hackberry Community.
Six generations of Colwell families have lived on the Dallas County property
during their 103 years of ownership. In 1982 the land was sold to Las Colinas
Corporation, who developed a business and industrial city within a city at Irving,
Texas. The Exxon Company recently purchased 132 acres on Colwell Boulevard for
the new location of their world headquarters.
Andrew and Nancy celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Jan 7, 1900.
Andrew died two years later on Jan. 10, 1902, and was buried in the Deenan Cemetery
at Farmers Branch. Nancy, with her son Wiley, moved to California and was buried
at Long Beach, Calif. Today there are many descendants from the Angelina County
heritage living in Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding counties. By Mabel Colwell
McVay.
This is the 1880 census in Dallas County, Texas ED 69, p.344, precinct 8, 5 &
7 Juno 1880 #89-93
Colwell, Andrew Jackson, white, male, 58, married, farmer, rancher, born in Alabama,
Parents born in Georgia........ Nancy H. Hughes Colwell, white, female, 46, wife,
married, keeping house, reads but cannot write, born in Louisiana, father born
in Missouri, mother born in Tenn.,...James, white, male, 18 son, single, works
on ranch, attends school, born in Texas......Arra, white, female, 16, daughter,
at home..........
John, white, male, 15, son, works on farm, attends school, Wiley white, male,
12, son, works on farm, attends school, can read but not write....Andrew, white,
male, 9, son, attends school, reads but cannot write,.....Dora white, female,
7, daughter, .....Joan Margaret white, female, 5, daughter. Parents:
William I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
He was married to Nancy Harriet Hughes on 7 Jan 1850
in Angelina County, Texas. Children were: Joan (Jody)
Margaret I Colwell, Wiley F. Colwell,
Mary J. Colwell, Martha Colwell,
Robert J. Colwell, Melvina Melinda Colwell,
James Thomas Colwell, Arra Belle Colwell,
John Colwell, Wiley Colwell,
Andrew Jackson II Colwell, Dora Ophelia Colwell
.
Andrew
Jackson II Colwell was born on 9 Apr 1871 in Tarrant County, Texas. He
died on 16 Jun 1942 in Dallas County, Texas. He was buried on 18 Jun 1942 in
Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Texas. He has reference number 932. Parents:
Andrew Jackson Colwell and Nancy
Harriet Hughes.He was married to Catherine (Kate)
Dick on 26 Feb 1888 in Dallas County, Texas. Children were:
Bessie Colwell, Charles Jackson Colwell.
Arra
Belle Colwell was born on 5 Jul 1863 in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas.
She died in 1943 in Glendale, California Lived 80 years. She was buried in
1943 in Forest Lawwn Cemetery, Glendale, California. She has reference number
929. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.She was married to Beauregard
"Bee" Ferguson on 30 Jul 1882 in Tarrant County, Texas. Children
were: Kathryn Mellissa Ferguson.
Bessie
Colwell was born on 27 Aug 1896 in Dallas County, Texas. She was born on
27 Aug 1896. She died on 11 Sep 1979 in Dallas , Texas. She was buried on 13
Sep 1979 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Texas. She has reference number 1757.
Parents: Andrew Jackson II Colwell and
Catherine (Kate) Dick.She was married to Wiley
Remie Carathers on 1 Feb 1914 in Dallas County, Texas. Children were:
Bessie Melvina Carathers, Warren Harding Carathers
, John Andrew Carathers, Catherine
Carathers.
Carolina
Elizabeth Colwell was born in 1828 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.. She died
on 7 Sep 1911 in Angelina Co., Texas Prairie Grove Cem.. She has reference
number 921. Parents: William I Colwell and
Mary Elizabeth (Maria).She was married to John
McDonald Stovall on 22 Aug 1844. Children were:
Sarah A. Stovall, John , Stovall C,
Eliza F. Stovall, Mary Lucinda Stovall,
George C. Stovall, James Thomas Stovall,
Caroline Elizabeth Stovall, William Frank.
Charles
Jackson Colwell (Private). Parents: Andrew Jackson
II Colwell and Catherine (Kate) Dick.Children
were: Mabel Colwell.
Charlie
Colwell was born on 8 Dec 1877 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. He
has reference number 1449. Parents: John Colwell
and Ann Betty McGaughey.
Cynthia
C. Colwell was born in 1834 in TN. She has reference number 960. Parents:
Wiley F. Colwell and Elizabeth
Keziah Hanks.
Devilla
B. Colwell was born in 1844 in Angelina Co., Texas. She has reference number
964. Parents: Wiley F. Colwell and
Elizabeth Keziah Hanks.
Dora
Ophelia Colwell was born on 23 Feb 1873 in Texas. She died on 28 Oct 1910
in Texas. She has reference number 933. Parents: Andrew
Jackson Colwell and Nancy Harriet Hughes.She
was married to Aulsbrook about 1895 in Texas.
Elemuel
(Lemuel) Colwell has reference number 951. Parents:
William I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
Eliza
Jane Colwell (Private). Parents: Wiley F. Colwell
and Elizabeth Keziah Hanks.
George
Washington Colwell was born on 7 Feb 1830 in Tennessee. He died on 19 Mar
1859 in Poss., Angelina County, Texas. He has reference number 922. Parents:
William I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth
(Maria).He was married to Sarah Cochran on 27
Jan 1853 in Angelina County, Texas. Children were:
Mary Catharine Colwell, Sarah Coledonia Colwell
, Sam Houston Colwell.
I.
D. Colwell (Private). Parents: John Colwell
and Ann Betty McGaughey.
J. Wlton
Colwell (Private). Parents: John Colwell and
Ann Betty McGaughey.
Jack
Colwell was born on 3 Aug 1882 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. He
died on 21 Dec 1974. He has reference number 1455. Parents:
John Colwell and Ann Betty McGaughey.
James
J. Colwell was born in 1849 in Angelina Co., Texas. He has reference number
965. Parents: Wiley F. Colwell and
Elizabeth Keziah Hanks.
James
Thomas Colwell was born on 20 Mar 1861 in Texas. He died on 7 Apr 1939.
He has reference number 928. Parents: Andrew Jackson
Colwell and Nancy Harriet Hughes.
Joan
(Jody) Margaret I Colwell was born on 3 Jul 1875 in Pleasantrun, Texas.
She died on 19 Mar 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas Lived 77 years. She was buried
on 21 Mar 1952 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. She has reference
number 63. Rev. James J. Butler married Joan Colwell to P. M. Witten. Nov.
3, 1893 Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.She was married to Perry Myrt
Fralia Witten on 3 Nov 1893 in Farmersbranch, Texas. Children were:
Myrtle Ophelia Bell Fralia Witten, Warren Fralia Witten
, Harry Fralia Witten. She was married to
O. Scarbrough about 1904 in Texas. She was married to
Enward Nathaniel Hukill about 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was married
to Crocker about 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas.
John
Colwell was born on 29 Jun 1865 in Texas. He died about 1930. He has reference
number 930. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.
John
Colwell was born on 27 Oct 1849 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. He
died on 10 Apr 1939 in Zavalla, Texas. He has reference number 1020. Parents:
Mathew Colwell and Carolyn
Worden.He was married to Ann Betty McGaughey
on 18 Sep 1876 in Texas. Children were: Laura Ann Colwell
, Rosie Emma Colwell, Tommie
Colwell, Vara Colwell,
Velma Colwell, Charlie Colwell,
Mary Jane Colwell, Lillie Colwell,
Jack Colwell, Sammie Colwell,
I. D. Colwell, J. Wlton Colwell.
Laura
Ann Colwell was born on 12 Jan 1881. She died in 1942 in Angelina Co., Texas
Zavalla Cem.. She has reference number 1024. Parents:
John Colwell and Ann Betty McGaughey.She was
married to Noah Gibson on 26 Nov 1899 in Polar Creek,
Ang. Children were: Alpha Zethal Gibson,
Verba Gibson, Jack Colwell Gibson,
William B. Colwell Gibson, Addie Colwell Gibson
, Sarah (Cyrillie) Colwell Gibson,
Samuel D. Colwell Gibson, Ella Colwell Gibson
, Charlie Colwell Gibson,
Mary J. Colwell Gibson, Rosie Colwell Gibson
.
Lillie
Colwell was born about 6 Mar 1880 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas.
She has reference number 1453. Parents: John Colwell
and Ann Betty McGaughey.
Mabel
Colwell has reference number 1806. Parents: Charles
Jackson Colwell.
Martha
Colwell was born in 1826 in Tenn.. She died in 1846 in Jasper County, Texas.
She has reference number 920. Parents: William I Colwell
and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
Martha
Colwell was born on 8 Mar 1855 in Texas. She died before 1876. She has
reference number 925. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell
and Nancy Harriet Hughes.
Mary
Colwell was born in 1848. She has reference number 1220. Parents:
Mathew Colwell and Carolyn Worden.
Mary
Ann Colwell was born on 29 Feb 1832 in TN. She has reference number 958.
Parents: Wiley F. Colwell and
Elizabeth Keziah Hanks.
Mary
Catharine Colwell was born about 1855 in Texas. She has reference number
1059. Parents: George Washington Colwell and
Sarah Cochran.Children were: Sarah Margaret Thompson
, George Henry Thompson,
Alvin Thompson.
Mary
J. Colwell was born on 7 Nov 1852 in Texas. She died about 1910. She has
reference number 924. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell
and Nancy Harriet Hughes.
Mary
Jane Colwell was born on 12 May 1879 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas.
She has reference number 1451. Parents: John Colwell
and Ann Betty McGaughey.
Mathew
Colwell was born on 26 Jun 1819 in Alabama. He was born on 26 Jun 1819 in
Alabama (tENN). He died on 3 Jun 1899 in Angelina County, Texas Cochran
Cem.. He died on 3 Jun 1899. He has reference number 918. Parents:
William I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
Children were: John Colwell,
Priscilla Frances Colwell, Mary Colwell.
Melvina
Melinda Colwell was born on 1 Oct 1858 in Texas. She died on 1 Jan 1911
in Boonsville, Texas. She was buried on 3 Jan 1911 in Texas. She has reference
number 927. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.She was married to John T.
Carathers about 1880 in Texas. Children were: Wiley
Remie Carathers.
Priscilla
Frances Colwell was born on 3 Jan 1861. She died on 28 Apr 1954 in Ange
Chchran Cem.. She has reference number 1046. Parents:
Mathew Colwell and Carolyn Worden.She was married
to Joe Logan Pickard on 20 Dec 1882 in Angelina Co.,
Texas. Children were: Jerome B. Pickard,
Willie M. Pickard, Co-Della Pickard,
Arthur B. Pickard, Oscar B. Pickard.
Robert
J. Colwell was born on 14 Jul 1857 in Texas. He died about 1920. He has
reference number 926. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell
and Nancy Harriet Hughes.
Rosie
Emma Colwell was born on 28 Jun 1888 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas.
She died on 20 Feb 1936 in Zavalla, Texas. She has reference number 1433.
Parents: John Colwell and
Ann Betty McGaughey.She was married to Elmer PaPa
Gibson on 24 Feb 1907 in Texas. Children were:
Olivette Gibson.
Sam
Houston Colwell has reference number 1080. Parents:
George Washington Colwell and Sarah Cochran.
Sammie
Colwell was born on 3 Feb 1887 in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. He
died on 14 Apr 1984. He has reference number 1457. Parents:
John Colwell and Ann Betty McGaughey.
Sarah
Coledonia Colwell has reference number 1079. Parents:
George Washington Colwell and Sarah Cochran.
Sarah
Frances Colwell was born in 1836 in Angelina County, Texas. She has reference
number 961. Parents: Wiley F. Colwell and
Elizabeth Keziah Hanks.
Susan
Colwell was born between 1823 and 1824 in Tennessee. She has reference number
919. Parents: William I Colwell and
Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
Tommie
Colwell has reference number 1443. Parents: John
Colwell and Ann Betty McGaughey.
Vara
Colwell was born in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. She has reference
number 1444. Parents: John Colwell and
Ann Betty McGaughey.
Velma
Colwell was born in Popher Creek, Angelina Co., Texas. She has reference
number 1447. Parents: John Colwell and
Ann Betty McGaughey.
Wiley
Colwell was born on 24 Apr 1868 in Texas. He died about 1935. He has reference
number 931. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.
Wiley
F. Colwell died on 2 Oct. He was born on 21 Sep 1850 in Texas. He has reference
number 923. Parents: Andrew Jackson Colwell and
Nancy Harriet Hughes.He was married to Kaziah Hanks
about 1875.
Wiley
F. Colwell was born in 1807 in Georgia. He died on 18 Apr 1867 in TN Colony,
Texas. He has reference number 938. Parents: William
I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).He was
married to Elizabeth Keziah Hanks on 12 Jul 1827 in
Hardeman County, Tenn. Children were: William Thomas
Colwell, Eliza Jane Colwell,
Mary Ann Colwell, Cynthia C. Colwell,
Sarah Frances Colwell, Wiley Colwell Jr,
Devilla B. Colwell, James J. Colwell.
William
I Colwell was born in 1785 in Georgia. He died in 1849 in Angelina County,
Texas. He was buried in Lived 58 years. He has reference number 91. William
and Maria Colwell were well into their lives when they left Tennessee
for Texas. They arrived in the Mexican owned state in 1835 and were given
one-quarter league of land on the Atoyac (pronaunced Tow-ee-ack) River. The
county is not known. Unhappy, the family moved to the area of Zavalla,
Angelina County, Texas. They have many decendants in Angelina County,
Texas. William and Maria (Mary) Colwell were both fifty (50) years old when
they made the decision to join their neighbors, the Hanks, Pharisses, Hughes
and others and make the long journey from Tennessee to the Mexican state of Texas.
They were born in 1785, so they knew the dreams and struggles that had created
the United States. But Lorenzo de Zavalls told of the wonderful Mexican state
of Texas and the large tracts of free land, and they made the difficult decision
to sell their land and go with the group to Texas. Soon after their arrival
in 1835, they learned of the growing resistance amount the settlers to the Mexican
government and to the rules of the Catholic Church. While the Colwells and their
children were clearing land and planting their first crop, the Texas Revolution
began, and Texans declared their independence from Mexico. The Mexican government
had given William Colwell one-fourth of a
league on the Atoyac River on September 25, 1835. Number 480 , and it was surveyed
by William McFarland. William Colwell sold that land two years later and received
a more generous grant from the Republic of Texas, a geague and labor in Wise
County. They were not happy there and soon returned and settled in the Zavalla
area, where many of the descendants still live. On October 12, 1858, the Colwell
children sold land in Wise County, 3,0d00 acres. Certificate Number 1674-2775,
for seven hundred dollars to F. W. Lord and his wife, S. R. Lord. William and
Maria Colwell had ten children. l. Wiley F., Forn 1807, married Keziah Hanks,
July 12 1827 in Hardeman County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas
Hanks and Sarah Hill. Wiley and Keziah lived in Anderson County. Wiliam's and
Maria's daughter, 2. Allie was 18 years old when the family arrived in Texas,
and she soon met and married Samuel Gilliland. 3. William Jr.'s wife was named
Elizabeth. 4, Matthew, born
June 26, 1819 married (a) Caroline Worden, Sept. 22, 1846 and (b) Mrs. Martha
F. Wallace. Mathew died June 3, 1899. 5. Andrew Jackson, born 1824 in Alabama,
married Nancy Harriet Hughes, Feb. 18, 1850. 6. Susan born 1823 in Tenn. married
Zachariah C. Johnson. 7. Caroline Elizabeth born 1828 in Tenn.
married John McDonald Stovall, Aug. 22, 1844. The youngest Colwell child, 8.
George W., born Feb. 7, 1830, married Sarah Cochran. Jan 27, 1853. She was
the child of Joshua Butler and Sarah McNeil Cochran. George died March 19,
1859. age 29. Two other children of William and Maria died unmarried. They
were 9. Martha and10. Elemuel (Lemuel). The latter died at age 21. William Colwell
had a confrontation with Thomas Hanks family, the in-laws of his son, Wiley.
On July 23, 1843. Thomas and Wesley Hanks appeared in court in Nacogdoches
before Judge Adolphus Sterne and were charged with assault
and battery with the intent to kill William Colwell, known as Georgia Colwell.
They were placed under a $500.00 bond and ordered to appear at the next
district court. Lemuel Colwell had served under Adolphus Sterne in the Texas
Revolution, and Maria Colwell hired Sterne to collect Lemuel's military pay in
1851. William Colwell Sr. died in 1849; Maria sold land to Samuel Needham for
one thousnad dollars in Stpt. 1849. She died April 13, 1854, and George W. was
the executor of her estate. William and Maria Colwell have mny descendants in
Angelina County. By Ruth S. Grant F237
#F238
William Colwell, B. 1885 or 1886, married Mary/Maria___. born ca 1785. The family
was listed Sabine District, First Census of Texas 1824-1836. His
Parents: Colwell.Children were:
Allie Colwell. He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Maria)
about 1807 in Poss., Tennessee. Children were: Andrew
Jackson Colwell, Alla (Allie) Colwell,
Mathew Colwell, Susan Colwell,
Martha Colwell, Carolina Elizabeth Colwell,
George Washington Colwell, William II Colwell
, Wiley F. Colwell, Elemuel
(Lemuel) Colwell.
William
II Colwell was born in 1814. He has reference number 937. Parents:
William I Colwell and Mary Elizabeth (Maria).
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