Mam-ma's Southern Family

George Warren Lancaster was born on 19 January 1893 in Erath County, Texas, to William Carlton Lancaster and Martha Jane “Doll” Coor. [1] His father was a farmer. He married Lela Ann Loveless on 15 December 1912 in Erath County by R. L. Smallwood, Minister of the Gospel. [2] Warren and Lela had four children:  Pansy Louise (my grandmother)  Rayburn Dinion “R.D.” Carl Elda Wayne.  Carl lived only a few days. Lela died first, on 17 May 1951 in Stephenville, Erath County. [3] Warren married a second time to Maidee Estell Grimland in 1960. [4] Warren died on 8 November 1964 in Hico, Hamilton County, Texas. [5] Previous research has involved using census records, vital records, newspapers, and deeds. When he is listed as Warren Lancaster, I know I have the correct man. However, when listed as G.W. Lancaster, am I looking at Warren or is it his grandfather, George Wilson Lancaster, who was also often listed as G.W. Lancaster? After 1919, when his grandfather died, it beco...

Sarah H. Selman Hutson’s father, Greenlee B. Selman, died in Leon County, Texas, on 15 July 1888 and is buried in Concord Cemetery in Concord, Leon County, Texas. [1] No death records for this time period exist and I have not yet found a newspaper available online from Leon County for 1888. Previously, he lived in Cherokee County, Texas, where many deeds were recorded by him and his wife, Amanda D. Oldham Selman. This report will put the various transactions with deeds, probate, and court records into chronological order, so it can be determined when he might have moved to Leon County. Cherokee County I first found a deed showing Green B. Selman selling land on 22 November 1853 to Robert N. Lewis. It is 110 acres, located south of the old San Antonia Road and in the bounds of the old William Barr and Davenport or John Durst Grant, at the most eastern portion of tract no. 8. The deed noted it had previously sold Green B. Selman by the executrix of the John Durst estate. Andrew B. O...

Most documents that name my maternal 2x-great-grandfather, name him as P. H. Hutson. These include deeds and tax records in Comanche County, Texas, a marriage record in Hood County, Texas, and tombstones of infant children of P. H. and S. H. Hutson. [1] Other variations on documents include: 1900 census gives his name as Peter H. Hutson and his wife as Sallie. [2]   A newspaper article about the new trustees of the Gustine public schools lists his and the other trustees’ names as initials. [3] Another article talks about “Uncle Pete” going fishing and catching a nine pounder, and on the same page a story that his daughter, Mrs. Johnson of Gomez visiting “Uncle Pete Hutson.” [4] A third article mentions “Uncle Pete” visiting his daughter, Mrs. B. W. Speed. [5] 1910 census lists him as Pet K Hutson. [6] His wife’s tombstone lists her as Sarah Hellena, wife of P. H. Hutson. [7] 1920 census lists him as Pete H. Hutson. He was living with his son-in-law, Luther Wyatt and daughter, Will...