Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & the Wichita Mountains

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Marriage of in Fannin Co TX on Oct 31, 1859 of Lucinda Bourland and Jonathan S. Whatley ["Whalley" in Fann Co TX Marr book].

Lucinda M. Bourland, b. Apr 4, 1840 Lamar Co TX to Nancy Epps Chisum [Jan 22, 1822 Hardeman Co TN-Oct 5, 1868 Hunt Co TX] and Benjamin Franklin Bourland Jr [Mar 14, 1818 Hopkins Co KY-Aug 17, 1900 Wolfe City, b. Mt Carmel Cem, Hunt Co TX, m. Apr 16, 1839 Red River Co TX [now Lamar Co TX]. Lucinda d. Jan 12, 1927 Enid, Garfield Co OK, buried Chickasha, Grady Co OK.

Jonathan S. Whatley, b. 1837 GA to Penelope M Holmes [b-1807 GA] and Rev Hampton Whatley, son of Elizabeth Peoples Heard and Michael Whatley Jr, son of Catherine Bird and Michael Whatley Sr. Penelope born to Sarah and Rev John Cyrus Holmes, son of Chloe Bentley and Rev John Holmes. Eliz born to Elizabeth Napier Fitzpatrick and Thomas Heard... Rev John Cyrus Holmes was first minister of the Rehobeth Chruch, Fannin Co TX. Jonathan Whatley had 12 sibs incl: Sarah Ann "Aunt Mish" Whatley [d-Nov.19, 1923 in Cottle Co TX], m-James Marion WHITE of Ladonia;  H.W."Jo1" Whatley [b.1843-aft 1924 Roberts Co TX letter]; Mike Whatley. Jonathan Whatley d. Jul 27, 1904 Chickasha, Pontotoc Co, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.

1. Ida Zelmma "Ida Mae" Whatley b May 23, 1866 TX d Nov 24, 1948 Florence, Marion Co KS m. James O. Mason

2. Nancy Chisum "Nannie" Whatley b Feb 21, 1870 d Jan 24, 1905 Chickasha, Pick Co I.T. m. Robt Harrison

3. Cynthia J Whatley b Jan 1872 d Jun 10, 1915 Chickasha, Grady Co OK m. Richard Cochran

4. James P "Jim" Whatley b. 1874 d Aug 11, 1924 OKC, OK Co OK m. Virgie Whatley

5. Emmitt G Whatley b. 1876 d m. E Staley/Maxwell

6. Benjamin Hampton Whatley b. 1879 TX d ca 1900 Wilbarger Co TX single

Lucinda said in 1910 census that she had 4 ch alive of 8 live births

1. Ida Zelmma "Ida Mae" Whatley, m. Dec 28, 1882 TX to James Otway Mason [Sep 22, 1856 Orange Co VA-Jan 27, 1927 Garfield Co OK]. son of Sarah Catherine Pound [1835-1910] and James Lawrence Mason [1821-1897], lvd ?Golddale, P.O. Locust Grove, Gordon twp, Orange Co VA, son of Lucy R Jones [1799-1876] & Chs Mason [1798-1871]. James O Mason Enid Cem, Garfield Co OK. Issue, 11 ch: Samuel Lawrence Mason, Jul 25, 1884-Oct 4, 1885; Lena Jewel Mason, Feb 2, 1886 Farmersville, Collin Co TX-Apr 11, 1979 Florence, Marion Co KS and m,1. to John Behrens, 1 ch/m,2. Marion Thomas Mills, [1891-1968], 1 ch, lvd Mulvane, Sedgwick Co KS; Lillian Cynthia Mason, Sep 27, 1888 Vernon TX-Jan 11, 1973 Enid OK and m. John Wm Alexander [d. 1942], lvd Enid OK, 4 ch; Agness Pearl Mason, Apr 3, 1890 TX-Jan 12, 1928 Chickasha OK and m. Joe R Baggett, 1 ch; Lola Nannie Mason, Jul 10, 1891 Vernon TX-Feb 27, 1985 Enid OK and consort Samuel Arthur Stewart, 1 ch/then widowed then div/m,1. to Roy Murphy, 1 ch; Leon, Nov 4, 1892-Dec 10, 1892; Lucy Virginia Mason, Jul 17, 1894 TX-Jan 1981 Houston, Harris Co TX and m,1. _ Crum; Vivian Lucinda Mason, May 1, 1896-Oct 28, 1955 and m. James G Markos, lvd Enid OK, 1 dau, 1 adp dau; Jonathan Lee Mason, Nov 1899 TX-Jan 1923 Enid OK, single; Austin, Jul 11, 1903-Nov 4, 1903; Leslie Martin Mason, Mar 18, 1906 OK-Jan 1, 1961 Norton Co KS, bur Enid OK, single, US Army; James Emmitt Mason, Feb 6, 1913 OK-Oct 13, 1984, OK death cert 5278, and m. Florene _, 1 ch, lvd Wichita KS & Douglas, Butler Co KS.

1e. Lola Nannie Mason, consort Samuel Arthur Stewart [1893-1955] had 1 ch, Anna Mildred Mason [b-1915], then widowed then div. Issue, 1 ch: Anna Mildred Mason, b-1915 and m,1. Wm Arthur Fox [1908-1954], 4 ch/m,2. Theodore Laverne Marston [1913-1981], no ch. ....Carol Lee Fox Lindsay of Lawton MI is a desc.

Lola, m,1. to Roy Murphy [b-1889]. Issue, 1 ch: Richard Wm Murphy [b-1919] and m. Virginia R Burton, 3 ch.

2. Nancy Chisum "Nannie" Whatley, m. in Hunt Co TX on Mar 12, 1885 to Robert McCamey Harrison [Oct 16, 1863 Polk Co TN-Dec 31, 1936 Trimble, Missouri], son of Lydia Dennis and Robert McCamey Harrison. Trimble prob in Clinton Co MO, Trimble Cem in both Polk and Webster Co MO. Nannie and Robt buried Chickasha OK. Issue, 9 ch: Fredrick Reginald Harrison, m. Ruby Williford, lvd Anadarko, Caddo Co OK; Wm Henry "Henry" Harrison, d-age 4, c1889 Merit, Hunt Co TX; Roy Edwin Harrison, m. Ethel Rich, lvd Ft Worth TX; Benjamin Franklin Harrison, m. Myrtle B Ruby, lvd Dallas TX; Lydia Lurena "Rena" Harrison, m. Chs Noah Stoops, lived Elgin, Comanche Co OK; Jonathan McCamey "Mack" Harrison, m,1. Lottie T Yeager, 2 ch/m,2 Jessie Bailey, no ch/m,3. Annie Laurie Jones Edmonson, no ch, lvd Elgin OK; Willie Hearst Harrison, m. Lewis McRoberts, lvd Burlingame, San Mateo Co CA; Ida May Harrison, m. M.D. "Bud" Wright, lvd Omaha, Douglas Co NB; Nancy, d-7 mos.

R.M. Harrison, m,2. in Chickasha IT [now Grady Co OK] in 1905 to Ida Hord [d. aft 1936]. Issue, no ch.

3. Cynthia J. Whatley, m. 1892 to Richard Martin Cochran [Dec 25, 1868 Mayfield, Graves Co KY-Mar 23, 1915 Monte Vista, Rio

Grande Co Colorado], son of Maria L Seaford and Holden J Cochran. Cynthia bur Chickasha OK. Issue, 4 ch: Fielding B

"B" Cochran, 1894-May 25, 1939 Corpus Christi, Nueces Co TX and m. Mosettee Ruth __, 2 ch (Fielding Cochran Jr and Helen Mosettee)...; B (fe) b-Jan 1896-d bef 1910 cen; Alma Cochran, Feb 1895-1997 Yuma AZ and m-Willis Field, 2 ch;

Reuben Martin Cochran, Mar 12, 1900 Chickasha, Pick Co, Chick Nat IT-Feb 22, 1988 Chickasha, Grady Co OK and m-Mary

Pauline Myers, 1 ch: Homer Harris Cochran, b-1903 and m. Loretta, lvd Houston TX.

3b. Alma Cochran, m. Willis Field, Issue, 2 ch: Ada Lynn Field; Cynthia Dean Field, both live Yuma AZ in 1999.

3c. Reuben Martin Cochran, m. Mary Pauline "Pauline" Myers [Jan 15, 1902 IT-Jan 15, 1982]. lvd Duncan OK. Issue, 1 ch: Connie Cochran, m. Weldon V. Mosley, lives Duncan OK, 3 ch: Marsha, m-David Johnson; Melanie, m-Johnson; and James Martin "James Mosley, Sep 15, 1950-Jan 29, 2007 Cleveland Co OK, 1 ch.

4. James P. "Jim" Whatley, m. 1893 to Virgie Huie Whatley [b-Oct 1875, lvd OKC]. Issue, 5 ch: Grace Whatley, b-Aug 1896 and m. E.M. Slaughter, lvd OKC; Willie Leon Whatley, d-1883 inf in Wilbarger Co TX; Thera Whatley, b. Apr 1900 and m. O. Burton Peakes, lvd OKC; Louise Whatley, b. 1887 and m. J.H. Johnson, lvd OKC; Wilma Whatley, b-1903 and m. John R Bunn, lvd Tyler, Smith Co TX; Louise, b-1907 OK.

5. Emmitt G Whatley, m,1. 1897 to Eva E Staley [b-Mar 1877 KS OH NY, of Wilbarger Co at time of marr, div 1916 Dallas. Issue, 1 ch: Clara Whatley, b-Feb 1898 and m. Ben C Johnson, lvd Mountain Lake Rd, Dallas TX.

Emmitt, m,2. 1918 Dallas to Mrs Anna Maxwell lvd Houston, Harris Co TX.

6. Ben Hampton Whatley, never married, died about age 21 Wilbarger Co TX

1859 Fannin Co TX, Jan 17, DB481-441, B.F. and Nancy C Bourland gave 2 ac for Rehobeth Missionary Baptist Church, Bethel Lodge No 134, part of the 640 ac patented to John Clayton, assignee of __ Green, on the Sulphur River...sec 13 Y bares n35-1/2 degree west 40 varus magnetic varies 8 degrees east, on the head waters of the Middle Sulphur River. "Lucinda Bourland m. Jonathan Whatley, whose maternal grandfather, John C Holmes, was the first minister, and his father, Hampton Whatley, succeeded him as minister. ...later, a brother, Jol Whatley, became minister of the church.

1860 Fann Co TX cen, p116(232) Jul 18, Pct 4 Ladonia 758-779 J.S. Whatley 23 GA $1600/$400; L.A. [Lucinda Bourland] 20 TX; S.B.

White 55 SC teacher, conscription school; Allen Gilliam 30 SC $2500, S. (fe) 25 GA

Civil War. Fannin Co TX, Beat 8, Jul 8. Jonathan S. Whatley, age 24. mustered as Pvt in Capt. Wm. N. Nail’s Militia Co, Brig-Gen S.A. Roberts, Commanding 14th Texas Militia Brigade. Also in Capt. Nail’s Company was his father- in-law, Ben Bourland, age 45,

1870 Fann Co TX cen p11(242) Ladonia 69-69 Pernilipy Whatley 63 GA $2000/$500

1870 Collin Co TX cen p78(409) Pct 2 Jul 25 Farmersville 490-568 Jonathan Whatley 34 GA farmer $1200/2000; Lucinda [Bourland] 30; Ida Whatley 4 TX; Nancy Whatley b-Feb 1870; Lousa Bourland 9 TX (fe); David Aughton 24 England laborer; (same dwelling) 499-568 Matilda [Bourland] Scott 28 keeping house $320/300; Calhoun Scott 9 TX; Altha Scott 2, next door sis Cynthia Sellers

1880 Hunt Co TX cen ED65-21(453) Jun 12 Pct 2, 187-187 J.S. Whatley 45 GA GA GA farmer; Lucinda [Bourland] 40 TX; Ida Z 14 TX; Nannie C. 10 TX; Cintha J 8 TX; James P 6 TX; Emit G 4; Ben Hampton Whatley 1 TX; Jessie Lisenby 34 TX boarder. ... mvd to what became the Bourland Community, 5 mi E of Vernon, Wilbarger Co TX, Bourland School near the East View Cem.

1900 Wilbarger Co TX cen ED128-10(255) Pct 1 Jun 13 Vernon 259-259 James Mason Sep 1857 VA VA VA own farm mortgage; Ida [Whatley] May 1866 TX GA TX 7 ch alive of 9 births; Lena Feb 1886 TX; Lillie Sep 1888; Agnes Apr 1890; Lola Jul 1891; Lucy Jul 1894; Vivian b-May 1897; Lee Nov 1899; Ben C Bowlin Apr 1853 TX AL GA boarder (Ida’s uncle "Clabe", see p10-1, 10,2)

1900 Wilbarger Co TX cen ED129-8(264) Pct 1 Vernon, Emet G Whatley Feb 1876 TX GA TX m-3 yrs, Eva E [Staley] Mar 1877 KS OH NY, 1 ch alive of 1 birth; Clare Whatley, Feb 1898 TX.

1900 Chickasaw Nat IT cen (Pickens Co) ED153-5(27) twp 7N ran 7W Chickasaha twp, 7th St, 87-87 James P Whatley, Feb 1874 TX stockraiser rents home; Virgie b-Oct 1875 TN TN TN schoolteacher; Grace Aug 1896 TX; Thera Apr 1900 IT; Johnathan S Whatley b-Dec 1836 GA GA GA; Lucinda [Bourland] b-Apr 1840 TX KY TN.

1900 Chickasaw Nat IT cen (Pickens Co) ED153-5(27) twp 7N ran 7W, Chickasaha twp, 7th St, 128-135, Richard M. Cochran b-Dec 1868 KY NC KY; Cynthia [Whatley] b-Jan 1872; B., Jan 1896 TX dau; Alma b-Feb 1895 TX; Reuben M. b-Mar 1900 IT; Samuel H Whatley, Aug 1848 GA AL AL uncle.

c1900 Chickasha IT, now Grady Co OK, "...my father told the story of a Waggoner-Whatley shooting -- why members of the family, including Lucinda, got shot and that’s probably why the family moved to Chickasha." per Chs Harrison of Houston TX.

1908 Grady Co OK, Richard M Cochran "1886 went to TX, became associated with the Wilbarger Co TX sheriff’s office ..about 180 lots, which he platted and sold, and the handling of the Phillips addition (T.J. Phillips, son-in-law of Reuben R Bourland, (see p11-14), per v2p182f, Hill’s HIST OF STATE OF OK (1908).

1910 Grady Co OK cen ED95-5(120) 1000 South 7th St, Chickasha 102-102 Richard M Cochran 40 KY; Cynthia [Bourland] 38 TX

4 ch alive of 5 births m-1 m-17 yrs; Fielding Cochran 16 TX; Alma Cochran 15 TX; Ruben Cochran 10 OK; Homer Cochran 7

OK; Lucindy [Bourland] Whatley 70 TX KY TN, 4 ch alive of 8 births m-in-law; Samuel H Whatley 61 GA AL AL uncle-in-law.

1910 Grady Co OK cen ED95-5(120) 7th St, Chickasha 108-108 James Whatley 36 TX VA TX m-15 yrs; Virgie 34 TN TN TN, Grace

13 TX; Thera 10 OK; Wilma 7 OK; Louise 3 OK; Maggie Moore 42 TX AL AL widow 0 ch alive of 3 births, black servant.

1910 Caddo Co OK cen, Cobb twp, ED55-87, J.O. Mason; Ida Whatley

1920 Caddo Co OK cen, Anadarko, 610-610, L.M. Whatley living w/ T.R. Harrison

1920 Garfield Co OK cen, Enid, 401 E Walnut, ED54-13 J O Mason

White: Thank you for trying to help those website were dead ends.  I know Sarah ann had kids-Henrietta white (married Caraway), Lourena White  born 1854 married a Drummond and Josiah B.  White.   Any  names ring a bell?    My great granpa was   James Hampton White.  He married a Velma Goode in San Antonia Tx in !902. They had a daughter named James Lorian White who was born in Ladonia Tx  July 18 1904.    Thanks for your help anyways         fsgromad@hotmail.com   Jan 23, 2009

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