========================================================================= DOC#: 041 ST: TX CNTY: KAUF PG: 1 of 1 EVENT: Cemet,Census,Court,Geneal,IGI,Land,Marriage,Milit,Probate,Will SOURCE1: The Compiled Records of Kaufman County, Texas SOURCE2: Multiple sources. AUTHOR: PUB: NOTES: Collected by: John E. Cain DATE: LOCATION: 1211 Maritime Ln.; Wylie, TX 75098 CAT#: ========================================================================= The data in this document is a compilation of various records that have been collected concerning this county. It is by no means complete. The format of this document is as follows: CEMETERIES - CENSUS - US, State, Territorial, Tax lists, slave, COURT - All relevant court documents except probate. GENEALOGIES - IGI - Data from the LDS IGI files. IMMIGRANTS - passports, etc LAND - Claims, Grants, Patents, Lotteries, Deeds, etc. MARRIAGES - From county records, genealogies, IGI, etc. MILITARY - Rosters, Records, Pension, DAR, etc. PROBATE - Wills, Minutes, Guardian, Inventory and Accounts, etc. MISCELLANEOUS - Bible Records, Newspapers, Church, County History, Historical Accounts. Data in Brackets indicates source, ex: [LDS #0158333] SPECIAL NOTES: From the Handy Book: Kaufman county was formed in 1848 from Henderson co. County seat is Kaufman 75142. US Census reports available: 1850-1910. County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903 & probate records from 1850. ======================================================================== >>>>> Record Begins <<<<< ======================================================================== ************************************************************************ CEMETERIES ************************************************************************ WARE CEMETERY; Tolosa, Kaufman County, Texas. Name Born Died Spouse ---- ---- ---- ------ Smith, P. A. ? ? Smith, Callie Smith, Callie ? ? Smith, P. A. Smith, Wm. Ernest 15 Sep 1906 06 Dec 1950 ? Smith, Wm. Oliver 28 Feb 1869 10 Jul 1954 Smith, Arrie Smith, Arrie 18 Mar 1881 30 Mar 1960 Smith, Wm. Oliver Ware, J. E. 26 Jun 1859 10 Jul 1907 Ware, Lucie A. Ware, Lucie A. 16 Apr 1859 09 Feb 1939 Ware, J. E. Ware, Edwin E. 07 Jan 1884 24 Jul 1967 Ware, Mamie F. Ware, Mamie F. 10 May 1884 26 Mar 1963 Ware, Edwin E. Ware, Oran Michael 12 Oct 1882 06 Dec 1916 ? Ware, William G. 12 Aug 1854 12 Nov 1925 ? Ware, Michael 15 Jan 1826 06 Feb 1900 Ware, Katie E. Ware, Katie E. 15 Sep 1830 04 May 1900 Ware, Michael Ware, Ina Ltska (?) 25 Mar 1872 12 Jan 1920 Hutcheson, Wm. Hutcheson, Wm. 10 May 1851 23 Jun 1936 Ware, Ina Ltska (?) Ware, James I. 12 Oct 1852 14 Dec 1900 Ware, Camilla K. Ware, Camilla K. 27 Feb 1855 10 Feb 1939 Ware, James I. LOCATION OF WARE CEMETERY O Dallas From Dallas: Take Hwy 175 | South through Kemp. Just | <-- hwy 175 outside of Kemp, turn right on | FM 274. Go about 7 mi. to O Kaufman Tolosa. Turn right at sign | "Ware Cem" onto Kaufman co. | | Road 4046. Follow road about Kauf CR 4046>|X <-cem | 1.5 mi. Ware Cemetery is on | O Kemp the right. Tolosa O----------| FM 274 | | (7 Mi) | WARE CEMETERY LAYOUT --------------------------------------------- | | | | |K | | | |a | T | | |u | o | | |f | | | | | T | | |C | o | x x | |R | l | | | | o o x | |4 | s |gate | |0 | a o x x x x x (X)Michael & Kath. | |4 | | | |6 | | | | | | | (x = general location of Wares) | | | | | | | | V | | | | | | --------------------------------------------- KAUFMAN CEMETERY, KAUFMAN, TX [DPL R929.37642 C619K] Page 32. Ware, Sam 1866-1923 Ware, Sue S 1872-1914 ************************************************************************ CENSUS ************************************************************************ THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1870 FIRST NAME LASTNAME CNTY PAGE ST YEAR TYP CK ---------- -------- ---- ---- -- ---- --- --- H A WARE KAUF 111 TX 1870 ( ) FORMAT: State, County, Year, ED#, Sht#, Ln# Name, Occ, Birthplace, Age(or birthdate), Fb, Mb, Children: Name, Sex (M/F or S/D), Age, Birthplace. TX KAUF 1870 n/a 111 xx Kaufman PO H A WARE Farmer AL 34 Huldah, f 12 TX; Wm H, m 10 TX; Mary J, f 8 TX; Jno E, m 6 TX; James O, m 4 TX; Ernest, m 4 TX; Sarah D, f 2 TX; THE 1880 U S CENSUS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY TEXAS (AG = AGE, BN = BORN) FIRST NAME LASTNAME CNTY ST YEAR AG BN ED PG LN CK ---------- -------- ---- -- ---- -- -- --- --- --- --- A D WARE KAUF TX 1880 10 TX 34 1 32 ( ) CYRUS WARE KAUF TX 1880 39 124 ( ) MICHAEL WARE KAUF TX 1880 54 MS 41 5 2 ( ) SAM J WARE KAUF TX 1880 38 34 ( ) FORMAT: State, County, Year, ED#, Sht#, Ln# Name, Occ, Birthplace, Age(or birthdate), Fb, Mb, Children: Name, Sex (M/F or S/D), Age, Birthplace. TX KAUF 1880 41 5 2 MICHAEL WARE Farmer MS 54 GA SC Ware, Catherine (Katie) MS 49 SC NC James, m 27 MS; William G., m 25 MS; Edward, m 18 MS; Emma, f 16 MS; Bettie, f 15 MS; Florence, f 12 MS; Ina, f 8 TX; THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1900 FIRST NAME LASTNAME CNTY ST YEAR AG BN ED PG LN CK ---------- -------- ---- -- ---- -- -- --- --- --- --- ABNER S WIER KAUF TX 1900 53 AL 81 21 31 ( ) ALLEN G WARE KAUF TX 1900 21 AL 69 11 91 ( ) ERASTUS J WARE KAUF TX 1900 30 TX 70 1 25 ( ) F J WARE KAUF TX 1900 38 TN 148 12 95 ( ) JAMES I WARE KAUF TX 1900 47 MS 81 8 51 ( ) JOSEPH E WARE KAUF TX 1900 40 MS 81 21 26 ( ) JOSEPH T WARE KAUF TX 1900 36 MS 81 18 29 ( ) LEILIA S WARE KAUF TX 1900 10 MS 75 33 ( ) LEROY WARE KAUF TX 1900 13 TX 72 17 ( ) THOMAS WIER KAUF TX 1900 21 TX 81 21 60 ( ) THOMAS P WARE KAUF TX 1900 40 AL 75 33 91 ( ) WALLACE WARE KAUF TX 1900 2 AR 25 13 44 ( ) FORMAT: State, County, Year, ED#, Sht#, Ln# Name, Occ, Birthplace, Age(or birthdate), Fb, Mb, Children: Name, Sex (M/F or S/D), Age, Birthplace. TX Kaufman 1900 148 12 N. Tex. Hosp for Insane F J WARE 38 TX KAUF 1900 81 19 xx JP #1 JAMES WARE Oct 1852 Cammillia Mike, m Oct 1881 ; Edward, m ; TX KAUF 1900 81 21 xx JP #1 JOSEPH WARE MS Jun 1859 MS MS Lucy Apr 1860 May, f ; Mattie, f ; TX KAUF 1900 81 18 xx JP #7 JOSEPH WARE MS Aug 1863 MS TN Ada, f ; Alice, f ; Bessie, f ; TX KAUF 1900 75 33 xx THOMAS P WARE AL 1860 AL AL ************************************************************************ GENEALOGIES ************************************************************************ WILLIAM WARE ------------ The WILLIAM WARE who lived briefly in Kaufman co. during 1844-1849 and who is described in the Kaufman co. History article under MISCELLANEOUS was born in Kentucky according to the 1850 U S Census of Bexar co. TX (Sheet 333). Also according to Mrs. Lois Farmer of Concan, TX, his gravestone also states that he was born in KY. WILLIAM WARE, his wife BETSY ANN and seven children, RICHARD, SARAH JANE, AMANDA, JOHN, SUSAN TEXANA, CLARISSA EMALINE and ELIZABETH lived in Kaufman co. from 1844- 1849. TEXANA and CLARISSA EMALINE were born there. This WILLIAM WARE also appears in the book "Wilder and Ware Families in the Southeast United States" by William M. Wilder as being the son of JOSEPH WARE of Richmond County Georgia. JOSEPH'S will is in Richmond Will Book A-044, dated 18 Mar 1808. WILLIAM C. WARE appears on the Census of Richmond co. GA in 1820. There is no evidence of which I am aware that JOSEPH WARE ever lived in Kentucky. There are many obvious inaccuracies in this book. Mr. Wilder himself states that he made no effort to verify the information that came to him from several sources. There is a reasonable doubt that the WILLIAM WARE of who lived briefly in Kaufman (1844-1849) and the WILLIAM C. WARE of Richmond co. GA are the same persons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MICHAEL WARE [See WARE093] ************************************************************************ IGI ************************************************************************ WARE, CLARISSA EMALINE born 15 Jan 1846 to WILLIAM WARE and Betsy Ann Crane; Batch# 8501502 Ser Sht# 22. ************************************************************************ LAND ************************************************************************ DEED INDEX ---------- Grantor Grantee Date ST CNTY BK Pag -------------------- -------------------- ----------- -- ---- -- --- State of Texas Ware, Wm assoc 18 Jun 1851 TX KAUF B 254 State of Texas Ware, Wm assoc 27 May 1851 TX KAUF B 256 State of Texas Ware, Wm assoc May 1851 TX KAUF B 259 Erwin, J A Ware, H A 16 May 1871 TX KAUF N 734 Ware, William est of partition 06 Aug 1873 TX KAUF P 165 State of TX Ware, Wm associates 02 Jul 1851 TX KAUF P 347 Ware, William est of partition 26 Apr 1873 TX KAUF P 543 estate of partition Ware, Wm TX KAUF P 543 estate of partition Ware, Wm TX KAUF Q 165 (Kaufman County Land Book P-165) Partition of the estate of Wm. Ware. The State of Texas, County of Bexar. I Mortemus Slocum, clerk of the district Court of Bexar County, said court having jurisdiction in matters of Probate do hereby certify that the following are true and correct extracts from a Decree of Partition and Distribution rendered in the estate of WILLIAM WARE, decd. at the August Term AD 1857 of the County Court of said county for the settlement of estates, to wit: Estate of WILLIAM WARE, decd. | Petition for partition and R M WARE, adm will annexed, etc. | distribution of estate. Report of R Kincheloe and wife versus | the Commsissioners of partition and R M WARE, adm etc. | Distribution. Henry Robinson, S W Brown, and J W Cummings commissioners apptd by court at the May term 1857 to partition and distribute the estate of WILLIAM WARE decd on the application of Robert Kinchloe and Sarah Jane his wife to: SARAH JANE WARE, JOHN C. WARE, ELIZA A WARE, wife of Joel Tonley, AMANDA E WARE, EMILY WARE, TEXANA WARE, ELIZABETH A. WARE, RICHARD M. WARE, William Davenport, Jr, and John Davenport the just heirs of WILLIAM WARE, decd., in obedience to the Decree and the Last Will and Testament of WILLIAM WARE, decd. To TEXANA WARE: an undivided interest of 200 acres and of a tract of 320 acres of land in Nacogdoches District situated on Kings Fork of Cedar Creek granted to WM WARE by the State of Texas as the assignee of Frederick Houston by Patent #866, Vol 3 dated July 22, 1851. Valued at $300. To ELIZABETH ANN WARE: an undivided interest of 120 acres out of a tract of 320 acres in Kaufman County on Kings Fork of Cedar Creek granted to said WM WARE decd as the assignee of Frederick Houston by Patent #866 Vol 3, dated July 22, 1851, being the balance of the tract given to TEXANA WARE and valued at $100. s/ M. Slocum, clerk County of Bexar. Annexed: James Watson and TEXANA Watson his wife of the county of Uvalde and state of Texas to T E Taylor of the county of Uvalde for $250. Two hundred acres in Nacogdoches district situated on Kings Fork of Cedar Creek granted to WM WARE, decd. as assignee of Frederick Houston. Also seventeen and one seventh acres in the 120 acres awarded to ELIZABETH ANN WARE she having died before marriage in her minority. s/ James Watson, TEXANA Watson 20 Jan 1873. Annexed: J D Fenley and E A Finley, his wife, and JOHN C WARE and E A WARE his wife and R H Kinchloe and SARAH J Kinchloe his wife and William B. Bowles and AMANDA E. Bowles his wife all of the County of Uvalde and State of Texas and the legal heirs of WM WARE decd to Jasper W. Johnson of the county of Kaufman, 120 acres of land in Kaufman co. on Kings Fork of Cedar Creek granted to WILLIAM WARE as the assignee of Frederick Houston by Patent #866, Vol 3, dated 22 July 1851 for $500 in gold. s/ J D Fenley, E A Fenley J C WARE, E A WARE R H Kinchloe, SARAH J Kinchloe W B (X) Bowles, A E Bowles 21 July 1873 ************************************************************************ MARRIAGES ************************************************************************ WARE MARRIAGES SORTED BY DATE DATE GROOMLAST GROOMFIRST BRIDELAST BRIDEFIRST CNTY ST ----------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- ---- -- 07 Jan 1858 Ware W D Irwin Huldah KAUF TX 22 Aug 1877 Green E B Ware Mary Jane KAUF TX 01 Dec 1879 Sharp J K Ware Mollie C KAUF TX 23 Oct 1881 Ware J R Todd C K KAUF TX 15 Jul 1883 Ware W H Pirtle ??? KAUF TX 09 Dec 1884 Nash W A Ware Dee KAUF TX 12 Feb 1886 Nix L C Ware Bettie KAUF TX 15 Dec 1886 Ledbetter R P Ware Emma KAUF TX 28 Jun 1887 Ware J T Canady Ada KAUF TX 23 Nov 1887 Ware Thomas P Moore Martha A KAUF TX 05 Feb 1888 Morgan William Ware C KAUF TX 09 Jan 1895 Smith William R Ware Annie Flor KAUF TX 25 Nov 1896 Ware E J Shaw Sue KAUF TX 16 Oct 1898 Hill George Ware Fannie KAUF TX 12 Jan 1899 Ware James Hart Alice KAUF TX ************************************************************************ MILITARY ************************************************************************ WILLIAM WARE, b 1800 in Kentucky lived briefly in Kaufman co. TX about 1845-1850. He fought with Ben Milam at San Antonio and with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. (see more information under Miscellaneous) ************************************************************************ PROBATE ************************************************************************ LDS Tape 1302497. General Index to Probate Minutes, 1849-1933. Item 1. Index to Probate Minutes 1859-1870. ------ WARE (Wade?), (decd), Book 1-14,21. Item 5 & 6. General Index to Probate Minutes. ---------- #978 WEAR, BEULAH (minor), Hillard Moore, gdn., E513-516. M264,296,297. #1752 WARE, SUE SHAW (decd), WARE, SAM., adm., Q301,401,480,483,486,571, 575,614. S222,314. T237. #2221 WARE, MARY KATHERINE (decd or minor), Carrie Johnson adm or exr., Book 28-628,629. W517,518,520,521,524. #15 WARE, SAM. (decd), Gordon Yates, adm., X189,190,290,313,314,482, 483. Y152,153,176,177. Book 28-631. #21 WARE, MARTHA (minor), Gordon Yates, gdn., X189,190,290,313,314, 482,483. Y152,153,176,177. Book 28-631. ************************************************************************ MISCELLANEOUS ************************************************************************ WARE BIBLE --Loose-leaf pages provided by Anna Mae Stark of Duncan, OK. --------- Marriages --------- MICHAEL WARE and CATHERINE E. CARR was married Nov 6th 1851. Births ------ MICHAEL WARE born Jan 15 1826 CATHERINE E. WARE born Sept 15 1830 JAMES ISAAC WARE born Oct 12 185- (torn page) WILLIAM GARRET WARE born Aug 1 1854 MARY CATHERINE WARE born Nov 7 185- (torn page) JOSEPH EDWARD WARE born June 28 18- (torn page) AMAND EMMA WARE born Feb 7 186- (torn page) ELIZABETH CANDACE WARE born Oct 12 186- (torn page) ANNIE FLORENCE WARE born Jan 19 1867 INA LEISKA (?) born March 25 1872 COUNTY HISTORY -------------- "A History of Kaufman County", Comp: Kaufman County Historical Commission; PUB: Kaufman County Historical Commission; 510 N. Catherine; Terrell, TX 75160 $30.00; Texas State Library - Austin Page 194. WILLIAM WARE. One of the first settlers in Kaufman County and perhaps the very first settler in the Terrell area was WILLIAM WARE, a true pioneer and an outstanding hero of the Texas Revolution. WARE was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky on January 15, 1800, the oldest son of a Kentucky pioneer, JOSEPH WARE, who was a gunsmith in George Washington's army. Accompanied by two neighbors, and his wife and three children, WARE emigrated to Texas in 1828 and settled on a little stream in Montgomery County now known as Ware Creek, about two miles west of the present town of Willis. Here he opened up a farm and was living there when a call was made for volunteers to aid in recapturing Bexar from the Mexicans under General Cos in 1835. He at once raised a company of recruits in the municipality of Montgomery and marched with it to Bexar and joined General Burleson's command. He took part in the siege of Bexar, being slightly wounded during the campaign. After the capture of Bexar, and the surrender of the Mexican Army his company was disbanded and his men returned to their homes. When General Houston issued a call for volunteers CAPTAIN WARE raised a second company and with it joined the main army and became 2nd Company of the 2nd Regiment of Texas volunteers. This company fought with valor at the battle of San Jacinto. CAPTAIN WARE left Montgomery County early in 1844 after purchasing two tracts of land situated in the present city of Terrell in the then County of Henderson. He bought these two tracts of 320 acres each from Frederick Houston and James W. Cude, residents of Montgomery County who had received state grants for being in Texas prior to 1840. Sometime after his arrival in Kaufman County WARE contracted with public surveyor R. A. Terrell to survey the two tracts, a task which he completed in July 1844. WILLIAM WARE, his wife BETSY ANN and seven children, RICHARD, SARAH JANE, AMANDA, JOHN, SUSAN TEXANA, CLARISSA EMALINE and ELIZABETH lived in the area where Terrell is now located. Two of the children were born here, CLARISSA EMALINE on January 15, 1846 and SUSAN TEXANA on February 19, 1848. WARE was one of the wealthiest men in the county, owning three slaves, 22 horses, 52 hogs and 317 head of cattle for a total with his property of $5447.00 on which he paid a state tax of $11.87 in 1847. The first court of Henderson (Kaufman) County was held in the house of WILLIAM WARE on August 4, 1846. The land that WARE owned and lived on ultimately became the prime residential area of Terrell in the case of the Houston Tract and the heart of the business district in that of the Cude Tract. In 1849 for reasons unknown, CAPTAIN WARE loaded his family in an ox cart and driving his cattle along with him he headed south, eventually settling in Uvalde County where he died on March 9, 1853. Many of his descendants are still living in Uvalde Area. (by Edward A. Luce) Page 194. WARE FAMILY. It was sometime during the late 1800's that JOSEPH EDWARD and LUCIA TODD WARE settled in the Tolosa Community in Kaufman County, a few miles south of Kemp, a nice, peaceful place to live and rear a family. They established their home among the beautiful oak trees, not far from relatives and friends. Three children were born to the Wares, two daughters and a son, the oldest of whom was KATIE MAY, born March 12, 1885. She grew up in the Kemp area, was educated and taught school in that vicinity. MAY later married Jack Stevens, a well-known young man living also in the Kemp area. They later moved to Kaufman. Four children were born to Jack and MAY Stevens. The oldest of these is Jewell, now living in New Orleans, La. with her husband, Roberts Carson. They are parents of one daughter, Mary Alice, residing in Virginia, and grandparents of four. Hollis was next in the family. He passed away in 1977. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were living in Virginia at the time of his death. They were the parents of two sons, Hollis Jack and Mike. Lawrence is the third of the Stevens family. He now resides in Waco, and is the father of one daughter, Madeline, and has one grandchild. The youngest of the Stevens is Virginia, who is well known in the Kaufman area, and presently resides in Fort Worth. She has taught in the Fort Worth school system 32 years. MAY WARE STEVENS passed away in 1966, and Jack in 1968. The second daughter of the Wares was NETTIE, born November 4, 1886. She was educated in the Kemp area, and also taught school for a time. She was married to Will Dover of Kemp, and they had one daughter, Marinell. Marinell was reared in Kemp and married C. J. Poulter of San Angelo. They are parents of two children, Mike and Rene. NETTIE WARE DOVER passed away in 1976. Ten years later, ED and LUCY WARE had a son, WALTER born on June 13, 1894 at Tolosa. WALTER attended school at Tolosa and Kemp. His father passed away when WALTER was only thirteen, and he and his mother moved into the town of Kemp. He later married Ruth Baker, daughter of Sid and Jewel Baker of Kemp. She was well-known as a pianist for church and public functions, as well as teaching piano. WALTER and Ruth moved to Kaufman, where WALTER was employed in the dry goods business for many years. He was associated with Perkins Bros. for about forty years, retiring in 1973. They had one daughter, Doris who was born in Kaufman, educated in Kaufman schools and Southern Methodist University. She, too has been involved in a lifetime of music, playing for various programs, churches and community. She currently teaches piano in Kaufman. She married ? K. Gillespie, of Kaufman in 1948, and they are the parents of four children, Wayne married Harriet Sharp of Trinidad, Kathleen, M_______, and Gay Nelle, all of Kaufman. They are grandparents of four, WALTER WARE passed away in 1973, his wife preceding him in death in 1948.