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Facts and Events
Name |
George Hunt Bagby |
Gender |
Male |
Alt Birth? |
Abt 1801 |
Virginia |
Birth[1] |
28 Jun 1804 |
Buckingham County, Virginia |
Marriage |
11 Jun 1828 |
Carroll County, Tennessee(his 1st wife) to Margaret Ann Latimer |
Census[5] |
1830 |
Carroll County, Tennessee |
Other[1][9] |
Abt 1831 |
Red River County, TexasMigration |
Military[9] |
16 Jul 1836 |
Red River County, TexasEnlistd as a private in William Becknell's company of volunteers. |
Residence[6] |
1840 |
Red River County, TexasTax list |
Census[1] |
1850 |
Red River County, Texas |
Occupation[9] |
From 1854 to 1856 |
Red River County, TexasServed as Red River County Clerk. |
Marriage |
27 Sep 1855 |
Red River County, Texas(his 2nd wife, her 2nd husband; no issue) to Eleanor Henderson |
Census[3] |
1860 |
Red River County, Texas |
Other[9] |
Feb 1861 |
Red River County, TexasRepresented Red River County at the state secession convention and signed the Ordinance of Secession. |
Other[8][9] |
From 1861 to 1862 |
Red River County, TexasRepresented Red River County in the House in the 9th State Legislature. |
Death? |
Abt 1863 |
Red River County, Texas |
Burial[2][4] |
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Shiloh Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States(unmarked burial) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Red River, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 205, house/family 145/145.
Bagby, George 49 yrs Farmer (real estate = $1,500) b. Virginia Bagby, Margaret 37 yrs b. Tennessee Bagby, Daniel 21 yrs b. Tennessee Bagby, William 19 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Lucy 17 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Ballard 13 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Madison 11 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Henry 8 yrs b. Texas Bagby, George Anne 6 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Susan 4 yrs b. Texas Bagby, William 2/12 yr b. Texas Spencer, Oliver 40 yrs Overseer b. South Carolina Curry, Thomas 40 yrs Weaver b. Ireland
- ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
p. 45.
He lived near Madras and helped organize the county's first Presbyterian church, at Old Shiloh.
- ↑ Red River, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 94, dwelling/family 476/476.
Bagby, G. H. 55 yrs Farmer (real estate = $20,000; personal estate = $25,000) b. Virginia Bagby, Mat 21 yrs Student b. Tennessee Bagby, Geo. Ann 16 yrs b. Texas Bagby, Wm. H. 10 yrs b. Texas Hail, Thos. 40 yrs Overseeing (real estate = $700; personal estate = $300) b. Texas Hail, Fanny 23 yrs b. Tennessee Hail, John 10 yrs b. Texas Hail, Bettie 5 yrs b. Texas Moseley, R. W. 25 yrs b. Virginia Moseley, Susan 20 yrs b. Virginia Moseley, Mary 10/12 yr b. Texas Allen, A. C. 21 yrs Mechanic [no property listed] b. Tennessee
- ↑ Shiloh Cemetery (Red River County, Texas).
- ↑ Carroll, Tennessee, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 151.
Bagby, George H.
Males under 5 = 1 20-29 = 1
Females 15-19 = 1
Slaves = 2
- ↑ Red River, Texas, United States. Tax Lists.
- Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
Vol. 2, #754, Cert. 37., 5 Jul 1845.
Received 1st Class patent of 2,077 A.
- ↑ Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families. (Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company, 1889).
Served in state legislature, 1861-62. Attempted to enlist in the Confederate Army but was refused on account of age.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Handbook of Texas Online
"Bagby, George H.".
BAGBY, GEORGE H. (ca. 1805–1863). George H. Bagby, soldier and legislator, was born in Virginia about 1805 to Daniel and Lucy Bagby. In 1833 he and his wife, Margaret (Latimer), came to Texas, settled in Clarksville, and became charter members of Clarksville's old Presbyterian church. Bagby enlisted in the Texas army as a private in Capt. William Becknell's company on July 16, 1836, and was discharged on October 16. He served as Red River county clerk from 1854 to 1856 and represented the county at the Secession Convention in 1861. Though he only participated in the Adjourned Session, he signed the Ordinance of Secession. He was later a member of the House in the Ninth State Legislature (1861–62). Bagby enlisted in the Confederate Army but was discharged from active duty because of his old age. He later served as paymaster and traveled in 1863 Arkansas to pay the Texas troops. On the return trip through Indian Territory he was attacked and killed by Indians.
- Red River Recollections. (Clarksville, Texas: Red River County Historical Society, 1986)
pp. 38-39.
The First Presbyterian Church of Clarksville was organized in 1833-34 in Shiloh, north of Madras. Milton Estill was the organizing pastor. The church there existed until 1848 when it united with a congregation at Hopewell (not the Hopewell we know today in Red River County) to become the Clarksville Congregation. The new church erected a building on the present property in 1859-60 at the very beginning of the Civil War. The Rev. Johnston Dystart was pastor at the time of construction. It is assumed that this congregation is the oldest Protestant congregation in Texas with continuous service. (The State of Texas erected a marker in 1936 at the old Shiloh site calling attention to the 1833 date and these early beginnings of Presbyterianism in Texas.) The charter elders were James Latimer and his son, Albert H. Latimer, George Hunt Bagby, Finley Moore and others. Albert H. Latimer was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Hunt Bagby lived on the Bagby Plantation four miles northwest of Clarksville. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Home Guard.
- Brown, John Henry. Indian wars and pioneers of Texas. (Austin, Texas: L.E. Daniell, 190-?)
p. 582.
Mr. Bagby was a paymaster in the Confederate army and in 1863 went through the Indian Territory to pay off the soldiers in Arkansas. Returning he was ambushed and assassinated by Indians. A party of Confederate soldiers, who greatly loved him, quietly made their way into the Territory and captured his murderers and took them to Clarksville, where the citizens hanged them to a tree near the town.
- Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
5 Jul 1845.
Received 1st Class patent for 2,077 A.
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