Jason A FORSYTH Robert FORSYTH Page Albert FORSYTH James Bailey FORSYTH Lucy Jane FORSYTH Andrew Jackson FORSYTH Harriet Angeline FORSYTH Francis Ann MOORE Mini tree diagram
James Bailey FORSYTH

James Bailey FORSYTH1,2,3,4,6,7,5

15th Mar 18331,2,3,4,5 - Dec 19141

Life History

15th Mar 1833

Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee.1,2,3,4,5

about 1859

Married Francis Ann MOORE.5

Jun 1860

Birth of son Jason A FORSYTH in Cass County, Texas.8,9,10,11,12,3,6

1863

Birth of son Robert FORSYTH in Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas.1,3,4

11th Apr 1868

Birth of son Page Albert FORSYTH in Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas.1,3,4,5,6

18th Sep 1870

Birth of son James Bailey FORSYTH in Naples, Morris, Texas.1,4,14

1874

Birth of daughter Lucy Jane FORSYTH in Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas.1,4,15

11th Apr 1880

Birth of son Andrew Jackson FORSYTH in Texas.4,6,2

about 1882

Death of son Robert FORSYTH.13

21st Sep 1883

Birth of daughter Harriet Angeline FORSYTH in Texas.11,2,6

20th Nov 1905

Death of son James Bailey FORSYTH in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma.1,14

1914

Death of daughter Lucy Jane FORSYTH in Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas

Dec 1914

Died in Bowie County, Texas.1

Dec 1914

Buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Red River County, Texas.1,6

Notes

  • Jim Forsyth was one of the Tennesseans who fought for the Union in the Civil War.

    ------------------------
    James Bailey Forsyth was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee but unlike other Lincoln County men joined the Union Army and fought against his neighbors and possibly relatives who served as Confederate soldiers.

    State Served: Tennessee
    Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal

    Enlisted in Company B, 6th Mounted Infantry Regiment Tennessee.
    --  Notes courtesy of Kaye Hicks, Ancestry Story, posted Posted 15 Sep 2013 , accessed 14 March 2020
    ------------------------

    Though this Civil War record matches our James Bailey Forsyth, we also find that James had already migrated to Texas several months before the Civil War started.  What appears to be James and Francis, with a son David (who does not appear in later censuses of this family) were enumerated there in the 1860 US census with his wife Francis and their children, in Kaufman County, east of Dallas County.

    It would seem most likely that he joined the Union forces from this location, but that would have presented impediments, since Texas and the southern Native tribes of Indian Territory joined the Confederacy, as well as the surrounding states of Arkansas and Louisiana.  So how he would gotten through to join Union forces from east Texas is unclear.

    After the war, like so many others, he settled in east Texas, living in various counties in the northeast corner, then moving across the Red River into the Creek Nation of Indian Territory.  By 1900 James and his wife Francis Moore, with their two youngest children, were in Creek Nation, north of the Red River.  Some of their children continued to live in northeast Texas.

    What is definitely our James and Francis were enumerated in 1870 in the northeast Texas county of Titus.

    1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 27 July, PO Mt Pleasant, page 107, Hse/Fam #741
    Forsythe, James B 37 M W Farming $320 Real Estate $100 Personal Estate born Georgia Cannot read
    Forsythe, Francis 27 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot read [b abt 1843]
    Forsythe, Jacin [Jason] 10 F W born Texas Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
    Forsythe, Robert 7 M W born Texas
    Forsythe, Page 2 M W born Texas

    The family had moved to neighboring Bowie County, whose county seat is Texarkana, on the border with Arkansas.

    1880 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 31 June, Precinct 4, page 13, District 5, Hse/Fam #111
    Forsythe, James B  W M 47 Farmer Cannot Read or write TN NC NC
    Forsythe, Francis A  W F 37 Wife Keeps House TN -- --
    Forsythe, Jason  W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
    Forsythe, Robert W M 17 Son Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
    Forsythe, Page W M 12 Son Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
    Forsythe, James W M 9 Son TX TN TN
    Forsythe, Lucy J WF 6 Dau TX TN TN
    Forsythe, Jackson W M 1mo Son TX TN TN

    Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
    James B Forsyth
    Birth Mar 1833 Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee
    Death Date Dec 1914
    RLDS Deceased Files/ Shawnee, Texas, RLDS Branch Records
    James B Forsyth was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 24 September 1911 at Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas, by L A Quick.  He was confirmed by E A Erwin and L A Quick.  He attended the Shawnee, Texas Branch.

    Shawnee is in Angelina County, which is considerably south of the areas where we know he lived.]  Dalby Springs is the core area of the family's residence, and the place of birth of several of James and Francis' children.  They moved across the Red River in Creek Nation, as indicated by the 1900 census.  But his death is reported in Bowie County, Texas.  Angelina County is out of bounds of anything else we know about the family.  They would have to travel several days to get to Shawnee.  Perhaps there was another unregistered community in northeast Texas called Shawnee locally.

    At some time before the 1900 census, they moved north into Creek Nation.

    1900 Federal Census, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 11, District 63, page 11B, Hse/Fam #12
    Forsyth, James B Head  W M Mar 1833 67 Married 40 years TN SC SC Farm Laborer Rents
    Forsyth, Francis A Wife W F Feb 1843  57 Married 40 yrs 8 children/6 living TN TN TN
    Forsyth, Andrew J Son W M April 1880  20 Single TX TN TN Farm Laborer
    Forsyth, Hattie Daughter W F Sept 1883  16 Single TX TN TN

    They were back into Texas before the 1910 census.

    1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 16 April, Precinct 4, District 17, page 2A, Hse #18, Fam #19
    Forsyth, James B Head M W 77  Married 51 yrs TN SC SC Farmer Rents
    Forsyth, Francis Wife F W 67  Married 51 yrs 8 children/5 living TN TN TN
    Forsyth, Page Son M W 42 Marriage Married 5 yrs TX TN TN
    Forsyth, Mary F  F W 43 2nd Marriage Married 5 yrs 0 children TX SC SC

    Their grandson Thomas and his family were enumerated on the same page with James and Francis in 1910.

    1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 16 April, Precinct 4, District 17, page 2A, Hse/Fam #14
    Forsyth, Thomas Head M W 27  Married 8 yrs TX TX TX Farmer Owns
    Forsyth, Nipsie Wife F W 24  Married 8 yrs 3 children/3 living TX AR AR
    Forsyth, Charlie Son M W 5 Single TX TX TX
    Forsyth, Hardimin  (?, Hardeman?) Son M W 3 Single TX TX TX
    Forsyth, Odessa Dau F W 15mos (?) Single TX TX TX

    ----------------
    James Bailey “Jim” Forsyth
    BIRTH Mar 1835 Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
    DEATH Dec 1914 (aged 79)
    BURIAL Cedar Creek Cemetery, Red River County, Texas

    James Bailey Forsyth was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee but unlike other Lincoln County men joined the Union Army and fought against his neighbors and possibly relatives who served as Confederate soldiers.
    State Served:  Tennessee
    Service Record:  Enlisted as a Corporal.
    Enlisted in Company B, 6th Mounted Infantry Regiment Tennessee.
    [This seems somewhat questionable, since there is a census record that appears to be for James and his wife Francis in Kaufman County, Texas, for 1860.  I does not seem he would have joined the Union forces from Texas in a Tennessee regiment.  Perhaps they are two very similar couples.]

    Children:
    Lucy Pitts
    Jason Forsyth 1860 - unknown
    Page A Forsythe 1868-1931
    James Bailey Forsyth 1870-1905
    Andrew Jackson Forsyth 1880-1923
    Harriet Angeline Forsyth Perkins 1883-1927

    Maintained by Lawrence & Sue Dale, Originally Created by Granville & Patricia Murphy 13 Apr 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 51037229, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51037229
    ----------------

Sources

Page created using GEDmill 1.11.0