4th Mar 17971,2 - 1st Mar 18701,2
Life History
4th Mar 1797 |
Born in Western District, North Carolina.1,2 |
about 1820 |
Birth of daughter Caroline Mabel GILBERT in Pennsylvania.5,6 |
about 1820 |
Married Charity MORRIS in Dickson County, Tennessee.2,2 |
16th Mar 1839 |
Military: Enlistment in the Rangers of the Texas Republic, Served 16 Mar 1839 in Red River & Fannin counties, Commanding Officer Capt J Emmerson in Republic of Texas.3 |
18th Mar 1839 |
Resident Later reports also indicate he moved from Tennessee to Fannin County, Texas in 1837. in Red River and Fannin County, Republic of Texas.3 |
1854 |
Death of Charity MORRIS in Glbert Creek, Wichita County, Texas.2 |
18th Dec 1855 |
Married Rachel Biggs ALBRIGHT in Bonham, Fannin, Texas.2,2,4 |
before 1864 |
Death of daughter Caroline Mabel GILBERT in Texas.5,6 |
1st Mar 1870 |
Died in Cooke County, Texas.1,2 Pneumonia; reported in the 1880 census Mortality Schedule for Cook County. |
after 1st Mar 1870 |
Buried in Gilbert Private Cemetery, Glbert Creek, Wichita County, Texas.2 |
Notes
- Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
Mabel Gilbert
Enlistment in the Rangers of the Texas Republic
16 Mar 1839 in Red River and Fannin County, Republic of Texas
Commanding Officer Capt J Emmerson
Record from Ranger Rolls, Republic Era
Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Mabel Gilbert
Marriage 18 Dec 1855 Fannin, Texas, USA
Spouse Rachel Freeman
Source Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
Mabel died in Cooke County, Texas in March 1870.
1870 Federal Census Federal Census Mortality Schedule, Cooke County, Texas, 17 June, Precinct 1, page 72
Gilbert, Mabel 73 M W Married Died March 1870 Farmer & Joiner Cause of death Pneumonia [b abt 1797]
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Mabel Gilbert
Birth Mar 4, 1797
Death Mar 1, 1870
Mable should be spelled MABEL.
Mabel was born March 4, 1797 in North Carolina's cession that became Dickson County, Tennessee. He was the son of William and Nancy Morris. His siblings were Wilson, Henry Madison, Thomas G., Nathan, James Monroe, William and a sister Temperance.
Mabel first married Charity Morris in Tennessee about 1820. They moved to Fannin County, Texas in 1837. They had 13 children. He next married the widowed Rachael Biggs Albright Freeman in Fannin County, Texas on December 18, 1855. She had one son; they had eight children. Mabel died March 1, 1870 and his sons made a coffin and buried him east of their home on Glbert Creek. No exact location is known.
Mabel is a true Texas pioneer and settler. He was a Texas Ranger, Indian fighter, Justice of the Peace and Land Board Commissioner. He built the first grist and steam mills in Fannin County. He helped establish Bird's Fort, the first settlement in Tarrant County in 1841. He was the first white man known to navigate the Trinity River to Dallas in 1842. His son Morris was the first white child born in Dallas in 1842. He owned Dallas' first log cabin on the east bank of the Trinity River. He estableished a grsit mill, a flour mill and a steam mill in Lamar County in 1846. He was the first white settler in Wichita County. His daugher Hettie was the first white child born in Wichita County. He had 3 creeks, two springs, a post office and a town named in his honor in Texas.
From Barbara Elliott
He has honored the Gilbert name and prepared the way for great settlements.
Mabel Gilbert is not buried in Whiterock Cemetery. He is buried on his old homestead in Wichita County, Texas. It is currently the Perkins Boy Scout Ranch. There is an historical marker there next to a replica of the old log house he lived in. The actual site of the grave is unknown. Mabel was my 4x great grandfather.
From granny2airmail.net
Spouses:
Charity Cherry Morris Gilbert (1800 - 1854)
Rachel Gibbs Allbright Gilbert (1828 - 1894)
Children:
Newton Gilbert (1832 - 1880)
Jasper M. Gilbert (1832 - 1870)
Tennessee Gilbert Taylor (1838 - 1867)
Louis Morris Gilbert (1842 - 1916)
Cass Louis Gilbert (1857 - 1943)
Davis Beauregard Gilbert (1862 - 1934)
Andrew Jackson Gilbert (1863 - 1924)
Emily Gilbert Reinhardt (1865 - 1932)
Inscription with Charity
Burial White Rock Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Created by John Smith Nov 09, 2006
-- Find A Grave Memorial #16573983, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16573983
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Sources
- 1. 1870 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
- 1 June, Precinct 1, Mortality Schedule, p 72
- 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 3. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
- 4. Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
- 5. 1860 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas
- 19 June, Beat 1, P O Bonham, p 32, Hse #219, Fam #221
- 6. Ancestry Messaging
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