John Makean Holbert Family
In an effort to stimulate a little interest in this forum, I am posting a project in the works on John Makean Holbert. There may be some errows in this but thats another reason for the post.
John Makeam Holbert, the third son born to John & Sarah "Sally" Wells Holbert was born sometime between the ages of 1801-1809 according to the census enumators for the years of 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Until I find a definite date I will take the average birth date of 1804. John was born in Rutherford County, NC. John married 1st ca 1833 Rebecca King b 1810 in South Carolina. I have not found the parents of Rebecca at this time. The following children were born in Rutherford County, NC :
#1..........John O ( John Omay not have been a child of John and Rebecca's due to the fact that he was not found in any census from the years 1850-1880, but he married 1839 and most likely would have been out of the Household of John and Rebecca in those years) b 1823, d after 1880 probably in Sulpher Springs, Hopkins County, TX,married Nancy Evelyn Griffith about 1839, b 1827, Nancy died aftr 1880 probably in Sulpher Springs, Hopkins County, TX where the family was located in the 1880 census., their children were Amanda b 1843, Josephine b 1844, Marvin Greenberry b 1 March 1846, Martha b 1847 married a Faithy, and Frances Holbert b 1849. There may have been others.
#2..........H Marvel b 7 Feb 1830 in Rutherford County, NC, d 10 July 1910 in Franklin County, TX. Marvel Holbert's history is of most interest. He came to Texas with his father, John Makean Holbert, and he lived in Franklin County, Texas. Marvel became a mystery of sorts on this branch of the family tree when Margie Hardis (a George Holbert descendent) found the trunk of Marvel from an advertisement ... She ran an ad for the rightful heirs to lay claim on this trunk, which had found its way to the Waxahachie area of Texas.The contents of the trunk had many pictures, insurance papers, land deeds of the 1800's. The ad went national and can be found even today on PERSI (The Allen County periodical index).The trunk held a very important clue--an old handwritten copy of John Holbert's will from Rutherford County, NC in 1821."John married 10 Oct 1865 in TX Nancy.Nancywas born 13 March 1839 in VA and she died 1925 in Saltillo, Franklin County, TX. Thier children were : Mellissa A b 1868,Joseph Eggelston b 2 June 1872 in Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, TX, d 11 March 1973 in AR, Joseph married Ada V B 2 Feb 1885, D 20 aUG 1940,Thomas Patillo b 22 Jan 1876, d 20 May 1955, Thomas married Lucille Maria Baca b 30 May 1884 in Las Vages, NM AND D 21 Aug 1932 in Franklin County
John Taylor b 1878, d 1952 Mt Vernon,Stella, and Mary E Holbert.
"Marvel Holbert moved to Texas in 1851 and joined the Missionary Baptist Church in Giles County. He is listed on the 1860 Harrison County, Texas federal census as age 26 and an overseer to the farm of G. Perry of North Carolina birth. He joined the confederate army in October 1861, the 11th Texas Calvary. Served the 7th Infantry at Port Hudson, LA, was wounded twice and was discharged in April 1865. Marvel was laid to rest at the Old Saltillo Cemetery in 1910.We have a picture of his tombstone, dated his birth at 1830, despite his numerous claims to the 1834 date. Wife Nancy E. is buried there, as well as his children Mary E. Holbert and Joseph and Stella, Joe Eggleston Holbert and Ada.The trunk and the contents were never again seen by the family."
#3..........Elmina Holbert b 1836 married John Ward. No children found at this time
#4..........Reuben M Holbert b 3 Dec 1838, Rutherford County, NC, d 11 Dec 1913 in Franklin County, TX. He married Elizabeth ??? b Oct 1844 . Reuben and Elizabeth had children : James J b 1867 in TX, Benjamin b 1869 in TX, Ivy b March 1881 in TX, and Wiley b Dec 1884 in TX.Reuben's sister Ida was living with him in the 1900 Census as b Jan 1878 in TX.Reuben was listed in the Household of Benjamin Holbert in the 1850 census of Henderson County, NC leading many to believe he was a child of Benjamin and Eliza Holbert. He actually was a child of John Makeam and Rebecca King Holbert and must have been visiting them and was listed correctly in remaining census with John and Rebecca. Elizabeth, or as she was called in the 1900 Census, was living with E C Reese and wife Lula in the 1920 Census as E C Reese's Mother in law. She was shown as being 78 and b in NC.
#5..........James T Holbert b 1841 in Rutherford County, NC married Lucy Taliaferro 6 March 1864 in Lawrence County, AL Thier children were Lena and Leona Westbrook Holbert. He served in the Confederate Army, Company K-Reg. 41 - Alabama, Civil War. Lucy Taliaferro on March 6, 1864 in Lawrence County, Alabama. They moved to Texas, and he served in the Texas State Police, out of Titus County 1870-1879 at which time the State Police became the Texas Rangers. This marriage ended in divorce after two daughters were born: Lena Holbert who married Thomas Coffee of Florence, Alabama; and Leona Westbrook Holbert who married Hopkins Milliken Monroe Massengale in 1892 in Alabama. James T. Holbert then married Emma L. around 1874. James T. was the City Marshal for Belton, Texas 1879-1883.
#6..........Augusta Ann Holbert b 1843 married Joseph Eliza Smith
#7..........Joseph T Holbert b 7 March 1846 in Rutherford County, NC, d 11 May 1907 in Franklin County, TX. Joseph married 24 Feb 1868 Mary E ??? b 6 April 1852 in Upshur County, TX, and died 12 July 1919 in Wayne County, MI. Thier children were Mary b 11 Jan 1877, and Connie May Holbert b 30 June 1882
#8..........Joseph Holbert b ca 1847 married Mary King b Feb 1859. Children: William Claude b 21 July 1874 and Mary Holbert b ca 1878.
#9..........Benjamin Holbert b 1850 in Rutherford County, NC
John and Family moved sometime in the year 1851 to what is now Franklin County, TX.
#10........Amanda Holbert b between 1851-1852
#11........Winfield Scott Holbert b 1853 in Franklin County, TX married Amanda "Minnie" Lyles Gunter b 1826, d 1926 in Lamar County, TX. Thier children: Winfield M "Bud" Holbert, Marvin Emerson, Frorence, Ida May, Susie, Lila, Walter Lou, Minnie, and William Holbert. Windfield moved to Texas in early 185-s with his father. They lived in Northeast Texas, then was Titus County. Winfield is buried near Sulpher Springs Texas. Windfield had four brothers that served in Civil War. John Holbert moved to Texas from North Carolina. There is a conflict on where Winfield Scott was born, He is listed in the 1920 Census as being born in NC but if he was born in 1853 the report is that the family moved to TX in 1851. Winfield and Family is shown in a OK census in 1920 but the county line may have moved instead of his family, as he is buried in Tx
John Makeam married ca 1860 in Franklin County, TX a wife about 55 years his junior, Dovie Matilda Blanton b 1860 in TX. John father these three children in his 70s. Thier children were Ida Mae b 18 June 1880, Iva Octavia, and John M Holbert. John died in 1888 in Franklin County TX and Dovie married a Edwards.
#12........Ida Mae Holbert b 18 June 1880, d 19 June 1937 Seminole, OKmarried Thomas Mercer Putman b ca 1878. Thier children: Lena, Mary, James Oliver, Herman Major, Jesse and Minnie Lee Putman b 15 Jan 1901.
#13........Iva Octavia Holbert
#14........John M Holbert. John may have been a Jr.