Notes:

- The informant of Daniel's death certificate was Frank W. Roberts of 312 Yale Street, San Antonio, Texas. This is where Daniel was residing at the time of his death. Is Frank a son? Certificate also states cause of death was "Carcinoma of Stomach."

Buried:
Sunset Memorial Park

Notes:

J. F. Roberts
Nov 23, 1835
Sept 23, 1923
Father

- "Tragedy claimed the lives of the Taylor family on the night of September 6, 1882. Their home was situated between two forks of Onion Creek. During a torrential rain, the story is told that the father, Ben, rolled over in bed and was startled awake when his arm landed in water. Ben leaped out of bed, realizing the creeks were rising and flooding his home...The flash flood roared through the forks and washed away the house and occupants. The two eldest boys, however, managed to grab onto treetops and perched in the branches all night as the floodwaters raged below. The next day, the Taylors' neighbor Jacob Frank Roberts spotted the two boys in the trees from a nearby hilltop..." [Tombstone for 5 family members that were lost is in Phillips Cemetery.] Source is Around Dripping Springs by L. M. Freeman ("Images of America" series, Arcadia Publishing, 2011) via Google Books.

- San Antonio Light (Texas)
24 September 1923
[Via MKH Genealogy -- http://www.mkhgenealogy.net/6327/records -- Mary Kathryn Harris, accessed 15 March 2017]
J. F. Roberts, 87, died at his residence 312 Yale Avenue at 10:45 o'clock Sunday night. He was a native of Mississippi and had lived in San Antonio two years, coming here from Dripping Springs, TX. He was a retired farmer and rancher and was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Dripping Springs.

He is survived by 6 daughters: Mrs. W. C. Wallace, Llano; Maude Jones, San Marcos;
Stella Crow, Dripping Springs and Mrs. Sidney Smith, Kate Henrich and Mrs. M. E. Chapman, all of San Antonio, one son D. F. Roberts of San Antonio, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. The body was taken overland to Dripping Springs by Hagy and McCollum, undertakers, at 10:00 Monday morning.

- San Marcos Record (Texas)
28 September 1923
[Via MKH Genealogy -- http://www.mkhgenealogy.net/6327/records -- Mary Kathryn Harris, accessed 15 March 2017]
J. F. Roberts, known throughout Hays and adjoining counties as Jake Roberts, died at the home of his daughter in San Antonio last Sunday, and the body was brought back to his old home at Dripping Springs where it was tenderly laid to rest mid a mound of beautiful flowers brought as a token of love and respect. Rev. J. C. Dodgen, a Baptist minister and long-time friend, conducted the service.

Mr. Roberts was born in Mississippi Oct. 23, 1835. He came to Texas with his parents in 1843. They first lived in Caldwell County. When he had grown up to manhood he was married to Miss Beatrice Lincoln. They lived for a number of years at Round Mountain in Blanco County after which they moved to Dripping Springs, Hays County, where he lived until he lost his companion. He then lived with his children until his death, making his home a part of the time with his daughter, Mrs. Maude Jones, in San Marcos. He leaves seven daughters as follows: Mrs. Cannon, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hendricks, and Mrs. Chatman of San Antonio, Mrs. Wallace of Llano, Mrs. Rowe of Dripping Springs and Mrs. Maude Jones of San Marcos.

Captain Roberts, of Liano, for many years with the Ranger service, is his brother and was present at the funeral.

Brother Roberts was held in the highest esteem by those who knew him as a citizen and a Christian. His membership was with the Christian Church. I had known Brother Roberts for more than 30 years and owing to our personal friendship, it was his request that I should conduct his funeral service at his death. May the blessings of heaven be upon his loved ones.
J. C. Dodgen

Buried:
Phillips Cemetery

Jacob married Brassoria Lincecum between 1856 and 1857. Brassoria (daughter of Garland R. Lincecum and Emaline R. Jones) was born on 11 Nov 1839 in Lowndes, Mississippi, USA; died on 14 Apr 1921 in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA; was buried in Dripping Springs, Hays, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

B. B. Roberts
Nov 11, 1835
Apr 13, 1921
Asleep In Jesus
Mother

- According to the 1880 Hays County, Texas Federal census, Brazora's father was born in Florida. Her mother was born in Mississippi.

- According to the 1900 Hays County, Texas Federal Census, Brace (Brass?) had 10 children. Eight were still living. Also according to this census, her mother was born in North Carolina.

- San Marcos Record (Texas)
22 April 1921
[Via MKH Genealogy -- http://www.mkhgenealogy.net/6327/records -- Mary Kathryn Harris, accessed 15 March 2017]
The death angel has visited our little village and taken from our midst one of our best beloved citizens, Mrs. J. T. Roberts, who died April 14th. Her husband and seven children survive her, viz: Mrs. W. C. Wallace of Liano; Frank Roberts; Mrs. Sydney Smith, Mrs. C. M. Chapman of San Antonio; Mrs. Maude Jones, San Marcos; Mrs. Kathryn Henrich, Austin and Mrs. McCrow of Dripping Springs, all of whom attended the funeral.

Mrs. Roberts was 82 years of age, having spent 64 years with her husband. She had been an invalid for several years. She bore her affliction so patiently, so uncomplainingly and retained her mental faculties to the end. She took much interest in public affairs, reading and discussing current events until three days before she died. She lived in this vicinity over 50 years, and not once during that time did she ever fail to respond liberally to any enterprise that was to the betterment of the community in which she lived. At the time of her death, altho a shut in, she was a member of "The Woman's Earnest Working Club" which was organized over a year ago for the betterment of the schools, also a great worker for the Red Cross. Aitho a shut in, we did not have a more interested member. Her life was spent in working for others. She was a devoted wife and mother and a true, loyal firend. She had often expressed the wish to the writer that she might pass away before becoming helpless and that wish was granted, she walked to her bed a few minutes before she died and said to her daughter, "Lay me down, I want to rest", and passed out so peacefully.

Her funeral was one of the largest that has ever been in Dripping Springs. San Antonio, San Marcos, Austin and surrounding villages were represented and the numerous and beautiful floral offerings showed the high esteem in which the deceased was held.


Buried:
Phillips Cemetery

Notes:

- In 1823, a Garland R. Lincecum received a land patent in Leake County, Mississippi. ["Alabama & Mississippi Connections: Historical & Biographical Sketches of Families Who Settled on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River"]

- Garland owned land in Mississippi totalling 163 acres. The land office was Columbus. The document number is 26665. The land was in Leake County. The signature date was 27 February 1841.

- Mississippi Land Record for Garland R Lincecum:

Land Office: COLUMBUS
Document Number: 26665
Total Acres: 162.86
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 27 Feb 1841
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 NWNW CHOCTAW No 11N 7E 22
2 E?SW CHOCTAW No 11N 7E 22
3 SWSW CHOCTAW No 11N 7E 22 [Source: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Land Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1997.]

- Garland and Nathaniel L. Mitchell owned land in Lowndes County, Mississippi totalling 161 acres. The signature date was same as other land record, 27 February 1841.

- Southern Argus (Columbus, Mississippi)
7 June 1842 [via ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov]
IN BANKRUPTCY, -- No. 63.
District Court of the U. States
Northern District of Mississippi.
NOTICE is hereby given that GARLAND R. LYNCECUM, of the County of Lowndes, has been duly declared a Bankrupt by an order of this said Court made on the 18th day of April A.D. 1842; and that said Garland R. Lyncecum has applied for a certificate of final discharge, from his debts under the act of Congress in such case made and provided: and the Third Monday of July, A.d. 1842, at Aberdeen, has been set for the final hearing...

- Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1845-1846; MONDAY, January 12, 1846. Pg 234:

"By Mr. Stephen Adams: A petition of Garland R. Lincecum, of Lowndes county, and State of Mississippi, praying remuneration of the money paid by him for a certain tract of land which was resold by the government: which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims."

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1845-1846; FRIDAY, February 13, 1846. Pg 394:

"Mr. Wick, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an adverse report upon the petition of Garland R. Lincecum: which report was laid upon the table." [A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875 via Library of Congress ]

- According to the 1850 Caldwell County, Texas Federal census, Garland had real estate valued at $4,000.

- Gideon wrote in a letter to his grandson that Garland "came to his death from an overdose of morphine administered by the hands of a drunken scamp of a doctor." [Source: Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Burkhalter. Page 270.]

- Lincecum Cemetery
Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

Location:
5.4 mi. E of US 183 on SH 20 ROW

Marker:
Garland R. Lincecum, cousin of Alamo hero James Bowie, and his wife Emmaline left Mississippi and settled on land he had purchased here in 1847. Lincecum, who signed a petition with others to create Caldwell County in 1847, died in 1853 and was the first person buried here. Three of his daughters were married to the sons of fellow Mississippian Alexander Roberts, who settled in this area in 1843. The last person buried here was Jacob G. Roberts, Lincecum's grandson, in 1938. Members of the pioneer Roberts and Lincecum families and their descendants are interred here.

- "Garland Lincecum was a well remembered and strange historic character. In personal appearance he looked in every particular like an Indian, except that he was white. His hair and eyes were as black as a raven's wing, and long black hairs grew from his prominent cheek bones, the rest of his face being bare. He generally wore the Indian dress in whole or in part. His leather hunting shirt, fringed, beaded, and tasseled, and his leggings and moccasins were a marvel to the Columbus boys. He was for many years the proprietor of the Columbus ferry and with his Choctaw assistants ferried over the missionaries, traders, and travelers going to Jackson, on the State road. His last home was on the bluff of the river occupied by the steam sawmill,...just above the cold spring that gushes so abundantly from the bluff below....He went to the farthest frontier of Texas and died there." - A HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI DURING THE 19TH CENTURY by W. L. Lipscomb

- In the book, WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE SOUTHERN INDIANS 1698 - 1907, by Don Martini, published 1998 the following is given:

LINCECUM, GARLAND: White resident among the Chickasaw Indians, married Martha Wall in Monroe County, Mississippi, on October 9, 1834. He was born in 1797 and died in 1853.

Source of Info: Monroe County Will and Marriage Book, 1:38

- "According to an article written by Mrs. Brunetta Griffith, a direct descendant of Sophia Folsom Pitchlynn, "One morning at the breakfast table there was an altercation between the brothers and Jack [John "Jack" Pitchlynn, Jr.] killed his brother Silas with a blow from his tomahawk. He fled to the Chickasaw Nation. Sophia was a way from home but upon return she made plans to avenge her son's death. She hired a prominent citizen of Columbus, Mississippi to carry out her plans. Following her instructions Garland Lincecum sought out Jack Pitchlynn, killed him and buried him where he fell, pistol, watch and money." Gideon Lincecum, John Jr.'s business partner, (and a brother of Garland Lincecum), indicates that Garland was John Jr.'s bodyguard, and when Garland and John Jr. were seperated one night, John Jr. was ambushed and killed. There is some indication that this event took place at or near Cotton Gin Port." [Source: Website, "Descendants of James Logan Colbert . Maintained by K. M. Armstrong]

[See also lincecum-robertshistory.rtf on cloud drive.]

Buried:
Lincecum Cemetery

Garland married Emaline R. Jones on 26 Oct 1837 in Monroe, Mississippi, USA. Emaline was born on 8 Oct 1815 in Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Jul 1889 in Caldwell, Texas, USA; was buried in Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

- In 1880, Emmaline was unemployed. This is according to the Caldwell County, Texas census. She is listed with her daughter, Fernandella Lincecum-Roberts.

Buried:
Lincecum Cemetery

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Lowndes, Mississippi, USA

Notes:

- On 13 August 1813, Hezekiah was a prosecutor in Georgia. Ben, a slave belonging to Robert McGough, took an iron mattock and cut a gash in Hezekiah's head, penetrating to the skull. The jury found Ben guilty. Ben was hung [...suspended between the heavens and the earth by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead and the Lord have mercy on your soul.]

- Hezekiah married his first wife, Sally Strange, in 1788 in Georgia. In 1791, in Georgia, he married the mother of his children, Sally Hickman.

- Mississippi Land Record for Hezekiah Lincecum:
Land Office: MT SALUS
Document Number: 6884
Total Acres: 79.37
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 9 Oct 1834
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 W?NE HUNTSVILLE No 17S 18W 31

- According to the book, "Adventures of a Frontier Naturalist", Hezekiah was large (six feet tall, 200 pounds), strong, very handsome, had a beautiful voice, and had a reputation for being able to out drink anyone. He lived in Wilkes County, Georgia 1786-1790 where he married Sally Strange. About 5 years later, after his divorce from Sally, he married Sallie Hickman.

- Hezekiah served as an officer in Andrew Jackson's Forces in 1808. After being discharged, between 1808 and 1830, he lived in 2 states and 5 counties: Washington, Hancock, and Putnam Counties in Georgia; and Monroe and Lowndes Counties in Mississippi. He settled in Lowndes County around 1830.

- Hezekiah died 04 March 1839 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The "Columbus Democrat" wrote, "Died suddenly at his residence near this town, on the 4th, Mr. Hezekiah Lincecum, aged 70 years. He was a native of Virginia and for several years resided in the state of Georgia. About 20 years since he emigrated to this neighborhood and was one of the first white settlers in the Choctaw Nation. While a resident of Georgia, he fought bravely on several occasions in defending the frontiers against Indians. His corpse was met at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Bryant." After Hezekiah died, Sally moved to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana where her son, Grant, lived. She died there on 28 May 1848.

- Gideon describes his father, Hezekiah, as "a large, powerful man, six feet high and weighed in the prime of life 200 pounds."

- ..."Yankee Schoolmaster in Lincoln Co[unty], GA by name of Whitney, had invented an iron gin... Hezekiah..." took a nine year old Gideon to see it.

- From "Early Records of Georgia, Vols 1 & 2": Lincecum, Hezekiah to Wm. West, 121 acres on water of Ogeechee on a creek or fork, agreeable to a plat annexed to a grant 1784 to said Lincecum. Nov 17, 1790. Jonathan McCrary, John Nugent, Andrew Burns, J. P. test.

- Hezekiah died in 1839. There are land records for a Hezekiah Lincecum in Mississippi (Columbus Land Office) in 1841. (?)

- He had property Wilkes County, Georgia, 1 December 1788. Linniecom, Hezekiah and wife Sarah, to Matthew McCravey, 179 Acres on Long Creek part of orig. grant 1784 to said Hezekiah. Dec. 1, 1788. Henry Townsend, Jona. Mc Cravy, James Wadsworth, Test.

- On 17 February 1788, Hezekiah was excommunicated from the Long Creek Church of Christ in Warren County, Georgia... "The Church of Christ on Long Creek of Ogechee being met in conference, pursued to take into consideration the irreligious conduct of Hezekiah Lensecom and unanimously agreed that he should be excommunicated. First for riding a race on the Sabbath day. Secondly for refusing the hear the Church when called on. Thirdly for offering to commit a rape on M. Jonegen."

- Mississippi Land Record for Hezekiah Lincecum:
Land Office: MT SALUS
Document Number: 3709
Total Acres: 78.31
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 1 Dec 1830
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 E?SE HUNTSVILLE No 17S 18W 3

- Hezekiah is at least mentioned in each of the following books:
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER: A TEXAS FOLKLORE SAMPLER by Francis Edward Abernethy
EARLY TEXAS PHYSICIANS, 1830 - 1915: INNOVATIVE, INTREPID, INDEPENDENT by Texas Surgical Society
THE FIRST WEST: WRITING FROM THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, 1776 - 1860 by Edward Watts

- Hezekiah "lived on a farm on the bank of the river near Champagne and Brandywine springs, four miles above Columbus. [Ancestry.com. A history of Columbus, Mississippi during the 19th century. Provo, UT. MyFamily.com, Inc. 2004. Original title by W. L. Lipscomb, Columbus, Miss. S. D. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. 1909. Pg 39.]

- "Hezekiah married Sally Hickman. Their first and most famous child was Gideon II (1793 - 1874)." [B. J. Lincecum, Lincecum Genealogy; Stephanie Lincecum, Perry, GA, 2015. Featuring "The Lincecum Line" genealogy report dated January 1990.]

Hezekiah married Sarah Hickman on 2 Mar 1791 in Warren, Georgia, USA. Sarah was born on 4 Mar 1777 in Anson, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 May 1848 in Catahoula, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Aimwell, Catahoula, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

- Gideon describes his mother, Sarah Hickman, "...there was nothing remarkable except that she could outrun anybody; was handsome, healthy, energetic, ingenious, industrious, frugal; but entirely illiterate."