Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Lawson Franklin Earles Story
LAWSON (LAW SOME of the time) FRANKLIN EARLES
During the middle of the Civil War, 25 Nov 1862, Lawson Franklin Earles was born to Caroline Earles in White County, Tennessee. His father is unknown, but as further information about Lawson has been uncovered, a suspicion has come to the front as will be discussed later. On the 1860 White county, Tennessee census 1 Caroline b. 1838 is living with her mother, Nancy, and also in the household is Mary S. age 2, William P. age 1, James F. age 1 and Rachell F. age 1. Note that living next door is Richmond N. Earles b. 1835, the son of Martin Earles, Caroline’s nephew through her father’s first wife.
In 1870 2 Elizabeth is still living with her mother in White County and in the household are still Mary age 12, William P. age 11, Lawson age 7, our subject, and Evaline age 5. William age 11 is also named in the household of Spencer and Elizabeth Holder. 3
The first colorful part of Lawson’s life is first recorded in the court records of White County, Tennessee. 4 In the 1876 October term, when Lawson is just about fourteen years old, he is accused of the malicious stabbing of John Whitenburg. (spelling is kept as found in the documents and transcribed as best as possible considering state of the records).
“The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee elected, empowered, sworn and charged to inquire for the body of the court of White on their oath present that Lawson Earles on the 1st day of October 1876 in the county and state aforesaid did unlawfully and feloniously commit an assault and battery upon John Whittenburg with a certain large knife in his right hand, then and there held in and upon the body of the said John Whittenburg unlawfully maliciously and feloniously stab, cut, and wound the said John Whittenburg against the statute in such cawse made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State. J.L. Bradford Attorney General protem. Malicious Stabing. The State of Tennessee vs. Lawson Earles Isaac Whittenburg Prosecutor. Summons for the State John Whittenburg. “
A year and a half later on Tuesday 29 January 1878…
“ Came the Attorney General for the State and defendant in proper person and being arained upon the indetriment for plea says he is not guilty and for trial puts himself upon the county and the attorney General doth the like. Then came a jury of good and lawful men Tout? Green White, Osker Delis, R.H. McMorris, Frank Mitchell, William Hollinsworth, Robert Willson, Herd Cope, Thomas Allen, John Parks, Wm Cope, Frank Arnold, and Wm G. Cole who being ellicted empanneled and sworn and charged to well and truly try the pice. Joined between the State and Defendant and true verdict renders and after hearing a part of the evidence and not having time to finish the trial the jury was respited until tomorrow morning and placed in charge of I N. Moore Deputy Sheriff of White County, who was sworn to keep the jury together, separate and apart from all persons and suffer no one to communicate with them or to converse with them himself upon the subject matter of this trial and to return them into court at such times as the court may require.”
A day later on Wednesday 30 January 1878…
“Came again the attorney General for the State and the Defendant in proper person and also came the jury sworn in this court on a former day of this court in charge of their officer and not having agreed upon a verdict they were respited until tomorrow morning and again placed in the charge of their officer. “
Finally, on Thursday 31 January 1878…
”Came the Attorney General for the State and Defendant in proper person and the Jury heretofore sworn in this cause was brought into court Lowt Green White, Osker Delis, R.H. McManus, Frank Mitchell, Wm Hollensworth, Robert Wilson, Herd Cope, Thomas Allen, John Parks, Wm. Cope, Frank Arnold, and W.G. Cole and upon their oath do say they find Defendant guilty of assault and battery and assess the fine at fifty dollars and recommend him to the mercy of the court.”
And then Friday 1 February 1878…”
This cause came on this day to be further heard upon the motion of Defendant in arrest of judgement and for new trial which motion being by the court considered and the argument of counsel on both sides The court is pleased to over rule and disallow the same. But the court being of opinion that the facts in the case do not merit the fine of fifty dollars as found by the jury remits all of said fine except five dollars…” However one more side note…” the Defendant is insolvent. It is therefore considered by the Court the costs accrued in this cause on the part of the State be allowed and paid out of the Treasury of the State of Tennessee and that the Clerk of this Court certify the same to the comptroller of the Treasury for payment as the law provides.”
In other words, young Lawson is accused of malicious stabbing, claims he is not guilty, found guilty by a jury and fined $50.00; motion is overturned and Lawson is only charged $5.00 by the court. Then he is found to be insolvent so the fine is paid out of the Treasury of the State of Tennessee.
In 1880, 5 Lawson’s mother,” Caroline” is living on her own in White County with two of her children: Losson F. age 18 and Martha E. age 13. Caroline’s sister, Celia Webb, is also living with them. By this time, the other suspected children of Caroline, Mary S. is married and William P. has left for Texas and points beyond.
By 1886 Lawson is in Texas. He may have wanted follow his brother, William, who had already left for his adventure in the west. Also, Lawson’s half cousins, Pleasant Alexander Earls and Richmond N. Earls are in Texas by this time.
The reason we know Lawson is in Texas is because a daughter, Virginia Earles, is born 26 May 1886 in Texas. Her death certificate 6 names her birth and death dates and places as well as the names of her parents. This is where we learn her mother was named Jane Moore. Jane must have died or left Lawson shortly after this birth, because he is remarried to Isabelle Jane Day on 23 December 1888. Virginia eventually marries Stephen Overton Taylor who becomes a doctor in Jefferson county, Oklahoma, and they had four children.
The next colorful place we find Lawson is in the Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files 7 where he is accused of assault again. The following is the report: (spelling preserved as written)
Ardmore Mch 10, 1889 Col. Jno. Carroll
Dear Sir,
Please send writs for the following parties
committed Mch 8, 1889
L.F. Earles charge assault with intent to kill and larceny of one hog valued at $20.00 twenty dollars
Witnesses William Lesslie and Wilson Parker
Also for James Day committed Mch 7, 1889 larceny of bacon valued at $10.00 ten dollars
Witnesses Wiley Johnson Old man Day and Lony Robreson
I saw the witnesses. They are good ones. They both say they will plead guilty.
The one that stole the hog, Earles was skinning of it when the owner rode up on him. The hog was branded. When he seen those parties he grabed his Winchester and commenced to shoot at them he fired 4 shots at them and they ran and got away. They both claim to be guilty and say they are a going to ask the mercy of the cort and get as light a sentence as possible.
Send writs to me at Ardmore at once and oblige yours
John Swain Dpty U.S. Marshal
We believe Lawson and his young family are in Saint Jo, Montague county in 1895 because his daughter, Mary Francis Earls Phillips, is purported to have been born in this town 6 May 1895.8 Prior to that his first two daughters were born: Essie Pearl Earls born 27 Dec 1889 and Beauna Vesta Earls born 2 Feb 1891.
The rest of the children follow9:
William Larkin Earls born 5 Jan 1897 in Cornish, Jefferson, Oklahoma
Ethel Soviller Earls b. 25 Dec 1899 in Oklahoma
Elsie Ella Earls b. 11 Sep 1901 Oklahoma
Virgil Louie Earls b. 16 Jun 1906 in Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma
Lawson Ridley Earls b. 13 Mar 1908 Oklahoma
Lawson and his family are found on the 1910 Jefferson county, Oklahoma census 10, the 1920 Carter county, Oklahoma census 11, and the 1930 Winkler county, Texas census 12. The 1930 census is interesting in that all the living children of Lawson are named, including the married children but without their spouses. Did they have a family “business” where he needed the help of all of his children or did he just name all of his children?
And now we pick up again with the law sliding antics of Lawson. Shortly before his death in 1931, Lawson applied for a confederacy pension 13 in Oklahoma from the Civil War service, BUT he applied for it under the name of Richard N. Earls. He is eventually approved. He kept up this ruse even through his death. Though his cemetery stone gives his correct name, the obituary14 for Lawson names him as R.N. Earls, an 86 year old Civil war veteran. We know it is Lawson because the death dates and information fit Lawson's death situation. So, Rich or Richard N. Earles name was used for Lawson Earles when he wanted to apply for Civil War Veteran benefits and again when Lawson died. The story passed down is that it was so that he could have military benefits for burial.
Richmond N. Earles is the person we believe Lawson is impersonating. He is actually Lawson's half cousin, but old enough to be his father. Richmond is the grandson of Pleasant Earles through his first wife Nancy Webb and their son Martin. Richmond has a soldier's application for Pension in Texas. 15 He states he is 71 years old and was born in Warren Co., TN. He has lived in Texas since 11 Feb 1877.
Lawson's death certificate 16 is actually under the name of Richard N. Earles (just as his obituary) but again we know it is Lawson because the death information and burial place match that of Lawson. It is interesting that on the death certificate the parents are given as: Rich Earles and Caroline Earles.
The final interesting note is that Richmond N. Earles is living next door to Caroline prior to Lawson's birth so there is a possibility he could actually be the father of Lawson. The suspicion comes from the fact Lawson uses this name for his impersonating ruse and that this is the name given on Lawson’s death certificate as father. But, there is no conclusive evidence; this is merely speculation.
Lawson Earles was a man of adventure. Though his methods weren’t always the most legal, he was a thinker and a doer, never one to sit back and let the world pass him by. And so we can appreciate Lawson for his courage to come west, support a family and be a part of the western movement.
1. Nancy Earles household, 1860 United States Federal Census: District 4, White county, Tennessee, Cave post office, page 32, dwelling 70, family 496; Roll M653_1279; Image: 68; Family History Library Film: 805279. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Household: Nancy Earles age 53, Elisabeth EArles age 22, William P. Earles age 21, Margaret J. Earles age 19, Selah A. age 18, Malissa E. age 12, Mary S. age 2, William P. age 1, James F. age 1, Rachell F. age 1. Next door is: Richmond A. Earles age 24 (Richmond is the son of Martin Earles who is the son of Pleasant Earles [Head of household, Nancy Pirtle Earles, deceased husband] and Nancy Webb, Pleasant’s first wife.)
2.Nancy Earles household, 1870 United States Federal Census: District 5, White county, Tennessee, Shady Grove Post Office, page 336, dwelling 56, family 56; Roll M593_1570; Page 336B; Image: 680; Family History Library Film: 553069. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Household: Nancy Earles age 63, Elizabeth Earles age 32, Maranda Earles age 22, Mary Earles age 12, William P. Earles age 11, Lawson Earles age 7, Evaline Earles age 5, Charles M. Earles age 4/12
3.Spencer Holder household, 1870 United States Federal Census: District 4, White county, Tennessee, page 323, dwelling 3, family 3; Roll M593_1570; Page 323A; Image: 653; Family History Library Film: 553069. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Household: Spencer Holder age 78, Elizabeth Holder age 69, Almira Gilintim age 29, Sidney Holder 18, Alfred Holder 13, Woodson Holder age 10, William Earles age 11(William’s biography in Indian Pioneeer Papers states he lived for a time with Spencer Holder; Family History Library US/CAN Fiche 6016892)
4. Minute Books, 1859 – 1966, White County, Tennessee, Circuit Court (Nashville, Tennessee: Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?]): Civil and Criminal v. 8 – 10 1871 – 1883 Family History Library US/CAN Film 507848, Volume 9 pages 318, 320, 324, 326, 329, 360, 378, 416, 495, 520, 504, 512; Volume 10 page 455; The State vs. Lawson Earles
5. Caroline Earles household, 1880 United States Federal Census: District 5, White county, Tennessee, page 443, dwelling 128, family 128; Roll T9_1285; Family History Film: 1255285; Page: 443. 1000; Enumeration District: 142. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: Caroline Earles age 42, Losson F. Earles age 18, Martha E. Earles age 13, Celia Ann Webb age 38.
6. Virginia Earles Taylor, death certificate (22 April 1935), Oklahoma State Vital Records. 1000 NE 10th St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117
7. Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files, 1866-1900 [database on-line]. Control number NRFF-21-3W51-14225(6); series 3W51 Unit ID 14225(6) Crime: Assault and Larceny Jacket Number: 244 Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: The National Archives, Southwest Region. Defendant Jacket Files for U.S. District Court, Western, Division of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, 1866-1900. Forth Worth, TX, USA: National Archives, Southwest Region.
8. Mary Francis Earls Philips, death certificate (22 December 1957), Texas Statewide Deaths1890 – 1976 found on http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start ; Film number 2115163; image number 524
9. Names and dates originally gathered from Earls family members and compiled by Gayle Earls of Frisco, Texas
10. Loss F. Earles household, 1910 United States Federal Census: District 160, Wright, Jefferson, Oklahoma, page 4A , dwelling 64, family 67; Roll T624_1254; Page 4A; Enumeration District: 160; Image: 930. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: Loss F. Earles age 50, Belle Earles age 42, Mary Earles age 15, William Earles age 14, Ethel Earles age 12, Elsie Earles age 8, Virgil Earles age 6, Lossen Earles age 4
11.L.F. Earles household, 1920 United States Federal Census: District 53, Graham, Carter, Oklahoma, Page 3B, dwelling 45, family 47; Roll T625_1455; Page 3B; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 170. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: L.F. Earles age 28, Belle Earles age 25, Virgil Earles age 14, Lawson Earles age 11
12.“Lester F. Earles” household, 1930 United States Federal Census: District 2, Wink, Winkler, Texas, Page 21B, dwelling 512, family 552; Roll 2412; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 444.0. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
Household: Lester F. Earles age 82, William Earles age 35, Elsie Snyder age 27, Christine Snyder age 9, Ethel Herd age 30, Frances Phillips age 40, Lawton Earles age 25, Virgil Earles age 28, Virginia Taylor age 42
13.U.S. Civil War Soldiers Pension Application; Application number 7224. National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001 Rich Earls P.S. Ringling General Delivery, Oklahoma. Filed 10/25/1930. At first not allowed by pension commissioner. Later allowed – entered veterans home 4-28-31 P6052. Allowed from 4-1-1931 Jefferson County 22 Oct 1930 (family history indicated Lawson faked his identity in order to obtain a pension record so that he could have benefits at a home for Veterans and be buried for free. It is interesting he picked Rich Earls as the person to fake since his death certificate indicates his father is Rich Earles – Richmond? Earles)
14.Lawson Earls obituary aka R.N. Earls “Civil War Veteran Dies at Home of Son Monday” Billings News, July 15, 1931, archived in Perry Carnegie Library Perry, Oklahoma.
“Civil War Veteran Dies at Home of Son Monday
Billings – R.N. Earls, 86 years old Civil War veteran, died at the home of his son four miles east of Billings Monday morning. Earls and his wife were inmates of the Old Soldiers home at Ardmore and were visiting their osn for a few days. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Tuesday from the Long funeral home with Rev. O.W. York, pastor of the First Methodist church in charge. Burial was made in the Billings cemetery.”
15.U.S. Civil War Soldiers Pension Application; Application number 29489; National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001 R.N. Earles. Filed 13 Oct 1914 in Vernon, Walbarger, Texas. Approved Sept 1914. States he was in Company G 16h Tennessee regiment.
16.“Richard N. Earles” aka Lawson Earles, death certificate (13 July 1931), Oklahoma State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Born 7 April 1855 in Tennessee to parents Rich Earles and Caroline Earles. His wife is the informant – Mrs. R. N. Earles. Again, family history indicates Lawson faked his identity so that he could be buried for free.
William Perry Earles Story
WILLIAM (the adventurer) PERRY EARLES
The best biography of William Perry Earles was told to an interviewer by himself. In the “Indian Pioneer Papers – Western History Collection” 1 interviews were taken of people married to Native Americans or living on or near a reservation. William Perry Earles was interviewed in Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma on May 16, 1838 by Ethel V. Elder. And so the story begins...
My mother, Caroline Jones, was born in the state of Tennessee and is buried there. My grandmother on my mother’s side, Nancy Jones, was born in the state of Mississippi and is buried in White County, Tennessee. I was born April 3, 1849 at Stagestand, White county, Tennessee. I never knew anything about any of my ancestors for I was never told anything about them.
There were three more children in our family older than I; my father died when I was a very small baby and mother could not take care of all the children as she was not able to care for us and make the living for us that she wanted us to have so she let Spencer Holder and wife have me to raise and I stayed with them until I was grown or at least old enough to start out to make my own way in life.
*In this section there are a few descrepancies: his birth year, surname of his mother and grandmother and three older children. According to the 1900 census, his birth month and year is given as April 1859.2 All the other census where he is found corroborate this year of birth (1860,1870, 1910, 1920, 1930)3. Jones has never been mentioned as a surname for Caroline or Nancy but the first names are the same as has been believed. As far as three older siblings, that is a possibility. On the 1860 White county, Tennessee census,4 Mary S. and Rachel F. were named in the same household as William, and the girls’ mother is as yet to be identified. We do know there were two younger siblings because on the 1870 White county, Tennessee census 5 William, Lawson and Evaline are named with their mother Elizabeth Caroline. In fact, on this census, William is living in two households: William P. age 11 in the household of Nancy and Caroline Earles (grandmother and mother) and William Earles age 11 in the household of Spencer and Elizabeth Holder.6 That evidence fits his description of his early years. The relationship of the Holders to the Earles is that Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer’s daughter, Tabitha, married William M. Earles who was the son of Martin Earles who was the son of Pleasant Earles by his first wife. Pleasant is William Perry’s grandfather.
I worked in Colorado one year 7 and nine boys came back with me and we started to gathering up cattle and horses to drive on south to Texas. We had fights with the Indians all the way back, and so many different tribes, too; the Kickapoos, Kiowas, Arapahoes and others. In the Freo Canyon in Texas we caught them stealing our cattle, horses and some sheep that we had in our herds and I know that I have killed a large bunch of Indians in my rounds. I never was captured by them, but have had some hot, hard battles with them.
One time when we were camped down on a river in Texas my partner and I heard our horses snorting and we saw something creeping through the bushes. At first we could not figure out if it was Indians or some kind of an animal coming to us. We were camped a little ways from our horses so we started to make for our horses and they started shooting from the bushes and ran us into the old corral of horses. They shot some of our horses all to pieces, stole eight of our good horses, caused the cattle to stampede and we had a hard time getting our cattle and remaining horses back together. After the battle was over some of the Indians came over where we were and wanted some beef so we cut out a beef and let them have it after which they went on their way and did not bother us any more.
Another time some of us had a herd of buffalo that we were to drive up on the plains and kill and when we came to a ravine we decided to pitch camp there for the night. We cooked some buffalo meat that we had with us, had our supper and then went to bed. The next morning when we got up we fixed our breakfast and when it was light enough to start on our way, we saw about one thousand head of horses over on the hillside not very far from where we had camped. We started on our way and when the Indians saw us they mounted their horses and away they came, but we did not have a fight with them. They followed us to the sand hills of Red River and we never saw them any more, but we were expecting them to start trouble any minute. We would kill the buffalo, sell their hides, use all the meat we wanted and leave the rest on the prairie.
After I came to Texas this last time I stopped in Denton county and worked there with cattle on the Texas range and then went to Montague County and worked awhile after which I went to Clay County on Red River and worked in Texas and Indiana Territory, too.
Later, I went to the Bayou in the Territory, lived there two or three years and bought cattle from the Chickasaw cattlemen. The Indians had put a cattle tax on all the cattle and when we cattle buyers refused to pay the tax we were arrested and taken to Fort Smith. They did not put us in jail but put the stripes on us and made us wear them as long as we were there, which was a long time. Judge Parker told us one day to get off those striped suits and get on our own clothes and start on our way so I cam back to the Bayou and lived there for awhile, then moved southwest about two miles to the Six Skillett Spring Ranch, where I worked for five or six years after which I moved over to Old Cornish Settlement where I live now, but not the same place.
When the first Government townships were opened up for sale I bought a place form the Government and built a frame house. I also built a log house over on the ranch and one when I lived on the Bayou. I still was in the cattle business and had to pay a permit of $5.00 each year to handle cattle. The Government wanted to raise the price but Judge Parker said he thought that $5.00 was enough to pay, so I sold out and went out of the cattle business on a large scale, only kept a few for my own use.
When I was living in Montague County, Texas, I met a very fine young lady who was the apple of my eye and I finally persuaded her to marry me and we lived there and moved all the rounds into Oklahoma and Territory. Her name was Fannie Roberts; she died in 1913 at the age of forty-seven and is buried in the Cornish Cemetery.
When the first man died here in Cornish in the early days I picked out the place for the graveyard to be started; that is where my wife is buried.
I married again about twenty-five years ago to Ada Williams and we now live at the old home place. There have never been any children by either marriage, but I have raised about fourteen orphan children with both my first and last wife helping to mother them.
I never attended school very much, about three months in Tennessee and then after I came to Texas I went a short time and quit.
Fort Supply, Fort McKavey and Fort Elliott in the Territory and Texas were the places where I used to do a great deal of my trading for provisions and other supplies that were needed.
BATTLEFIELDS
There is an old battlefield ground out this side of Ardmore on Little Hickory, between Big and Little Hickory, which had all the breastworks, fortifications, and also everything.
BUFFALO
For one year I hunted and herded buffalo in Texas an the Indian Territory on the Pease and Arkansas Rivers. I have been where there were hundreds of head killed and skinned for their hides to sell to the shippers of hides and furs; the horns were also sold at a good price. After the buffaloes were skinned and everyone got all the meat that they wanted, the buffalo were piled up in large stacks like hay stacks for half mile in length and sometimes longer, then burned and after the bones were bleached they were collected and ground into fertilizer and sold to fertilize the land.
RANCHES
Joel Gunter was here before Bill Washington came to this part of the country to take his place, then came Bill Sappington, Tad Wilson, Newt Jackson, Wade Suggs, Addington Waggoner, Burntee and some others whose names I cannot remember.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHALL
Some of the United States deputy marshals that I knew were Heck Thomas, John String, George Steward, Loss Hart and George Tuck. Loss Hart killed one of the well known outlaws, Bill Dalton. Bass Reeves was a negro marshal who was down in the Choctaw Nation and I knew him very well.
OUTLAWS
Emmitt Dalton, a brother of Bill Dalton, was killed in Kansas robbing a bank. I was personally acquainted with Frank and Jesse James and they used to stay where I did a long time. I knew Cole, Bob and John Younger, have been with them a great many times and knew their hiding places. Billie the Kid, Sam Bas, and John Wesley Hardin were some outlaws whom I knew, in fact, I have been with all these that I have mentioned on many of their rounds and in their hiding places in the day time. Frank James gave himself up to the law in Missouri.
INDIANS
The Tonkawa tribe of Indians were kept on the 101 Ranch for a long time guarded by the soldiers to keep the other Indians form killing them, because they would not help to kill out the white people; they thought the white man was their friend and for that reason they were hated by the other tribes.
CATTLE TRAILS
The Chisholm Western and the Plains Trails are the most important trails that I have had any experience with. I have been over all them and others many times driving cattle to the market centers.
OX TEAMS
I have used oxen for all purposes of hauling, plowing, freighting. I have had from eight to ten yoke hitched to the large freight wagons many times, sometimes more and sometimes less. We used them mostly to plow where there were large trees to plow around when we would be clearing off the timber land. I brought sixty yoke into this country and sol them when I first came here.
EMIGRANT TRAILS
Fort Smith to McAlester, Fort Belknap and Fort Sill to Gainesville, Texas, were some of the emigrant trails that I was familiar with.
EPIDEMICS
Down on the Bayou one time while they were having a big dance celebration for three days and nights and the Spotted fever broke out and people died by the hundreds; about one hundred babies died at that time, not one was left under two years old. I think they later decided that the fever was as form of meningitis.
CEMETERIES
The Indian custom of a graveyard or cemetery was just bury the dead any place in the yard where they lived; it did not make any difference ifit was the front or the back yard.
POST SITES
Fort Stockton, Fort Sill, Graham on the Washita, and Camp Supply were some of the post sites that I knew about.
Copper mines used to be in this country and would have amounted to something fi the industry had been properly handled.
This is the end of the interview.
And, finally, just to give a little extra insight to his later years, the following newspaper clips were found about William Perry Earles.
The Ringling Eagle Jefferson Co., Oklahoma
Feb 1922 W.P. Earles, orchard and garden expert, is pruning and dressing J.H. Dillard's orchard and vineyard near Ringling.
The Cornish News October 4, 1912 Hewitt News
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Earls are attending the state fair
Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Earls returned from Ryan where they were awarded several cash prizes on different farm and garden produce. They received premiums $27.50
And so we see that the William Earles had a full life filled with true wild west adventure and he lived long enough to tell about it.
1. Indian Pioneer Papers 1860 – 1935 – Western History Collection volume 27 p. 57; Interview # 10654 (Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah microfiche 6016892)
2. 1900 United States Federal Census: Cornish, Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Enumeration District 173
3. 1860 United States Federal Census: White County, Tennessee (b. 1859)
1870 United States Federal Census: White County, Tennessee (b. 1859); Enumeration District 5; Page 336
1910 United States Federal Census: Earl, Jefferson, Oklahoma; Enumeration District 152; Page 20B (b. 1859)
1920 United States Federal Census: Earl, Jefferson, Oklahoma; Enumeration District 203; Page 6A (b. 1870)
1930 United States Federal Census: Cornish, Jefferson, Oklahoma; Enumeration District 238; Page 2B (b. 1859)
4. 1860 United States Federal Census: District 4, White County, Tennessee, page 32. Post Office Cave
5. 1870 United States Federal Census: White County, Tennessee (b. 1859); Enumeration District 5; Page 336
6. 1870 United States Federal Census: White County, Tennessee (b. 1859); Enumeration District 4; Page 323
7. Leadville, Colorado City Directories, 1882 - 90 (database on-line) Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network., 2000.
Sources for Earles Chronology
JE : Jim Earles http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/fam-hist/earles.htm Earles Family History
BE: Billy Earles / Family Tree called Lest We Forget at ancestry.com
BG: Bob B. Goff 8624 Wimbledon Drive Knoxville, TN 37923 bgoff@knology.net
Earles/Earls of White County, Tennessee: Their Ancestors and Descendants
FHLC: Family History Library Catalog at familysearch.org
1. Stephen Weeks, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina Covering Volumes 1 – XXV Goldsboro, N.C. Nash Bros. Book and Commercial Printers, 1909. FHL book 975.6 N2n (index)
2. Timothy Wiley Rackley, Taxes of Granville County, NC FHL book 975.6535 R4r Volume 1 1747 – 1759---Volume 2 1760 – 1764 (Kernersville, North Carolina: T.W. Rackley, c 2003-c2004)
1757 _____lial Earl
1758 Gamaliel Earls (Gromalian)
1760 Gemalial Earles one white
1761 Gemelion Earls one
1761 “Masters of fameless in Smths Creek District” Gomalan Earles
1762 “A List of Tyths for Smiths Creek District Gamelion Earles 2 and in his household Will Earles
1762 tax list Gamibiel Earls 2
1763 Gamaliel Earles 1 white
1764 Robert Williams Jr. 2 in his household is Thomas Earls
3. William Eaton’s actual will: www.ncgenweb.us/ncgranville/wills/eaton-1759.htm
Abstract: Thomas McAdory Owen, History and Genealogies of Old Granville County, North Carolina, 1746 – 1800 (Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, c1993)
4. Granville County, NC Superior Court and County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Record of deeds, 1746-1923 & indexes, 1746-1962; deeds of trust, 1874-1905 & index, 1874-1947; indexes to real estate conveyances, 1744-1947 (Raleigh, North Carolina: Filmed by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1943, 1961 – 1962)
Index Grantors A – Z 1746 – 1874 FHL film 306108
Index Grantees A – Z 1746 – 1874 FHL film 306113
Book D 1760 – 1762 FHL film 306121
Book H 1765 – 1768 FHL film 306125
5. Zae Hargett Gwynn and Joseph W. Watson, Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville Co., NC 1746 – 1765 (Rocky Mount, North Carolina: Joseph W. Watson, 1974)
Family History Library book 975.6535 R2gr
6. a. James E. and Vivian Wooley, Rutherford County, North Carolina Wills and Miscellaneous Records 1783 – 1868 (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, c1984) p. 28
FHL book 975.6913 P2w
b. Grace Turner and Miles S. Philbeck, Rutherford County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779 – 1910 (Wilson, North Carolina: G. Turner, c1982 FHL book 975.6913 P2t
7. Last will and testament of William Earle April Court 1803. Rutherford County, NC Superior Court, Will Records and cross index, 1782 – 1964 (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 1964, 1949) Will book B page 151 FHL film 428321 (Copy)
8. Zae hargett Gwynn, Kinfolks of Granville County, NC 1765 – 1826 (Salt Lake City, Utah:
filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983) FHL fiche 6019188
p. 177 (p. 325) Henry Montague and wife Elizabeth Montague of Rutherford Co., NC sold
land in Granville county to Aspasure Erls (Espara) March 15, 1812
p. 20 Nancy Scott, Polly, Earls, Elizabeth Horskens, Charlotte Montague, Jane Montague, and Providence Montague, children of Elizabeth Montague wife of Henry Montague of Rutherford NC deceased to H. R. Field of Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. William Graves of Granville county in his last will and testament dated April 24, 1788 gave this land to his daughter Elizabeth Montague for her lifetime and then divided among her children when she dies. July 7, 1812
p. 224 Lunenberry? Crews, Elizabeth Crews, Martah B. Earl, John Earl, Samuel Spears, Robert Jones deed to James Crews for land left to them by their father Feb 19, 1820
p. 273 Tax list 1769 Gamaliel Earl one white / John Earl two whites and one black
9. Compiled by Mary Hinton Kerr, Warren Co., NC Records: Vol. II, Abstracts of Bute Co., Deeds 1766 – 1779 (Warrenton, North Carolina: [s.n., 1967] FHL book 975.652 R2k v. 2 supplement page 150, 151
10. Brent Howard Holcomb, Lincoln County, North Carolina State Archives, Bute County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Bute County, North Carolina, minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767 – 1779 (S.l. : s.n. c1988) Bute County no longer exists. Warren and Franklin counties were formed in its place.
FHL book 975.65 P29h
12 Feb 1772 A deed from Jesse Gillam to Gamaliel Earle was proved by the oath of James Basket, a witness…
11 Feb 1778 A deed from William Earls to William Clerk was proved by the oath of James Basket, a witness.
12 Aug 1777 A deed from John Earle of Granville to Edward Green was presented in Court, and it appearing to theCourt that the witness thereto were dead and out of the Province, It is therefore admitted to record, on the Oath of William Johnson Esq’r by the paritive of the hand of Francis Corbin Esq’r.
11. Albert Bruce Pruitt, Abstracts of land entries, Bute County, North Carolina, 1778-1779; Franklin County, North Carolina, 1779-1781; Warren County, North Carolina, 1779-1791(Rocky Mount, North Carolina : A.B. Pruitt, 1992) FHL book 975.65 R2p
61Mar. 16, 1778 Phil Hawkins Jr.enters 640 Ac “by virtue of improvement purchased of Jas Kimbell: in Bute Co on waters of Fishing Cr and both sides of Caller’s Road; border: Wm Earl, widow Baskett, William Duty, Jas Baskett, and Granville’s line; caveated May 8, 1778 by Jas Bayley; warrant issued No. 24, 1778 per order of Court.
12 August 1777 p. 33 A deed from John Earle of Granville to Edward Green was presented in court and it appearing to the court that the witness thereto were dead and out of the province, it is therefore admitted to record, on the oath of William Johnson Esquire by the passive hand of Frances Corbin, Esquire.
12. William Perry Johnson, editor, Journal of North Carolina Genealogy (Raleigh, North Carolina : W.P. Johnson, 1961-) FHL book 975.6 B2j Number 45
13. Timothy W. Rackley, Granville County, North Carolina original wills (Kernersville, North Carolina: T.W. Rackley, c2002) FHL book 975.6535 P2r
Page 29 John Earl: Names wife Agness, son, John, and two daughters Rebecca Earl and Elisabeth Earl. November court 1797 Witnesses William Hicks and John Ramey
Granville County, North Carolina Superior Court, Wills, 1746 – 1943; index, 1749 – 1943
Volume 4 – 5 1796 – 1803 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genalogical Society of Utah, 1943) FHL film 18972
14. Zae Hargett Gwynn, Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville county, NC (Rocky Mount, North Carolina : Joseph W. Watson, 1973-c1976) FHL book 975.6535gzh volume 2 page 20
15. Will of William Webb Grace Turner and Miles S. Philbeck, Rutherford County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779 – 1910 (Wilson, North Carolina : G. Turner, c1982 FHL book 975.6913 P2t
Rutherford County, North Carolina Superior Court, Will Records and cross index, 1782 – 1964 Wills, book A – E 1782 – 1868 (Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 1964, 1949)
Will book B page 1891 FHL film 428321
Will book C page 61
The will of William Webb, dated 23 Jan 1806, and probated in Rutherford Co., NC in Apr 1806 mentions wife Ursala Carolina and names sons and daughters, including daughter Nancy Earle who was bequeathed a slave, "Negro Moses." (Rutherford Co., NC will abstracts, 1779 - 1910, from "Will Book B," p. 1891. The will of Elias Webb, dated 3 May 1811, and probated in the Rutherford CO. Jan 1814 courts made bequests to brothers and sisters, including sister Nancy Earls; among purchasers of items from the estate were Pleasant Earle and Bennett Earle (from Will Book C, p. 61.
16. White County, Tennessee County Clerk, White County, Tennessee Tax book, 1816 – 1829
Tax book 1816 – 1829 (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and
Archives, 1968) FHL film 464154 items 2 – 4
17. Will of Pleasant Earles, Elma Lee Hickerson and White County, Tennesse County Court, Tennessee records of White County wills, 1841 – 1855 ( Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1968) FHL film 464153 p. 160
Page 88 has probate of George Pirtle with administrator Jacob Pirtle January 1841
18. Nancy Earles household, 1850 United States Federal Census: District 4, White county, Tennessee, dwelling 563, family 563; Roll M432_900; Page: 44B Image: 90. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: Nancy Erls age 43, Elizabeth C. Erls age 12, William P. Erls age 4, Margaret L. Erls age 10, Sarah A. Erls age 8, Malina A. Erls age 2
19. Nancy Earles household, 1860 United States Federal Census: District 4, White county, Tennessee, Cave post office, page 32, dwelling 70, family 496; Roll M653_1279; Image: 68; Family History Library Film: 805279. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Household: Nancy Earles age 53, Elisabeth Earles age 22, William P. Earles age 21, Margaret J. Earles age 19, Selah A. age 18, Malissa E. age 12, Mary S. age 2, William P. age 1, James F. age 1, Rachell F. age 1. Next door is: Richmond A. Earles age 24 (Richmond is the son of Martin Earles who is the son of Pleasant Earles [Head of household, Nancy Pirtle Earles, deceased husband] and Nancy Webb, Pleasant’s first wife.)
20. White County, Tennessee Register of Deeds, Deed Records volume N (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1967) FHL film 507910 page 424 - 425
21. Nancy Earles household, 1870 United States Federal Census: District 5, White county, Tennessee, Shady Grove Post Office, page 336, dwelling 56, family 56; Roll M593_1570; Page 336B; Image: 680; Family History Library Film: 553069. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Household: Nancy Earles age 63, Elizabeth Earles age 32, Maranda Earles age 22, Mary Earles age 12, William P. Earles age 11, Lawson Earles age 7, Evaline Earles age 5, Charles M. Earles age 4/12
22. White County, Tennessee Chancery Court, Minute Books, 1842 – 1966 (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?]
Chancery court, v. A – D 1842 – 1847 FHL film 507861 Volume B page 57
p. 57 Friday 14 Sep 1849
Nancy Earles vs. Martin Earles
Be it remembered that this cause come on this 13th day of September 1849 to be heard before Chancellor RIdly upon Bill and order for …From the bill it appears that in 1844 Pleasant Earles the husband of complainant died in white county having made a will by which among other things he devised for the Term of Fourteen years to complainant a certain negro man slave Moses and thus shortly thereafter by agreement between complainant and Defendant who is by the terms a devisee in the will for the amount of two hundred dollars was to have said boy by relinquishing his interest in said estate and for some other consideration agreed upon but never performed by defendant for the Term of thirteen years. To which effect complainant was to make a written agreement but instead thereof complainant being totally disfilish(?) of education was fraudulently induced to sign an absolute bill of sale for said boy to defendant and that afterwards defendant was attempting to …said boy from the county when said boy ran away from the possession of defendant and retrieved to the county of White. It further appears that said defendant is insolvent or nearly so. And that by the fraud of defendant said negro was likely to be come a loss to complainant and her children. It is therefore decreed by the court that this instrument or bill of sale from the complainant to the defendant of said negro Moses be declared void and cancelled and the contract between complainant and defendant be …And said boy after the 18th of September instead be delivered over the complainant and that the cost in this cause be paid in the first …by complainant for which …and that she have incentive over against defendant Therefore and that the notes in the hands of the Master be delivered to complainant.
p. 216 19 January 1855 John Swindle guardian of the heirs and legatees of Pleasant Earles dec’d vs. Joab and James Hill ibid and others
and Pleasant C. Anderson vs. John Swindle Guard and others
Cross bill – something about land.
p. 252 Mar 1855 and p. 256 Tuesday 20 March 1855 John Swindle guardian of the heirs of Pleasant Earles vs. James A. Hill and others
p. 261 John Swindle guardian of the heirs of Pleasant Earles to wit: Elizabeth Earles, William P. Earles, Margaret Earles and Sally Ann Earles vs. James A. Hill, Nancy Earles and others. Be it remembered that the above cause came on this day to be heard before the Honorable T. Vinon Van Dyke Chancellor upon the interlacentary diene? And the report of the clerk and master made in pursuance thereof which being amended upon exceptions is not further enceptic to and is in all things confirmed When it appeared that there is due to complainants from the defendant Hill, ninety three dollars and fourteen cents, one fifty is due to the defendant Nancy Earles leaving the balance due to complainants wards. And it further appeared that there is due from defendant Nancy to this defunct Hill forty six dollars and fourteen cents for interest upon the money advanced by Hill to the said Nancy for the land. And it further appeared that 25cents to each would be a reasonable compensation to Misters Cohns and Twiney as solicitors for complainants. It is therefore decreed that the complainants reserve? Of the defendants Hill the sum of seventy five dollars and fifty one cents four fifths of the ninety three dollars and forty three cents and that the defendant Nancy pay said Hill the sum of twenty seven dollars and forty four cents being the balance of the balance of the forty six dollars and fourteen cents the interest so due as aforesaid after deducting the $18.63 her 1/5 of the $93.14. And that the defendants pay the costs of this suit. And it is further decreed that the solicitors of complainants have of this fund when collected the compensation above decreed to them. And it is further decreed that the defendant Nancy Earles pay defendant James A. Hill the said sum of $27.43 cents within two months and in default that her interest in said land be sold to satisfy the same.
p. 262 20 March 1855
same as above
In this cause the counsel of complainants come and dismiss this bill. It is therefore decreed that this complainants bill be dismissed and that she pay the costs of the same for which let execution issue. And there being no further business for the action of the court, the chancellor was pleased to order that the court adjourn to the next regular term.
23. White County, Tennessee Register of Deeds, Deed Records volume R (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1967) FHL film 507911 page 400
24. White County, Tennessee Register of Deeds, Deed Records volume U (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1967) FHL film 507912 page 723
25. Indian Pioneer Papers 1860 – 1935 – Western History Collection volume 27 p. 57;
Interview # 10654 about William Perry Earls (Millwood, New York : Kraus Microform, 1989) FHL microfiche 6016892
26. Caroline Earles household, 1880 United States Federal Census: District 5, White county, Tennessee, page 443, dwelling 128, family 128; Roll T9_1285; Family History Film: 1255285; Page: 443. 1000; Enumeration District: 142. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: Caroline Earles age 42, Losson F. Earles age 18, Martha E. Earles age 13, Celia Ann Webb age 38.
27. “Richard N. Earles” aka Lawson Earles, death certificate (13 July 1931), Oklahoma State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Born 7 April 1855 in Tennessee to parents Rich Earles and Caroline Earles. His wife is the informant – Mrs. R. N. Earles. Again, family history indicates Lawson faked his identity so that he could be buried for free.
28. White County, Tennessee County Court, Minutes, v. 23 – 25 1858 – 1873 (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?])
FHL film 507872
29. Civil War Service Record ancestry.com, footnote.com, and Civil War Soldiers and
Sailors System. Ancestry.com: Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier
Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2009.Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA
30. Elizabeth C. Earles household, 1900 United States Federal Census: District 5, White, Tennessee, page 8A, dwelling 144, family 144; Roll T623_1604; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 152. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Household: Elizabeth C. Earles age 62, Margret E. Earles age 34, Josey J. Earles age 15, William F. Earles age 14, Lenas M. Earles age 12
31. Minute Books, 1859 – 1966, White County, Tennessee, Circuit Court (Nashville, Tennessee: Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?]): Civil and Criminal v. 8 – 10 1871 – 1883 Family History Library US/CAN Film 507848, Volume 9 pages 318, 320, 324, 326, 329, 360, 378, 416, 495, 520, 504, 512; Volume 10 page 455; The State vs. Lawson Earles
32. White County, Tennessee Trustee’s Office, Tax Books, 1811 – 1876 (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?] FHL film 507969
33. White County, Tennessee Chancery Court, Minute Books, 1842 – 1966 (Nashville, Tennessee : Filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, [196-?] Chancery court, v. F May 1875 – Nov 1877 FHL film 507862
Rachael Earles vs O.H.P. Simms
Be it remembered that this cause came on to be heard at a former day of this time before WG Croroly? Chancellor and upon motion of complainant to file an annulled bill in this cause and said annulled bil being read in open court the court …that the same be filed and complainant was allowed to visit in her annulled bill the following allegation that the said Sims was …and sold said land to Wm P. Earles just before or immediately after the said Earles reached his majority and said allegation was allowed subject to all legal exceptions inquisition of cost is reserved by the court.
p. 189 12 May 1879
Margarett Earles et als vs. M.C. Dibrell et als and M.C. Dibrell vs. O.H.P. Sims et als
In this cause the death of Spencer Holder is suggested and proven in open court.
p. 193 12 May 1876
Rachael Earles et als vs. O.H.P. Sims et als
In this cause the death of Spencer Holder is suggested and committed of record
p. 245 Rachael Earls vs. O.H.P. Sims et als and O.H.P. Sims and als vs. Rachael Earles and als.
Be it remembered that this cause came on to be heard on this the 14th day of November 1876 before W.G. Crowley Chancellor upon motion of L.J. Bradford to withdraw his answer pleas and …in this cause heretofore filed by him as guardian …for Jennie M. Earles a minor defendant and moved the court to be permitted to resign his trust as such guardian. Whereupon the court for satisfactory reasons appearing accepted his resignation. And it appearing that the said Jennie M. Earles is still a minor defendant and has been regularly served with process for more than five days before this court. The court is pleased to appoint W. Shockley guardian ad litum in the …and stead of L.J. Bradford who is a practicing attorney and solicitor of this court and who being in court accepts the trust.
p. 252 15 November 1876
Rachael Earles vs. O.H.P. Sims
Be it ….this cause came in to be heard in this the 15th day of Nov 1876 before to G. Crowley Chancellor where it appeared to the court that the complainant Rachael Earles in the 23rd day of March 1874 filed an original bill against OHP Sims and JA Knowles guardian of Joel F. Earles and in the chancery court at Sparta which suit is pending and not determined. And it being suggested of record approved in open court that Joel F. Earles is dead and that J.A. Knowles was the regularly appointed guardian of Joel F. Earles at the time of his death. It is ordered by the court that “scrifacias” issue and that JA Knowles be summoned to appear before the chancellor of our chancery court at Sparta at the present term of said court on Tuesday next being the 21st day of November 1876 to show cause if any he has why said suit should not be revived against him as the guardian of said Joel F. Earles deceased
p. 406 22 May 1877
Rachael Earles vs. O.H.P. Sims and als
On motion of sol. And guardian ad litim for Jennie M. Earles, moves the court that there was a written compromise in this cause and said papers containing said compromise has been lost or mislaid and ask the court to allow him to supply said papers or compromise – By the second day of the next term of this court which was granted by his honor May 22, 1877
p. 408 Tuesday 22 May 1877
Rachael Earles and als vs. O.H.P. Sims and als
And O.H.P. Sims and Spencer Holder vs. Rachael Earles and als
Cross bill
Something about a cross bill dealing with Spencer Holder and John Holder his administrator.
p. 457 Tuesday November 13, 1877
Rachael Earles vs. OHP Sims et al
Compromise. This compromise was entered into by the regular guardians and solicitors of JoelEarles dec’d.
p. 503 November 15 1877
Rachael Earles vs. O.H.P. Sims and als
And O.H.P. Sims and als vs. Rachael Earles and als Decree
Be it remembered this cause came on to be heard on this the 15th day of November 1877 when it appeared to the court from an order made in this cause on the 22 day of May 1877 in this court that Rachael Earles obtained a rule upon the solicitors of Spencer Holder dec’d to take all necessary and legal steps to revive said cause for a hearing …said cross bill and to make defense to the said amended bill of Rachael Earles by July Rules 1877 or the suit of Spencer Holder will abate so far as Spencer Holder is concerned. And it further appearing that no such steps had been taken. It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the court said cross bill of Spencer Holder abate and that said cross bill be dismissed. And if appearing to the court that the compromise heretofore entered into by all the solicitors of the parties in these causes except the solicitors of Spencer Holder, had been supplied and entered of record at the time and it appearing that the signatures of Spencer Holder solicitors are unnecessary to make the said compromise effectual. It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the court that the compromise entered at this term be entered as a final decree in this cause that all the cost not heretofore adjudicated shall be paid by the complainant Rachael Earles and that she take one half of the distributive share of her husband W.P. Earles now in controversy and that the defendant Jennie M. Earles take the other half of said funds. And it is further decreed that the land …the pass …to act attached in this cause be discharged from any and all liens or claims of the complainant Rachael Earles and the heirs of W.P. Earles deceased by reason of any claim whatsoever and that execution issue accordingly.
p. 521 Friday November 16, 1877
Rachael Earles vs. O.H.P. Sims et als
In this cause upon motion of A.G. Snodgrass and T.J. Bradford attorneys for the said RachaelEarles in said cause …declared on the interest of said Rachael Earles in the recovery had in her favor when the court was pleased to order and decree a lieu in their favor for their reasonable fee in the said interest of said Rachael Earles and the ..of this court will retrieve enough of said funds to pay said fees. And upon motion of ….by the guardian ad litum for Jennie M. Earles …was a lieu declared on his interest for his reasonable fee and the C and M will take proof and report to next term of the court what would be a reasonable fee for said …
p. 571 November 20, 1877
Rachael Earles vs. OHP Sims, Spencer Holder administrator of Wm P. Earles et als
And Spencer Holder administrator vs Rachael Earles et als
Be it remembered that this cause was heard before Chancellor W.G. Crowley on the 20th day of Nov 1877 an application of the solicitor of Spencer Holder executor John Holder for an allowance for reasonable compensation of Spencer Holder, deceased as the adm of Wm P. Earles dec’d when among other things it appeared to the satisfaction of the court from the agreement of the partisan interest by their solicitors and the record in the cause that no assets or effects of any kind belonging to the estate of Wm P. Earles dec ever came to the hands of Spencer Holder adm and that the said Wm died pending this cause and has never been paid any compensation for his services and that the said adm is entitled to the sun of fifteen dollars for his compensation as such adm which will be paid out of the general fund inffice. It is therefore ordered and decreed by the court that the said sum of fifteen dollars be paid to the said John Holder executor of Spencer Holder deceased by the clerk and master out of the money in office or that may come to the hands of the master and all the cost of these causes will be paid as shown in the compromise in this cause – no cost will be charged against the estate of the said Spencer Holder dec’d. The cause having abated as to him.
34. Virginia Earles Taylor, death certificate (22 April 1935), Oklahoma State Vital Records. 1000 NE 10th St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117
35. Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files, 1866-1900 [database on-line]. Control number NRFF-21-3W51-14225(6); series 3W51 Unit ID 14225(6) Crime: Assault and Larceny Jacket Number: 244 Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: The National Archives, Southwest Region. Defendant Jacket Files for U.S. District Court, Western, Division of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, 1866-1900. Forth Worth, TX, USA: National Archives, Southwest Region.
36. Civil War Pension Record. Rich L. Earles. Filed 13 Oct 1914 in Vernon, Walbarger, Texas. Approved Sept 1914. States he was in Company G 16h TN regiment.
37. Civil War Pension Record. Rich Earls P.S. Ringling General Delivery, Oklahoma. Filed 10/25/1930. Not allowed by pension commissioner. Allowed – entered 4-28-31 P6052. Allowed from 4-1-1931 Jefferson County 22 Oct 1930
38. Billings, Noble, Oklahoma newspaper July 15, 1931; Perry Carnegie Library Perry,
Oklahoma.
Civil War Veteran Dies at Home of Son Monday
Billings – R.N. Earls, 86 years old Civil War veteran, died at the home of his son four miles east of Billings Monday morning. Earls and his wife were inmates of the Old Soldiers home at Ardmore and were visiting their son for a few days. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Tuesday from the Long funeral home with Rev. O.W. York, pastor of the First Methodist church in charge. Burial was made in the Billings cemetery.
39. Mary Francis Earls Philips, death certificate (22 December 1957), Texas Statewide Deaths1890 – 1976 found on http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start ; Film number 2115163; image number 524
40. Loss F. Earles household, 1910 United States Federal Census: District 160, Wright,
Jefferson, Oklahoma, page 4A , dwelling 64, family 67; Roll T624_1254; Page 4A;
Enumeration District: 160; Image: 930. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication
T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Household: Loss F. Earles age 50, Belle Earles age 42, Mary Earles age 15, William Earles
age 14, Ethel Earles age 12, Elsie Earles age 8, Virgil Earles age 6, Lossen Earles age 4
41. L.F. Earles household, 1920 United States Federal Census: District 53, Graham, Carter, Oklahoma, Page 3B, dwelling 45, family 47; Roll T625_1455; Page 3B; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 170. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Household: L.F. Earles age 28, Belle Earles age 25, Virgil Earles age 14, Lawson Earles age
11
42. “Lester F. Earles” household, 1930 United States Federal Census: District 2, Wink, Winkler,
Texas, Page 21B, dwelling 512, family 552; Roll 2412; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 2;
Image: 444.0. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the
United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
Household: Lester F. Earles age 82, William Earles age 35, Elsie Snyder age 27, Christine
Snyder age 9, Ethel Herd age 30, Frances Phillips age 40, Lawton Earles age 25, Virgil Earles
age 28, Virginia Taylor age 42
43. Isaac Newton Earle History and genealogy of Earles of Secaucus: with an account of other
English and American branches Page 69-74. Guelff printing company, 1925
44. Family Knowledge – personal and family knowledge of Gayle Earls of Frisco, Texas
45. Bill Hamm Burials in Jefferson County, OK Cemeteries 45
46. Larry Miller at rootsweb.com Lamstrike@sbcglobal.net last update 8/28/2010
47. Nancy Earles 1880 United States Federal Mortality Schedule :District 9, White, Tennessee
Ancestry.com. United States Federal Census Mortality Schedule 1850-1885 [database on-
line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
48. Ancestry.com Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database-on-line]. Provo, UT, USA;
Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2008. Original data: Tennessee state Marriages, 1780-
2002, Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Microfilm.
49. Anita Emberlin (transcribed by) The Cornish News and The Ringling Eagle as found on:
50. Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955 found at search.labs.familysearch.org
Tennessee Division of Vital Records and Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville,
TN) Death Records (Tennessee), 1914-1950 Nashville, TN : Filmed by the Tennessee
State Library and Archives, 1981-1998 FHL film 1288632
51. M.W. McBee Anson Co., NC Abstracts of Early Records as researched by and quoted
from Bob Goff (BG)
52. Montgomery Co. 1782 Tax List, p. 144 as researched by and quoted from Bob Goff (BG)
53. Cleveland Co., NC Deed Book H, pp. 270-711 as researched and quoted by Bob Goff (BG)
The “ tract of land containing 16 acres ‘lying and being in the county of Rutherford laying
on Harrises Branch [Little Harris and Big Harris Creeks join and enter First Broad River at
Double Shoals in northeast Cleveland Co.]…on Josiah Coventins line…Adam Lutses corner.’
This land, State of NC Grant No. 1675, was entered 20 Mar 1796 and registered at Raleigh
on 22 Dec 1798. As researched by and quoted from Bob Goff (BG)
54. Rutherford Co., NC Court Minutes, 1803-06 as researched by and quoted from Bob Goff
(BG)
55. Lincoln Co., NC Deed Book 1, p. 569 as researched by and quoted from Bob Goff
(BG)
56. R.C. Porter (transcribed by) Record of Buffalo Church FHL film 908793 as research by and
quoted from Bob Goff (BG)
1803
William Earls Dismissed by Letter 1817
Joshua Earls Excommunicated 1806
Bennet Earles Excommunicated 1805
Zachariah Earls Received by experienced 1812
Abner Camp Excommunicated 1807
Mary Earls Dismissed by letter 1817
Polly Earls Received by experienced 1812; dismissed by letter 1817
Elisabeth Earls Dismissed by letter 1805
Jamima Earls
Margaret Hardin Received by experienced 1812; dismissed by letter 1817
1805
22 Feb 1806 Also bro. Josh Earls be sit apart for excommunication
27 Dec 1807 Granted letter of dismission to sister Pricilla Ledbetter
23 Oct 1807 Restored Brother Wm. Earls to fellowship
26 Nov 1808 Appointed bro Abednego Adams to cite bro Wm Earls to attend
Our next meeting
24 Dec 1808 Bro. Wm Earls gave the Church satisfaction
9 Jul 1809 Bro Wm Earls case continued to next meeting…but he lies under censure of
the Church
Aug 1809 Bro Earls restored to fellowship
Sep 1810 Bro Wm Earls came forward and acknowledged he was intoxicated.
57. Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tyron Co., Vol. XVI, Early Membership of Concord
Baptist Church, p. 61 as researched by and quoted from Bob Goff (BG)
58. Ancestry.com Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 Ancestry.com.
Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Holcomb, Brent H. Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-
1868. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986.
59. Page 8 - "William Earles died in 1803. A grave stone, with no dates, engraved 'Capt. Wm.
Earl, 1 N.C. Mil. Rev. War,' in in Adams Cemetery located in Earl, NC" No definite proof
has been found to show that William Earles of Rutherford Co. served in the Revolutionary
War; however, documents record a William Earl, Soldier, Infantry, in bounty land warrant
lists for Virginia "Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, VA." p. 2361. In additon the
"Roster of Soldiers from NC in the Revolution", published by the N.C. D.A.R., shows:
"Vouchers in Box B" included for Wm. Earle, Militia, Wilmington District, no. 3942 [p.
333]. From Clark's State Records, p. 1059, Vol. XVII, is the 'payroll, of Wm. Earls of th
e1st NC Regt., commanded by Col. Sam'l Jarvis." Listed are non-commissioned soldiers [
p. 622]. In "Historical Rgister of Officers of the Continental Army, 1775-1783", by
Heitman, is Earl, William (NC) Capt. N.C. Militia, 1780-81" [p. 210]
As research by and quoted from Bob Goff (BG)
60. David B. Gammon Tax lists, Warren County, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina : D.B.
Gammon, 1994 FHL book 975.662 R4g.
1781 Capt Joel Wrenn’s District
William Earls 136’
1781 Capt Fussell’s District
Obediah Earls (single) 5587’
William Earls insolvent 100’
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