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Subject: [BLACK-L] Re: Here are a few Blacks(1700s-1800s_ if interested:
Date: 30 Oct 2001 08:03:27 -0700


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Hello Polly,
I don't know much at all about the Blacks. Here a couple of people who do know about them, one of which is the granddaughter of the man who wrote the letter below. I am sure they would more than glad to share info with you. Their e-mails are:
1. Joseph kerr----------().
2. Connie Black Draper--().

Anyway, I know the Blacks married into my White and McDowell Families. Below is an excerpt from my McDowell line I have put together, which shows how the Blacks married into the line. All I know about Mary Black that went to Ft. Worth was that she married a Mr. J. E. Francis in Texas. They lived in different places such as Eulogy and Bono, and wound up in Ft.Worth. He became a Doctor too(see below. Also, following that is how they married into my White line, and a letter from a Black out west to his cousin, my g.grandfather Rev.Wm. Henry White:

I. JOHN MCDOWELL, SR. was born 12 August 1759 in Glenmellion Co. Antrim, Ireland, and died Abt. 1841.
-M-
BARBARA ELIZABETH HENRY, born 1761 in County Antrim, Ireland, and died Abt. 1845. Rev. Wm. Henry
White said the McDowells were of Scotch-Irish descent. From Bible of Mary McDowell Black. John McDowell, Sr. was born
in Glenmellion County, Antrim, Ireland. The ship that he came over on was named "Margaret". and landed at Charleston, South Carolina in 1792 or 1794(Great Grandfather Wm. Henry white said it was in 1796). He served as an elder in Fairforest Presbyterian Church. Session 14 July 1842 adopted a resolution about him, Mathew Mayes and Samuel Morrow. The
McDowells settled in Union County, South Carolina near the present David Henry McDowell house.
ISSUE:
1. Mary McDowell, was born 03 August 1790 in Glenmellion, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died 25 February 1875
in Pacelot Mills, Spartanburg County, S.C.-m-William Black Abt. 1811 in Rock Hill, Spartanburg County, South
Carolina, son of Alexander Black and Isabella Wilson. He was born 13 April 1789 in Pennsylvania, and died 10 March 1829 in Union County, South Carolina.
issue:
2. Barbara McDowell, b. Abt. 1791, Ireland; d. Abt. 1793(Buried at Sea)
3. David McDowell, b. 31 March 1793, Glenmellion Co. Antrim, Ireland; d. 04 May 1864. Buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina. Fact: Never married. Occupation: Lawyer. See his "Will" below.
4. John McDowell, Jr., b. 03 November 1795, Union County, South Carolina; d. 12 November 1868.
5. Eliza Jane McDowell, b. 26 June 1803, South Carolina; d. 06 April 1846, Pickens County, Alabama.
6. James Alexander McDowell, b. 14 February 1804; d. 11 December 1878; -m-Rebecca Almarine Copeland, d.
1/31/1901. He and Rebecca buried at Fairforest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina
7. *Henry McDowell, b. 12/27/1797-m-Dorcas Foster.


II. HENRY MCDOWELL, B.12/27/1797.
-M-
DORCUS FOSTER, B.1/26/1796.
issue:
1. Adeline Armanda McDowell, B.7/1721.
-m-
Thomas Wesley Wyatt
issue:(migrated west in 1873):
a. Jane Wyatt-m-Schoppaul, wound up in Bargonsville, Tex..
b. Monroe Wyatt
c. Adophus Wyatt, Woodbine, Cooke Co., Tex..
d. Clarence Wyatt, Woodbine, Cooke Co., Tex..
e. Cattie Wyatt-m-Mr. A. L. Lane, Wichita Falls, Tx..
f. Addie Wyatt-m-Mr. Usery, Gainsville, Tex..
g. Susan Wyatt-m-Mr. Ware, Thackersville, Ok.

2. Nancy C. McDowell, B. 2/10/1824-m-R. Lancaster.
3. Catherine Rachel McDowell, B.12/23/1825
-m-
Mr. (?) Black
issue(migrated to Cherokee Co., Tex..):
a. Joseph Black
b. Templeton G. Black
c. Mary Black-m-J. E. Francis in tx., wound up in Ft. Worth, Tex..
d. W. F. Black-m-Bessie Ware, daughter of Susan Ware and granddaughter of Adeline Wyatt. Wound up in Dallas, Tex., he
becoming a lawyer.

4. Mary Ann McDowell, B. 4/13/1828(died young)
5.*Isabella Jane McDowell, B.6/21/1830--D.4/13/1874.-m-*John Warren White(killed in Civil War), then in 1866,-m-James
Henry Calvert, and they moved to Cooke Co., Tex.. See White Info for "White" descendants.
6. Henry Foster McDowell, B.8/29/1832. He was a Major in a South Carolina unit, C.S.A., in Civil War.

Here are some connections with the White family;

1. Sarah Jane Black, B.9/14/1815--D.11/4/1890, daughter of William and Mary McDowell Black, was the first wife of William White, b.11/22/1815--D.12/29/1884. He was the brother of my g.g.g.grandfather, Hiram White, and Sarah's mother, Mary McDowell Black, was the sister of my g.g.g.grandfather, Henry McDowell. William and Sarah had one son, Willie, who died at the age of 15. William White's second wife was Isabella Black from Rock Hill, S.C.(I assume she and Sarah were related).
Also, Mary McDowell Black's niece, Catherine Rachel McDowell(B.12/23/1825), married a Black. Here is that letter
from W.F. Black to my g.grandfather, Wm. H. White, who were cousins. It was written in 1911, from Dallas, Texas. The first part of the letter deals with the children of Catherine Rachel's sister Adeline McDowell Wyatt, and what became of the Wyatt kids out west. Those children of Adeline and Thomas Wyatt, from the Waxhaws, S.C., moved to Texas in
1873. The second part of the letter deals with the Blacks of this bunch I believe. After the civil war, many families left South Carolina.

Here is the letter from W. F. Black, which mentions the Wyatts and the Blacks, in its entirety.:

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"W. F. BLACK
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
413 North Texas Bldg.
Phone M. 1363-1 R.

Dallas, Texas, March 1, 1911

Rev. W. H. White,
Cuba, Ala.

Dear Cousin,
Your letter of the date May 31, 1910, and Feb. 11, 1911, sent to mother were received today and contents carefully noted. Mother is still living and has signed the paper you enclosed and I hereby return same to you. Mother asks me to write you as she can not see to write very well. If you will forward a letter to Adolphus Wyatt, Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas, he will probably receive same. Last time we heard from him he was very sick. The other children of Aunt Adeline are as follows, with addresses as best I know: : Clarence Wyatt, Woodbine, Tex., Rural delivery; Mrs. Cattie Lane(direct your letter Mrs. A. L. Lane), Wichita Falls, Tex.; Mrs. Addie Usery, Gainsville, Tex.,; Mrs. Susan Ware, Thackerville, Okla.. These are all the
surviving children of Aunt Adeline. Her oldest daughter, Mrs. Jane Schoppaul, died here in Texas many years ago, but her husband is still living, Adolphus Schoppaul, Bartonville, Tex.; and her oldest son, Monroe Wyatt, died a few years ago.
Dr. William Black, father's brother, moved to Louisiana where he died and his widow and children moved to New Orleans where they resided for many years; his widow, Mrs. Malinda Black, lives at Shreveport, La. He had two children, William S. Black and Mary Black. William died a few years since at Houston, Tex., where he removed with his family and his widow and several children live there now. A letter directed to George Black at Houston, Tex., will probably reach one of his children. Before his death William S. Black became an expert Cotton merchant at New Orleans and probably followed that occupation at Houston, but at last account his children were connected in some way with the Southern Pacific Railway Company offices at Houston. I do not hear from them now. George came to see me while I was living in Cleburne a few years ago, but as he only remained a few hours I did not get to learn much of them. This George Black is the grandson of Dr. William Black, my !
father's brother and one of the original legatees.
As to our family, father settled in Cherokee Co., Tex., where he died shortly after, leaving a widow and three children, his oldest son, Joseph, dying here in Texas a short time before he died. The children surviving were
Templeton G. Black, who lived 21 years of age, married and died in Cherokee Co.; Mary Black, who married J. E. Francis in Cleburne, where she lived with her husband, part of the time in Cleburne and part of the time at Bono, Tex.,
and then at Eulogy, Bosque Co., Tex., and now at Fort Worth, Texas. Her husband is now a physician, but received a stroke of paralysis several years ago and has never fully recovered. I suppose you have her address, as your
letter to mother came through her. I am the youngest child, and remained on the farm in Cherokee Co., until 1887 when I went to Rusk and engaged in the newspaper business and a few years thereafter came to Cleburne, Johnson Co., Tex., and continued in the newspaper work, and am now engaged with the Dallas Morning News. I married in 1891 Miss Bessie Ware, daughter of Susan Ware and granddaughter to Aunt Adeline. We have three children, two boys and one girl, ages 15, 13, and 11. Mother lives here with me in Dallas. Mother says tell
you she was glad to receive your letter and would be glad to hear from you any time and wants you to come to see us. She joins myself and family in best regards to your self and family and hopes you may be successful and blessed n
your life work. Mother is still tolerably stout for one of her age. I hope you will succeed in closing up the estate and in receiving the money due you.
With much love,
Your Cousin,
W. F. Black"
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Well, that is about all I have on the Blacks. I know it isn't much, but to the descendants of that particular bunch of Blacks, it might be very helpful or important to them. I hope this little bit of info has been of some help or interest to you.
Take care,
Dave




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