Frances Marion Drake

Spaight's Battalion

Company D

b. 1838 d. 1906 Turner Branch Cemetery
Spurger
Tyler County
Texas, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes for AMANDA JONES:

Texas Confederate Widow's Pension

Amanda Drake - Fred, Tyler, Texas - Approved 25 march 1907 - applied 2 Jan. 1907

52 yrs old (Born abt 1855) - Resided in Tyler County for 46 yrs (1859).

Unable to worth or support herself.

Married 24 October 1865 - Husband died 5 April 1906

Has remained unmarried since his death.

He served in Co. D 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry from 1861-1865.

Made her mark instead of signature.

Witnesses were Abe Smart and J N Drake.

War Department states that husband enlisted 24 November 1861.

A copy of their marriage license is included in the application - they were married by S. C. Martin, M.G.

Affidavit from J N Drake states that her husband enlisted at Sabine Pass.

Contains Application for Mortuary Warrant - she died 23 January 1937 at the home of her daughter - Mrs. Johnnie Smart. R S Farmer was the undertaker. She died of chronic Bright's disease.

 

 

1. FRANCIS MARION3 DRAKE (HIRAM2, EASON C1) was born Oct 1838 in Georgia, and died 05 Apr 1906 in Fred, Texas. He married AMANDA JONES 24 Oct 1865 in Tyler County, Texas1. She was born 19 Oct 1851 in Covington County, Alabama, and died 23 Jan 1937 in Silsbee, Hardin, Texas.

Notes for FRANCIS MARION DRAKE:

Confederate Pension Application:

Applied - 14 Aug. 1899

Approved - 27 Jan.1900

Age - 60 as of October 1898 (born ca 1838)

Lived in Village Mills for the past 59yrs. (moved to Texas ca. 1840)

Occupation - Farmer

Physical condition - troubled with heart trouble and nearly blind. Unable to work because of blindness.

Estate - 11 pony worth $20, 12 head of hogs worth $1 each, Household effects worth $25, 1 bale of cotton worth $22.50

No income

Was destitute and want of subsistence.

Placed his mark instead of signing.

J D Collier and J M Holliman signed as witnesses that they knew of his service.

Dr. W P Chapman signed the application saying that Mr. Drake was blind in one eye and could see very little out of the other and was unable to work to make a living.

Application was signed by commissioners - J M Rotan, H D Seamans, L P Bell, W R Shillings.

I G Swearingen and Peter Hutto signed an affidavit stating that Mr. Drake could no longer make a living.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More About FRANCIS MARION DRAKE:

Burial: Frank's Branch Cemetery - Fred, Tyler, Texas

Fact 1: Nov 1861, Enlisted Spaight's Battalion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children of FRANCIS DRAKE and AMANDA JONES are:

i. MARY ELIZABETH4 DRAKE, b. Abt. 1868, Texas; d. 18872.

ii. FRANCIS ETHA (Etta)DRAKE, b. Abt. 1876, Texas; d. 09 Jun 1951; m. DANIEL RIPLEY SMART, 01 Oct 1891, Woodruff, Tyler, Texas; b. 1867, Texas; d. 1932.

More About DANIEL RIPLEY SMART:

Burial: Franks Branch Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas

2. iii. JOHNNIE LEE DRAKE, b. 18 Jun 1888, Tyler County, Texas; d. 22 Oct 1976, ?.

 

Generation No. 2

2. JOHNNIE LEE4 DRAKE (FRANCIS MARION3, HIRAM2, EASON C1) was born 18 Jun 1888 in Tyler County, Texas, and died 22 Oct 1976 in ?. She married ABRAHAM LINCOLN SMART 16 Mar 1904 in ?3, son of NATHAN SMART and EMELINE HARTWELL/HARWELL?. He was born 13 Jul 1879, and died 15 May 1933.

Notes for JOHNNIE LEE DRAKE:

1910 Census - Tyler County, Texas - Fred Village - 2 March 1910

Abe Smart - white male - 31 yrs old - married 6 years - Born in Texas - Father was born in Texas - Mother was born in Alabama - Salesman in a department store - Could read and write

Johnie L - white female - 21 yrs old - married 6 yrs - had 1 child - 1 child still living - Was born in Texas - father born in Alabama - Mother was born in Texas - Could read and write.

William E - white male - son - 2/12 yrs old - Born in Texas - Mother and father born in Texas

Amanda Drake - Mother in Law - white female - 62 yrs old - widowed - 2 out of 4 children still living - was born in Alabama and both parents were born in Alabama. - could not read or write.

Notes for ABRAHAM LINCOLN SMART:

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More About ABRAHAM LINCOLN SMART:

Burial: Franks Branch Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas

Children of JOHNNIE DRAKE and ABRAHAM SMART are:

i. WILLIAM ENNIS5 SMART, b. 21 Feb 1910, Tyler County, Texas; d. 23 May 1973, Jefferson County, Texas; m. VIRGINIA PAULINE MOORE; b. 29 Feb 1916; d. 20 Apr 1995, Dallas County, Texas.

ii. CHEVAVASO SMART, b. Abt. 1914, Texas; d. Unknown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Endnotes

1. Widow's Pension.

 

2. As per Don Smart of Hardin, Texas

3. Information provided by their Grandson - Donald D Smart of Hardin, Texas

 

Information provided by  Turner Lewis and

Don Smart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1850 Census - Tyler County, Texas - 1 Nov. 1850

Was living with - Eason C Drake - Age 70 - Farmer born in South Carolina (Born 1780)

- Loriea - age 66 - born in South Carolina. (Born 1784)

- Lucinda S - Age 25 - Born in South Carolina. (Born 1825)

- George N - Age 2 - Born in Texas (1848)

- Frances M was age 8 - Born in Georgia (Born 1842)

Was living next to George Drake age 32, born in Georgia

Eliza A - age 21, born in Louisiana

other neighbors - Allen Franks, William Fairchild, Thomas Cryer, Jacob C Humble, Sam'l Aldrice, Sam'l Fairchild

1860 Census - Woodville, Tyler, Texas - 4 July 1860

Was living with E C Drake - age 79 - Farmer - $300 value of estate - Born in South Carolina (Born 1781)

G N Drake - age 13 - Born in Texas (Born 1847)

F M Drake - age 17 - Born in Georgia (Born 1843)

1870 Census - Woodville, Tyler, Texas - 28 July 1870

Neighbors - Nathan Smart, Jas Wheat, Thomas Swearigen, Eli Swearigen, Isaac Brown, George R Drake

F M Drake - 27 - white male - Farmer- Value of real estate $200 - Value of personal property $200. Born in Georgia - Can not write - able to vote

Amanda - 20 - white female - housekeeper - born in Alabama - can not read or write

Mary - 2 - white female - born in Texas

Nancy Jones - 22 white female born in Alabama

Charles Hanks - 22- black male born in Texas - can not read or write - able to vote

1880 Census - Town Bluff, Tyler, Texas - 18 June 1880

Marion - white male - 31 yrs old - married - Farmer - Born in Georgia

Manda - white female - 30 yrs old - wife - Married - keeping house - Born n Alabama - both parents born n Alabama.

Francis - White female -4yrs old - daughter - Born in Texas - father born in Ga. - mother born in Ala.

Mary E - white female - 12 yrs old - daughter - Born in Texas - father born in Ga. - mother born in Ala.

Neighbors were -Wm Read - Wm Potts - John Bridges - Abner Brown M.D. - Ann Livingston - James Jordan - W G Collier.

1900 Census - Texas - Tyler County - Spurger - Dist. 107 - 13 June 1900

F M Drake - white male - born Oct 1838 - 61 yrs of age - married 35 yrs - Born in Ga. Both parents born in Ga. - Can not read or write - Owned his own farm.

Mandy - white female born Oct 1849 - 50 yrs old - married - had 4 children with 2 living - Born in Ala - both parents born in Ala. - Could not read or write

Johnnie L - white female - Daughter - Born Jan. 1887 - age 12 - Born in Texas - father was born in Ga. - Mother was born in Ala.

Neighbors were - James Ard - M L Gibson - Joseph Baker - Mathias Harris - Alex Baker - P. N. Freeman - Ben Phillips - Edward Nolen