John Thomas

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• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA

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• Occupation: 1860
• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1870, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Panola County, Texas, USA

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Occupation:
Farmer

James — Caroline Applegate. Caroline (daughter of John T Applegate and Mary ?) was born 03 Mar 1823, Louisiana, USA; died 02 Nov 1909, Panola County, Texas, USA; was buried , Thomas Cemetery, Gary, Panola County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: XS1
• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1870, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Panola County, Texas, USA

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• Voress Number: XS
• Residence: 1838, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1839, Shelby County, Texas, USA

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XN John T. Applegate, b. abt. 1790 in KY [1880 US Census, TX, Panola Co., Beat 7, 1/66, p. 5A, 31/31 (entry for daughter Caroline gives her father’s birthplace as KY] d. abt. 1843, when his wife Mary replaces him in the property tax rolls. He married Mary ______, b. abt. 1789 in TN (1850 Census Shelby Co., TX-K Terry-“c1789” in “TN”—ED); died abt. 1853 in TX, when she ceases appearing on county property tax rolls.

Unsourced information states they lived in New Orleans prior to moving to Texas. This is consistent with the census entries for their children, which generally state they were born in Louisiana.

The first appearance of John in documentation is a certificate of good character filed in San Augustine, Texas in 1835. These certificates were required by the Mexican government for immigrants to Texas (which was Mexican territory at the time). John's certificate states that he has a wife and two children and that he had arrived in Texas in 1829. [Gifford White, Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas, p. 4 (1985)].

John T. Applegate is listed on the roster of Captain Bradley's Company on 11 November 1835. This company was raised in the area of San Augustine and Tenaha and participated in the Battle of San Antonio during the Texas War of Independence. Given the name of the soldier and the area where the company was raised, these is little doubt this is the same John Applegate. [Transcription available from The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas, http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth216936/m1/1/?q=applegate].

On February 29, 1836, John Applegate filed a claim with the Republic of Texas for money lent for the outfit of Captain Bradley's Company, which was approved the same day. The claim document is very difficult to read, but it appears John lent the company $180.00. [See generally https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/apps/arc/repclaims/].

In 1838, John Applegate was taxed in Shelby County, TX, on one negro, a horse, 55 head of cattle, and $100 miscellaneous property. He was also assessed one poll-males over 16 or 18. [1838 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img 14]. In 1839, he was taxed on one negro, one horse, and one poll. [1839 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img. 44]. This is his last appearance on the tax rolls. Mary begins appearing in 1843, where she is listed as "Agent Mary Applegate", indicating she was probably the executor of his estate.

Mary, the widow of John continues to appear in various records. In 1843, she was taxed in Shelby Co., TX as “Agent Mary Applegate”. [1843 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img 7]. In 1844, she was taxed on one negro over ten years old. I cannot find her in any more tax rolls for the 1840s.

Mary Applegate was enumerated in Shelby County, TX in the 1850 Census. She was 61, born in Tennesee and illiterate. Also living in the household is James C Applegate, age 21, a farmer, born in Louisiana with $250 worth of real property [1850 US Census, TX, Shelby Co., 277/277). Mary also appears on the slave schedule for the 1850 Census in the same place. She owned three slaves, all mulatto, aged 21, 5, and 5 months. [1850 US Census Slave Schedule 2, TX, Shelby Co.].

M. Applegate--probably this Mary--reappears on the property tax rolls for Shelby County, TX, in 1850. She owned 100 acres of land and two negroes. [1850 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img. 3]. She was listed next to J.C. Applegate, who had no taxable property. [Id.] The situation of M. and J.C. was essentially repeated in 1851. [1851 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img. 2]. She is not listed on the 1852 property tax roll in Shelby Co., although J.C. is (with no taxable property). [1852 Shelby Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, img. 2).

In 1854, Mary Applegate appears on the property tax rolls of Panola County, TX--a county bordering Shelby County. Again, she appears with J.C. Applegate, but the entry lists J.C. “for” Mary. This probably indicates she had died and J.C. was being assessed property taxes on her estate. In any event, Mary owned no real property, but was taxed on four negroes. [1854 Panola Co. (TX) Property Tax Roll, Img. 3]. This is the last appearance of Mary on the property tax rolls.

John — Mary ?. Mary was born Abt 1789, Tennessee, USA; died Abt 1854. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5F1A3F
• Residence: 1843, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1844, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1850, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1850
• Residence: 1851