John Applegate

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• Voress Number: XS2A
• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Occupation: 1880
• Residence: 1880, Panola County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Occupation:
Farmer

John married Zerah Matilda Parrish Bef 1880. Zerah (daughter of William Thomas Parrish and Nan ?, daughter of Joseph Story and Nan ?) was born 22 Sep 1863, Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas, USA; died 03 Apr 1948, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA; was buried , White Rock Cemetery, Ross, McLennan County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Claude Watson Applegate was born 09 Aug 1880, Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas, USA; died 01 Nov 1971, Marlin, Falls County, Texas, USA; was buried , Mart Cemetery, Mart, McLennan County, Texas, USA.
2. Clenn Edward Applegate was born 07 Feb 1883, Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas, USA; died 30 Mar 1960, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA; was buried , White Rock Cemetery, Ross, McLennan County, Texas, USA.
3. Arthur Jefferson Applegate was born 01 Jan 1886, Panola County, Texas, USA; died Feb 1972, Boulder, Colorado, USA; was buried , Boulder Cemetery, Colorado, USA.
4. Annie Belle Applegate was born Abt 1891.

Other Events:

• Voress Number: XS2
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1850, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1851, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1852, Shelby County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1854, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1855, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1856, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1857, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1859, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Occupation: 1860
• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA

Notes:

XN2 James C. Applegate, born 1829 in LA, died 7 Jan 1863 in Houston TX of Rubella . (1850 Census Shelby Co., TX-K Terry-In “1850” he was living with his mother in “Shelby Co., TX.” And they were living next to “James Harvey and Caroline Applegate Thomas”.—ED) He married 15 (Marriages/Panola County TX-K Terry-“16”—ED) Mar 1857 (Marriages/Panola Co., TX-K Terry-“1853”—ED) in Panola TX, Mary Wilkinson (Marriages/Panola Co., TX-K Terry-“Wilkerson”—ED).

A James Applegate, age 27, born in TX, was enumerated in the 1860 US Census in Panola Co., TX. Also residing in the household were Mary, age 23, born in TX, and illiterate; John, age 5, born in TX; Matilda, age 3, born in TX; and James, age 1, born in TX. [1860 US Census, TX, Panola Co., p. 129, 867/867]. In spite of the discrepancy in ages and birthplaces between 1850 and 1860 census enumerations, it seems likely this is the same James, based on Shelby and Panola County, TX, property tax records.

As discussed above in the entry for his father, J.C. Applegate appears in several property tax rolls in Shelby and Panola Counties in Texas until the apparent death of Mary in about 1854. J.C. continues to appear on Panola County tax rolls after that. In 1855, he was taxed on 4 negroes, 1 horse, and 18 cattle. [1855 Panola Co. (TX) Tax Roll, img 3]. In 1856, he was taxed on 5 negroes, 1 horse, 11 cattle and $70 in miscellaneous property. [1856 Panola Co. (TX) Tax Roll, img. 2]. In 1857, he was taxed on 50 acres, 5 negroes, and 1 horse. [1857 Panola Co. (TX) Tax Roll, img. 3]. The 1858 Panola County tax roll exists only in fragments and I have not located him there. In 1859, J.C. was taxed on 50 acres of land, 5 negroes, 1 horse, and 20 cattle, as well as $75 in miscellaneous property. [1859 Panola Co. (TX) Tax Roll, img. 4]. In 1860, he was taxed on 50 acres of land, 5 negroes, 1 horse, and 12 cattle. [1860 Panola Co. (TX) Tax Roll, img. 5].

He enlisted in the Confederate Army 8 Jul 1862, serving in Company D of the 1st Texas Heavy Artillery. (Voress-“He was listed as absent in the hospital in Houston, during Nov.-Dec. 1862.—ED)

On December 30, 1867, F and Mary “Battie” were granted letters of guardianship for John, Matilda and James Applegate, minors. [Panola Co. (TX) Probate Minute Orders, D-1 448]. These children have the same names as those appearing in the household of James in the 1860 US Census, and are presumably his now orphaned children. Mary Battie may be their mother with a new married name. On March 29, 1869, Mary “Beatty” received permission from the probate court to sell land in which her wards had an interest. James and John Applegate are both named as wards in the order; Matilda is not. One of the parcels to be sold was identified in part as land acquired by J.C. Applegate from David Wilkerson. [Panola Co. (TX) Probate Minute Orders, D-1 525-26].

Occupation:
Farmer

Occupation:
Farmer

James married Mary Wilkinson 16 Mar 1853, Panola County, Texas, USA. Mary was born Abt 1837, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1860, Panola County, Texas, USA

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

Notes:

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]

Other Events:

• 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