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4. AMANDA3 DAWSON (DREAD2, BRITTIAN1) She married JAMES HUDSON, son of JOHN HUDSON and DELILAH BOREN.

Notes for JAMES HUDSON:

could have had two children that lived with Elizabeth named Mary Hudson and Dicy Hudson[Quantex.FBK]

could have had two children that lived with Elizabeth named Mary Hudson and Dicy Hudson

 

Children of AMANDA DAWSON and JAMES HUDSON are:

i. MARY4 HUDSON.

ii. DICY HUDSON.

 

5. BRITTON3 DAWSON (DREAD2, BRITTIAN1) was born July 15, 1819 in Alabama, and died September 04, 1905 in Dawson, Texas. He married (1) ELIZABETH WALKER, daughter of WILLIAM WALKER and ELIZABETH. She was born in Mississippi, and died November 27, 1846. He married (2) SUSANNA CONNER CANNON November 02, 1848 in Robertson County , Texas, daughter of ELIJAH CANNON and MARY. She was born August 27, 1829 in Illinois, and died June 07, 1903 in Dawson, Texas.

Notes for BRITTON DAWSON:

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.3050.13]

Individual: Dawson, Britton

County/State: Robertson Co., TX

Year: 1846

Census type code: Tax List

 

Joined a Company of Rangers lead by Sterling C. Robertson in January 1836.

Head right certificate #61, 1/3 league of land in 1838 and a Bounty certificate #9544 for 320 acres for service from 7/25 to 11/25 1836.

Son in law named E. O. Zeanon

Ga Land Lottery 1805 #67 BP Burke Co.[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.3050.13]

Early Roads Trails and Stage Coach Routes Early Roads, Trails and Stage Coach Routes

by William V. Mowlam, Civil Engineer, County Surveyor of Navarro Co., TX

Originally published in "The Navarro County Scroll", 1961

Reprinted with permission of the Navarro County Historical Society

 

FORWARD: The writer would be very presumptuous to make any claim to a personal knowledge of much of the matter contained in this paper. Therefore in the beginning he wishes to acknowledge the several sources of the information. To the Late William M. Elliott, Civil Engineer and County Surveyor of Navarro County and immediate predecessor in office we are indebted for a Historical paper describing the Older Roads or Trails of Navarro County. To Mr. Walter Hayes, Justice of the Peace, Precinct No I, we are also indebted for a delightful discussion about these old trails and his specific identification of the old Trail from Fairfield North through Stewards Mill and thence to Wortham. We are also obligated to Mr. Alva Taylor for the loan of the large volume entitled THE LONE STAR STATE, a History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas; and for his assistance in mounting the old County Map of Navarro County. We also add some of our own experience and gleanings as we have resided in and traveled through this County all of this Century and have practiced our profession for more than thirty-five years in several of these counties. Older Roads and Trails in Navarro County The "Cow-head Road" was the main thoroughfare from Corsicana to the West. It ran from Corsicana from the old "Springfield Road" at about the present location of Fifth Avenue and Twentieth Street, and passed over Collins Hill and thence along the present location of West Collin Street to the Site of the Junior College, passed along the present location of the College Main Drive to 45th Street and thence South around the South side of the State Home property and on South to the present Corbet Slab Road and thence westerly through lands of Meigh Owen and the Carpenters and through Pansy to Springhill. From Springhill we believe that the road turned South to the junction with the road from Fort Spunkey at the Britton Dawson Home passing in the vicinity of the present Town of Dawson and on Southwesterly to the Brazos River Crossing at about Waco. In the days when this road was most in use Old Springhill was very thriving community, old deed records showing the ownership and occupancy of some three-score business lots. We have only in the past ten years had occasion to search out and survey several of these early town lots. The building of the Cotton-Belt Railroad in the early eighties and the establishment of the Town of Dawson, caused most of the residents of Springhill to remove to the then new town, and today there are scattered remains of building piers and chimneys and other evidence showing that the old town must have been "quite a place" in its day. On this old road were the early homes of the beloved Mr. Wiley Johnson and Mr. Douglas Johnson. It has been a pleasure to prepare and present this paper to you, and I am sure you can preserve the Map in your Museum for the benefit of posterity

William V. Mowlam, C. E.

Corsicana, Texas

March 31, 1961

 

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Last Updated 10/19/98

© Copyright 1998 Edward L. Williams & Barbara Knox

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[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.3050.13]

Individual: Dawson, Britton

County/State: Robertson Co., TX

Year: 1846

Census type code: Tax List

 

Joined a Company of Rangers lead by Sterling C. Robertson in January 1836.

Head right certificate #61, 1/3 league of land in 1838 and a Bounty certificate #9544 for 320 acres for service from 7/25 to 11/25 1836.

Son in law named E. O. Zeanon

Ga Land Lottery 1805 #67 BP Burke Co.[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.3050.13]

 

 

Children of BRITTON DAWSON and ELIZABETH WALKER are:

7. i. SARAH D.4 DAWSON, b. December 07, 1841; d. December 30, 1925.

8. ii. W. HENRY DAWSON, b. November 20, 1844; d. August 07, 1905, Navarro County TX.

9. iii. ELIZABETH DAWSON, b. November 27, 1846, Robertson County, Texas; d. January 13, 1929, Spring Hil, TX.

 

Children of BRITTON DAWSON and SUSANNA CANNON are:

10. iv. NANCY4 DAWSON, b. August 11, 1850; d. January 08, 1868, Dawson, Texas.

v. MARY ANN DAWSON, b. July 23, 1852; d. 1932; m. BLAKE LEE.

vi. WILLIAM DRED DAWSON, b. December 28, 1853, Dawson, Texas; d. September 29, 1857, Dawson, Texas.

11. vii. DAVID E. DAWSON, b. July 22, 1855, Navarro County TX; d. November 18, 1891, Navarro County TX.

12. viii. LOUISE DAWSON, b. December 11, 1857.

13. ix. AMANDA JANE DAWSON, b. January 31, 1860; d. 1935, Navarro County TX.

14. x. ANNA DAWSON, b. December 23, 1861, Dawson, Texas; d. November 20, 1900, Dawson, Texas.

15. xi. EMILY DAWSON, b. January 30, 1864.

16. xii. BRITTON C. DAWSON, b. August 24, 1866, Dawson, Texas; d. February 07, 1907, Dawson, Texas.

xiii. ELIJAH FRANKLIN DAWSON, b. October 20, 1868, Dawson, Texas; d. February 02, 1888, Dawson, Texas.

 

6. MARY ARINTON3 WARE (ELIZABETH2 DAWSON, BRITTIAN1) was born February 16, 1799 in Richmond County, Georgia, and died November 25, 1851 in Augusta, Georgia. She married WILLIAM WHITE HOLT June 01, 1820 in Richmond County, Georgia. He was born July 04, 1788 in in Campbell County, Virginia, and died January 14, 1863 in Augusta, Georgia.

 

Children of MARY WARE and WILLIAM HOLT are:

17. i. JOHN HENRY4 HOLT, b. March 07, 1821, Augusta, Georgia; d. October 18, 1863, Montgomery County, Alabama.

18. ii. ELIZABETH GRACE HOLT, b. November 19, 1822, Augusta, Georgia; d. WFT Est. 1864-1917, Augusta, Georgia.

19. iii. EDWARD ROWELL HOLT, b. January 25, 1833, Augusta, Georgia; d. November 02, 1904, Montgomery, Alabama.

20. iv. MARY ANN HOLT, b. October 24, 1826, Augusta, Georgia; d. October 29, 1908, Montgomery, Alabama.

21. v. WILLIAM JOSEPH HOLT, b. June 13, 1829, Augusta, Georgia; d. April 28, 1881, Montgomery, Alabama.

vi. CHARLES BRIGGS HOLT, b. January 13, 1831, Augusta, Georgia; d. February 01, 1843.

22. vii. EMILY FRANCES HOLT, b. April 15, 1839, Augusta, Georgia; d. June 30, 1917, Montgomery, Alabama.

viii. BENJAMIN RICE HOLT, b. June 12, 1841, Augusta, Georgia; d. October 20, 1875, Montgomery, Alabama.

23. ix. ALFRED CHARLES BRIGGS HOLT, b. March 27, 1843, Augusta, Georgia; d. October 18, 1925.

x. ROBERT AUGUSTUS HOLT, b. WFT Est. 1812-1834, Augusta, Georgia; d. July 1836.

xi. LUCY REBECCA HOLT, b. WFT Est. 1812-1839, Augusta, Georgia; d. WFT Est. 1818-1922.

xii. EDITH WHITE HOLT, b. WFT Est. 1812-1839; d. WFT Est. 1818-1922.