The Bartee News

July 1992
Volume 3, Number 3

In this issue:

Bartee Family Reunion Planned
Bible Records
Birth Records
Family Profile - Jerome Denton Bartee, Sr.
Family Group Records
Letter from the Editor
Military Records
Miscellaneous
Photo: Martha Eliz. BARTEE
Queries

Bartee Family Reunion Planned

A BARTEE reunion will be held near Bastrop, Texas on October 24, 1992. Many descendants of John Overton BARTEE and Elizabeth MURRAH BARTEE are expected to attend. Descendants of John Overton’s siblings who can be located will also be invited.

Anyone with a BARTEE connection will be most welcome and can help us turn this from a family reunion into a clan gathering. If you would like to have your name added to the mailing list for this reunion please contact: Linda MEARSE, 2841 Paso Del Robles, San Marcos, Tx 78666.

Letter From the Editor

Hope you are having a nice summer. Ours has been very busy so far and there is no change in sight. Max has attended two conferences in Corpus Christi in the last two months. Melanie and I were able to tag-along and so we have had a couple of mini-vacations. We saw the new Texas State Aquarium, spent a little time on the beach and ate our fill of shrimp. On our last trip we viewed the WWII aircraft carrier, the Lexington, from a distance. She will be opened as a museum and conference center sometime in August. I was really disappointed at not being able to go aboard, but I guess that will give me something to look forward to next time.

An extra special thanks goes out this issue to May BARTEE COUCH for volunteering to index volumes I and II (1990 and 1991) of the BARTEE NEWS. May, who is a professional genealogist, took two days out of her busy schedule to create these indices for us. We have all been longing for an index and I’m sure that we will find these to be a great aid. Each index should be removed from this issue and attached to the back of the volume to which it belongs. May has also volunteered to continue the project and index Vol. III. THANK YOU May for your time and support!!!

Regarding my concerns voiced in the last newsletter that the “well was running low” on new BARTEE info in my neck of the woods -- “NEVER MIND.” My concerns prompted me to write a few letters I had been putting off. I had addresses for some possible BARTEE researchers from old publications. Because most of these were over 10 years old I had no hope of actually making contact, but I really learned my lesson! Never make such an assumption - you might miss out on something really good!!!

I broke the #1 rule of genealogy correspondence (always enclose a SASE) and sent postcards rather than letters. I reasoned that if the addressee was no longer at that address, whomever received the postcard would flip it over and read it. My hope was that the postcard might still find its way to the addressee or another BARTEE researcher. Most of my postcards were returned, as expected. One was even returned because there was no longer a “mail receptacle” at that address! However, one was answered and that one made up for all the undelivered postcards that were returned.

LaVerle STEVENS very kindly answered my postcard and offered to share her research. I am very excited to report that she has copies of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 National Archive files on all the BARTEEs who served during these conflicts. LaVerle also has some wonderful family history stories and pictures to share. This issue has a picture and a very interesting story about her great grandmother, Martha Elizabeth BARTEE HOUGH.

Thanks to LaVerle and the items the rest of you will send in during the upcoming year (and we still need pedigrees and family group sheets from some of you!!), I’m sure we will have plenty of info for our next subscription year. The following items will be included in upcoming issues: Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pension files for BARTEEs; BARTEEs listed in the Social Security Death Records (includes date of birth and death, state where SS card was issued, and state to which death benefit was mailed); and much more!

Queries

Dorothy H. PANTIER needs information on Susan BARTEE. According to the 1850 GA census, Susan was born c. 1800, GA. She married Edward SATTERWHITE on 16 Aug 1821 in Jones Co, GA. (see July ’91, pg. 60 -62 for FGR and pedigree)

Other BARTEEs in GA about this time that could be part of Susan’s family were:

Abraham M. BARTEE, born ca. 1803/4, married Eliza WRIGHT 27 Dec 1826 in Jones Co., GA

Robert BARTEE, listed on 1821 GA land lottery. Robert’s orphans were listed on the 1832 land lottery

James BARTEE, Wilkinson Co., listed on third land lottery

George W. BARTEE, listed on 1826 land lottery

Further information on Susan or any of these BARTEEs would be most appreciated.

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Does anyone know Jo Ann STONE? Linda MEARSE found her name and address (R#8, Box 63, Clarksville, TN 37043) in the Family Registry at the LDS Family History Library. Ms. STONE was registered as researching Lydie BARTEE, b. 1889 TN, d. 1958 TN; fth: Joe BARTEE; mth: Cora PRUITT; Sp: J. R. TAYLOR. A letter sent to Ms. STONE was returned “forwarding order expired.” If you have had any contact with Ms. STONE or know her current address, please advise.

MARTHA ELIZABETH BARTEE

Martha Elizabeth Bartee
Born 1834, Asheville, North Carolina
Daughter of John BARTEE and Susanna BOLING BARTEE

LaVerle STEVENS sent the following story about her great grandmother, Martha Elizabeth BARTEE HOUGH:

My mother told me that Martha Elizabeth (born 1834 at Asheville, NC) got into a fight with her boyfriend. She got mad and said that after that she was going to marry the first man who came along. That was when Mr. Hough, a Yankee, and not a good character, came along. She married him. Of course, the family did not like the idea of her marrying a Yankee. Also, my aunt Hazel, my mother’s twin sister, told me that Martha Elizabeth BARTEE’s sisters were supposed to have chided her and told her how awful it was going to be never to have a servant to wait on her. So, it’s obvious that some of these BARTEEs were slave owners.

Its sort of comical in a way but my mother told me that when my grandmother’s father (Mr. HOUGH, the Yankee) died, Grandma is supposed to have said, “He should have been dead a long time ago.” What an awful thing to say about a parent, but I gather from what I hear that he was not a good character in many ways, a man of English descent.

photo before retouching

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LaVerle STEVENS also sent the following information on her line:

Robert BARTEE - came around 1680, settled in Princess Anne Co., VA
Robert BARTEE, Jr.
William BARTEE
William BARTEE, Jr.
George BARTEE
John BARTEE
Martha Elizabeth BARTEE HOUGH
Orpha Ellen or Ellen Orpha
Helen Marie KAUFMAN
LaVerle Madeleine HERBERG, now STEVENS

Bible Records

Submitted by Dorothy PANTIER
Source: History of Stewart County; pg. 454 - 455, Bible Records

Thomas Pinckney BARTEE Bible
Owned by Mrs. Annie Colbert WOLFE (Mrs. E. M.), Savannah, GA

Thomas Pinckney BARTEE, b. Feb. 3, 1819; d. Feb. 20, 1869
Amazon Pierce HENRY, b. Sept. 2, 1839; d. Nov. 24, 1919
They were married Jan. 19, 1863

CHILDREN:
Mariem BARTEE, b. Nov. 17, 1863; d. Nov. 24, 1919
Thomas Napoleon BARTEE, b. 17, 1865; d. Feb. 20, 1869
Thomas Pinckney BARTEE, b. Mar. 27, 1870; d. Mar. 5, 1901
Eunice BARTEE, b. Mar. 8, 1872; d. Jan 5, 1929
Lucius BARTEE, b. Jan. 21, 1876; d. Nov. 24, 1884

MARRIAGES:
John Morgan GLENN and Mariem BARTEE m Apr. 20, 1884
John W. COLBERT and Eunice BARTEE m Jan. 27, 1887
T. Pinckney BARTEE, Jr. and Oregon WARD m Feb. 2, 1893

From old newspaper clippings in Bible the following information was given:

Mary BRANNON, dau. of John and Nancy BRANNON, m Samuel HENRY, Jan. 22, 1823. They were the parents of 13 children.

Mary BRANNON, wife of Samuel HENRY, b. near Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 25, 1807; d. Jan. 22, 1893; at home of son, H.T. HENRY, Mineloa [Mineola?] Tex. (written by B.A. STAFFORD)

Amazon Pierce HENRY, dau. of Samuel and Mary BRANNON HENRY, b. Sept. 2, 1839; d. Nov. 24, 1919; age 80 yrs.

H.T. HENRY

Mary Emma HENRY, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HENRY, b. in Stewart County d. Sept. 20, 1876, age 15 yrs., at home of brother, Dr. J.S. HENRY. (notice written by F.M.T. BRANNON, uncle of Mary Emma HENRY.)

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Submitted by Dorothy PANTIER
Source: Tap Roots, Vol. 20, No. 2; Genealogical Society East Alabama; pg. 55 - 56

BARTEE

Contributor: Mrs. Anne S. PEARSON, 14814 Camp Mack Rd., Lake Wales, Fla. 33853 [postcard sent to this address was returned undelivered]

Abraham Marshall BARTEE    (b)              (d) 1884-85
(m) Elizabeth Axem WRIGHT

Children

Dadeville, Ala. Tallapoosa Co. Ala.
Marriage Record here 1868-1873 page 472
James A. BARTEE and Julia A. THORNTON (m) Jan 27, 1871. (Married by H.J. PLANT, J.P.)
Burried Woodbury, Ga. James A. BARTEE (d) Feb. 7, 1914
Julia Ann T. BARTEE (d) Dec. 14, 1925

Martha Ann THORNTON was J.A. THORNTON sister, who married John M. BARTEE. Julia Ann and Martha Ann were two of ten children born to Rhodom THORNTON (b) 10/30/1808 (d) 1859 and wife Martha Ann BENSON (m) 1830 (b) 1811 (d) 1861

Anna BARTEE SIMS Bible Record - daughter of James A. BARTEE and Julia A. THORNTON

1. Dr. Luke Harvey BARTEE (m) Anna WRIGHT
   1. Edward Harvey BARTEE
   2. Frannie Mae BARTEE
   
   
2. Anna Clara BARTEE (m) Wm Sanders SIMS
   1. Julia Stayton SIMS (m) Alpheus Bernard COPELAND
   2. Essie Mae SIMS (m) Robert E. STRICKLAND
   3. Robert Hall SIMS (m) Annie Mae MILLS
   4. Margaret Elvie SIMS - born dead
   
   
3. Buela Ozella BARTEE (m) John Lewis EDWARDS
   
   
4. James Maxey BARTEE (m) Nell MATTHEWS
   1. Julia Elvie BARTEE
   2. Mary Kate BARTEE
   3. John Lewis James
   
   
5. Elvie Axsom BARTEE (m) Ben B. LOVETTE
   1. Benj Jr (m) Faye RIGGINS
   2. Louise LOVETTE (m) McGEEHEE
   
   
6. Ada Perl BARTEE (m) J.S. McGUFFIN
   
   
7. Fletcher Andrew (?) BARTEE (m) Ruby MARSHALL
   1. son Billy (?)
   2. Doris (m) Joe FREEMAN, Greenville, Ga.
   
   
8. Rachel BARTEE (m) 1st J. Brooks HASTY
   1. James Bartee HASTY
   2. Fletcher Allen HASTY
   2nd (m) Paul SHEPPARD
   1. Paul SHEPPARD Jr.
   2. Alpha Ann SHEPPARD
   

8. Children of Julia Ann Thornton BARTEE, daughter of Rhodom THRONTON and wife Martha Ann BENSON. (m) James Allen BARTEE

Deaths

This Bible belonged to Anna Bartee SIMS. The contributor is a granddaughter of Mrs. SIMS and has given us the information on the death of Mrs. SIMS. Mrs. PEARSON would like to hear from anyone with information regarding the above families.

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LaVerle STEVENS also sent information on this same family. It will be listed in its entirety because there is some additional information as well as some slight differences. The source of this information is not known.

The line of Mrs. Julia BARTEE HARDY, Box 126, Mt. Olive, AL 35117. Also the line of Mr. W. F. BARTEE, 3276 E. Wood Valley Rd., N.W., Atlanta, GA. [postcards sent to these addresses]

1. Abraham Marshall BARTEE, born 1807, died 1874/77?
   Married: 12/17/1828 Jones County, Georgia
   Elizabeth Axum WRIGHT (d. in Roxanna, AL)
   Children:
   1. Jeff - 1833
   2. Jane - 1830
   3. Mary - 1833
   4. Jack - 1835
   5. James Allan
   6. John
   7. Adaline - 1841-1900
   8. Martha - 1843
   9. George - 1845
   10. Joseph Benton - 1849
   11. Robert Hiram - 1851
   
   
2. James Allan BARTEE
   1. James Maxey (daughter - Julia BARTEE HARDY)
   2. Dr. Luke Harvey (son - Ed. BARTEE, Mobile, AL)
   3. Fletcher Andrew (son - Wm. F., Atlanta, GA)
   4. Ozella (Mrs. J. L. EDWARDS, Manchester, GA)

Abraham Marshall had brothers George and Robert. All that is known about this line.

[Callie Faye MILLIKEN and I had theorized that her ancestor James William BARTEE (see Jan. ’92, pg. 9) was the son of George BARTEE (Jan. ’91, pg. 8) and that this George might have some connection to Abraham BARTEE of GA and AL. Looks like someone else thinks (or knows) so too. If anyone has any further information please let us know!]

Miscellaneous

Submitted by: Linda MEARSE
Source: North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. 7, #3, pg. 130

North Carolina Supreme Court Cases

15 NC 303, PROCTOR v. POOL, from Pasquotank Co., NC, Dec Term 1833: Samuel PROCTOR died in March 1831. His widow- Elizabeth B., daughter of Fred B. SAWYER. Daughter, Ann Elizabeth, married Joseph H. POOL. Daughter- Mary Virginia. Mentioned : John BARTIE; Lemuel MOORE and wife, Margaret; Willis WILSON, Benjamin SUTTON.

Military Records

Submitted by: Linda MEARSE
Source: There Never Were Such Men Before, The Civil War Soldiers and Veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865; PEEBLES; Livingston, Tx; pg. 24 & 25

BARTEE, Ferdinand
Born 1825, South Carolina. Enlisted 1862[*] as 4th Corporal, COMPANY B, 1st TEXAS INFANTRY, HOOD’S BRIGADE. Residence - Smithfield, Polk Co., Texas. Occupation - farmer. Sick in hospital, spring 1862. Discharged from service, August 14, 1862, because of chronic bronchitis on “official order of Gen. Lee.” Discharge shows: age, 38; 5’7 1/2" tall, dark hair and complexion, grey eyes. Re-enlisted, Jan. 6, 1863, COMPANY C, 2nd BRIGADE, TEXAS STATE TROOPS, at Concord, Texas. Given rank of 2nd Sgt. Stationed at Camp Gentry, Concord, Texas, Jan. 1863. Unit disbanded Jan. 1865.

Sources listed as: National Archives; Confederate Research Center; minutes and membership records of Ike TURNER Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Livingston, Tx.; Texas Archives; Registered voter, Polk Co., 1867

*This date appears to be incorrect. The company was accepted into the C.S.A. at new Orleans, La., May 16, 1861. Also the records of the Ike TURNER Camp are as follows: “Fred” BARTEE, joined April 28, 1861; sworn into confederate service in New Orleans, La., May 16 1861; discharged at reorganization of army, over 45 years of age.

BARTEE, John Overton
Born March 26, 1844, South Carolina. Died Feb. 24, 1905. Buried Center Hill Cemetery, Oakhurst, Texas. Enlisted March 30, 1862, Polk County, as a private, COMPANY E, 20th TEXAS INFANTRY, ELMORE’S REGIMENT. Residence - Smithfield, Polk County, Texas. Occupation -Farmer. Absent sick, April - May 1863, in Polk County. Leave approved by the Medical Board at Galveston. Sept. 1863, sick in hospital, Orange, Texas. Later in same month was assigned to the harbor patrol, Galveston. May 1864, detailed as a teamster for the Quartermaster Department. July 1864, transferred to COMPANY G (same regiment). On furlough, Dec. 1864 for 25 days. Company disbanded, May 1865. Surrendered by E. Kirby SMITH, June 2, 1865, Galveston.

Sources listed as: National Archives; minutes and membership records of Ike TURNER Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Livingston, Tx.; Texas Archives; Texas widow’s pension #31693

Births

Submitted by Linda MEARSE
Source: Index to Texas Probate Birth Certificates

These indexes are located at the Texas State Library, Genealogy Room. They are carbon copies and therefore sometimes very difficult to read, particularly the numbers. If you request a copy of the certificate from the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics and use these certificate numbers please state they were obtained from a blurred carbon copy and may not be the correct file number.

Only the last two digits are given for the year of birth, but it should be apparent which are the 1800’s and which the 1900’s as these are “probate” or “delayed” birth certificates. A birth in the 70’s or 80’s would indicate 1870 or 1880; the 20’s or 30’s would indicate 1920 or 1930.

Copies of the certificate can be obtained from the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Health Dept., Austin, Tx. Fees as of 9/1/91 are: birth cert. - $11; death cert. - $9; marriages - $9; and divorces - $9.

It appears the typist listed only the month and year of birth in the following. This was determined by comparing some of the names which appear both in the following section and in the next section which gives month, day, and year.

The following was a good, sharp copy and will be as accurate as the typist was.

INDEX TO TEXAS BIRTHS [NOT DELAYED] 1903 - 1920

Family Profile

John R. Bartee and Descendants
(6th installment)

Jerome Denton Bartee, Sr.

b. 5-2-1909
d. 9-19-1973

Jerome Denton BARTEE (Sr.) was the only child of Andrew P. BARTEE and Ruby Augusta (DENTON) BARTEE. He was born in Lindsay, Oklahoma, at his grandparents home. His grandparents, on the maternal side were Augusta Jerome DENTON and Synthia Evaline (SCHOOLEY) DENTON. They had a large two story frame home, located at the end of Main Street in Lindsay, and Jerome was born in front bedroom of that home.

When Jerome, called “Denton” by family members, was about 3 months old, Ruby left Andrew P. BARTEE and returned to her parents home in Lindsay. They were divorced soon after that.

Ruby later married Benjamin Camel HARMON and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where Denton grew up. Mr. HARMON did not adopt him and he grew up with the BARTEE name. He attended schools in Fort Worth, Texas and quit school after the ninth (9th) grade and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was sent to Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas and remained in the service for almost a year, when he was discharged for being under age. He returned to Fort Worth, Texas.

On June 26, 1926, Jerome Denton BARTEE married Hilda Ileta MUSGRAVE at ceremony in the home of Mrs. Ray (YUNA) DRAKE on 26th Street in Fort Worth, Texas. Three children were born of this union:

“Denton” and Hilda with their children remained in the Fort Worth, Texas area until 1939. He worked for Armour Packing Company, and during the depression had a second job as nightwatchman for Mr. ADKINS, who owned grocery store in the Haltom City area.

In 1939 Denton, Hilda and their children moved to Houston, Texas and first resided at 1618 Dallas, moving from that location to 2018 Rusk. Denton worked as carpenter for some months after moving to Houston. He then held a number of jobs as cook and chef. He worked as chef at the Rice Hotel in Houston for some time, however, quit this good position due to disagreement with his boss. After this he held jobs in either the restaurant field or in construction. He was, like his father had been before him a “Jack of all trades - master of none”. He could perform almost any job, was intelligent and talented in many endeavors - but, was high tempered and would quit jobs at the drop of a hat, not thinking of his (or his family’s) future.

When World War II began, December 7, 1941, he enlisted in the National Maritime Union, and was Merchant Seaman during the war years. He rose to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. Shipping out with the Merchant Fleet, he traveled all over the world on ships that carried high test airplane gasoline, fuel and oil. He would be gone many months at a time and during 1945, when docking in Norfolk, Virginia, he met the woman that was to be his second wife.

Hilda and the three children had remained in Houston, Texas during the World War II years. Like his father, before him, Denton rarely sent money home for the support of his family. Hilda worked, as did Evelyn, the oldest daughter and were able to survive.

In April, 1945 Hilda filed for divorce. She later married Curtis E. EVERETT in Houston.

Denton then married the Marie [Marie Patricia HENSON] that he had met in Norfolk, Virginia. They lived there for about a year and then moved back to Fort Worth, Texas, where their two sons were born.

Sons born of this union were Larry Gene BARTEE and Jimmy Neal BARTEE. After this Denton and Marie moved to Houston, Texas, where a daughter was born to them and she was Donna Marie BARTEE.

Fo the last many years of his life, Denton worked for Brown & Root Construction Co. He was an excellent carpenter, able to perform almost any task asked of him. He had mellowed down during the last years and was able to keep a job with no problems, other than occasional flaring of his temper. He was 64 years old when he had to take off from his job due to heart condition.

On September 19, 1973, at Southmore Hospital in Pasadena, Texas, he had a series of severe heart attacks and passed away on that date. He had been in the hospital for five (5) days.

He is buried in marked grave at Brookside Cemetery, Houston, Texas (on I-59 at Lauder Rd.) His son, Jerome Denton BARTEE, Jr. also died of heart attack at age 42 and is buried 2 spaces over from Denton’s grave.

Family Group Records

Newsletter pg. 77 - 78. These were charts submitted by May Couch ( FGR of George Thomas Swetnam & Nancy Ellen Bartee; and William H. Bartee & Frances B. Hopper)