Asenith L. Jewell was born 1842 TN and died 1905.
She married (1) ________ Wilson
By her first marriage Asenith L. Jewell had a son Charles W. Wilson born ca 1863. The 1870 census shows a daughter named Elizabeth Wilson born ca 1865. The 1880 census shows a son named Jewel born ca 1865. Perhaps Jewel was a daughter instead of a son, and her full name was Elizabeth Jewel Wilson. She gave this child her maiden name as a given name.
James5 Roberts was not born when the 1880 census was taken. His father died in December of l879 so James was probably born in July or August of l880.
An Old Timer in Reminiscent Vein from Frontier Times
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The following letter was recently received from Powell Roberts of Santa Rita, New Mexico.
Santa Rita, New Mexico, March 2, 1931
Mr. J. Marvin Hunter, Frontier Times, Bandera, Texas.
Cousin Ben Roberts' father, Jeremiah (Jerry) Roberts, was the oldest of l4 children.
My father, Joseph Benton Roberts, was the youngest.
In 1849 my father was engaged in the manufacture of furniture with Mr. Mabry, who was married to Abbie Roberts, my uncle Jerry's oldest daughter. Mr. Mabry and father had their small factory a half mile east of Lockhart, and with a home-made lathe and an old sorrel bald-face horse for power, and Little Jack Mabry to drive Old Baldy, they turned up table and chair legs and made furniture for a year, then went into the mercantile business at Belmont.
(Note: In 1849 Joseph Benton Roberts was still living in Choctaw County MS.)
We moved from Burleson County, where I was born, to Johnson County in l872, 20 miles south of Fort Worth. While living in Johnson County my 14 year old half brother Charley Wilson, left home with another young fellow by the name of John Coffee. John Coffee's sister, Sallie, was married that Sunday to John Cain. After dinner these two boys disappeared, and my father hunted for them for a week, but failed to locate them. About 8 months later, after we had moved to Palo Pinto County, Charley came home. He had 250 and an old cap and ball pistol. Father informed him that he would have to get rid of the pistol so he traded it to Tom Duff, a neighbor boy, for 7 big white marbles. That represented his 8 months work away from home. Tom Duff's father had a big tank of water near their house and he threw the pistol in the middle of the tank. A few months later Charley Wilson went to work driving a bull team for Pat Wooding, who had three 8 yoke teams, two big wagons with big trail wagons. He hauled freight from Fort Worth, the nearest railroad point, to Belknap and Fort Griffin, and it required two months to make a trip. This was in 1878, and I never heard of them being bothered with Indians, and they never lost any freight by white thieves although it was wild country.
My folks moved to Palo Pinto County in 1877.
In 1882 and 1883 I was driving a 4-mule freight team from San Antonio to Junction City, hauling freight for Faltin & Schreiner's store. On our return trip we usually hauled wool in spring, cedar posts in summer and pecans in the fall. The men who freighted with us (we usually went in 4 to 6 wagon trains) were Mart Cadell, Bill Robertson, George Graves, Old Man McLemore, my brother and myself. We were camped in the Buffalo Camp Yard on Flores Street in San Antonio the evening Ben Thompson killed Jack Harris on Main Plaza.
In 1893 I rode horseback alone from San Antonio to El Paso. I have no Indian stories to tell but can give a few facts about white folks.
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1850 Census Choctaw Co Mississippi ---- No 161-161
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Birthplace
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| Joseph Roberts |
24 |
M |
AL |
Farmer |
| Rebecca Roberts |
66 |
F |
SC(?) |
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| William Roberts |
35 |
M |
AL |
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| Jemima Roberts |
20 |
F |
AL |
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| Mary Roberts |
5 |
F |
MS |
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| Jane(?) Roberts |
5/12 |
F |
MS |
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Matthew Roberts was No. 151-180 and Toliver Keeton, husband of Hannah Keeton was No. 163-163.
William Roberts was apparently the brother of Joseph Benton Roberts.
Rebecca Roberts is unidentified unless she was a second wife of Nathan3 Roberts.
1870 Census Burleson Co Texas ---- p 8, No 54-57
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Birthplace
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| Joseph B. Roberts |
44 |
M |
AL |
| Senith Roberts |
30 |
F |
TN |
| William Roberts |
7/12 |
M |
TX |
| Cal(?) Wilson |
7 |
M |
TX |
| Elizabeth Wilson |
5 |
F |
TX |
Burleson Co TX Deed Bk K, p 452 ---- June 30, 1871
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J. B. Roberts and wife Senith to W. D. Wilson - - - land
/s/ J. B. Roberts /s/ S. L. Roberts
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W. D. Wilson was the oldest child of Rachel4 Woods Roberts and her husband Silas Wilson.
1880 Census Palo Pinto Co Texas
ED 155, p 18, No 150-154
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Birthplace
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Relation |
| William Wilson |
47 |
M |
MS MS GA |
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| Martha Wilson |
44 |
F |
AL SC SC |
Wife |
| Ray Wilson |
17 |
M |
TX MS AL |
Son |
| Lewis Wilson |
14 |
M |
TX MS AL |
Son |
| Nancy Wilson |
11 |
F |
TX MS AL |
Daughter |
| William Wilson |
10 |
M |
TX MS AL |
Son |
| Mattie Wilson |
6 |
F |
TX MS AL |
Daughtaer |
| Samuel Chryswell |
25 |
M |
TX AL AL |
Boarder |
| Chas McClarty |
30 |
M |
TX AL AL |
Boarder |
| R. B. Allen |
23 |
M |
GA GA GA |
Boarder |
1880 Census Palo Pinto County Texas
ED 155, p 18, No 151-155
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Birthplace
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Relation |
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| Cenith Roberts |
38 |
F |
TN TN TN |
Mother |
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| Charles W. Roberts |
17 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son |
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| Jewel Roberts |
15 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son(?) |
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| Howel Roberts |
10 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son |
Should be Powel |
| Joseph Roberts |
8 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son |
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| Buck Roberts |
6 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son |
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| John Roberts |
4 |
M |
TX TN TN |
Son |
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| Abbie Roberts |
2 |
F |
TX TN TN |
Dau |
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William Wilson was probably related to the first husband of Asenith Jewell Roberts.
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