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Notes for Rachell Laura Arabella Segrest
From:
"William F Dews II"
To:
"Candie Sims Witherspoon"
Subject:
Rachel Segrest
Date:
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:52:40 -0400
Candie:
Is it SEAGREST or SEGREST? In any case, I may be on to something here;
I think Rachel Laurel Arabella Segrest may be a sibling of one of my
Segrest ancestors after all (I think I have responded to a similar query from
you before but a second look at data usually turns up new ideas!).
In "Tyler County Texas Marriage Records 1846-1917" (compiled by Jim and
Ann Crews Laird, Conroe Texas, 1997), on page 139, I find the following:
GROOM BRIDE ISSUED MARRIED
RET'D
Sims, A.C. Segrest, R.A. 12/6/1869 12/8/1869
12/18/1869
BOOK: 2/3, PAGE 135.
In 1860 Census of Tyler County, TX, Jacob SECRIST (Jacob Segrest, Jr.)
and family are listed, including "R.A.," aged 9, male (microfilm reel
#1306, page 44, dwelling 292, family 301). Jacob is my grandfather's direct
male great-grandfather. Then, in 1870 Census of Tyler County, Texas, Jacob
Segrist [same man as in 1860 census] is listed with his family and, in
the same household, there is the family of... Alfred C. SIMS (aged 25), his
wife Rachel A. (aged 19, born in Alabama), a domestic servant named Rose,
and a farm laborer named Doak, both of whom are black (microfilm reel #1606,
p. 18, dwelling 446, family # 446 (for both)).
OK, so a woman named Rachel A. lives with her husband in the house of
Jacob Segrist; are they related? Why else would they be living there, IN THE
SAME HOUSE?!? Further, the ages of Rachel A. and R.A correspond---she is
the same age in 1860 as R.A. the purported son of Jacob. Could the 1860
census be wrong in listing R.A. as male? R.A. Secrist (Segrest) of 1860 and
all older siblings are born in Alabama, where my ancestor came to after
leaving from South Carolina. R.A. was the last child born in Alabama before
the family relocated to Tyler County, in about 1853.
"The Segrest Saga" also gives R.A. as a son, but this is likely taken
from the 1860 Census. No further information follows this line in the book,
so it could also be erroneous.
Further suggesting that "R.A." is Rachel Arabella is the fact that your
webpage shows one of her sons as Stephen Day Sims. Stephen Day is the
grandfather of R.A. Segrest, son (or daughter ?) of Jacob Segrist, Jr.,
and Martha L. Day.
This might be the key to the code on Rachel Laurel Arabella Segrest. I
think you should track down the 1860 and 1870 Census records of Tyler
county and see what information you can glean. From what I can surmise here,
her parents might very well be Jacob Segrist, Jr., born 26 Nov 1808 in
Orangeburg Co., SC, died 4 Jul 1870, Tyler Co., TX; married Martha L.
Day, born 26 Apr 1818 in Macon Co., AL, died 15 Sep 1903 in Tyler Co., TX.
I can go back from both of them, farther with Martha.
Let me know what you think of my assessment.
Fred
International Genealogical Index (IGI).
Batch: 8728504 Ser Sheet: 50 Film No.: 1396414
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