John Lewallen - Apr 21, 2012
Today Texas celebrated the 176 anniversary Battle of San Jacinto. Listed on plaque or the names of participants at the battle. On plaque a John Lewellyn is listed. Have also seen his name spelled John Llewellyn on list of men who served Gen E. Burleson at the battle. Just wondering if anybody related to him.
Marlea Llewellyn - Apr 24, 2012
So I looked up info on it. No real info on him but these had the best stories and pics.
Volunteer Infantry Company I (from 1st Regiment)
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/sjvetsunit.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genbel/sta
tes/texas/battleofsanjacinto.html
http://sanjacintodescendants.org/battle.html
http://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/index.php/vmchk/Year-19
36/Vol-13-No.-09-June-1936/flypage.tpl.html
Billie Harris - Apr 25, 2012
Good job, Marlea:
From the volunteer infantry company Marlea posted, here are others in the company. Anyone recognize any of the names?
Volunteer Infantry Company I (from 1st Regiment) Officers
William S. Fisher, captain
William H. Steele, first lieutenant
Robert W. P. Carter, second lieutenant
(promoted to replace Steele)
Robert J. W. Reel, second lieutenant
Edward S. Jones, orderly sergeant.
Privates
William L. Armour (W.S. Armot/Arnot), Reason Banks, Mathias A. Bingham, Samuel Pearce Birt, Henry Bond, Moses W. Brigham, James Cooper, Robert Crittenden, William (Henry S.) Day, Joseph Doan, George Fennell, Benjamin Franklin Fry, William C. Gill, Luke John Gillespie, Alexander S. (David) Graves, Andrew Jackson Harris, Denward James, James Joslem, George W. Leek, John Lewellyn, George W. Mason, Jacob Maybee, John D. McAllister (from Bird's Co.), Joseph McAllister, Samuel W. McNeely, Alfred H. Miles, Hugh (John) Morgan, Adam Mosier, Eliakin P. Myrick (E. G. Myers), Eli Noland, Wesley Walker Pace, James S. Patterson, Daniel Perry (from Perry Co.), Thomas A. Sebastian Pratt, Nathaniel Rudder (from Splane to Fisher Co), William L. Sergeant, John Milton Shreve, Joseph H. Slack (from Perry Co.), Joseph Sovereign, John F. Stancell (from Perry Co.), Benjamin F. Starkley, Charles C. Stebbins, John W. Stroud, Thomas Taylor, Algernon P. Thompson, Henry H. Tierwester, George Weedon, Rufus Wright sdct
Billie Harris - Apr 25, 2012
Did a little searching tonight and found information on John Lewellyn/Llewellyn. Here are some posts on GenForum. Note the second one mentions the Battle of San Jacinto and John Lewellyn. Apparently John was born in Wales and came to Harper's Ferry in Virginia and from there to Texas. He had children Alf, John, Joseph and Maria.
We have more on John Lewellyn here on the site somewhere, am not sure. But if you check Jefferson County, West Virginia, which is where Harper's Ferry is now located, you'll find more information on him.
[NOTE: broken link]
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I am trying to trace my Llewellyn roots and maybe we can help each other. Below is a part of a letter my g-g aunt wrote to my grandfather. My g-g-grandfather's mother, America, may have been a Llewellyn. She was born about 1823 in either Alabama or Georgia. My g-g-grandfather's name was Samuel Sentell Moorhead, born in 1844 in Texas. His father's name was William H. Moorhead. Note also the Dugan, Roberson, Odom, Westerman, and Powell connections in this letter.
"Now Homer I'll try and tell you all any one of our own family knows about the Moorhead side. When Jud was 18 months old, my Dad [Samuel] come west from Hill County to Archer County. His Uncle Alf Llewellyn left the malaria part of Texas. They brought Andy Dugan with them. Also Grandma Roberson and her 3 kids Aunt Pet 13 Uncle Jim and Jud who were real small. They took up a homestead at Archer. Uncle Andy was too young at that time unless he was married so he and Aunt Pet at about 16 and 13 got married and settled on a homestead. Now so far as I know only one of Pa's brothers ever visited that far west possible due to slow transportation. You see when my father came West they had 4 families in the wagon train and due to Indians trouble rising water in creeks it was a long and tedious trip. Uncle Bill had 4 boys (Rev. L.N. Moorhead a Baptist preacher who brought his wife and two kids to Archer County in 1898. That's a long time ago. They all from Erath County near Purvis Texas. There were no no-goods among your dad's people. Mostly very religious people Do you remember the Westermans Frank at Munday Aunt Bet Odom was his mother-in-law and Pa's sister they have all been dead many years [no punctuation, not sure of meaning, Aunt Bet Odem was Pa's sister?]. Paralee Powell lived in East Texas somewhere near Hillsboro, TX. Your grandpa could hardly write and no doubt his bro's could do no better, so writing in those days were few and far apart. But I know for sure that my daddy loved his family. Pa was the oldest then Bill so when the Civil War broke out, Grandpa enlisted and Sam and Bill followed him. Pa and Bill were among the youngest boys in the war. So soon fter the war Grandma died then Pa brought his Dad with him to Archer and my Grandpa is buried by Pa's side....My mother's father was a farmer also from the same community... his name was Roberson. Grandma Roberson came to Archer county in the wagon train. She had a cancer on her nose and lived long enough to be eaten up and she is buried in the Llewellyn lot in the graveyard at A.C."
A.C. means Archer City
Elizabeth Ferrell-Gray
e.ferrellgray@comcast.net
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REPLY MENTIONS JOHN AND BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO
Posted by: Steve Whitt (ID *****3154) Date: April 26, 2004 at 12:03:39
In Reply to: Re: Old Letter: Lewellyn's in Texas and Possible Relatives by Elizabeth Ferrell-Gray of 812
Alf Llewellyn was born in Harper's Ferry, VA in 1843 - died in Archer City, TX in 1926. His second wife was Mary Elizabeth Roberson 1853 - 1938. They had no childern. Alf's first wife was Emma Brigman, born abt 1849 - died abt 1880 in Freestone County, TX. They had one son, Thomas (1878 - 1899) who died young & unmarried.
Alf's siblings were John T. (1838 - ?), Joseph (1840 - 1883) and Maria Llewellyn Woodward (1845 - 1900). Their father, John, was born in Wales and immigrated to Harper's Ferry, VA in about 1830. John first came to TX in 1835 where he joined the revolution and fought in the battle of San Jacinto. The property in Archer county where Alf lived was the headright land given to his father for his role in the TX revolution.
I don't have any info on a America Llewellyn. John Llewellyn did have a sister in Georgia. Her name was Anne & her husband was named William Copeland. Could your America be related to this line? I'll keep looking through my records to see if I can find a connection.
FYI, Alf Llewellyn served with Hood's Brigade during the civil war. He also was the judge in Archer county for many years.
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Posted by: Elizabeth Ferrell-Gray (ID *****6929) Date: April 27, 2004 at 04:33:18
In Reply to: Re: Old Letter: Lewellyn's in Texas and Possible Relatives by Steve Whitt of 812
I got this from the 1860 census records for Henderson County, TX. The Francis A. Roberson who is 8 was my g-g-g-grandmother. She married Samuel Sentell Moorhead in 1871, in Henderson County, so I believe. Is this any relation? I am still trying to ascertain America, Samuel's mother's maiden name. It might have been Barnett, and her parents Joseph and Parmelia Sentell Barnett. Wish I could find an old wedding announcement or invitation.
H B Roberson 29 1830 Tennessee Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Male
Mary Roberson 35 1824 Alabama Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Francis A Roberson 8 1851 Mississippi Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Elizabeth Roberson 7 1852 Mississippi Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Hazeltine Roberson 6 1853 Mississippi Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Mary L Roberson 3 1856 Mississippi Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Hiram F Roberson 3.12 Texas Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Male
Nancy E Roberson 11 1848 Texas Beat 3, Henderson, Texas Female
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1860 United States Federal Census. M653, 1438 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
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Steve Whitt (ID *****3154) Date: April 27, 2004 at 08:38:03
In Reply to: Re: Old Letter: Lewellyn's in Texas and Possible Relatives by Elizabeth Ferrell-Gray of 812
I would imagine that the Elizabeth listed in the census is the Elizabeth that married Alf Llewellyn. I have her birth year as 1853, which I probably took from her headstone in Archer City. All of the notes I have from my grandfather & g-grandfather refer to her as Aunt Lizzie. She used the name Mary Elizabeth when she applied for confederate pension. Here's a little of what my g-granfather wrote of Alf in 1935.
"Alf married a Miss Brigman in Freestone County and had two boys, Joe and Tom. Joe died when a small boy and is buried by the side of his mother in the old Mayes graveyard near Butler (Freestone, Co). Alf left there and went to Ellis County, married a Miss Lizzie Roberson and moved to Archer County onto the land his father left them. He moved there in 1878, built a little two-room rock house and raised a few cattle and tried to farm a little, but the ranchmen at that time did not want anybody in there and they stole almost everything he had, but he stayed, took care of his wife's mother and four or five children, and made a stake. He sent Tom, his only child, to live with the Brigmans, who were fine people.."
So, it looks like maybe your g-g-g-g-grandmother might have lived with Alf & Lizzie for a while.
The walls of the old brick house were still standing when I was out there about 10 years ago, There is also a book on the history of Archer county with a picture of the old rock house & a couple of pictures of Lizzie Llewellyn.
My relation is through the Llewellyn line. I descended from Alf's brother, Joseph.
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There are more postings on Gen Forum in response to this if anyone's interested.