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Descendants of David Rankin, Sr.


410. MARY6 BRAZELTON (MARY ANN5 VAN ZANDT, HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born 1835 in Tennessee. She married J. C. MAILS March 06, 1861 in Franklin Country, Tennessee.
     
Children of MARY BRAZELTON and J. MAILS are:
  i.   ANN7 MAILS, b. 1862, Tennessee.
  ii.   SUSAN MAILS, b. 1864, Tennessee.
  iii.   DOCIA MAILS, b. 1866, Tennessee.
  iv.   MARY MAILS, b. 1868, Tennessee.


411. JOHN D.6 BRAZELTON (MARY ANN5 VAN ZANDT, HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born 1848 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. He married ELIZA OWEN.
     
Child of JOHN BRAZELTON and ELIZA OWEN is:
  i.   W. S.7 BRAZELTON, b. Abt. 1871; m. JOSEPHINE KELSO; b. WFT Est. 1865-1881.


412. CELIA ANN6 VAN ZANDT (ABRAHAM5, HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born October 02, 1827 in Alabama. She married WILEY D. THOMPSON Abt. 1848 in Alabama, son of MALCOM THOMPSON and POLLY DAVIS. He was born 1827 in Alabama.

More About CELIA ANN VAN ZANDT:
Census: 1880, District 26, Navarro Co, TX
     
Children of CELIA VAN ZANDT and WILEY THOMPSON are:
773. i.   WILLIAM MARTIN7 THOMPSON, b. October 05, 1849, Madison Co, Alabama; d. January 27, 1913, Gallatin, Cherokee Co, TX.
  ii.   MARY MENEME THOMPSON, b. 1855, Cherokee County, Texas.
  iii.   ARIZONA THOMPSON, b. 1859, Cherokee County, Texas; m. BENJAMIN A. GRACE, September 09, 1879, Navarro County, Texas; b. Bet. 1859 - 1860, Texas.
  More About ARIZONA THOMPSON:
Census: 1880, District 26, Navarro Co, TX

  More About BENJAMIN A. GRACE:
Census: 1880, District 26, Navarro Co, TX
Occupation: 1880, Farmer
  iv.   SONORA THOMPSON, b. 1862, Cherokee County, Texas.


413. JOHN RANKIN6 VANZANDT (ABRAHAM5 VAN ZANDT, JR., HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born November 15, 1837 in Bibb County, Alabama, and died January 22, 1909 in Comyn, Comache County, Texas. He married SARAH JANE LATHAM February 17, 1867 in Cherokke Co., Texas, daughter of WILLIAM LATHAM and BETHENY THOMPSON. She was born October 07, 1846 in Bibb Co. Alabama, and died January 04, 1927 in De Leon, Comanche County, Texas.

Notes for JOHN RANKIN VANZANDT:
SOURCE: "Blackburns Today and Yesterday" by Frances Blackburn Hilliard

John Rankin Van Zandt enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 for 12 mos. unless sooner discharged. Was in the 3rd Reg. Texas Cavalry with Col. M. F. Locke, commander. Regiment was discharged in Tennessee. He had to walk home to Cherokee Co., Texas.

Buried near DeLeon, Texas.

John Rankin Van Zandt served in Co.? 10th Texas (Dismounted) Cavalry at Rusk, TX from 1861 to May 10, 1865. K.M. Van Zandt and W.E. Lowe signed affidavit stating Mrs. S.J. Vanzandt was the widow of J.R. Vanzandt (Listed on 1880 census in Cherokee Co., TX with wife Sarah).

More About JOHN RANKIN VANZANDT:
Census: 1880, Precinct 1, Cherokee Co, TX
Occupation: 1880, Farmer

More About SARAH JANE LATHAM:
Census: 1880, Precinct 1, Cherokee Co, TX
Parents (Facts Pg): Both b. in AL
     
Children of JOHN VANZANDT and SARAH LATHAM are:
774. i.   BETHENY ELLEN7 VANZANDT, b. September 21, 1868, Comyn, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. May 08, 1942, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.
  ii.   WILLIE VANZANDT, b. Abt. 1871, Cherokee County, Texas.
775. iii.   KLIEBER MILLER VANZANDT, b. January 14, 1874, Rush, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. April 26, 1963, De Leon, Comanche County, Texas.
776. iv.   VIOLA VANZANDT, b. February 28, 1877, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. January 18, 1956, Dublin, Erath County, Texas.
777. v.   ANNIE VANZANDT, b. June 29, 1880, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. April 12, 1944, De Leon, Texas.


414. LYDIA CATHERINE6 VAN ZANDT (ABRAHAM5, HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born February 08, 1841 in Bibb County, Alabama, and died 1903 in Cherokee Co., Texas. She married WILEY CHANDLER May 14, 1857 in De Leon, Cherokee County, Texas. He was born 1830 in Alabama, and died Bet. 1864 - 1879 in Texas.

Notes for LYDIA CATHERINE VAN ZANDT:
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Gravestone record ay Old Piney Grove, cemetery, Cherokee Co., Texas

More About LYDIA CATHERINE VAN ZANDT:
Census: 1880, Precinct 3, Cherokee Co, TX
Marital Status: 1880, Widowed
     
Children of LYDIA VAN ZANDT and WILEY CHANDLER are:
  i.   MADISON7 CHANDLER, b. 1858, Cherokee County, Texas.
  More About MADISON CHANDLER:
Census: 1880, Precinct 3, Cherokee Co, TX
Marital Status: 1880, Single
Occupation: 1880, Farmer
  ii.   LOUTICIA CHANDLER, b. Bet. 1860 - 1861, Texas.
  More About LOUTICIA CHANDLER:
Census: 1880, Precinct 3, Cherokee Co, TX
  iii.   GEORGEANN CHANDLER, b. Bet. 1861 - 1862, Texas.
  More About GEORGEANN CHANDLER:
Census: 1880, Precinct 3, Cherokee Co, TX
  iv.   JOHN CHANDLER, b. Bet. 1864 - 1865, Texas.
  More About JOHN CHANDLER:
Census: 1880, Precinct 3, Cherokee Co, TX



415. NERI6 BRIDGES (SENA5 VAN ZANDT, HANNAH4 BLACKBURN, JANE "JENNY"3 RANKIN, DAVID2, DAVID1) was born 1847 in Franklin County, Tennessee, and died August 17, 1887 in Gallatin, Cherokee County, Texas. He married BRANCIE ANN DAVIS October 02, 1875 in Gallatin, Cherokee County, Texas, daughter of GEORGE DAVIS and UNKNOWN WIFE. She was born October 11, 1845 in Alabama or Texas, and died January 06, 1934 in Gallatin, Cherokee County, Texas.

Notes for NERI BRIDGES:
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SOURCE NOTES:

From his gravestone inscription in Taylor Cemetery, Gallatin, TX we confirm his birth and death and find that he served in the Texas Cavalry, CSA.
Neri Bridges
Co I
35 Texas Cav
1847-1887

A request was made to the National Archives for the military records of Neri BRIDGES. The record received shows Neri as part of Co I, 35th Cav. (Likens) Texas and records him as "Sick. Left by surg. at Houston." The record was not dated. A copy is in my file.

What we know of his military service comes from his widow's application for a pension from the State of Texas. Neri BRIDGES enlisted in 1862 (at the calculated age of 15-16 years old) and served until he was discharged in 1865, having served three years. He was a Private in the Cavalry, having served in "Company "I", Lackens' Regiment, Terrell's Brigade." which was formed in Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX. The 35th (Likens) Regiment Texas Cavalry was formed October 23, 1863, by consolidation of Likens' and Burns' Battalions and Captains Gray's, Hurley's and Mullins' Companies, 37th Regiment Texas Cavalry. [Texas Pension #39328]

Family history remembers that Neri came home sick from the service, and that he died of black jaundice or kidney problems.

In 1875 Neri BRIDGES married Brancie DAVIS. Their marriage was first found in Brancie's Widow's Application for a Pension. It is recorded in the Cherokee County Clerks office, however, the record only shows the license. It was never completed (solemnized) and returned. The date of the license is 2 Oct 1875. A copy is in my file. [Marriage License, 1875]

Neri is pronounced "knee-rye".

In 1880 census had a black servant, William Lewis, who worked on the farm.

Neri BRIDGES was considered a land owner near Piney Grove about 3 miles from Gallatin , TX. However, to date no record of deed has been found. When his wife, Brancie (DAVIS) BRIDGES died, his oldest son, Wylie got the house, however his wife didn't know what to do with it. Wylie's daughter, Beulah wanted to restore it, but nothing ever happened. Buddy KELLEY, son of Ethel (Bridges) KELLEY has pictures of the house and at one time had some timber from the building. [Kelley, 14 Nov 1996]


More About NERI BRIDGES:
Burial: 1887, Taylor Cemetery, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., TX
Census: 1850, Franklin Co., TN (M432-878, pg. 30)
Occupation: Farmer

Notes for BRANCIE ANN DAVIS:
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Brancie Ann Davis was the daughter of George Washington DAVIS and Anna Caroline SCURLOCK. For her complete genealogy, see the DAVIS lineage later in this history. The date of birth for Brancie is probably right. In her application for a pension from the State of Texas, as Neri had served in the Tex CSA, she listed her age as 77 years old on 11 September 1923. Although it has been thought that she was born in Texas, in her application she stated she was born in Alabama. Since she also stated she had lived in Texas for 75 years, she apparently moved there when she was 2 or 3 years old. [Note that the 1880 Census, Cherokee Co., TX shows place of birth for Brancey A as Texas]

We learn the following from the Widow's Application for a Pension, filed by Brancie BRIDGES:
On 13 Sep 1923, Mrs. Brancie BRIDGES, widow of Neri BRIDGES filed a Widow's Application For A Pension with the State of Texas. It was approved 27 Sep 1923 with the pension being allowed from Sep 1st. At the time she was living in Gallatin, Cherokee Co., TX
Two people (M.A. JENKINS and S.B. PEACOCK) signed witness statements that (1) they had served with Neri BRIDGES in the Army; and (2) that Brancie BRIDGES was in fact the widow of Neri BRIDGES, and (3) that Brancie had "been a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D. 1900..."
Mr. P. B. Musslewhite, the State and County Assessor in Cherokee Co. TX certified that Mrs Brancie BRIDGES had a "homestead of the value of seven hundred ($700.00) Dollars, and of other property, real or personal, or both, of the value of Three Hundred Sixty ($360.00) Dollars.

From the Application for Mortuary Warrant, which was attached to the Widow's Application for a Pension file we know that Brancie (Davis) BRIDGES died 6 Jan 1934. She died in the home of her son, J.R. BRIDGES with whom she was living, in Gallatin, TX. Since she had been receiving a pension, the son requested a warrant to pay for all or part of the funeral expenses. Mr Roy L. Swofford, the undertaker certified the death and the application. Dr. C. L. Newburn, 421 South Bonner, Jacksonville, Tx, listed the ailments of Brancie at the time of her death as "senility." [Texas Pension #39328] Her Death Certificate on file at the Cherokee County Clerks Office has her death at 2:20 a.m. [Cherokee County Clerk, TX, Vol 8, page 320]

Granddaughter Ethel D. (BRIDGES) KELLEY tells the story that Brancie BRIDGES was to be buried with husband at Taylor Cemetery but the creek between them was "up over the bottom" and so they buried her at Piney Grove. Piney Grove is about 3 miles from Gallatin. [Kelley, 14 Nov 1996]


More About BRANCIE ANN DAVIS:
Burial: Piney Grove Cemetery, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., TX
Census: 1880, Cherokee Co., TX [T9-1295, pg 304]
     
Children of NERI BRIDGES and BRANCIE DAVIS are:
778. i.   WYLIE M.7 BRIDGES, b. Abt. 1877, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas.
  ii.   JAMES RANKIN BRIDGES, b. November 10, 1879, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. September 21, 1961, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas.
  Notes for JAMES RANKIN BRIDGES:
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Never Married. Took care of his Mother.

  More About JAMES RANKIN BRIDGES:
Burial: 1961, Piney Grove Cemetery, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., TX
Census: 1880, Cherokee Co., TX [T9-1295, pg 304]
779. iii.   LYDIA BRIDGES, b. July 09, 1880; d. August 06, 1966.
  iv.   ANDREW BRIDGES, b. March 09, 1882, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. August 22, 1905, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas.
  More About ANDREW BRIDGES:
Knickname: Bud
780. v.   ARTHUR CURUTH BRIDGES, b. December 1883, Piny Grove, (near Gallatin), Cherokee County, Texas; d. January 02, 1947, Livingston, Texas.
  vi.   WILLIAM FRANKLIN BRIDGES, b. January 31, 1886, Gallatin, Cherokee Co., Texas; d. December 22, 1960, Votaw, Hardin County, Texas; m. FRANCES POWELL RODGERS, September 22, 1907, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas.

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