This document was compiled by Carol Snoddy Byler
ELIZABETH MARGARET SNODDY,
b. Abt. 1814, Sumner Co, TN; d. Jan 16, 1891, TX; m. (1) E. W. BULL,
Oct 12, 1837, Bexar Co, TX; b. Abt. 1810, TN; d. 1838, Runnels Co, TX; m. (2)
PLEASANT D. "PLEAS" ALEXANDER, 1843, Runnels Co, TX; b. Abt. 1811,
TN; d. Jan 25, 1883, Runnels Co, TX.
Margaret's uncle, [Graham Snoddy or Edwin Alexander], is supposed to have come
to Alabama and carried her back to Tennessee. Graham was living in Lincoln County,
TN at this time. Family stories say that she went to Texas with her uncle. There
is an Eliza M. Snoddy who married an E. W. Bull in Bexar County, Texas on October
2, 1837. This is the right age to be William's daughter.Margaret's unmarried
uncle* is supposed to have come to Alabama and carried her back to Tennessee.
Family stories say that she went to Texas with her uncle. (Information provided
by Marvin D. Snoddy.)
* "Unmarried uncle" could have been:
[1] Graham Snoddy, he was divorced and living in Lincoln County, TN at this
time.
[2] Edwin Alexander, was living in Sumner Co, TN and single.
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Snoddy's Estate July 20, 1818
500 dollars
I, William Snoddy of the county of Lincoln and state of Tennessee, promise to pay unto Matthew Alexander of Sumner County and state aforesaid his heirs and assigns twelve years after the date hereof the sum of five hundred dollars for a slave I received it being the price of a negro woman named Minda which sum of five hundred dollars the said Matthew Alexander and assess after it has been ____ by him to pay over _____ the said Snoddy's wife's daughter called Elizabeth Margaret Snoddy, now about four years of age. When she becomes of full age, if she lives so long but in case she died before she becomes of full age, then and in that case it is agreed upon by ____ between the said parties, that the said Matthew Alexander his heirs shall be forever ______ _____ from ______ the said sum of five hundred dollars to the heirs or representatives of the said Elizabeth Margaret Snoddy and that the said sum of five hundred dollars shall remain a trust of the estate of the said Matthew Alexander from em________ by everything herein contained, the ____ bond to have interest from the note. In witness whereof the said parties hath hereunto set their hands and seals this 20th day of July 1818. In the presence of ___ Brown and David Alexander.
William Snoddy
Matthew Alexander
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Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 Record
about Eliza M. Snoddy
Name: Eliza M. Snoddy
Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1837
Spouse: E. W. Bull
Marriage County: Bexar
Marriage State: Texas
Source: County Court Records - FHL microfilm # 0024917
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Email from Kathy Patrick - kpatrick@mtlib.org - on Oct 2, 2006
"Dear Carol,
I am interested in Wm Snoddy and Elizabeth Alexander's daughter Margaret. I
believe she might be Pleasant Duke Alexander's wife. Margaret Alexander was
born in 1814. I believe I have found information on her mother's line. I can't
find Pleasant in that line. I can't seem to find information about her at all.
What I read on your web sight would put her in Texas and might explain why I
can't find any marriage between Snoddy and Alexander. Do you have any suggestions
as to avenues I might pursue? Your information has certainly be helpful. I am
headed to Texas later this week and want to use the resources that are available...if
only I knew what I needed to use!!!
Thanks again for the website!
Kathy Patrick
Helena, MT"
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Residence: 1860, District 14, Smith, Tennessee
Notes for E. W. BULL:
Texas Census, 1820-90 Record
about E. W. BULL
Name: E. W. BULL
State: TX
County: Gonzales County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1835
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839
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Texas Census, 1820-90
Name: E. W. BULL
State: TX
County: Bexar County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1837
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839
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Texas Census, 1820-90 Record
Name: E. W. BULL
State: TX
County: Gonzales County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1838
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839
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Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
Name: E. W. Bull
Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1837
Spouse: Elizabeth M. Noddy
Marriage County: Bexar
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909
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Texas Land Title Abstracts Record
Grantee: E. W. Bull
Certificate: 1015
Patentee: E. W. Bull
Patent Date: 28 Apr 1873
Acres: 640
District: Bexar; Travis
County: Runnels
File: 1101
Patent #: 299
Patent Volume: 14
Class: Bex. Bty
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26 S.W. 1102
ALEXANDER et al.
v.
HOUGHTON et al.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas.
June 13, 1894.
Appeal from district court, Runnels county; W. J.
Wingate, Judge.
Trespass to try title by S. Alexander, Elizabeth A. Cawlfield, and John G. Cawlfield
against John H. Houghton and John H. Robinson. From a judgment for defendants,
plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
Action of trespass to try title, brought on the
15th day of February, 1892, by appellants, S. Alexander, Elizabeth A. Cawlfield,
and John G. Cawlfield against appellees, John H. Houghton and John H. Robinson,
to recover 640 acres of land patented to E. W. Bull on the 28th day of April,
1873, situated in Runnels county. Defendants, on the 7th day of March, 1892,
filed a general denial and plea of not guilty; pleaded specially, claiming title
to the land by five years' limitation; praying for judgment for the land. On
the 22d day of October, 1892, plaintiffs filed their first supplemental petition,
demurring to the answer, denying the same, and specially setting up the coverture
of their mother, under whom they claim, in reply to the plea of limitation.
The court, trying the case without a jury, rendered judgment for defendants,
from which plaintiffs have appealed. The facts are as follows: E. W. Bull, the
patentee of the land, died in 1838, leaving E. M. Bull, his widow, surviving
him, who, six months after his death, gave birth to a child, which died at the
age of six months, leaving its mother, E. M. Bull, its sole heir, and sole heir
of E. W. Bull. E. M. Bull married again, in 1843, one Pleasant D. Alexander,
of which marriage were born plaintiffs S. Alexander and Elizabeth A. Cawlfield.
Other children were born of the marriage, but died in early infancy. Pleasant
D. Alexander died January 25, 1883, and E. M. Alexander, the owner of the land,
never married again, and died January 16, 1891, leaving plaintiffs S. Alexander
and E. A. Cawlfield her sole heirs. Defendants read in evidence, over plaintiffs'
objections, from the record of deeds of Runnels county, a deed by Sam Maverick
to H. and W. H. Paddleford, conveying the E. W. Bull 640-acre survey, of date
March 10, 1880, which was filed for record in Runnels county on March 22, 1883.
The certificate of acknowledgment to the deed was as follows: "The State
of Texas, Runnels County. Before me, Geo. W. Caldwell, a notary public in and
for said county, on this day personally appeared Sam Maverick, to me well known
to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged
to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein
expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 5th of June, 1882. Geo.
W. Caldwell, Notary Public, Bexar Co., Texas." Defendants read in evidence
a deed by H. and W. H. Paddleford to A. H. Webb, conveying the land in controversy,
of date May 29, 1884, filed for record in Runnels county on June 12, 1884 also,
a deed of... (this information provided by Kathy Patrick
Helena, MT; kpatrick@mtlib.org)
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????????? from http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/gonminutes.htm
"There are no official minutes of the Ayuntamiento of 1835 and 1836 consisting
of Andrew Ponton, alcalde; Eli Mitchell and Joseph D. Clements, regidores; Mathew
Caldwell, sindico procurador; and B.D. McClure primary judge. The Ayuntamiento
of 1835 was the one who guided the colony through the momentous events leading
up to Texas Independence in late 1835 and spring 1836. Documents in the Texas
Archives give sketches of some of their activities.
1835 Consultation Election. On 1 February 1835,
the ayuntamiento held an election for delegates to represent the municipality
of Gonzales in an impending consultation following the events described above
that was not held until Nov 1835. William W. Arrington was the election judge,
first teller was E.W. Bull, second teller was S. Webster and..."
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Notes for PLEASANT D. "PLEAS" ALEXANDER:
1850 Census, Bastrop Co, TX
Pleasant D. Alexander 39 TN
Margaret 35 TN
Stephen 4 TX
Elizabeth 1 TX
John Moss 30 KY ferryman
Cornelius Daniel 40 CONN farm hand
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1860 Census, Hays Co, TX
P. D. Alexander 49 TN
Margaret 46 TN
Stephen 13 TX
Elizabeth 11 TX
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1870 Census, Hays Co, TX
P. D. Alexander 58 TN
E. M. (wife) 55 TN
Stephen 24 TX
Albert Goodden 14 TX farm laborer
J. G. Caufield 29 TX
Elizabeth 21 TX
Margaret 1 TX
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Texas Land Title Abstracts
Grantee: Pleasant D. Alexander
Certificate: 34
Patentee: Pleasant D. Alexander
Patent Date: 02 Feb 1872
Acres: 131
DISTRICT: Travis
County: Hays
File: 561
Patent #: 444
Patent Volume: 39
Class: Travis 3rd
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