Freestone County, Texas Biographies The Reverend George Washington Baines, Pioneer Texas Baptist Preacher, and President of Baylor University Copyright (c) 1992-2006 by D La Pierre Ballard BalCro, 04-MAR-2006 ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 001: Introduction to George Washington Baines Updated 2006/02/26 ********************************************************************** This webpage is about the Reverend George Washington Baines (1809-1882), who was a pioneer Baptist preacher in Texas and who was President of Baylor University (1861-1863). The author is a great great great nephew to George Washington Baines. United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a great grand son of George Washington Baines. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 002: The Historical Marker in Fairfield, Texas ********************************************************************** On the north side of the First Baptist Church in Fairfield in Freestone County, Texas is a historical marker about George Washington Baines which was erected in 1965. The text of this marker provides an excellent introduction to George Washington Baines. It is as follows. REVEREND GEORGE WASHINGTON BAINES (1809-1882) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Noted Texas religious leader. Pastor, 1850, to Gen. and Mrs. Sam Houston. Founded first Baptist paper in state, 1855. In difficult Civil War years, served as president of Baylor University, 1861-1863, and pastor of the First Baptist Church in Fairfield, 1864-1866. A North Carolinian. Uneducated, at 21 he cut and rafted timber to pay for schooling. Received A.M. degree, University of Alabama. Moved to Arkansas. Founded 7 churches. Served in Arkansas legislature, 1843-1844. Lived and preached in Louisiana, 1845-1849. He had 10 children. His wife Melissa Ann (Butler) died here in wartime. He made her coffin with his own hands. One of their Great-Grandsons, Lyndon Baines Johnson, became 36th president of the United States. The first Texan to receive this high honor. Page .2. 04-MAR-2006 Churches were vital to military and civilian morale in Confederate Texas. Rev. Baines and other ministers led their congregations in prayer days, soldier relief work, aid to families, distribution of Bibles. They also inspired numerous conversions. Later Rev. Baines served as agent for the Baptist State Convention and it's Education Commission. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 003: Working For An Education In Alabama ********************************************************************** George Washington Baines was the first child of Reverend Thomas Baines and his wife Mary McCoy Baines. George was born on 29-DEC-1809 close to the Atlantic Coast in Perquimans County, North Carolina. He had the medium to small stature, the dark hair and the deep blue eyes which very often characterized the Baines family. In 1817 the Thomas Baines family moved to Georgia, and in the next year to Alabama. While living near Tuscaloosa, Alabama George earned money by cutting timber to attend the University of Alabama. He had to drop out in his senior year because of the stomach trouble which plagued him all his life. He was later awarded an honorary A.M. degree by that school for his accomplishments. He began teaching school in Alabama in the fall of 1832. On 07-AUG-1836 he was ordained a Baptist minister. His father, Reverend Thomas Baines was one of the signers of his ordination papers. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 004: Controversy in Crooked Creek, Arkansas ********************************************************************** In 1837 George W. Baines moved to Crooked Creek, Arkansas which today is Harrison, Arkansas in Boone County. The Baptist Home Mission Society of New York commissioned him to evangelize there. He hoped to have better health from his stomach problems there. His mother, Mary McCoy Baines, and his sister, Julia Ann Baines Hill, with his sister's family moved there about the same time. In January of 1838 George became the minister of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church. He baptized many persons and started three new churches there. In 1842 and 1843 he served a term as a representative in the Arkansas Legislature. On 20-OCT-1840 George married Melissa Ann Butler who had been born in North Carolina on 02-JUN-1824. In March of 1844 the Hardshell Baptists gained control of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church. George Baines and all of the Baines family who were members of that church were very decidedly Missionary Baptists. Reverend George Washington Baines and the entire Baines family with a number of other members were ousted from that church. George and Melissa Baines with their family moved to Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana in July of 1844. There he was superintendant of schools and Page .3. 04-MAR-2006 founded some more Baptist churches. Some of the following information comes from HISTORY OF THE NORTH ARKANSAS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION by Roger V. Logan,Jr who is an attorney and historian in Harrison, Arkansas. Crooked Creek Baptist Church was formed on 03-JUL-1834 in the Crooked Creek community which was just south of what is today Harrison, Arkansas. Among the early members of this church were the following Baines relatives. Abraham Marshall Hill M.1812-1865 Julia Ann Baines Hill \GTJ F.1812-1855 George Washington Baines \GTG M.1809-1882 Melissa Ann Butler Baines F.1824-1865 Mary McCoy Baines F.1794-1864 Sarah Baines \GS F.1790- Abraham Marshall Hill was the husband of Julia Ann Baines Hill who was the sister of George Washington Baines. Melissa Ann Butler Baines was the wife of G. W. Baines. Mary McCoy Baines was the mother of G. W. Baines. Sarah Baines was the aunt of G. W. Baines. While they were not listed as early members it is certain that Joseph Benjamin Baines and his wife Mary Frances Beller were in the Crooked Creek community at least. Joseph Benjamin Baines was the youngest brother of George W. Baines. At this time there is no evidence to show that William Creth Baines and his family were in the Crooked Creek community. William Creth Baines was the other brother of George Washington Baines. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 005: Hardshell Baptists Versus Missionary Baptists ********************************************************************** The Baptists of the 1840's tended to fall into one of two groups. Either they were Missionary Baptists or Hardshell Baptists. The Missionary Baptists were strongly evangelistic. They often held revivals and were constantly preaching the gospel. The Hardshell Baptists believed very decidedly in the doctrine of predestination which said that some persons were predestined to be saved as Christians and that some were not. The Hardshell Baptists or Primitive Baptists, as they were sometimes called, did not hold revivals or preach to the unsaved nearly to the extent that the Missionary Baptists did. These two groups did not get along either in Northern Arkansas or in Texas in the 1840's. All of the Baines family fell into the Missionary Baptist group. In March of 1844 the hardshell members gained control of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church and excluded from membership all of the members who were missionary members. A number of members including all of the Baines family were tossed out. Page .4. 04-MAR-2006 George Washington Baines and his family went to Louisiana and of course later to Texas. His sister Julia Ann Baines Hill and her family went to Carthage in Panola Co, Texas. It is not known what happened to Sarah Baines. Mary McCoy Baines stayed in the Crooked Creek community with her youngest son Joseph Benjamin Baines and his family. Mary McCoy Baines was to stay in northern Arkansas until about 1863 when the Union and Confederate forces had withdrawn from each other in northern Arkansas. This created a gap from the Missouri state line down to the Arkansas River in which bands of bushwhackers reigned supreme. These outlaws robbed, burned and killed without respect for any persons, man or woman, North or South. At this time George Washington Baines arranged for his mother, Mary McCoy Baines, to move to his home in Fairfield in Freestone County, Texas where she died in 1864. The Crooked Creek Baptist Church continued as a Hardshell Baptist church until it went out of business in 1900. In 1906 it was revived as a missionary Baptist church and continues today under the name Union Baptist Church. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 006: Ministry and Teaching in Louisiana ********************************************************************** In Louisiana George Washington Baines, in addition to preaching in various Baptist churches, worked as superintendent of schools in the Bienville Parish. He was the first pastor at the Minden Baptist Church of Minden, Louisiana. That church celebrated it's 125th anniversary on 26-OCT-1969. A copy of the church bulletin was furnished to the author by the author's third cousin H. Marland Minton, who is a great great great nephew of George Washington Baines. The church bulletin has George Washington Baines on its front cover and the following about him inside. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sunday, January 19, 1845, the Reverend George Washington Baines, pastor of the Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, was called to serve as the first pastor, to serve on a quarter-time basis. The Reverend Baines was a man of rare ability, a spiritual giant of his day, described by those who knew him as being a man of deep conviction, profoundly learned in the Bible, gentle, quiet, soft in speech, and modest in everything. By the time he became pastor of Minden Baptist Church at the age of thirty-five, he had already been the organizer of a dozen churches in Arkansas and North Louisiana. Through his wisdom in leadership, this church established its roots in doctrine and conservatism for which it has been known through the years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On the back of that church bulletin was a message from a great grandson of George Washington Baines. That great grandson was able to attend that church that day also. His message is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Page .5. 04-MAR-2006 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON November 16, 1968 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MINDEN I fully share your pride as you commemorate the 125th anniversary of your Church. You look back on a history that is rich in service to God and to your community. And it gives me special satisfaction to know that my great-grandfather, George Washington Baines, was part of the sacred tradition you honor. I have always believed that we cannot look forward to prosperity if we do not first look back to our ancestors. We have much to learn from their courage and adversity and their perseverance in carrying forward God's holy word and work. It humbles us to share the lasting memories of the good they did. And it heartens us as we bear our own burdens and seek, as they did, a better, more meaningful life. I am wholeheartedly with you in the spirit of your observance, and I wish your congregation every success in the challenging years ahead. Lyndon B. Johnson ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 007: Into Texas ********************************************************************** In 1847 George W. Baines visited Texas to help begin a Baptist church in the town of Marshall in Panola Co. About three years later George W. Baines moved with his family to Huntsville, Texas where he ministered for a year. In 1851 he and his family moved to the town of Independence in Washington County, Texas for a year. He was the minister in the Independence Baptist Church which included General Sam Houston and his wife as members. Who: Sam Houston M.1793-1863 Who: Margaret Lea Houston F.1819-1867 ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 008: George Washington Baines and the Texas Baptists ********************************************************************** The Union Baptist Association was the first Baptist organization in the state of Texas. The Union Baptist Association formed the Texas Baptist Education Society which promoted the founding of Baylor University in 1845 in the Republic of Texas. The Union Baptist Association was a Baptist group formed in 1840 which took in the Baptist churches of south central and southeastern Texas. George Washington Baines was moderator of this group for the years 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1862. George W. Baines preached the introductory sermon at the 1851 meeting in Washington, Texas. He preached the missionary sermon at the 1860 meeting in Bellville. The Union Baptist Association was the first of many such regional associations which worked under the Texas Baptist State Convention. Page .6. 04-MAR-2006 ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 009: THE TEXAS BAPTIST: The First Baptist Newspaper in Texas ********************************************************************** In 1852 George Washington Baines and his family moved to Anderson, Texas which was about thirty miles northeast of Independence, Texas. He was the minister of the Baptist church in Anderson. The Texas Baptist State Convention began a Baptist newspaper at Anderson, Texas in January 1855 with George W. Baines as founding editor. This was the first Baptist newspaper in the state of Texas. George W. Baines remained as editor until shortly after the Civil War started when the paper folded due to the shortages caused by the war. Most of the issues of this paper are available to be seen on microfilm at the Carroll Library on the Baylor University campus in Waco, Texas. There were four large pages with fine print to each monthly issue. Here are two quotes taken from the book A HISTORY OF TEXAS BAPTISTS by J. M. Carroll from pages 280 and 282 regarding the newspaper "The Texas Baptist" of which George Washington Baines was the editor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The struggle to maintain the paper was truly heroic, and nothing but the marvelous and almost unparalleled self-sacrifice of the editor, George W. Baines, sr., made its success possible, and it is but just to say that Brother Baines neither sought nor desired the position. He did not feel that Baptist journalism was the work to which God had called him, nor the work for which he felt himself best fitted and adapted. The love of the cause constrained him, and the success which crowned his labors was something which actually bordered on the miraculous. Sometime in 1860 Brother Baines resigned as editor to take up again the pastorate, a work to him always most congenial. Near the beginning of the Civil War the paper was suspended because of inability to secure printing paper. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 010: Baylor University ********************************************************************** Anson Jones b.Massachusetts M.1789-1858 Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor b.Kentucky M.1793-1873 Rufus C. Burleson b.Alabama M.1823-1901 William Carey Crane b.Virginia M.1816-1885 Henry Lee Graves M.1813- On 01-FEB-1845 Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, signed into law the charter for a Baptist university which was to be named Baylor University after the prominent Baptist and Texas Judge R. E. B. Baylor. The Union Baptist Association sponsored Baylor University and controlled it through the Baptist Education Society. Until 1886 Baylor University was at Independence, Texas which was in Washington County and which had been settled in 1824. In 1886 Baylor University was merged with Waco University and moved to Waco, Page .7. 04-MAR-2006 Texas. Starting in 1850 the Texas Baptist State Convention controlled the university by appointing the board of trustee members. George Washington Baines served on the board of trustees of Baylor University from 17-JUN-1851 until 01-FEB-1859. On 17-JUL-1861 he was named president of Baylor University and professor of natural science. The university was going through an extremely difficult period because the previous president, R. C. Burleson, had resigned along with many faculty members due to a controversy. This controversy, which consisted of a severe disagreement among Baptists regarding female education, came to a head in May of 1861 when R. C. Burleson resigned. Many Texas Baptists of that time did not favor higher education for women. Higher education at that time meant education above the eighth grade. George W. Baines and his wife Melissa ran a boarding house in their home for women students of Baylor University when they lived at Independence, Texas. He was a strong advocate of education for women. In addition to these difficulties at Baylor University, it must be kept in mind that by this time Texas had seceded from the United States and was part of the Confederate States of America. George W. Baines agreed to serve as president of Baylor University for one calendar year at a salary of not less than sixteen hundred dollars per year. On 24-JUN-1862 he gave to the board of trustees his letter of resignation in spite of the fact that the board wanted him to stay on as president. He had always been in ill health and the load on him was too much since he not only was president but also taught the younger boys who were in preparation for college as well as teaching a full load of college classes. At that time education at Baylor University included every thing above sixth grade. Because of extremely difficult circumstances George W. Baines was the teacher for the grades seven through twelve for seven to eight hours each day in addition to preparing for and teaching in the college level courses and in addition to being president of the university as a whole. George W. Baines considered himself to be a preacher and not a university president. The board of trustees procured another teacher to take part of the load off of President Baines. He then stayed on until William Carey Crane took over on 29-AUG-1863. After the Civil War George W. Baines became president of the board of trustees of Baylor Female College which became separate from Baylor University in 1866. Today this college is Mary Hardin-Baylor University and is located in Belton, Texas. His strong support of higher education for women has continued down through the Baines family. Two of the nieces of George Washington Baines were the first women in the state of Texas to have teaching certificates. They were Nancy Sophronia Baines Collins and Martha Julia Ann Baines Smith. Page .8. 04-MAR-2006 ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 011: Texas Baptists and Separation of Church and State ********************************************************************** The year 1879 brought a tremendous controversy to the Texas Baptists. There were strong forces in favor of the Baptists uniting with several other major denominations to seek large amounts of free land from the state for the purpose of furthering the higher educational institutions of those denominations. The amount of land being discussed was forty thousand acres to be given to each denomination. The major backer of this proposal was the highly regarded Dr. William Carey Crane who was president of Baylor University at that time. In an article in the TEXAS BAPTIST HERALD for 08-MAR-1879 George Washington Baines discussed this issue and told of the resolution of the dilemma before the Texas Baptist Convention. He wrote that it seemed that the convention would definitely follow the renowned Dr. William Carey Crane, when one man stood up and faced the convention. That one man related that the land grant proposal was very much against the well known Baptist platform of true religious liberty. That one man explained to the convention delegates how that proposal violated the principle of separation of church and state which had been so important to Baptists. George Washington Baines wrote that when the issue then came to a vote nine voted in favor of the proposal while ninety voted against it. Reverend Baines wrote that he knew what happened at the convention because he himself was there. The conclusion of the story is that it was George Washington Baines, himself, who was the opposition speaker at the Texas Baptist Convention who alone convinced the delegates to defeat the land grant proposal. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 012: Later Years Updated 2006/02/26 ********************************************************************** In 1864 George W. Baines moved his family to Fairfield, Texas in Freestone County southeast of Dallas to minister at the Baptist Church there. Additionally, in 1864-1866 he ministered at Butler Baptist Church near Fairfield, Texas. He and his family lived two and one half miles west of Fairfield. His mother, Mary McCoy Baines lived there with them until her death in 1864. His wife Melissa Ann Butler Baines died on 21-JAN-1865. She is buried in the Fairfield Cemetery in an unmarked grave. George W. Baines married Miss Cynthia W. Williams on 13-JUN-1865 in Fairfield, Freestone, Texas. She was born on 12-OCT-1831 in Chatham County, North Carolina and died in Salado, Texas on 04-FEB-1878. Henry Lee Graves who had been the first president of Baylor University officiated at the wedding in Fairfield in Freestone County, Texas. In his later years, George Washington Baines lived in Belton and in Salado. Both of these small towns are southwest of Waco in Bell Co, Texas. He lived with his daughter Annie Melissa Baines until Page .9. 04-MAR-2006 his death. He is buried at Salado, Texas. Here is a quote pertaining to 1867 from A HISTORY OF TEXAS BAPTISTS, page 467: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geo. W. Baines, sr., was the general missionary. He was the first general missionary Texas Baptists ever had. His salary was fixed at $800 and he to collect that on the field. The purpose of his appointment was to "infuse new life into the churches," and into the Baptists generally; acquaint them with denominational affairs; settle them in their Baptist principles and convictions; awaken them to their duties and responsibilities. His was a wise selection. No man in Texas was better fitted for the task. His work was well and wisely done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 013: Carroll Library at Baylor University ********************************************************************** In Waco, Texas at Baylor University in the Carroll Library is the Texas Collection which is a collection of books, documents and artifacts pertinent to Texas history. On display are two paintings of George Washington Baines. On of these is by the foremost early Texas artist Henry Arthur McArdle who taught at Baylor Female College starting in 1869. McArdle was born in Belfast, Ireland and lived from 09-JUN-1836 until 16-FEB-1908. This painting in 1957 was valued at five thousand dollars. Who: Henry Arthur McArdle b.Ireland M.1836-1908 Other pictures of George W. Baines are in the possession of that library. The Carroll Library has many of the personal effects of President Baines including his original ordination papers which were signed by his father, Reverend Thomas Baines. In the summer of 1957 three of the daughters of Charles Creth Smith and the author visited the Carroll Library on the Baylor University Campus. After carefully viewing the two paintings of George Washington Baines, it was the opinion of those three ladies that without his beard George Washington Baines looked remarkably like their father, Charles Creth Smith, who was a great nephew to George W. Baines. The ladies were Neva Eugene Smith, Crethie Munro Smith Mashburn and Leola May Smith Ballard. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 014: Sam Houston ********************************************************************** Who was Sam Houston? Here is a list of positions he held. 1. U.S. Representative from Tennessee. 2. Governor of Tennessee. 3. Ambassador for the Cherokee Nation to the United States. 4. General of the Army for Texas Independence. 5. President of the Republic of Texas. 6. U.S Senator from Texas. 7. Governor of Texas. In many books about Sam Houston there are references to his Page .10. 04-MAR-2006 friendship with George Washington Baines who for a time was the minister to the Sam Houston family at Independence, Texas after 1851. The best account regarding this friendship is in the book SAM HOUSTON'S WIFE, A BIOGRAPHY OF MARGARET LEA HOUSTON by William Seale which is listed in the bibliography. The most amazing event regarding Sam Houston and George W. Baines is well worth retelling. It occurred after the Baines family had moved from Independence, Texas about thirty miles northeast to Anderson, Texas. Those who believe in the Providence of God may find additional meaning here. Margaret Lea Houston had for many years been trying to get her husband, Sam Houston, to be baptized. Finally, one evening in November of 1854, in a discussion with his wife Sam Houston expressed his Christian faith. Upon her asking if he would be baptized, Sam Houston put her off with the remark that he would think about it. At that very moment Margaret Lea Houston glanced out the window and saw Reverend George Washington Baines ambling by on horseback. She immediately ran out of the house and caught his attention. He agreed to stop and spend the night at the Houston house. The next morning after breakfast Sam Houston accompanied George W. Baines on his way on business to Brenham, Texas. Sam Houston had very serious doubts about whether he should be baptized. Reverend Baines was able to reassure him that baptism would be proper in view of Sam Houston's Christian faith. Consequently, on the 19-NOV-1854 Sam Houston was baptized, not by George Washington Baines, but rather by Rufus C. Burleson who was then the minister at the Independence Baptist Church. Several years prior to the Civil War George Washington Baines bought a young man who was a slave from Sam Houston. George W. Baines gave Sam Houston a note that he would pay the money out by installments. After the Civil War was over and slavery was abolished, at a time when Mrs. Houston who was then a widow, since Sam Houston had died in 1863, was having severe financial problems, George W. Baines paid her one hundred dollars on his note. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 015: Children of George Washington Baines ********************************************************************** The following are the children of George Washington Baines and his first wife Melissa Ann Butler. He did not have children by his second wife. Thomas Nealy Baines CSA \GTGT M.1841-1861 William Martin Baines CSA \GTGW M.1842-1912 Mary Elizabeth Baines \GTGM F.1845-1845 Joseph Wilson Baines CSA \GTGJ M.1846-1906 George Washington Baines, II \GTGG M.1848-1923 James O'Neal Baines \GTGE M.1852-1852 Annie Melissa Baines \GTGA F.1854-1897 Taliaferro Baines \GTGL M.1859-1870 Johnnie Paxton Baines \GTGO M.1863-1865 The middle name of Thomas Nealy Baines came from the first name of his mother's father, Nealy Butler who lived from 1796 until 1880. Nealy Butler M.1796-1880 Page .11. 04-MAR-2006 Who: Daniel Wilson M. - Who: Joseph Baines Wilson M.1852-1940 Who: Willard Wilson M. - James E. Paxton 'Baptist minister M.1820-1876 Robert H. Taliaferro 'Baptist minister M.1824-1875 In Crooked Creek, Arkansas George Washington Baines was a good friend of Daniel Wilson who during the Civil War was murdered by bushwhackers. Daniel Wilson named one of his sons Joseph Baines Wilson whereas George Washington Baines named one of his sons Joseph Wilson Baines. Joseph Baines Wilson lived from 1852 until 1940. Willard Wilson of the Boone County Historical Society is the grandson of Joseph Baines Wilson. When Willard Wilson was a boy in Harrison, Boone Co, Arkansas he attended the Baines School located south of there on State Highway Seven. This school was named for the Baines family which lived nearby. Johnnie Paxton Baines was named after James E. Paxton who lived from 05-OCT-1820 until 09-MAY-1876 and was a notable Baptist minister in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Taliaferro Baines was named after the very prominent early Texas Baptist minister, Robert H. Taliaferro. Robert H. Taliaferro was born on 19-OCT-1824 in Kentucky and died on 19-NOV-1875 in Austin. He came to Texas in 1847 and was one of the major forces among the early Texas Baptists. ********************************************************************** CHART 016: Thomas Baines \GT M.1787-1836 ********************************************************************** Thomas Baines 'Baptist minister \GT M.1787-1836 Born: 04-JUL-1787 Edenton, Chowan Co, North Carolina Died: DEC-1836 Mississippi Father: George Bains,Sr \G M.1741-1802 Mother: Mary Creecy F.1749- Spouse: Mary McCoy F.1794-1864 Married: 13-FEB-1808 Perquimans Co, North Carolina Born: 1794 Perquimans Co, North Carolina Died: 1864 Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, unmarked Father: William McCoy M. -1794 Mother: Julia ?? F. -1795 Per Census 1830: they were living in Tuscaloosa Co, Alabama. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- They had the following children. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- George Washington Baines "George" \GTG M.1809-1882 See the chart for his family. Born: 29-DEC-1809 Perquimans County, North Carolina Died: 28-DEC-1882 Belton, Bell Co, Texas Buried: Salado, Bell Co, Texas, marked Spouse1: Melissa Ann Butler "Melissa" F.1824-1865 Married: 20-OCT-1840 Carroll County, Arkansas Born: 02-JUN-1824 North Carolina Died: 21-JAN-1865 Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas Page .12. 04-MAR-2006 Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, unmarked Spouse2: Cynthia W. Williams "Cynthia" F.1831-1878 Married: 13-JUN-1865 Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas Born: 12-OCT-1831 Chatham Co. NC Died: 04-FEB-1878 Salado, Bell Co, Texas Buried: Salado, Bell Co, Texas, marked ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julia Ann Baines "Julia" \GTJ F.1812-1855 See the chart for her family. Born: 1812 Perquimans Co, North Carolina Died: 1855 Carthage, Panola Co, Texas Spouse: Abraham Marshall Hill M.1812-1865 Married: 1832 Alabama Born: 1812 Died: 1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- William Creth Baines "W.C." merchant \GTW M.1814-1895 See the chart for his family. Born: 09-MAR-1814 Perquimans Co, North Carolina Died: 1895 San Bernardino Co, San Bernardino,CA Spouse: Catherine A. Turner "Catherine" F.1822-1882 Married: 07-NOV-1837 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co, Alabama Born: 16-JUN-1822 Tennessee Died: 18-FEB-1882 Denton, Denton Co, Texas Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Texas, marked His will was dated 12-JUN-1895 and filed in Denton on 14-OCT-1895. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Benjamin Baines "Joseph" CSA \GTO M.1820-1903 See the chart for his family. Born: 27-SEP-1820 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co, Alabama Died: 05-DEC-1903 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, unmarked Spouse: Mary Frances Beller F.1823-1912 Married: 01-JAN-1840 Carroll County, Ark Born: 29-DEC-1823 Huntsville, Alabama Died: 1912 Joseph served as a Pvt. D Co. 16th Inf. Mtd. AR, C.S.A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** CHART 017: George Washington Baines \GTG M.1809-1882 Updated 2006/02/26 ********************************************************************** George Washington Baines \GTG M.1809-1882 Born: 29-DEC-1809 Perquimans County, North Carolina Died: 28-DEC-1882 Belton, Bell Co, Texas Buried: Salado, Bell Co, Texas, marked Father: Thomas Baines \GT M.1787-1836 Mother: Mary McCoy F.1794-1864 Spouse1: Melissa Ann Butler "Melissa" F.1824-1865 Married: 20-OCT-1840 Carroll County, Arkansas Born: 02-JUN-1824 North Carolina Died: 21-JAN-1865 Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Texas, unmarked Page .13. 04-MAR-2006 Spouse2: Cynthia W. Williams F.1831-1878 Married: 13-JUN-1865 Fairfield, Texas Born: 12-OCT-1831 Chatham Co. NC Died: 04-FEB-1878 Salado, Bell Co, Texas Buried: Salado, Bell Co, Texas, marked Minister: Henry Lee Graves M.1813- George had children only by Melissa. The exact location of Melissa's grave was known until about 1960. Most of the information from this chapter comes from A FAMILY ALBUM by Rebekah Baines Johnson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- They had the following children. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Nealy Baines CSA \GTGT M.1841-1861 Born: 20-AUG-1841 Carroll Co. Arkansas Died: 07-NOV-1861 Virginia, Confederate service Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 He served as a Pvt in Capt J.W. Hutchinson's Co. 17th Brigade C.S.A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- William Martin Baines CSA \GTGW M.1842-1912 Born: 17-NOV-1842 Carroll Co. Arkansas Died: 01-MAY-1912 San Diego, California Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Elizabeth Baines \GTGM F.1845-1845 Born: 13-JAN-1845 Louisiana Died: 1845 Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Wilson Baines lawyer CSA \GTGJ M.1846-1906 Born: 24-JAN-1846 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish, LA Died: 18-NOV-1906 Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co, Texas Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 He was the father of Rebekah Baines Johnson who was the mother of Lyndon Baines Johnson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- George Washington Baines,Jr \GTGG M.1848-1923 Born: 08-SEP-1848 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish, LA Died: 23-MAR-1923 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, Texas Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James O'Neal Baines \GTGE M.1852-1852 Born: 19-DEC-1852 Died: 1852 Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Annie Melissa Baines \GTGA F.1854-1897 Born: 24-JAN-1854 Anderson, Grimes Co, Texas Died: 17-JUN-1897 Belton, Bell Co, Texas Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Taliaferro Baines \GTGL M.1859-1870 Born: 01-JUL-1859 Anderson, Grimes Co, Texas Died: 05-JUN-1870 Salado, Bell Co, Texas Page .14. 04-MAR-2006 Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnnie Paxton Baines \GTGO M.1863-1865 Born: 29-MAR-1863 Died: MAY-1865 Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas Mother: Melissa Ann Butler F.1824-1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: A FAMILY ALBUM by Rebekah Baines Johnson. ********************************************************************** CHAPTER: 018: Bibliography ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed F. Bates M. - Bates, Ed F. HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES OF DENTON COUNTY. Terrill Wheeler Printing, Inc. and Denton County Historical Commission, Denton, Texas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C. A. Bridges M. - Bridges, C. A. HISTORY OF DENTON, TEXAS, FROM ITS BEGINNING TO 1860. Texian Press, Waco, Texas, 1978. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Milton Carroll M. - Carroll, James Milton. A HISTORY OF TEXAS BAPTISTS. Baptist Standard Publishing Co, Dallas, Texas, 1923. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda Clark \GTWCWILL F. - Clark, Linda. LETTERS FROM WJ BAINES TO LILLY HADEN. A well done publication by Linda Clark for various family members. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebekah Baines Johnson \GTGJR F.1881-1958 Born: 26-JUN-1881 McKinney, Collin Co, Texas Died: 12-SEP-1958 Austin, Travis Co, Texas Johnson, Rebekah Baines. A FAMILY ALBUM. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1965. This book by the mother of Lyndon Baines Johnson is the best source for the Baines family. Lyndon Baines Johnson "U.S. President" M.1908-1973 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Lair M. - Lair, Jim. CARROLL COUNTY FAMILIES: THESE WERE THE FIRST. Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Berryville, Arkansas, 1991. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger V. Logan,Jr M. - Logan,Jr, Roger V. HISTORY OF THE NORTH ARKANSAS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. North Arkansas Baptist Association, Pine Tree Press, Harrison, Arkansas, 1978. Page .15. 04-MAR-2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lois Smith Murray F. - Murray, Lois Smith. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AT INDEPENDENCE. Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas, 1972. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- D. R. Pevoto M. - Pevoto, D. R. THE UNION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, CENTENNIAL HISTORY, 1840-1940. The Union Baptist Association, 1940. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Newton Rayzor M. - Rayzor, James Newton. HISTORY OF THE DENTON COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. William H. McNitzky, Master Printer, Denton, Texas, 1936. William H. McNitzky M. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- William Seale M. - Seale, William. SAM HOUSTON'S WIFE, A BIOGRAPHY OF MARGARET LEA HOUSTON. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1970. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are various persons who either helped or were mentioned. H. Marland Minton M. - Nancy Sophronia Baines F. - Martha Julia Ann Baines F.1851-1930 Charles Creth Smith M.1872-1938 Neva Eugene Smith F.1902-1983 Crethie Munro Smith F.1904-1990 Leola May Smith F.1910-1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** County Index ********************************************************************** Bell Co TX 8,11,12,13 Bernardino Co CA 12 Bienville Co LA 4,13 Boone Co AR 2,11 Carroll Co AR 11,12,13 Chatham Co NC 8,12,13 Chowan Co NC 11 Collin Co TX 14 Dallas Co TX 8 Denton Co TX 12,14 Freestone Co TX 1,4,8,11,12,14 Gillespie Co TX 13 Grimes Co TX 13 Oklahoma Co OK 12 Panola Co TX 4,5,12 Perquimans Co NC 2,11,12 Tarrant Co TX 13 Travis Co TX 14 Tuscaloosa Co AL 12 Tuscaloosa Co GA 11 Page .16. 04-MAR-2006 Washington Co TX 5,6 Count of counties=21 ********************************************************************** Person Index ********************************************************************** F. -1795 ??, Julia 11 F.1854-1897 \GTGA Baines, Annie Melissa 8,10,13 M.1809-1882 \GTG Baines, George Washington 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12 M.1848-1923 \GTGG Baines, George Washington 10,13 M.1852-1852 \GTGE Baines, James O'Neal 10,13 M.1863-1865 \GTGO Baines, Johnnie Paxton 10,11,14 M.1820-1903 \GTO Baines, Joseph Benjamin 3,4,12 M.1846-1906 \GTGJ Baines, Joseph Wilson 10,11,13 F.1812-1855 \GTJ Baines, Julia Ann 2,3,4,12 F.1851-1930 Baines, Martha Julia Ann 7,15 F.1845-1845 \GTGM Baines, Mary Elizabeth 10,13 F. - Baines, Nancy Sophronia 7,15 F.1881-1958 \GTGJR Baines, Rebekah 13,14 F.1790- \GS Baines, Sarah 3,4 M.1859-1870 \GTGL Baines, Taliaferro 10,11,13 M.1787-1836 \GT Baines, Thomas 2,9,11,12 M.1841-1861 \GTGT Baines, Thomas Nealy 10,13 M.1814-1895 \GTW Baines, William Creth 3,12 M.1842-1912 \GTGW Baines, William Martin 10,13 M.1741-1802 \G Bains, George 11 M. - Bates, Ed F. 14 M.1793-1873 Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe 6 F.1823-1912 Beller, Mary Frances 3,12 M. - Bridges, C. A. 14 M.1823-1901 Burleson, Rufus C. 6,7,10 F.1824-1865 Butler, Melissa Ann 2,3,8,10,11,12,13,14 M.1796-1880 Butler, Nealy 10 M. - Carroll, James Milton 6,14 F. - \GTWCWILL Clark, Linda 14 M.1816-1885 Crane, William Carey 6,7,8 F.1749- Creecy, Mary 11 M.1813- Graves, Henry Lee 6,8,13 M.1812-1865 Hill, Abraham Marshall 3,12 F.1819-1867 Houston, Margaret Lea 5,10 M.1793-1863 Houston, Sam 1,5,9,10 M.1908-1973 Johnson, Lyndon Baines 1,5,13,14 M.1789-1858 Jones, Anson 6 M. - Lair, Jim 14 M. - Logan, Roger V. 3,14 M.1836-1908 McArdle, Henry Arthur 9 F.1794-1864 McCoy, Mary 2,3,4,8,11,12 M. -1794 McCoy, William 11 M. - McNitzky, William H. 15 M. - Minton, H. Marland 4,15 F. - Murray, Lois Smith 15 M.1820-1876 Paxton, James E. 11 M. - Pevoto, D. R. 15 M. - Rayzor, James Newton 15 M. - Seale, William 10,15 M.1872-1938 Smith, Charles Creth 9,15 Page .17. 04-MAR-2006 F.1904-1990 Smith, Crethie Munro 9,15 F.1910-1996 Smith, Leola May 9,15 F.1902-1983 Smith, Neva Eugene 9,15 M.1824-1875 Taliaferro, Robert H. 11 F.1822-1882 Turner, Catherine A. 12 F.1831-1878 Williams, Cynthia W. 8,12 M. - Wilson, Daniel 10,11 M.1852-1940 Wilson, Joseph Baines 11 M. - Wilson, Willard 11 Count of persons=59 ********************************************************************** Chapter Index ********************************************************************** CHAP: 001: Introduction to George Washington Baines 1 CHAP: 002: The Historical Marker in Fairfield, Texas 1 CHAP: 003: Working For An Education In Alabama 2 CHAP: 004: Controversy in Crooked Creek, Arkansas 2 CHAP: 005: Hardshell Baptists Versus Missionary Baptists 3 CHAP: 006: Ministry and Teaching in Louisiana 4 CHAP: 007: Into Texas 5 CHAP: 008: George Washington Baines and the Texas Baptists 5 CHAP: 009: THE TEXAS BAPTIST: The First Baptist Newspaper in Texas 5 CHAP: 010: Baylor University 6 CHAP: 011: Texas Baptists and Separation of Church and State 7 CHAP: 012: Later Years 8 CHAP: 013: Carroll Library at Baylor University 9 CHAP: 014: Sam Houston 9 CHAP: 015: Children of George Washington Baines 10 CHART 016: Thomas Baines \GT M.1787-1836 11 CHART 017: George Washington Baines \GTG M.1809-1882 12 CHAP: 018: Bibliography 14