Robertson County, Texas - Bible Records: Shelman Durham Bremond, Robertson Co., TX ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lillie Ruby October 17, 2001 ************************************************************************ Bible Records: Shelman Durham, Bremond, Texas February 3, 1876 John L. Durham My dearly beloved son. I write you a card, and for the last few days being cold I have been copying my Bible Family Record, as I could not get out in town. I send you a copy, and will after get copied to James and Frank. Have sent one to William, and I ask you to copy it in your Family Bible for reference fore yourself and Jennie, and your children in years to come. Don't forget to record it and don't lose it. It maybe of use to you and yours. This leaves your Ma and I tolerable well except bad colds. The country is healthy so far as I know. Benn pretty cold and had ice two mornings. Your Ma joins in love to you both and children. Your Father S. Durham Some of the Durham Family I. Mathew Durham (father of Col. Shelman Durham) was born in Orage County, North Carolina on the 16th day of June 1760. This is sixteen miles from Hillsborough. He died in Monroe County, Georgia the 3rd day of January 1834. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War of 1776. II. Col. Shelman Durham's grandfather and family, Mathew Durham, came from Virginia and settled in Orange County, North Carolina, on or near Fairview, which is sixteen miles from Hillsborough on the road to Cortham Courthouse. Some distance from Chapple Hill. He married a Miss Lindsey. They had the following children: 1. James Durham (by his first wife) was born May 21, 1750. He was a Baptist. 2. William Durham (by his second wife) was born May 21, 1752. He was a Baptist and died old. 3. John Durham was born July 16, 1757. He was a Baptist and died old. 4. Mathew Durham, a Baptist Deacon, was born July 16, 1760 and died January 3, 1834. 5. Ambrose Durham was born July 15, 1762 and died in childhood. 6. Siceous Durham was born November 12, 1765 and died February 8, 1838. Was a Baptist. 7. Mary Durham was born in 1772. She married a Mr. Piper, who died and left two girls both deaf and dumb. West to east Tennessee. 8. Mark Durham was born August 15, 1775 and died October 22, 1841. He was a Baptist. All of the older ones died in the country where they were born, except Mathew. He and his children emigrated to all south and west states. III. Mathew Durham, son of Shelman Durham, married Fanny Spencer, who was born in Edge Districk, South Carolina on the 15 day of June 1765. They were married on January 12th 1781. She was a Baptist. She died March 26, 1831 in Monroe County, George. Their children: 1. Jonnie Durham was born Dec. 31, 1784 and died January 15, 1787. 2. Susan Durham was born April 21, 1787. Susan married George Carruthers. She was a Baptist. She died in Washington County, Texas in June 1867. 3. John Spencer Durham was born March 11, 1789 and died June 11, 1790. 4. Mary Durham was born September 22, 1789. She married Thomas Pleasant. They were both Baptist. She died in Corral County, Mississippi in 1868. 5. Mathew Durham was born May 27, 1793 and died October 9, 1793 6. Nancy Durham was born September 20, 1795 and died in Jones County, George, September 14, 1811 7. Seaborn Jones Durham was born November 22, 1796. He married Miss Nancy Stovall and after her death he married Mrs. Mary George. Mrs. George was the mother of General J. Z. George of Mississippi. He was also a U. S. Senator. 8. Sanders Walker Durham was born May 21, 1798. He was an ordained preacher. He married twice. He died in Taylor County, Georgia on June 11, 1879. He left a widow and one son, Sanders Durham. In 1903 Sanders was living in Sherman, Texas. 9. Singleton Durham was born January 9, 1800 and died October 7, 1835, in Monroe County, George. He had five children. 10. Saleta Durham was born March 27, 1801 and died August 21, 1801. 11. Shelman Durham was born December 6, 1803. He was baptized by Edman Talbot in Walnut Creek Church in Jones County, Georgia, the third Sabbath of June 1822, on a profession of faith of his redeemer. 12. James Jackson Durham was born at 8 o'clock A. M. Monday October 31, 1825 in Monroe County, George. He married Miss Mary Oldham in Atala County, Mississippi. He was a Baptist and died May 6, 1893 at Dublin, Texas. 13. William Washington Durham was born in Monroe County, George. He was a Baptist and died in Cherokee County, Texas. 14. Franklin Marion Durham was born at 3:00 A.M. January 5, 1830 in Monroe County, George. He died in Cherokee County, Texas on December 24, 1895. 15. Susan Haselton Durham was born in 1832 and died August 20, 1857. She was a Baptist. 16. John Lafayette Durham was born Tuesday at 4 o'clock P. M. September 30, 1834 in Monroe County, Georgia. He departed this life in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas June 28, 1901. He was a Baptist, Mason and Odd Fellow. He died by stomach trouble, surrounded by all of this children, whom he told he was going home to Jesus. He was Flag Bearer in the Battle of Gettyburg where he received a wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm. He served in the Confederate Army. 17. Elizabeth Pollard Durham was born Sunday December 18, 1836 in Nesbobu County, Mississippi. She married Simon Tims. She was a Baptist. 18. Mathew Lenard Durham was born Friday at 11:30 P. M. October 11, 1842 in Atala County, Mississippi. He was in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Sarsburg in Maryland in 1863. 19. Cornitta Francis Durham was born Friday at 4:00 A. M. October 11, 1844 in Atala County, Mississippi. She died August 17, 1856. IV. These are Colonel Shelman Durham wife's mother, father, brother and sisters. 1. Lenard Sims, father of Susan Durham, was born in North Caolina March 14, 1769 and died in Atala County, Mississippi on February 21, 1845. He was a Baptist. 2. Mary Harvey Sims was born November 17, 1782. She married Lenard Sims. She died in Monroe County, Georgia on November 17, 1825. V. Mary and Lenard Sims had eleven children, which are as follows: 1. William Sims born June 2, 1801 and died November 2, 1802. 2. Susan Sims was born October 27, 1803. She married Elijah Curry who later died. She then married Col. Shelman Durham. She died in Koscuisko, Mississippi, September 3, 1856. She was 52 years, 10 months and 6 days old. She was a Baptist and joined the Prudance church in Monroe County, Georgia in 1803. 3. Abner Sims was born March 12, 1806. He married a Miss Taylor. He died in Chambers County Alabama. He was a Baptist. 4. Martha Sims was born June 15, 1808. She married Alexander Chambers who later died and she then married Henry Durham. 5. Mary Sims was born June 5, 1810. She married W.(?) K. Taylor. She died in Pike County, Georgia. She was a Baptist. 6. Elizabeth Sims was born March 25, 1812. She married T. Jackson. She died in Scott County, Mississippi. She was a Baptist. 7. Lenard (Jim) Sims was born September 2, 1816 and died October 16, 1826. 8. Zachariah Sims was born November 11, 1818. He married Martha Trice who was a Hard-Shell Baptist. 9. Adelina Sims was born November 11, 1819. She married Bill Susford. She died November 1840 in Atala County, Mississippi. VI. Death of Colonel Shelman Durham's mother's, brothers and sisters. 1. Thomas Spencer died in Caplh County, Mississippi. 2. William Spencer died in Hinds County, Mississippi. 3. Gracy Holly died in Monroe County, George. VII. Marriages of Colonel Shelman Durham and children. 1. Colonel Shelman Durham and Susan Curry were married in Monroe County, George on December 7, 1824. He married his second wife in Holmes County, Mississippi, Cyntha Crawford, March 22, 1858. She died in Bremond, Texas. 2. James J. Durham and Mary Oldham were married July 26 _____ 3. William W. Durham and Mary Jane McKinnon were married January 1848 in Atala County, Mississippi. 4. Frank M. Durham married Emily McDaniel. She died September 1871. He then married Elviary Brown December 1871 in Limestone County, Texas. 5. Elizabeth P. Durham married Simon Tims. He died in Virginia in the service of the Confederate Army in 1863. 6. Emily Durham married Ben Oldham, December 23, 1865. 7. John L. Durham married Jennie McKinney, February 18, 1865 in Koschisko, Mississippi. VIII. Record of William McKinney, father of Jennie Durham 1. William McKinney was born February 8, 1824. He married Mary S. McKinney was born April 23, 1824. She died at Dublin, Texas on Mary 26, 1891. 2. Francis (Jennie) Virginia McKinney, the wife of John L. Durham, was born October 19, 1844 and died April 26, 1928. 3. Julia E. McKinney was born May 2, 1847. She married William Buffaloe June 1, 1879. She died in August 1894. William Buffaloe died February 1894. The left one son, Thurman Buffaloe. 4. Lucy T. McKinney was born February 18, 1849 and died in November 1890. 5. Nannie A. McKinney was born April 19, 1854. She married Henry Barrett. He died and left two sons, William and Garnett.