ID 45465 (Group J)
1.  HUGH2 PIERCE  (?1) was born Abt. 1749 in Frederick Co. VA, and died Aft. Sep 1836 in Jefferson Co AL.  He married SOFIA HUNTER, daughter of BOLD HUNTER and BEAVER TOTER.  SOFIA2 HUNTER (BOLD HUNTER & BEAVER TOTER) died Bef. 1820.  She married HUGH PIERCE, son of ? PIERCE.  He was born Abt. 1749 in Frederick Co. VA, and died Aft. Sep 1836 in Jefferson Co AL.  Hugh Pierce was a Rev. War Soldier.

Notes for SOFIA HUNTER:
Full-blood Cherokee Indian.

2.  GEORGE3 PIERCE (HUGH2, ?1) was born 1776 in Spartanburg District, SC, and died Abt. 1850 in Rusk Co. TX.  He married ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN, daughter of DAVID MCCRACKEN and ELIZABETH WILSON.  She was born 1774 in S.C., and died Aft. 1860 in TX.

3.  JOSEPH4 PIERCE (GEORGE3, HUGH2, ?1) was born 1815 in Tennessee, and died 12 Apr 1856 in Waco, TX buried his farm in Hill Co. TX beside Phillip Nolan. He married FRANCES DELOACH 29 Sep 1831 in Jefferson Co., AL, daughter of JOHN DELOACH and FRANCES GILLIAM.  She was born 08 Jan 1816 in TN (1900 Hill Co. TX census for son David says she was born Alabama), and died Aft. 1880 in Hill Co. TX (Beside Joseph Pierce & Phillip Nolan on farm).

Galveston Tri-Weekly: Tuesday, April 15, 1856 Killing - On last Saturday, Mr. Hal Ross killed Joseph Pierce.  The affair occurred on the Waco Race Course.  Pierce was one of the party with which the people of Navarro had a difficulty---Austin Times (Date of death Saturday, April 12, 1856)

4.  DAVID5 PIERCE (JOSEPH4, GEORGE3, HUGH2, ?1) was born 22 Apr 1834 in Alabama, and died 06 Apr 1916 in Blum, TX.  He married (1) ADALINE EDMONSON Abt. 1856.  She was born in Alabama, and died Abt. 1875.  He married (2) TELITHA ISABELLE ROYE 03 Feb 1876 in Hill Co., TX, daughter of WILLIAM ROYE and EMALEE WALKER.  She was born 03 Feb 1842 in Missouri, and died 28 Jun 1907.  David Pierce was a Civil War veteran.

"DAVID PIERCE, Blum, Texas.---Born April 22, 1834, near Jones Valley, Alabama.  Enlisted in the Confederate Army, 1862 at Cedar Creek, Texas, as Sergeant in Company H, Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, Gano's Brigade, Kirby Smith's Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.  Jack Pucket, first Captain, and E. J. Gurley, First Colonel.  Was changed to William H. Parsons'Brigade, on account of our General being ordered across the river to take charge of another command.  Was never wounded, captured nor promoted.  Was in the battles of Roseville, Ark.; Poison Springs, Camden, Ark., and Little River."

5.  OSCAR AQUILLA6 PIERCE (DAVID5, JOSEPH4, GEORGE3, HUGH2, ?1) was born 28 Nov 1881 in Blum, TX, and died 13 Dec 1956.  He married (1) MARGARET ELIZABETH APPLEGATE 17 Oct 1899 in Hillsboro, TX, daughter of JAMES APPLEGATE and MARY RAZOR.  She was born 09 Sep 1885 in Covered wagon, on a Missouri road going to Texas, and died 12 May 1922 in Terrell, TX.  Margaret Applegate Pierce buried Blanton Cemetery near Blum, TX.   He married (2) LOTTIE MAE PARSONS 27 Aug 1922.  She was born 24 Dec 1890, and died 06 Jun 1963 in Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro TX.

6.   JULIUS JEWELL7 PIERCE  (OSCAR AQUILLA6, DAVID5, JOSEPH4, GEORGE3, HUGH2, ?1) was born 11 Sep 1900 in Hill County TX, and died 03 Aug 1947 in Ralls TX (Crosby County).  He married CARL CLEMENTINE BRANTLEY 27 Jun 1920 in Hill County TX (sitting in a buggy), daughter of DOOD BRANTLEY and HATTIE LAND.  She was born 04 Feb 1903 in Hill Co., TX - near Covington, and died 29 Jun 1988 in Lubbock, TX.

 

ID 89777 (Group J)
1. Hugh Pierce, b: abt 1749, Fredrick, Virginia, m: Sofia , d: Sept 1836, Jefferson Co. Alabama
2. George Pierce, b: abt 1776, South Carolina, m: Elizabeth McCracken abt 1797, d: abt. 1855, Rusk Co. Texas
3. David Pierce, b: abt 1802 Georgia, m: Susannnah Little, 1 May 1823, Jefferson Co. Alabama, d: abt. 1870, Rusk Co. Texas
4. George W. Pierce, b: 10 Aug 1824 Alabama, m: Nancy Ellen Taylor Moore, 3 Sep 1852, Cherokee Co. Texas, d: 30 April 1909, Hope, Eddy, New Mexico
5. John A. Pierce, b: 14 Jan 1855 Cherokee Co. Texas,  m: Margaret Katherine Conn, 31 Dec 1875, Texas, d: 19 April 1926, Hurley, New Mexico
6. Calvin A. Pierce, b: 28 October 1886, m: Allie May Abel, 25 Jan 1912, El Paso, Texas, d: 11 July 1970, Las Cruces, New Mexico

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