Residents of Courtney Flats and area ~ 1870s
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Henry Courtney b. 1829 VA, Mexican War Vet, post master Ft. Arbuckle. First settler of Courtney in 1870. Operated cotton gin and ferry. Died 1898 buried Courtney Cem. Only photo "not" taken in 1870s, photo ca. 1890s. A Candace Gregory photo.
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John Jackson Hancock, b. 1850 AL, son of Tommie & Bethany, arrived Courtney Flats ca. 1872. Ran ferry to Spanish Ft. in 1880s. Married Laura McCarty 1876. tin type 1870s..
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Mary Hancock Dool, b. 1844 GA, dau of Tommie & Bethany, m John Dool. Arrived Courtney 1872 while pregnant with son Jack. Died 1901 Courtney, Buried Spanish FT. tin type 1860s..
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Arbizena Jackson b. 1844 MS, m John Sparks abt 1868. Arrived ca 1872, dau Cora b. Dec 1872 possible first birth at Courtney Flats. Married 2nd Jack Carlton. Arbizena died 1880 Courtney buried Bourland Cem…
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Tommie Hancock b. 1812 GA, Confederate Mississippi soldier settled 1875 pre Petersburg. Ran ferry from CN to Spanish Ft. Died 1881 at pre-Petersburg, buried Spanish Ft. tin type 1870s..
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.Bethany (Weldon) Hancock b. 1822 GA., wife of Tommie Hancock, arrived 1875. Died 1879 at pre-Petersburg, buried Spanish Fort Cemetery. tin type 1870s..
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Nancy Hancock McCarty, b. 1839 GA, dau of Tommie & Bethany, m Eugene McCarty. Settled pre- Petersburg 1875. Died 1879 at pre-Petersburg from childbirth. buried Spanish Ft. tin type 1870s..
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Henderson Green Jackson b. 1848 MS came with parents 1860s to TX and Spanish Fort area early 1870s, resided at Courtney Flats in mid 1870s. Killed by lawmen Apr 4, 1879 attempting to flee across Red River outside Spanish Fort. tin type 1870s..
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Millie Hancock Ellis, b. 1847 GA, dau of Tommie & Bethany, m James Radford Ellis. Arrived Chickasaw Nation ca. 1874. Died 1881 at pre Petersburg, buried Spanish Ft. tin type 1870s..
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James Radford Ellis, husband of Millie Hancock, holding one of six daughters. James and daughters moved to Montague Co., TX in the 1880s after wife Millie died. tin type 1870s..
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Molly Ellis b. 1868 TX dau of Millie and James Ellis. Arrived with parents 1874 about the time the photo was taken. She was one of the first students to attend school at Courtney Flats ca. 1876. tin type 1870s..
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"Watt" Dorsett, b. 1828 TX, Confederate TX soldier., married Martha Hancock, arrived pre-Petersburg 1876. Died at pre-Petersburg the following year, buried Spanish Fort Cemetery.
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Chickasaw Bill Bourland, b. 1847 in MS, a mixed blood Chickasaw of the Love family, arrived at Courtney abt 1876 from Tishomingo. Capt of Chickasaw Militia, member of Senate, Judge. Settled at Petersburg in 1890s owned cotton gin. Died 1914 buried Bourland Cem.
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Lorinda Melvina "Rennie" Harkins Bourland b. 1852 a Choctaw, m Chickasaw Bill 1873 at Doaksville. Died 1899 at Petersburg, buried Bourland Cemetery.
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Charles Hancock b. 1846 GA, son of Tommie & Bethany. Arrived ca. 1875 resided in the area 20+ years, leaving by the end of the 1890s. tin type 1870s..
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Wedding photo Dec 25, 1870 of Jo Hancock & Green Cook, Green was Confederate TX soldier. Arrived ca. 1875 with daughters Mollie and Dora. Jo died 1894 at Petersburg, bur Spanish Ft. tin type 1870s.
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Mandy Hancock b. 1855 AL arrived 1875. Daughter of Tommie & Bethany. Married Bill Rose 1880, m Bill Burge 1893. Photo 1881 Mandy & son Johnnie Rose. tin type 1870s..
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William Riley "Bill" Rose b. 1856, arrived at Courtney late 1870s. Married Mandy Hancock ca. 1880. Died at Courtney 1886 buried Courtney Cem.
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William Wallace"Bill" Burge, b. 1853 OH. Arrived at Courtney Flats in 1879. Married Mandy (Hancock) Rose ca. 1893. Moved to Pontotoc Co., OK in late 1890s. . tin type 1870s..
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Mandy and Jack Dool, children of Mary Hancock Dool. Jack's mother Mary arrived at Courtney Flat while pregnant with Jack in 1872. tin type ca. 1879. .
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Unknown men, resided at Courtney Flats area late 1870s early '80s. Acquaintance and photo of Mandy Hancock tin type 1870s..
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Alfred "Bud" Jackson b. 1855 MS. Arrived mid 1870s. Killed 23 Sept 1884 in gun fight at Courtney Flats. Buried Spanish Ft. photo by Serelda. tin type 1870s..
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Thomas Lee Mackey Hancock, b. 1868 MS, son of Tommie & Bethany, Arrived 1875. Witness to Spanish Fort Christmas shooting. Died 1879 age 21 at pre Petersburg, buried at Spanish Ft. tin type 1870s..
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Jackson Brothers; Henderson Green Jackson b. 1848 and Alfred "Bud" Jackson b. 1855 in MS. Green Jackson killed in 1879 by lawmen outside Spanish Ft. Serelda photo tin type 1870s..
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Sheriff Levi Perryman, b. 1839. Texas Confederate soldier. Served as Sheriff of Montague County, TX 1874-1876 and 1879-1880. Died 1921 Montague Co., TX
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A Hancock family home ca. 1879 located near Boat Holler on Red River, southwest of the Petersburg Cemetery. The family ran the ferry to Spanish Ft. Believed to be the home of Tommie and Bethany Hancock ca. 1879. tin type 1870s..
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Sam Houston McGee, b. 1837 Danville, TX, photo of Texas Confederate. Married Annie Thomas 1864. Arrived Courtney ca. 1874 with children: Tom, Wm, and Fillmore. Wife Annie died 15 Mar, 1874, first "new settlement" burial. Jerry McGee photo., tin type 1861-65..
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am Houston McGee, m 2nd 1875 Sarah Echols Montague Co., She died 1878. Courtney Flats' "McGee" school ca. 1878-81 on west end of the Flat "believed" to be taught by S.H. McGee or his wife. Family departed ca. 1881 to Ardmore. Jerry McGee photo.
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Mary Elizabeth Ward Carson and possibly her dau. photo ca. 1883. Arrived with husband Ira Carson and children ca. 1876. Ira died in 1881. The widow married Robt McCormick removed to Loco ca. 1881. The old McCormick place was on Red River 1 mile below the mouth of Mud Creek.
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Dan Ward, photo ca. 1863 during Civil War. Arrived Courtney ca. 1877.. tin type 1861-65
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Penelope Taylor Ward, arrived at Courtney ca 1877 resided on the east side of Mud Creek. Originally from Pontotoc Co., MS. Moved to Loco ca. 1885.
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Jesse James Ward, photo ca. 1895. Arrived ca. 1877, baptized by Parson Hancock, a Methodist. Jesse began preaching and joined Baptist faith. Married Feb 14, 1879 to Elvira Pitts of Courtney. Moved to Velma area. 1880
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Callie Ward Thurman, photo ca 1917. Arrived with her husband and dau and the Ward family ca. 1876. Widowed shortly afterward. Moved to Loco area on north Mud Creek . 18810
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Sarah L Schrock, b. 1836, wife of R. H. Burns of Spanish Ft. A cindyhb photo.
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Robert H. Burns, co-founder of Burlington (Spanish Ft). prominent business man, owned large sheep farm on SE side of Spanish Fort. father-in-law of Mandy Hancock. A cindyhb photo.. tin type 1870s..
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