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Abigail MCLENNAN

1787-1865
Born: Straith Parish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Died: San Gabriel, Milam, Texas, United States

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  • Sworn As A Colonist: McLean, Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony In Texas, Volume XII, Page 157

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  • Burial: Locklin Cemetery, San Gabriel, Milam, TX

  • Story: Neil McLennan And Family History

    <p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil and Christain Campbell McLennan</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">See picture of</span></em><span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">&nbsp;</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"><span style="color: #3300cc">Neill McLennan</span></span></em><span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">&nbsp;</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">and</span></em><span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">&nbsp;</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"><span style="color: #3300cc">Christian McLennan</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #3300cc; text-decoration: none">&nbsp;</span></span>from &quot;Waco: a Sesquicentennial History&quot;</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil McLennan was born September 02, 1787 in the Parish of Straith, Isle of Skye, Scotland, son of John McLennan and Katherine MacKinnon. Neil had four brothers and sisters: John, Laughlin, Flora, and Abigail.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">According to Norma McLeod at<span>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #3300cc">www.skye-roots.co.uk</span>, much of Strath Parish was held by the MacKinnons. There are no records of births or marriages before 1800 for any Skye parishes, and the parish of Strath did not begin keeping such records until the 1820&#39;s. It may be difficult to trace the family back any further than John and Katherine.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">In 1801, the McLennan family emigrated to the United States, settling in North Carolina.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil married Christan A. Campbell about 1812. Christan was born in August 1796 in North Carolina.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">In 1816 or 1818, Neil and his brother-in-law, Daniel Douglass Campbell travelled to the Florida panhandle, then known as the Southwest Territory. They met Sam Story, a half-Scot chief of the Euchee Indians, who invited them to stay the winter. They returned to North Carolina and persuaded the family to move to Florida.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil and Christian came to Florida with at least one child, Neil&#39;s mother, his brothers Laughlin and John, his sister Abigail, and her husband John Folk. Other relatives came to join them later.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">In 1834, a large group of family and friends built a 3-masted schooner named either Caledonia or Euchee (after their friend Sam Story) and set sail from Pensacola for Texas that December. The group included Neil and Christian, their 6 children, Neil&#39;s mother, Laughlin and John and their famolies, Abigail and John Folk, Aaron C. Dodd, and two Robinson families.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The ship was captured by pirates, who chained the ship to their own. At night, a storm nearly capsized both ships, and the pirates loosed the chains. By morning, they had drifted out of sight of the pirate ship, and continued sailed into New Orleans for repairs. John Folk left the group here; it is said that he received an urgent message to return to Florida, and they never saw him again.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">They reached the mouth of the Brazos River in early 1835, and continued up the river as far as the ship could travel. They continued by foot to Pond Creek in Robertson&#39;s Colony.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil was granted a league of land by Coahuila and Texas near Pond Creek on July 28, 1835, and built a home there. The home was situated on a bluff on the northwest side of Rosebud Lake in what is now Falls County. The hill is still called McLennan&#39;s Bluff.<br> <em><span style="font-family: arial">See</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><em><span style="color: #3300cc; text-decoration: none">&nbsp;</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #3300cc; text-decoration: none">Neil&#39;s original Spanish land grant</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><em><span style="color: #3300cc; text-decoration: none">&nbsp;</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: arial">at the Texas General Land Office website.</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The others also procured land; Laughlin&#39;s grant was just north of Neil&#39;s, and Abigail&#39;s, Dodd&#39;s, and the Robertson&#39;s were on the San Gabriel River.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">That October, Indians raided Laughlin&#39;s home, killed him and his mother, and captured his wife, Peggy, and three children. The story is that they split Laughlin&#39;s mother&#39;s head with an axe, then burned the house with her body in it. Peggy and Daniel died in captivity. Neil was supposedly sold to a white man and never heard from again. The third child, John, was adopted by the tribe. He later returned to his family.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">See<span>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #3300cc">Laughlin McLennan&#39;s page</span><span>&nbsp;</span>for more information.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil&#39;s other brother John McLennan was killed in an Indian raid in 1838, but his family escaped. Neil&#39;s family was also attacked, but all survived.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The rest of the McLennans moved back to the Robertson settlement of Nashville-on-the-Brazos (Fort Nashville) for safety.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">In 1839 Neil McLennan joined George B. Erath</span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; color: black">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">on a scouting and surveying trip to a site on the Bosque River near the Hueco indian village. McLennan thought that the land resembled his native Scotland, so he exchanged his Pond Creek land for land on the Bosque, and in 1845 he moved his family there, becoming the first white settlers in the area.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.sutphen.org/genealogy/mclennan/mural.jpg" style='position:absolute; margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:195pt;height:101.25pt;z-index:1; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Bexar\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" o:title="mural-t"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/Bexar/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="260" height="135" align="left"><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">There is a mural in the post office in Mart, Texas, depicting the McLennan family arriving in the area. The mural was done by Jose Aceves as part of the WPA Section of Fine Arts in 1937.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">McLennan</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"> County</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"> was established by the Texas Legislature on January 22, 1850, named after Neil McLennan.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The McLennans welcomed new settlers, often giving them supplies. They kept their Gaelic language and traditions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil McLennan died in November of 1867 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, and was buried in the McLennan family cemetery. Christian died in 1871, and was buried with her husband.<br> <em><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #3300cc; text-decoration: none">See USGS GNIS map information for McLennan Cemetery (ID# 1362508).</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The M cLennans buried in the family cemetery were moved to Oakwood Cemetery in Waco in 1963 when Lake Waco was created and submerged the old homestead. A marker placed there by the DAR in 1932 was moved to the courthouse lawn in Waco.<span>&nbsp;</span><br> <em><span style="font-family: arial"><span style="color: #3300cc">See USGS GNIS map information for Oakwood Cemetery(ID# 1364317).</span></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">There are at least four Texas State historical markers that mention Neil McLennan. The first two are in Oakwood Cemetery:<br> <em><span style="font-family: arial">(See images on the</span></em><span><em>&nbsp;</em></span><em><span style="font-family: arial"><span style="color: #3300cc">Cemeteries</span></span></em><span><em>&nbsp;</em></span><em><span style="font-family: arial">page)</span></em></span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Neil McLellan - Pioneer Texan for whom McLennan County was named born on the isle of Syke, Scotland Sept. 2, 1787. Came to Texas in 1834 died in 1867. Mrs. Neil McLennan born in North Carolina August, 1797 died in 1871.</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">Oakwood Cemetery - Before Oakwood Cemetery was established here in 1878, this tract of land contained a fairgrounds and race track. The 157-acre burial ground is successor to First Street Cemetery, oldest important cemetery in Waco. Many bodies from early graveyards were moved here in 1878 and later because of the better maintenance of these grounds. Since 1898 the Oakwood Cemetery Association, a private group, has operated this tract, although the land remains the property of the city. The board of directors of the association consists of women only, as provided in the original by-laws. Among the eminent Texans interred here are three governors: Richard Coke (1874-1876), L.S. &quot;Sul&quot; Ross (1887-1891), and Pat M. Neff (1921-1925). Also, Neil McLennan, Texas pioneer of Scottish birth for whom McLennan County is named, is buried in Oakwood. In addition there are two old adversaries: Rufus C. Burleson, president of Baylor University,and William Cowper Brann, Crusading Editor of the &quot;Iconoclast&quot;, who was shot in 1898 by another man who resented Brann&#39;s acid attacks on hypocrisy an self-righteousness. Also interred is William Cameron, &quot;Lumber King of the South.&quot; As of April 2, 1969, burials totaled 18, 804.</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The third is on Highway 81, 2 miles north of Waco Drive in the town of Lacy Lakeview:</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">McLellan</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"> County</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"> - Created January 22, 1850. Organized August 5, 1850. Named in honor of Neil McLennan 1787-1867. Came to Texas in 1835. Located on the Bosque River in 1840. Built the first dwelling a log cabin, in McLennan County Waco, the county seat.</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">The fourth is in Falls County at McLellan&#39;s Bluff, on County Road 347 about 1/2 mile north of FM 1963:</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">McLellan&#39;s Bluff - Once known as &quot;Sugar Loaf,&quot; this bluff overlooking Pond Creek was a landmark to early settlers in area. In 1835, Neil McLennan, a native of Scotland, built his home here, on land that had been granted to him as a member of Sterling Clack Robertson&#39;s Colony. The present town of Rosebud is located on part of Neil McLennan&#39;s land grant. McLennan&#39;s brother Laughlin settled his family about one mile north of this site. During the spring of 1836, Indians killed Laughlin McLennan, his wife and his mother, and captured three of his sons. As a result, the Neil McLennan family spent much of their ten years in Falls County in the nearby town of Nashville, a haven for settlers that had been begun by Sterling Robertson. In 1839, while a member of Capt. George Erath&#39;s scouting expedition, Neil McLennan first saw the territory that was to become McLennan County. He returned there in 1846, built a home, and lived there until his death in 1867. As part of the earliest Anglo settlement in this part of Texas, the McLennan family helped open the frontier for later immigrants. Their part in the area&#39;s history has been remembered with the naming of this bluff and the neighboring county.</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"></span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"><span style="color: #3300cc">Read more about Neil McLennan at The Handbook of Texas Online</span>.</span></em><span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black">&nbsp;</span></em></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial; color: black"><br> <em><span style="font-family: arial">See Neil McLennan, Pioneer at</span></em><span><em>&nbsp;</em></span><em><span style="font-family: arial"><span style="color: #3300cc">http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmddlton/mclen1.html#anchor480320</span>.</span></em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

  • Story: Land Grant And More On Abagail

    <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">THE SPANISH ARCHIVE OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF TEXAS <br> Page 185 - <br> Name and Date of Title: Fokes, Abigail, Nov. 2, 1835 <br> Amount: 1 lea. (league) <br> Colony or Commissioner: Robertson <br> Present Location: Milam <br> <br> ABSTRACT OF ORIGINAL TITLES IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE <br> Pages 157-158 <br> Names of Grantee: Abigail Fokes <br> Date of Titles: Nov. 2, 1835 <br> Quantity: Leagues-(not listed), Labors-25 <br> Where Situated: On the San Gabriel, opposite Mr. M&#39;Laines 1/4. <br> <br> 1850 CENSUS, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS <br> Abagail Fokes, 63, F, born Scotland <br> Value of Real Estate in #, 5000 <br> Charles Fokes, 22, M, Farmer, born FL <br> Catherine Fokes, 19, F, born FL <br> ------------------------------------ <br> (below is Abagail&#39;s brother&#39;s family) <br> Neill McLennan, 62, M, Farmer, born Scotland <br> Value of Real Estate in #, 3000 <br> Christian A. McLennan, 55, F, born NC <br> Neill McLennan, 22, M, Farmer, born FL <br> Value of Real Estate in #, 300 <br> Duncan McLennan, 17, M, born FL <br> Lauchlin McLennan, 15, M, born FL <br> John McLennan, 22, M, Farmer, born FL <br> Value of Real Estate in $, 300 <br> ------------------------------------ <br> (below is Abagail&#39;s son&#39;s family) <br> John McLennan, 33, M, born NC <br> Value of Real Estate in $, 2200 <br> Cary A. McLennan, 26, F, born AL <br> William McLennan, 2, M, born TX <br> John C. McLennan, 4/12, M, born TX <br> <br> <br> McLean, Papers Concerning Robertson&#39;s Colony In Texas, Volume XII <br> Page 157 <br> <br> Abigal Fokes, age 40, West Florida <br> Child - John, 16 (b. about 1819) <br> Mary, 14 (b. about 1821) <br> Daniel, 12 (b. about 1823) <br> Charles, 10 (b. about 1825) <br> Catharine, 5 (b. about 1830) <br> Permelia A., 3 (b. about 1832) <br> Sworn as a Colonist - Oct. 27, 1835 <br> [Endorsed:] N. Robertson&#39;s memo. <br> <br> ================================================================================= <br> TX HISTORICAL MARKER - LOCKLIN CEMETERY, MILAM CO., TX <br> Erected 1994 <br> Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His burial in 1844 is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently contains about 400 burials including many of this area&#39;s frontier settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas army. It continues to serve the area. <br> ================================================================================= <br> <br> SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 43 <br> <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to <br> recognize San Gabriel Christian Church on the occasion of the <br> dedication of its official Texas Historical Marker on <br> August 7, 2005, and on its 151st anniversary of service to the <br> communities of Milam County; and <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> WHEREAS, Early institutions in the area that is Milam County <br> included three 18th-century Spanish missions and a presidio; in <br> 1835, the Mexican government granted a league of land to <br> Abigail McLennan Fokes; on this land, San Gabriel Christian Church <br> would later be located at three different sites; and <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> WHEREAS, In the 1840s, a group of Christians began <br> worshipping in private homes in the area; however, the church&#39;s <br> first documented baptism was in 1854; and <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> WHEREAS, The San Gabriel Christian Church was formally <br> organized in 1859, and it is now recognized as the oldest <br> continuous ministry in Milam County; its first sanctuary was <br> built in 1884, but due to frequent floods, the congregation moved <br> to a new sanctuary across the river; later, members of the <br> congregation constructed the third and present house of worship <br> in 1924; and <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> WHEREAS, The church has ministered faithfully to the needs <br> of many Christians and has been a source of strength for its <br> members during their hardships and in times of bereavement; its <br> recognition by the Texas Historical Commission with a historic <br> marker will assure its preservation for future generations; now, <br> therefore, be it <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, <br> 79th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend <br> congratulations to the clergy and members of San Gabriel <br> Christian Church on the occasion of the dedication of its <br> official Texas Historical Marker and extend to all best wishes <br> for a memorable event; and, be it further <br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for <br> the church as a token of esteem from the Texas Senate. <br> Ogden <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ________________________________ <br> President of the Senate <br> <br> I hereby certify that the <br> above Resolution was adopted by <br> the Senate on August 4, 2005. <br> <br> <br> <br> ________________________________ <br> Secretary of the Senate <br> <br> <br> <br> ________________________________ <br> Member, Texas Senate <br> <br> <br> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: #0000c0">More About</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> A</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">BAGAIL</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> M</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">L</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">ENNAN</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">:<br> Burial: Locklin Cemetery, San Gabriel, Milam Co., TX<br> Census: Sep 19, 1850, Milam Co., TX - age 63 or 68 - Born Scotland<br> Name/Alt. Spelling: Abigail McLennan<br> <br> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: #0000c0">Notes for</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> J</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">OHN</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black"> F</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">OKES, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">S</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">R.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'; color: black">:<br> John Fokes was an early settler in FL. <br> <br> Report from Joann MacKinnon Osborn: John Fokes received a Mexican land grant of San Gabriel, TX; died on a trip from FL to Mexicana, TX. Abigail was killed by Pond Creek Indians in 1836 near Waco, TX. <br> <br> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br> <!--[endif]--></span>

  • Story: Abigail McLennan Fokes

    Abigail McLennan was 68 in 1850 according to the 1850 Milam and Williamson district in the Co. of Milam, TX on September 19, 1850.<br><br>Locklin Cemetery Historical Marker<br>Location: from San Gabriel, 1 mi. S. on FM 486, San Gabriel<br>Erected in: 1994<br>Marker text: Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His burial is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently contains about 400 burials including many of this area&#39;s frontier settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas Army. It continues to serve the area. (1994).<br><br>Story written about Abagail McLennan Fokes in Letter From &quot;Pete&quot; Locklin (Bandera, TX) to James Lee Locklin dated 8/24/1955<br><br>My Great Grandmother Abagail Fokes came to Texas on Mar. 1st 1835 and settled on the west side of the San Gabriel River in the Sterling P. Robertson Grant receiving a league &amp; labor of land, a league being three miles square, &amp; granted for grazing purpose, &amp; a labor being 160 acres for farming purpose.<br>She was originally from N.W. Florida &amp; had started for Texas &amp; gotten into central Georgia when her husband got notice that he was wanted back home to finish off some business. He left his family in Georgia &amp; went back &amp; was killed on his return trip. His widow waited several weeks before getting word of his death &amp; proceeded to Texas without him where she settled on the grant already arranged for. She had six children.<br>(names not legible in letter except for John, &amp; Charles) and a daughter named Mary who married a man by the name of Fulcher &amp; by him had one son. Whom I knew as Uncle Bud Fulcher, I do not know if there were other children or not, I also believe that Grandma Fokes had another daughter whom we knew as Aunt Katherine Anderson, but I am not sure of this. Also one who married Alf. B. Lovelace.<br>During the Texas Revolution, the Indians became so troublesome that she &amp; the other settlers were forced to move east to the more settled communities where she stayed about two years &amp; then returned to her home.<br>Upon returning home, she found that Peter Mercer had built a fort on her land. This was known as Mercer&#39;s Fort &amp; he had built it on her land thinking he was on his own grant. Peter Mercer was killed at this place in June 17, 1844 by a supposedly friendly Indian &amp; was buried in what is now known as the Locklin Cemetery &amp; was most probably the first person to have been buried there. 1844<br>It was my understanding that Peter Mercer was Great Grandma Locklin&#39;s brother &amp; that he had two brothers who came to Texas with him in 1828, John &amp; Jesse Mercer, the latter two fought at San Jacinto. Other relative who also settled in the community were Neil &amp; John McLennan. The latter was know as &quot;Bosque John&quot; and he spent considerable time with the Bosque Indians &amp; McLennan county was named for Neil McLennan &amp; he served as the first county judge of that county. The McLennans, John, Neil &amp; Laughlin, were brothers of Abagail McLennan Fokes. Laughlin was killed by the Indians &amp; Bosque John was his son &amp; was captured by the Indians. They were cousins of Grandma Fokes Great Grandpa. Wm. Lawson Locklin came to Texas in 1840 bringing a family of 6 sons &amp; 9 daughters. They came from around Macon, GA. The sons were my Grandfather Alteman L. Locklin, who was the oldest son &amp; possibly the oldest child, the other sons were Wm. Lawson Locklin, Jr., known as Uncle Tamp because of his close association with a friendly Indian know as Tampo, he moved to Sherwood about 1880 &amp; died there, Uncle Jim Locklin (J.Z. Locklin), Uncle Bunk Locklin (T.J. Locklin), Uncle Alfred Locklin &amp; Uncle Jesse Locklin. The latter two I know nothing of as I understand they died before I was born, but both served in the Confederate Army. Jesse Locklin never married &amp; I understand that Alfred Locklin had children, but I know of only one known as Little Sam Locklin, but know nothing of where they went to or if there were other children. Uncle Alfred served as government wagon master hauling supplies to the frontier forts during the Indian trouble.<br>I also belive that Uncle Tamp Locklin served in the Confederate Army, but am not sure of this. (9/15/70 - he did not).<br>Uncle Jim Locklin served in the Confederate Army in the Sibley Expedition into New Mexico, &amp; participated in all major engagements there &amp; I am of the impression that Uncle Bunk did too, altho I never heard him say, but I am about Uncle Jim did as he told me of it. (9/15/70 - He did not being too young.)<br>Grandpa Locklin (A.L.) served with the early Texas Rangers, if not the first &amp; was given two sections of land in Erath County for this service, but we were never able to learn what disposal was made of them. He also served in the U.S. Mexican War, most probably with the Texas Rangers Outfit, at the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army but never left Texas &amp; after about two years service, he was mustered out on account of rheumatism &amp; then joined a frontier Battalion &amp; served the rest of the war as that was not regular service.<br>Grandpa Locklin married Mary Fokes Fulcher after the death of her first husband &amp; they had the following children, Sam Locklin, who was the oldest, Hardeman Locklin, Charles Frank Locklin, my father &amp; Miranda Locklin who married Jim Barkley.<br>I do not know who Grandpa&#39;s sisters were except for Nannie Fulcher &amp; Aunt Matt Guthrie.<br>P.W. Locklin<br><br>Findagrave.com (Sarah Locklin Taylor): Although, at present, there is no marker placed in the Locklin Cemetery for Abagail McLennan Fokes, it has always been said by family that Abagail (my 3rd great-grandmother) was buried within the perimeter of the wrought iron fencing shown in the picture. It is also believed that Abagail&#39;s mother, Catherine, was buried here at the Locklin Cemetery, within the wrought iron fencing, though she was killed at Pond Creek in 1835.

 
 
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