_Jared E. Groce _______________
_JARED. E GROCE _|
| |_Sarah Sheppard _______________+
|
|--Leonard Waller Groce
|
| _Leonard James Morning Waller _+
|_Mary Waller ____|
|_Agnes Chiles _________________+
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Notes on the daily goings on at the GROCE PLANTATION, are in the BCHM
Library upstairs.
Subject:
Fwd: GROCE of NC, GA, TX
Date:
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:31:14 -0500 (EST)
From:
TX2STP6621@aol.com
To:
handy@bchm.org
Hempstead is about 25 miles outside of Houston. The cemetary is
between
Waller and Hempstead. Waller is named for Leonard Waller Groce. From
"100
Days in Texas" by Wallace O. Chariton: Leonard Waller Groce was an
early
settler from Georgia who was active in supplying beef to the war
effort
(Alamo). He also operated Groce's Landing, started by his father, and
helped
fit out the "Twin Sister" cannons when they arrived from Cincinnati.
I visited the cemetary at Hempstead on 11/9/97 and made the following
list:
GROCE FAMILY CEMETARY
HEMPSTEAD, TX 11/9/97
290 North to Hempstead (pass fruit stands on both sides of road).
Just
before downtown Hempstead, there is a sign to the left that reads
Cemetary
(1st Street). Go to the end of the road. The road will end at the
main
cemetary. The Hebrew Cemetary is behind the main cemetary. The
Groce
plot is
around the center of the main cemetary.
David Groce of Houston told my cousins Janette & Bob Kemper about this
cemetary.
Their e-mail address is bobkemper@worldnet.att.net.
1) Tallest monument:
FRONT:
John W Groce b 12/9/1872 d 10/25/1890
Frances Ann Groce b 10/23/1834 d 8/31/1836
Jared E Groce b 5/28/1837
Barbara M Clarke b 7/17/1838 d 9/18/1888
LEFT:
Sammie P Pointer g 4/4/1890 d 8/14/1891
Peebles Pointer b 10/15/1880 d 10/20/1880
Mrs M M May
Mary Montford May b 10/8/1847 d 2/20/1852
Martha Jane Finley b 12 26/1851 d 8/22/1854
Richard Rodgers b 12 2/1859 d 10/24/1867
BACK:
R R Peebles b in Chillicothe Ross Co, Oh 1/10/1810 d 8/3/1893
M A Peebles b in Washington, Adams Co, MS 1/4/1816 d 12/31/1877
RIGHT:
S Josephine Peebles b 12 5 1853 d 5/16/1878
John Peebles b 3/15/1849 d 9/9/1889
Rich M Bozman b 5/24/1876 d (couldn't read)
M E H Bozman b 3/20/1844 d 5/10/1893
2) Clemmie Groce Robinson 1869-1965
3) Mack S Robinson 1862-1936
4) Lucille Robinson Miskow 1891-1986
5) In memory of Jared E Groce Sr who moved to Texas in 1822
and died Nov 20, 1836 Aged 54 years, 1 mo and 8 days
By his children
6) William W Groce 1837-1927
7) Kate Wyatt Groce 1844-1920
8) E K Groce
9) Mother - Ellen Groce Hughes
10) Sister - Ellen L Hughes Jul 23, 1870-Feb 28 1838
11) Courtney A Groce who was born in Louisiana Sept 20, 1816
Moved to Texas Jan 8, 1832 Died Jul 14, 1869 Galveston
12) Leonard W Groce born in Lincoln Co, Ga Sept 27, 1805
Died at Waller Co, Tx Aug 29, 1873
13) Sacred to the memory of Sarah Wharton Groce Daughter of
Leonard W Groce departed this life on the 2nd day of Sept 1836
Aged 3 years, 1 m9, 11 days
14) Jared Ellison Groce 12/18/1870 - 7/14/1921
15) Venice McDade Groce 1873-1967
16) Leonard W Groce 9/27/1844 - 7/6/1901
17) L W Gross Jr 1/16/1909 - 10/12/1874
18) Florence H Gross 10/26/1851 - 10/2/1925
19) John Herndon Gross 1879-1943
20) Capt Wm M Bennett 2/8/1892 age 62 yrs 26 days
21) H C Bennett
22) Leonard G Bennett 2/8/1892 - 11/26/1928
23) Ellen Elizabeth Bennett - Mother - 1862-1962
24) F G Groce
25) E Groce
26) Jared E Groce d 2/3/1839 age 27 yrs 4 mos 28 days
My g-grandfather was Ellison Monroe Gross m Mary M Kennedy, Mary d
8/14/1887
(d/o Robert Kennedy and Martha Vance). My grandmother Elnora Ann
Gross b
12/29/1879 d 6/10/1950 m Absolum Amos Tatum, Sr b 10/6/1876 d
10/7/1942.
My
older siblings related to me that my grandmother was always trying to
tell
them about her family who had gone to Texas in the early 1800's, but
being
very young, they didn't listen. Now we are digging.
Explanation of the change from Gross to Groce is in the forwarded
message.
Lynda
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Forwarded message:
Subj: Fwd: GROCE of NC, GA, TX
Date: 97-11-24 20:48:05 EST
From: TX2STP6621
To: LIZTSD
Jackie has a lot of Groce information, and we are working on
connecting
Joshua, Jared, and Solomon. Since our g-grandfather's (Ellison Monroe
Gross)
g-grandmother's last name was Ellison, Jared's middle name was
Ellison and
Jared was from Lincoln Co, GA, there should be a connection. Found in
the
Brazoria County Museum website: Sarah Ann Groce (d/o Jared Groce) m
William
Harris Wharton (Wharton, TX is named for him - he was a statesman).
Sarah
Ann moved to Houston after her husband's and father's death. Jared
was the
richest man in the colony, but Sarah Ann died in poverty. Jared owned
most
of Sabine Co, TX. I have a copy of the deed. Since we have not been
able
to
connect Jared with our Grosses, do you want a copy of all that Jackie
is
sending me?
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Forwarded message:
From: jbpace@sprynet.com (Jackie Pace)
To: LADLSL@AOL.COM
CC: BioRevu@clark.net (Jill Groce)
Date: 97-11-24 00:17:53 EST
Larry, I feel like my JOSHUA was somehow related to JARED GROCE who
had
a
son LARKIN, but not the same as my LARKIN. They both appear in TX abt
the
same; Leonard m. in Rapides Parish, LA abt the same time may Larkin
was
there, etc. Do you think it is possible that this JARED links with
your
bros SIMON & THEOBOLD?
"ANSON CO, NC: ABSTRACTS OF EARLY RECORDS,
VOL 1; 1950, uk relationship: p
45, "A JOSHUA GROSS signed a petition in
Anson Co, NC in 1777 asking that
the county be divided by PeeDee River & the
Court House. The Gross family
divided during the Revolution and Jared
Ellison GROSS, a patriot, moved to
Lincoln Co, GA & changed his name to
GROCE. His son, Jared E. Gross III
was one of Stephen F. Austin's 300 in
Texas in 1821." (Though we have
tried, we have been unable to connect
Joshua Groce to Jared's family.)
However, an ASA MITCHELL was also in
Austin's 300 and Larkin Groce sold his
share of Joshua Groce's land to an
ASHER G. MITCHELL in 1839 for $2,000..
.....on LARKIN, son of JARED: Mrs.
F.B. Anderson, Jacksonville, FL
11/Jun/1970 post card to Ogretta Huttash:,
"My 2nd GGrandfather was LARKIN
GROCE he had 3 children, 2 girls, & son
DUDLEY...Larkin married HANNAH
SUDDUTH dua of Lawrence Suduth. I do not
know where they came from when
they came to GA. Some of the family did go
to Texas in 1822..."
....1820 Index to Georgia Census: Groce, Shepherd -
Lincoln Co; Grose, G. -
Jasper Co; Gross, Edmon - Screven ; Gross, Hannah
-Lincoln Co; Goss, Mund
- Jefferson Co; Gross, Rody -Screven; Gross,
Solomon - Jones Co; Groce, Wm
- Screven; Grace Joshua -Hancock
Co.
....1790 NC Census: Lincoln Co, Morgan Dist: CHRISTIAN GROCE - 3m abv
16/3m
bel 16/4f/0/0".
....White, Gifford E., editior, CHARACTER
CERTIFICATES in the GENERAL LAND
OFFICE OF TEXAS, (Genealogical Publ
Co,Inc; 1985):...GROCE applicants:
#820 GROSS, CHRISTIAN (E) - San Augustine
- August 20th 1835 - Christian
Gross is a native of three
persons...emigrated to this Country in 1828. -
Saml
Thompson Alc // #821
GROSS, Mrs. ELIZABETH (E) San Augustine - May 19,
1835 - Mrs. Elizabeth
Gross is a native of South Caroline, widow lady of
family of six children -
A. Hotchkiss Prmy Judge [no known relationship to
these two] //#822 GROSS,
LARKIN* - (E) - San Augustine - Sept 23d 1834 -
Larkin Gross is a native of
Kentucky, man of family of two persons. -
Benjamin Lindsey Alcalde#822a
{Field Notes} At SE corner of Benjamin
Lindsey's Survey for beginning of
Larkin Gross sitio...Brown Surveyor.
I still do no know who Elizabeth's
husband was. If I knew who this widow
lady was, and who were her six
children, it might help any of our hunts.
***Jackie Ashley Pace, Pasadena
TX
Subject:
Re: Jared Groce POB
Date:
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:52:43 -0500 (EST)
From:
TX2STP6621@aol.com
To:
handy@bchm.org
Some of the information that I just sent to you from the cemetary
doesn't
mesh, but the headstones and monuments are very old and difficult to
read.
For example # 17) L W Groce b 1909 d 1874 (neat trick), but I copied
what
it
looked like in order to try to find documents to make corrections.
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24 Nov. 1997, FROM LINDA VEAL,
cemetery off Hwy. 290, North out of Houston. It is just before the
city limits of Hempstead (1st. street) Jared, Leonard Waller and many
other Groce family members are buried there."
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