Preston Ford SOUTHERN

Birth:
3 Dec 1817
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
10 Oct 1878
Wood, Texas
Marriage:
12 Feb 1837
DeKalb, Tennessee
Sources:
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Notes:
                   According to Miss Addie Mitchell, her mother had said that Preston's father died when Preston was young and he and his older brother, Alford, were reared by an Aunt Ruth.

Preston Ford Southern was one of the early ministers of the Church of Christ in TX. He arrived in Shelby Co. between 1856 and 1859. He purchased a home in the Pleasant Grove community. He had previously lived in Nacogdoches Co. According to Mrs. Myra Kelsey Kerr there were fifteen children in the family of Preston Ford Southern and Martha Ann Bullard. They reared fourteen of them.  She also stated that Preston met Martha when he was preaching to the Indians.  He was then a Methodist minister.

A Wiat Southern, born abt 1825 in MS, is located on the 1860 Shelby Co., TX, census at Beat #9, P.O. Truit's Store, p. 15 [431A], along with his wife Malinda, born abt 1824 in AL and their children: James M., born abt 1854 in AL; H. J. (female), born abt 1856 in AL; and Mary E., born abt 1858 in TX. -- Relationship not determined.
SOURCES:
   1. 1840 census - DeKalb Co., TN: District 9, p. 256 [B. F. Sutherland] [00001-20001] [b. 1810-1820].
   2. 1850 census - Warren Co., TN: 11th Civil District, 1245/1245 [Minister C.O.].
   3. 1860 census - Shelby Co., TX: Truits Store, Beat 9, p. 3 [425A], 20/20 [farmer].
   4. 1870 census - Shelby Co., TX: Precinct #1, P.O. Center, p. 6 [130B], 44/44 [farmer].
   5. DeKalb County Deeds Book A, p. 555 [Britton Barnes sold 100 acres on Horse Pen Branch of Sink
       Creek to Preston F. Southern], 8 Dec 1840.
   6. DeKalb County Deeds Book A, p. 595 [Preston F. Southern sold 50 acres on Horse Pen Branch of
       Sink Creek to James Hawkins], 17 Feb 1841.
   7. Family record on fly leaf of dictionary printed in 1856.
   8. Last will & testament.
   9. Guion Miller Roll application of Susan MITCHELL # 44597 [P. F. SOUTHERN was a white man].
10. Death certificate of son, Richard Yarbrough Southern.
11. Personal knowledge of Mrs. Myra Kelsey Kerr.
12. Records of Mrs. Margaret Reed [has note that Preston Ford Southern was living in Dade Co., GA, in
        1853].
Martha Ann BULLARD
Birth:
21 Apr 1821
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
7 Mar 1889
Erath, Texas
Notes:
                   Family legend states that Martha Ann was full-blooded Cherokee. She is said to have been unable to speak English, but able to read and write in Cherokee.

Check S. BULLARD - Dawes Application - CHER 41.

Burial possibly occurred in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Erath County (between Huckabee and Lingleville) in an unmarked grave.  There is a Bullard Cemetery near Reno, Parker, TX -- between Azle and Springtown.

About 3/4 Cherokee.

   1. 1850 census - Warren Co., TN: 11th Civil District, 1245/1245.
   2. 1860 census - Shelby Co., TX: Truits Store, Beat 9, p. 3 [425A], 20/20.
   3. 1870 census - Shelby Co., TX: Precinct #1, P.O. Center, p. 6 [130B], 44/44.
   4. 1880 census - Wise Co., TX: Precinct #4, E.D. 128, p. 8 [168B], 63/63.
   5. Family record on fly leaf of dictionary printed in 1856.
   6. Land in Rains Co., TX, deeded to her in husband's will.
   7. Guion Miller Roll application of Susan MITCHELL # 44597.
   8. Death certificate of son, Richard Yarbrough Southern.
   9. Personal knowledge of Mrs. Myra Kelsey Kerr.
10. Ancestral File.
Children
Marriage
1
Lucinda Jane SOUTHERN
Birth:
23 Dec 1837
DeKalb, Tennessee
Death:
17 Jan 1917
Palo Pinto, Texas
2
Mary SOUTHERN
Birth:
6 Aug 1839
DeKalb, Tennessee
Death:
1884
Tarrant, Texas
3
Parlee SOUTHERN
Birth:
4 Aug 1841
DeKalb, Tennessee
Death:
4
Richard SOUTHERN
Birth:
Abt 1843
of DeKalb, Tennessee
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
James Walkup SOUTHERN
Birth:
18 Jan 1845
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
30 Jun 1862
Hempstead, Waller, Texas
 
Marr:
 
6
Elizabeth SOUTHERN
Birth:
25 Dec 1847
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
7
Levi Murphy SOUTHERN
Birth:
10 Feb 1848
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
11 Mar 1932
Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas
8
John Bullard SOUTHERN
Birth:
28 Apr 1849
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
6 Jul 1882
Wise, Texas
9
Sarah A. SOUTHERN
Birth:
1851
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
1894
Erath, Texas
Ephraim Miles MITCHELL 
Marr:
Jul 1870
Shelby, Texas 
10
David Woodley SOUTHERN
Birth:
1853
Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia
Death:
25 Apr 1900
Indian Territory, Mannsville, Johnston, Oklahoma
Tennessee TIMMS 
Marr:
27 Oct 1872
Buena Vista, Shelby, Texas 
Notes:
                   David Woodley Southern had a total of 13 children -- 10 by his first wife and 3 by his second one. Some records give David's place of death as Durwood, Carter, OK.

Reportedly filed with the Dawes Commission in Tahlequah for membership in the Cherokee Nation, but was rejected.
SOURCES:
   1. 1860 census - Shelby Co., TX: Truits Store, Beat 9, p. 3 [425A], 20/20.
   2. 1870 census - Shelby Co., TX: Precinct #1, P.O. Center, p. 6, [130B], 44/44 [farmer].
   3. 1880 census - Shelby Co., TX: Precinct #5, E.D. 91, p. 23, 7/7 [farming].
   4. [1890 census - ? - adult].
   5. 1895 census - Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation: Intruder Roll # 2470 [family of 8] & 2825.
   6. Marriage License #2 [filed in Muskogee Co., OK].
   7. Family Bible.
   8. Records of Mrs. Natalie Huntley [date of marriage 2 Mar 1872].
   9. Records of Heather Cameron, H25NOREMAC@aol.com.
10. Son's autobiographical sketch.
11
J. William SOUTHERN
Birth:
1855
Shelby, Texas
Death:
25 Sep 1873
Texas
 
Marr:
 
12
E.F. SOUTHERN
Birth:
1856
Shelby, Texas
Death:
Mar 1870
Shelby, Texas
 
Marr:
 
13
Susan SOUTHERN
Birth:
21 Oct 1858
Shelby, Texas
Death:
21 Jan 1946
Idalou, Lubbock, Texas
14
Richard Yarborough SOUTHERN
Birth:
9 Dec 1859
Shelby, Texas
Death:
9 Apr 1927
Progress, Palo Pinto, Texas
Rosa E. HUGHES 
Marr:
6 Oct 1885
Erath, Texas 
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Preston Ford Southern - Martha Ann Bullard

Preston Ford Southern was born at Warren, Tennessee 3 Dec 1817. His parents were John Southern and Nancy Forrister.

He married Martha Ann Bullard 12 Feb 1837 at DeKalb, Tennessee . Martha Ann Bullard was born at Warren, Tennessee 21 Apr 1821 daughter of Benjamin Bullard and Senith Rachel Barnes .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Lucinda Jane Southern born 23 Dec 1837.
Mary Southern born 6 Aug 1839.
Parlee Southern born 4 Aug 1841.
Richard Southern born Abt 1843.
James Walkup Southern born 18 Jan 1845.
Elizabeth Southern born 25 Dec 1847.
Levi Murphy Southern born 10 Feb 1848.
John Bullard Southern born 28 Apr 1849.
Sarah A. Southern born 1851.
David Woodley Southern born 1853.
J. William Southern born 1855.
E.F. Southern born 1856.
Susan Southern born 21 Oct 1858.
Richard Yarborough Southern born 9 Dec 1859.

Preston Ford Southern died 10 Oct 1878 at Wood, Texas .

Martha Ann Bullard died 7 Mar 1889 at Erath, Texas .