BARTLETT, Joseph Callaway^[1]

1814 - 1888  (74 years)

• Name	BARTLETT, Joseph Callaway
  Birth	7 Aug 1814	Knox County, Tennessee, United States   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	McDonough & Schuyler Counties, Illinois   [7]
  	Census reported: (Roughly these are mapped below) Two males under 5 years: Henry & Lucien Two males between 5 and 10: Jesse Marshall & James One male between 10 and 15: Thomas One male between 15 and 20: Joseph One male between 20 and 30: ?? Two males between 30 and 40: Jesse & ? One female between 5 and 10: Frances Emmaline Two females between 10 and 15: Clementina & Juda One female between 15 and 20: Nancy One female between 30 and 40: Frances Callaway Bartlett
  Misc	1845	Porters Bluff, Navarro County, Texas
  	Relocated from Washington County, Texas
  	PORTER'S BLUFF, TEXAS. Porter's Bluff, also known as Taos, was a ferry crossing and shipping point on the Trinity River during the second half of the nineteenth century. Located sixteen miles northeast of Corsicana just off Farm Road 85 in extreme northeastern Navarro County, it was one of the earliest settlements in the county. It was founded by Col. Robert H. Porter, who received a tract of land on the Trinity River in recognition for his service in the Texas Revolution.qv Porter conceived of establishing a major shipping center on the river to serve area plantations. In 1848, with the assistance of John H. Reagan,qv he platted the town and named it Taos. A ferry began operating sometime later, and by the late 1850s Taos was a thriving town with a blacksmith shop, several stores, and a sawmill. The town also served as a port for small steamboats, known as packets, which before the Civil Warqv plied the Trinity, brought supplies, and transported cotton downriver. Taos continued to prosper until the early 1870s, when the Houston and Texas Central Railroad extended its line from Bryan to Corsicana. Competition from the railroad effectively brought an end to the river traffic, and the town began to decline. The ferry continued to operate until the 1880s, when it was replaced by a bridge. A post office under the name Porter's Bluff opened in 1900 but was discontinued in 1904, and by the mid-1930s the community was a ghost town. In 1990 no traces of the town remained. No population estimates were available. SOURCE: Annie Carpenter Love, History of Navarro County (Dallas: Southwestern, 1933).
  Residence	29 Jun 1860	Navarro County, Texas, United States   [8]
  	Farmer
  	There were only farmers and ranchers living around Rice until the Houston and Texas Central Railroad reached here in 1871-1872. Then Mr. Lewis B. Haynie and Rev. Jerry Ward came and established a store and post office on the corner where Loop and Walker had a store later. Soon Mr. Benjamin C. Clopton came and had the first Drug Store in Rice. He was the father of [Mrs.] J. M. Bartlett. Among the farmers nearby in 1860 were Burwell Edmunson [Edmundson], Lucian Lockhart, Isaac B. Sessions, Egbert Sessions, Jesse M. Bartlett Sr., James and Thomas Bartlett, Wm. A. Langham, Nathan M. Fitzgerald, and Major Rose. The Log house which Mr. Langham built is still used. The Major Rose house is still standing and the framework is of cedar logs. --------------------------- Source: A History of Rice, Navarro County, Texas Online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/towns/rice/a_history_of_rice.htm
  Residence	23 Jun 1880	Enumeration District 129, Navarro, Texas, United States   [9]
  	Living with the family of his son, Jesse Marshall Bartlett
  Death	11 Sep 1888	Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States   [2, 4, 6, 10, 11]
  	Joseph Calloway Bartlett, son of Jesse Bartlett of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, was born on August 7, 1814, in Tennessee. On the 18th day of June, A. D. 1836, he enlisted as a private soldier and served in the Quartermaster Corps until his honorable discharge during the Revolution (war) which separated Texas from Mexico. After his honorable discharge, he returned to Chatfield and was elected Justice of Peace. He later moved to Rice and became the first Postmaster there in 1872. He is buried beside his wife in the Rice Cemetery. ----------------------- Source: Township of Rice, Texas Online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/towns/rice/township_of_rice.htm
  Burial	Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States   [12, 13, 14]
  	Address: Rice Cemetery
  	Plot: Section E
  Person ID	I701	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	19 May 2015

  
  

  Father	BARTLETT, Major Jesse,   b. 5 Dec 1791, Knox County, Tennessee, United States d. 1 Feb 1838, Washington County, Texas, United States (Age 46 years)
  Mother	CALLAWAY, Frances ('Fanna'),   b. 29 Feb 1792, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States d. 20 Sep 1840, Washington County, Texas, United States (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1810  [15]
  	Roger Bartlett reports, "Some sources give 9 Jul 1810 as their marriage date."
  Residence	1830	McDonough & Schuyler Counties, Illinois   [7]
  	Census reported: (Roughly these are mapped below) Two males under 5 years: Henry & Lucien Two males between 5 and 10: Jesse Marshall & James One male between 10 and 15: Thomas One male between 15 and 20: Joseph One male between 20 and 30: ?? Two males between 30 and 40: Jesse & ? One female between 5 and 10: Frances Emmaline Two females between 10 and 15: Clementina & Juda One female between 15 and 20: Nancy One female between 30 and 40: Frances Callaway Bartlett
  Family ID	F230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ESTES, Amanda Monroe,   b. 6 Jun 1822, Tennessee, United States d. 18 Oct 1851, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1839	Washington County, Texas, United States   [16]
  Residence	18 Sep 1850	Navarro District, Navarro, Texas, United States   [17]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. BARTLETT, Frances Callaway,   b. 17 Dec 1840, Washington County, Texas, United States d. 6 Mar 1913, Powell, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 72 years)   2. BARTLETT, Jesse Marshall,   b. 29 Dec 1841, Washington County, Texas, United States d. 29 Jul 1922, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)   3. BARTLETT, Thomas Smith,   b. 1 Oct 1843, Hempstead, Waller, Texas, United States d. 3 Nov 1922, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 79 years)   4. BARTLETT, James Edmund,   b. 4 Nov 1845, Washington County, Texas, United States d. 1 Mar 1926, Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	NORVELL, Martha Ann Elizabeth,   b. 4 Mar 1829, Virginia d. 3 Dec 1874, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1856	Navarro County, Texas, United States   [16]
  Children	1. BARTLETT, May,   b. 9 Aug 1858, Navarro County, Texas, United States d. 21 Oct 1881, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 23 years)   2. BARTLETT, Lulu,   b. 9 Aug 1858, Navarro County, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. BARTLETT, Mattie,   b. 2 Sep 1860, Texas d. 30 Sep 1889, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 29 years)   4. BARTLETT, Amanda Lee,   b. 6 Jul 1866, Texas d. 6 Jul 1958, Kaufman County, Texas, United States (Age 92 years)   5. BARTLETT, Joseph Lucien,   b. 20 Aug 1869, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States d. 29 Sep 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Joseph Callaway on Texas Historic Monument in Rice Texas

  
  

  Headstones

  Joseph Callaway Bartlett (1814 - 1888_

  
  

• Notes

  With his father, he served in the Army of the Republic of Texas during the 1836 Texas Revolution. His eight-year-old bag horse was 'lost in service' on 15 Jul 1836, for which he was reimbursed $125. On 10 May 1838 the Secretary of War for the Republic issued bounty warrant 3291 to him for 320 acres of land for service in the Army of the Republic from 18 Jun 1836 to 18 Sep 1836. Pursuant to the warrant he patented 320 acres in Lampasas County on 11 Sep 1845. He and Amanda moved to present Navarro County, Texas (then part of Robertson County) in the same year, when the area was just being settled and was still somewhat the frontier. They first lived at Taos (Porter's Bluff) on the Trinity River. In 1846 he was appointed Navarro County tax collector by his friend, Sheriff James Allen Johnson. He also served the county as justice of the peace in the 1860's and was the first postmaster of Rice, serving from 2 Oct 1872, when the post office was established, to 23 Nov 1875. Federal census records for 1850 give his occupation as farmer and the value of his real estate as $3,000; the 1860 census shows his land holdings had increased to $4,000 and his personal estate was valued at $1,200. The family moved from near the Trinity westward to a farm three or four miles south of present Rice, building their home on a site now on the north side of Farm Road 1126, about a mile west of the railroad tracks. He died at the home of his son J.M., probably on this same farm near Rice, on 11 Sep 1888. When his first wife, Amanda, died in 1851, at age 29, Joseph, then 37, they had four young children, the oldest then being 11. About five years later, he married Martha Ann Elizabeth Norvell, who died at age 45, when Joseph was 60. He was remembered by a niece for his gentle, polished manners, his love of books, and his careful training of his children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Roger Bartlett's web site. [S55] J. M. and Mollie Clopton Bartlett's bible (1873), (giving only the date). [S56] Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway's bible (Philadelphia, Pa.:. [S57] Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. (giving only the date). [S58] Supposition as to place, based on family's residence. [S59] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, McDonough & Schuyler Counties, Illinois. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Navarro County, TX Page 33 Dwelling 221. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, ED 129, Navarro, TX ED 129 Page 1 Dwelling 285. [S60] Dallas Morning News, 12 Sep 1888, p. 4. [S61] Lineage of Mrs. Bessie Lee Bartlett Buchanan. [S62] Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. [S63] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 7630123. [S48] BartlettCallawayBible, p. 677 (inscribed under "marriages" in what is believed to be. [S64] Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker and other Families. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Navarro Dist., Navarro County, TX Ancestry Page 4 of 47 Dwelling 5.