22nd Generation

62. HUGH C. CLOPTON^96,97 was born on 10 March 1853 in TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA.^98,99 MS. BARBARA BATES, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF JAMES KELTON BATES HALF BROTHER
TO HUGH CLOPTON PROVIDED THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO CONNECT HUGH CLOPTON TO
HIS PARENTS. HUGH CLOPTON AND JAMES KELTON BATES MARRIED SISTERS. JAMES
MARRIED LOUPHENIA McCULLOCH AND HUGH MARRIED PHEBE. THERE WAS A BROTHER
NAMED GREEN BORN TO MARTIN AND ELIZABETH CLOPTON BUT I FIND NO OTHER
RECORD OF HIM IN THE MOVE TO TEXAS.

I FIND HUGH(HUAH) IN THE 13 AUG 1860 CENSUS OF GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS. HE IS
LISTED WITH JOHN CORNER AND ELIZABETH. HE IS 7 YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME.
JAMES BATES IS 17 IN THE SAME CENSUS LISTING.

I FIND HUGH AND PHEBE IN THE 1 JUNE 1870 CENSUS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY,
TEXAS. THEY ARE NEXT DOOR TO JAMES BATES AND LUPHENIA. THE INTERESTING
THING IS THEIR AGES. THIS CENSUS LIST HUGH AS 19 AND PHEBE AS 16, HOWEVER
IN THE 1860 CENSUS HUGH IS 7 AND PHEBE 5. THIS MEANS HUGH WAS 16 AND
PHEBE WAS 16 WHEN THEY MARRIED, OR BEGIN TO LIVE TOGETHER.

I FIND HUGH AND PHEBE IN THE CENSUS, TAKEN 8 JULY 1880, OF MILAM COUNTY,
TEXAS. THIS CENSUS LIST HUGH AS 27 AND PHEBE AS 21. AGAIN JAMES BATES
AND LUPHENIA ARE CLOSE NEIGHBORS. IN 1880 HUGH AND PHEBE HAVE THOMAS 6,
MALE, JOHN L. 4, MALE, OLLIE, 1 MALE. THIS SAME CENSUS LIST JAMES BATES
35, LUPHENIA 27, ELBRADY 11, FEMALE, RETTGAM 9, FEMALE, GRACY 6, MALE,
JOSEPH 4, MALE, CHARLES, 2 MALE.
HUGH CLOPTON DELIVERED MAIL IN HELNEA, KARNES CITY PLEASANTON, JORDONTON.
PHEBE'S BROTHER THOMAS GREEN McCULLOCH, WAS HANGED IN COTULLA, LaSALLE
COUNTY, TEXAS. FOR KILLING A MAN OVER A CARD GAME. JESS BATES STORY SAYS
GREEN WAS BROKEN OUT OF JAIL AND HANGED IN HIS OWN FRONT YARD BY THE ANGRY
TOWNSPEOPLE.

HUGH C. CLOPTON(H.C.) DID ON OCTOBER 10TH 1896, PURCHASE A 113 ACRE TRACT
OF LAND FROM J.H. HOLLIS AND HIS WIFE LAURA FOR SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS WITH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH, ONE PROMISSARY NOTE IN THE SUM
OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS DUE AND PAYABLE JANUARY 1ST 1897 AND FIVE
PROMISSARY NOTES FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS EACH AT EIGHT PERCENT
INTEREST PER YEAR FROM THIS DATE AND DUE RESPECTIVELY ON DECEMBER 1ST
1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. THIS TRACT WAS IN LEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THE
DESCRIPTION IS "ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN LEE
COUNTY TEXAS ON THE WATERS OF BRUSHY CREEK, BEING A PART OF THE HUNTER
TRACT OUT OF THE JOHN FURNASH ORIGINAL SURVEY AND KNOW AS LOT NO. (8)
EIGHT IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SAID HUNTER TRACT BEGINING AT THE N.W. COR. OF
A 113 ACRE TRACT SOLD TO A.M. NALLY. THENCE S. 19degrees E. WITH HIS W.
LINE AT 1775 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT) PASS HIS S.W. COR. AT 2095 VRS.(CAN'T
MAKE OUT) COME TO THE N.E. COR. OF THE N.C. RISINGHAM TRACT OUT THE JOHN
EASLY SURVEY. A STAKE FROM WHICH A B.J. MKD. X BRS. DUE EAST 4 VRS.(CAN'T
MAKE OUT). THENCE S 71degrees W. 270 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT) WITH THE N. LINE
OF SAID EASLEY TO THE S.E. COR. OF LOT NO (7) SEVEN A STAKE FROM WHICH A
P.Q. MK'D BRS. S 35 W. 3 1/4 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT). THENCE N. 19degrees W.
2095 VRS(CAN'T MAKE OUT) WITH THE E. LINE OF SAID LOT NO. 7 TO IT'S N.E.
COR. A STAKE IN THE N. LINE OF SAID HUNTER TRACT FROM WHIC A P.Q. 7in. IN
DIAMETER MKD X BRS. S. 77degrees E. 2 1/5 VRS. THENCE N. 71 E. WITH SAID
N. LINE 270 VRS(CAN'T MAKE OUT) TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING ONE
HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS. He died on 11 June 1924 in LEE COUNTY, LEE, TEXAS, USA. He was buried on 13 June 1924 in LOWER KNOBBS CEMETERY, LEE, TEXAS, USA. My Daddy Thomas Lathon Clopton Jr. said he was out in the field plowing when someone came and got him and told him "Old Man H.C. had died" HUGH has reference number 1. MS. BARBARA BATES, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF JAMES KELTON BATES HALF BROTHER TO HUGH CLOPTON PROVIDED THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO CONNECT HUGH CLOPTON TO HIS PARENTS. HUGH CLOPTON AND JAMES KELTON BATES MARRIED SISTERS. JAMES MARRIED LOUPHENIA McCULLOCH AND HUGH MARRIED PHEBE. THERE WAS A BROTHER NAMED GREEN BORN TO MARTIN AND ELIZABETH CLOPTON BUT I FIND NO OTHER RECORD OF HIM IN THE MOVE TO TEXAS.

I FIND HUGH(HUAH) IN THE 13 AUG 1860 CENSUS OF GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS. HE IS LISTED WITH JOHN CORNER AND ELIZABETH. HE IS 7 YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME. JAMES BATES IS 17 IN THE SAME CENSUS LISTING.

I FIND HUGH AND PHEBE IN THE 1 JUNE 1870 CENSUS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS. THEY ARE NEXT DOOR TO JAMES BATES AND LUPHENIA. THE INTERESTING THING IS THEIR AGES. THIS CENSUS LIST HUGH AS 19 AND PHEBE AS 16, HOWEVER IN THE 1860 CENSUS HUGH IS 7 AND PHEBE 3. THIS MEANS HUGH WAS 16 AND PHEBE WAS 12 WHEN THEY MARRIED, OR BEGIN TO LIVE TOGETHER.

I FIND HUGH AND PHEBE IN THE CENSUS, TAKEN 8 JULY 1880, OF MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS CENSUS LIST HUGH AS 27 AND PHEBE AS 21. AGAIN JAMES BATES AND LUPHENIA ARE CLOSE NEIGHBORS. IN 1880 HUGH AND PHEBE HAVE THOMAS 6, MALE, JOHN L. 4, MALE, OLLIE, 1 MALE. THIS SAME CENSUS LIST JAMES BATES 35, LUPHENIA 27, ELBRADY 11, FEMALE, RETTGAM 9, FEMALE, GRACY 6, MALE, JOSEPH 4, MALE, CHARLES, 2 MALE.

HUGH CLOPTON DELIVERED MAIL IN HELNEA, KARNES CITY LEASANTON, JORDONTON. PHEBE'S BROTHER THOMAS GREEN McCULLOCH, WAS HANGED IN COTULLA, LaSALLE COUNTY, TEXAS. FOR KILLING A MAN OVER A CARD GAME. JESS BATES STORY SAYS GREEN WAS BROKEN OUT OF JAIL AND HANGED IN HIS OWN FRONT YARD BY THE ANGRY TOWNSPEOPLE.

HUGH C. CLOPTON(H.C.) DID ON OCTOBER 10TH 1896, PURCHASE A 113 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FROM J.H. HOLLIS AND HIS WIFE LAURA FOR SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS WITH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH, ONE PROMISSARY NOTE IN THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS DUE AND PAYABLE JANUARY 1ST 1897 AND FIVE PROMISSARY NOTES FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS EACH AT EIGHT PERCENT INTEREST PER YEAR FROM THIS DATE AND DUE RESPECTIVELY ON DECEMBER 1ST 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. THIS TRACT WAS IN LEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THE DESCRIPTION IS "ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN LEE COUNTY TEXAS ON THE WATERS OF BRUSHY CREEK, BEING A PART OF THE HUNTER TRACT OUT OF THE JOHN FURNASH ORIGINAL SURVEY AND KNOW AS LOT NO. (8) EIGHT IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SAID HUNTER TRACT BEGINING AT THE N.W. COR. OF A 113 ACRE TRACT SOLD TO A.M. NALLY. THENCE S. 19degrees E. WITH HIS W. LINE AT 1775 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT) PASS HIS S.W. COR. AT 2095 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT) COME TO THE N.E. COR. OF THE N.C. RISINGHAM TRACT OUT THE JOHN EASLY SURVEY. A STAKE FROM WHICH A B.J. MKD. X BRS. DUE EAST 4 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT). THENCE S 71degrees W. 270 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT) WITH THE N. LINE OF SAID EASLEY TO THE S.E. COR. OF LOT NO (7) SEVEN A STAKE FROM WHICH A P.Q. MK'D BRS. S 35 W. 3 1/4 VRS.(CAN'T MAKE OUT). THENCE N. 19degrees W. 2095 VRS(CAN'T MAKE OUT) WITH THE E. LINE OF SAID LOT NO. 7 TO IT'S N.E. COR. A STAKE IN THE N. LINE OF SAID HUNTER TRACT FROM WHIC A P.Q. 7in. IN DIAMETER MKD X BRS. S. 77degrees E. 2 1/5 VRS. THENCE N. 71 E. WITH SAID N. LINE 270 VRS(CAN'T MAKE OUT) TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS.

HUGH C. CLOPTON and PHEBE EDITH MCCULLOCH¹⁰⁰ were married about August 1869 in WALKER COUNTY, TEXAS, USA. PHEBE EDITH MCCULLOCH¹⁰¹ was born on 12 December 1856 in WALKER COUNTY, TEXAS, USA.¹⁰² The 1860 census of Walker County, Texas taken on 5 July 1860 list Phebe as
five years old. This means she would have had to be born in 1856. She died on 21 July 1906 in PEACH CREEK, GONZALES, TEXAS, USA.¹⁰³ She was buried on 21 July 1906 in DENTON CREEK, GONZALES, TEXAS, USA. PHEBE MAY HAVE BEEN NAMED SUSAN ALSO, BECAUSE OF INFORMATION ON A 1900 CENSUS.

BROTHER GREEN WAS HANGED. COUNTY CLERK OF LaSALLE COUNTY, TEXAS IN A LETTER DATED 3 JANUARY 1980 STATES THAT THERE IS NO DEATH RECORD. THE STORY RELATED IS THAT MR. McCULLOCH WAS NEVER CHARGED OR TRIED FOR MURDER. THE ANGRY TOWNSPEOPLE BROKE HIM OUT OF JAIL AND LYNCHED HIM BEFORE HE COULD BE CHARGED OR TRIED. GREEN SUPPOSEDLY KILLED A MAN OVER AN ARGUEMENT IN A CARD GAME.

PHEBE'S BROTHER GREEN McCULLOCH, WAS HANGED IN COTULLA, LaSALLE COUNTY, TEXAS. FOR KILLING A MAN OVER A CARD GAME. JESS BATES STORY SAYS GREEN WAS BROKEN OUT OF JAIL AND HANGED IN HIS OWN FRONT YARD BY THE ANGRY TOWNSPEOPLE.

ACCORDING TO JESS BATES OUR INDIAN BLOOD COMES FROM THE DYKES. EDITH A. (DYKES) McCULLOCH'S MOTHER WAS ONE QUARTER OR BETTER CHEROKEE INDIAN.

HUGH C. CLOPTON and PHEBE EDITH MCCULLOCH had the following children:

+63	i.	THOMAS LATHON CLOPTON SR..
+64	ii.	JOHN LESTER CLOPTON LES.
+65	iii.	OLLIE GREEN CLOPTON.
+66	iv.	ANNIE BELL CLOPTON.
+67	v.	ALICE CORNELIA CLOPTON.
+68	vi.	CARVIEN ALFRED CLOPTON.
+69	vii.	ADA EDITHIA CLOPTON.
+70	viii.	CARLTON CLOPTON.
71	ix.	EDDIE LEE CLOPTON was born on 20 August 1900 in GONZALES, GONZALES COUNTY, TEXAS, USA. Copy of Certificate of birth #46506, book 27/86 #32598, obtained from county courthouse, the state of Texas, county of Gonzales, by Morris L. Clopton. Morris, Ruby Irene (Smith) Clopton, Betty Florene (Clopton) Voigt, and Dawn Marie Clopton were doing research here in December 1992. He died on 5 October 1971 in AUSTIN, TRAVIS, TEXAS, USA.

HUGH C. CLOPTON and DELLA were married. DELLA (private).

HUGH C. CLOPTON and SARAH TAYLOR¹⁰⁴ were married on 6 February 1910 in GONZALES, GONZALES COUNTY, TEXAS, USA.¹⁰⁵ SARAH TAYLOR (private).