Hi! My name is Sheila. I hope you enjoy this site. I live near Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas. Texarkana is on the state line between Texas and Arkansas. The Texas side is in Bowie County and the Arkansas side is in Miller County. Both county courthouses are within a short driving distance. I have conducted oral histories and research for the Texarkana Historical Museum.
Where are your roots? You might be surprised!
One of my family names I am researching is Middleton. My father was James Washington Lee Middleton, Jr. He served in the Navy during WWII on the USS Valley Forge. I have a Washington and Robert Middleton in my ancestry. Washington Middleton fought for the South in the Civil War. He had 3 wives one of which was Native American. I have also discovered that my g-grandmother Winnie Johnson was 1/2 Native American. Her parents were William Meredith Johnson and Elizabeth Barton. Any cousins out there?
2. James Washington Lee MIDDLETON Jr. b 4/27/1925, Gibtown, Jack Co. TX d 12/11/79 Albuquerque, NM. Buried: Morton, TX
3. Rachel
4. James Washington Lee MIDDLETON, Sr., b 11/3/1900, Gibtown, TX, d 6/76 Kermit, Winkler Co., TX. Buried at Wichita Falls TX.
Siblings include Charles, Mandy, Mary, Laura, Benjamin, & Dora
5. Myrtle Ivy McCormick, b 8/31/1903, d 5/8/66, San Diego, CA. Buried at San Diego
6. Samuel Francis THOMPSON, b 1/12/1881 Black, Reynolds Co. MO d 3:50 AM 4/26/1974, Texarkana, Bowie Co. TX Buried at Eagletown Cemetery, Eagletown, OK
7. Ardella FOSTER, b 8/1/1888 MO
8. Robert MIDDLETON, b ca 1858, Stoddard Co., MO
9. Olive Clarinda GREGG b 11/2/1864, Joplin, MO
10. Henry Columbus MCCORMICK, b ca 1879, d ca 1953
11. Ada Eulalia Lewis, b?, d ca 1918
12. Henry THOMPSON, b,1857, MO
13. Winnie JOHNSON, b 1865 m Apr 7 1881 Reynolds Co MO to Henry Edmanson Thompson d 1:39 AM, 1/11/1963, Buried at Mill Spring Cemetery, Wayne Co. MO. Funeral Dir.: Gish. Address: Piedmont, MO (According to a living relative Winnie was 1/2 Native American. From pictures I have there is no doubt. I haven't yet eastablished for sure which side or if some on both. Some think she may have been Cherokee.)
14. Anthony Sinclair FOSTER
15. Syrena WILLIAMS
16. Washington MIDDLETON, Jr., b ca 1835, TN, father was born in NC, mother in VA
(2nd?)Wife's name was Nancy
Children Robert, Munday, Lucy, Sarah, Lassie, Bell, Magnoley, & Arizona
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