(*=direct line ancestors of Rhomer & Kerry Johnson)

Not much is known about Martha Dykes. Some say she was never married and a man by the name of Cook was the father of Martin Dykes. (See Barnes Paper’s, Thomas Jefferson Barnes, (1883-1956, the Warren Co. Historian and genealogist. The Barnes papers are on microfilm at the Tennessee Archives in Nashville) Elaine Rowland wrote a book about the Dykes of Hawkins Co. She does not believe that our Dykes, Martha, Martin etal are related to her Dykes, William, Isham, etc…I do not know and will not until further research points the way. The book "Beersheba Springs says that Martin Dykes was a nephew of Isham Dykes. They did work together as surveyors on some of the documents that I have and they lived in close proximity to one another. I feel they are related in one way or another, but have no proof. That same book also says that Martin Dykes had four children and list Martin and Martha as his children but we now know that Sanders was the father of Martha & Martin Dykes.

2. Martin Dykes b abt 1790 NC (son of Martha Dykes and _____________ md Mary Jane Sanders b abt 1800 Tn. Their children were:

3. i. Jacob Dykes b abt 1814, md Louisa Shote and lived in Arkansas.

iv. Unknown girl born about 1825?

Martin Dykes information.

I first learned that my Grandmother Temmie Katherine Dykes (Higgins) ancestors came from Grundy Co. Tennessee many years ago from my mother Minnie Lee Higgins (Johnson), (McCarthy), (Perkins). I found Martin Dykes on the 1850 Census of Grundy Co as follows.

*Martin Dykes 60 M Ten

*Mary " 50 F Ten

Martha " 13 F Ten

*Martin " 10 M Ten

At first I assumed that Martin and Mary were the parents of these two children, but later from erroneous information submitted to the LDS Ancestral File learned that a Jacob Dykes had a son named Martin Van Buren Dykes, born about the same time as our Martin Van Buren Dykes. This Jacob Dykes lived in Arkansas and for a long time I took him to be the father of the Tennesse Martin V. Dykes. But later I learned that their was two different Martin V. Dykes, one in Tennessee and the other from Arkansas (cousins). This Jacob is a son of Martin Dykes and Mary Jane Sanders. He named one of his sons Sanders also. Our Martin V. Dykes was in the 35^th Tennessee Infantry and Jacob Dykes son Martin V. Dykes was in the 24^th Arkansas Infantry.

2. Jacob Dykes b abt 1804? d abt 1887 md Louisa Choate. They lived in Cleveland Arkansas and had the following children:

1. 6. i. Martin V. Dykes b abt 1840 (A cousin of our Martin V. Dykes)
2. 7. ii. William Luke Dykes b abt 1842

1. 9. iv. Clark Andren Dykes b 21 Feb 1847, Cleveland, Ar
2. 10. v. Georgia Dykes b 1850

11. vi. Silas Sanders Dykes b 12 Nov 1851

12 vii. Jacob P. Dykes b 1854

3. 13. viii. Andrew C. Dykes b 1856

 

 

*Sanders D. Dykes and *Almira Walker

4. Later on I learned that Sanders D. Dykes was married first to Almira Walker on 21 June 1835, and there two children were:

14. i. Martha Dykes (daughter of Sanders Dykes & Almira Walker) b 1 Apr 1837 md on 14 Dec 1853 John Bond (son of James Bond (son of William Bond & Martha Wilson) & Naomi Wright) Their children were:

i. Almira Bond b abt 1855

4. ii. Rosanah Bond b 1857
5. iii.James M. Bond b abt 1860
6. iv. Miaina Bond b abt 1861
7. v. Mary Ann Bond b abt 1862
8. vi.Sanders Bond b abt 1864

Sanders Dykes and his 1^st wife, Almira Walker, b 28 Aug 1817 were married abt 1835 daughter of *James Walker and *Polly Campbell (Walker), died 1 Nov 1839. Sanders later married Jane "Jennie" Lockhart (Tate) on 14 Feb 1843. Jennie Lockhart married first Jahaziel H? Tate, a son of Major James Tate and Ruth ____________. Jahaziel H? Tate and Jennie had the following children:

i. Andrew Jackson Tate b 1832 md Lou Rainey Hobbs 2 Sep 1852

The Children of Sanders Dykes and Jane "Jeannie" Lockhart Tate were:

Sanders Dykes family on the 1850 Grundy Co. Tennessee Census:

*Dykes, Sanders 33 M Farmer Tennessee

Dykes, Jane 37 F "

Dykes, Calhoon 8 M "

Dykes, Sanders 6 M "

Dykes, Mary A. 4 F "

Tate, Andrew J. 18 M Farmer "

Tate, John S. 16 M Farmer "

Tate, James 13 M "

1. Calvin Calhoun C.H. Dykes was born 24 Aug 1842 in Warren Co. Tennessee, d 16 Sep 1929 and is burried at Orange Hill Cemetery, near Tracy City, Tn, married on 13 February 1861 Ellen Birch Coluson b 8 Sep 1844

2. Sanders Dykes Jr. b abt 1844/45 near Tracy City, married on 17 Feb 1869 Alice Elizabeth Brown
3. Mary Ann Dykes b abt 1846/47 near Tracy City, TN died 4 Jun 1896, was md on or abt 1 Nov 1866 to Samuel Lusk

Living next door to Sanders Dykes and Jane Lockhart were:

James Lockhart 66 M Farmer SC

Mary 65 F SC

Robert 26 M TN

William 21 M TN

(James and Mary may be the parents of Jane Lockhart (Tate) Dykes.)

On the 1860 Grundy CO.(District 10, Altamount) Census, Tn Sanders Dykes was listed as follows:

*Sanders Dykes, Sr. 44 m Farmer TN

Jane 45 f NC

Calhoun 17 m Farmer TN

Sanders Jr. 15 m Farmer TN

Mary 13 f TN

Sanders Dykes married 3^rd, Julia Ann Brown. On a family Group sheet given to me by Renice Layne Curtis I have the following:

Sanders married on 16 Feb 1867, Julia Ann Brown, daughter of Russel Brown and Mary (Polly) Dykes, (daughter of Isham Dykes.

From another source (from records of Gladys Brown Maycock, Farmington, Utah) it shows that Julia Ann Brown was married 1^st to A.J. Smith and had a son James Smith born 12 Feb 1858.

Sanders and Julia Ann Brown (Smith) were married on 8 Jun 1862 and children were: (according to Gladys Brown Maycock)

1. John Dykes b 1862
2. Elizabeth b 1865 * 1880 Sequatchie Co. Tn Census shows an Elijah, 15, son and a duaghter Jennie 12
3. Louisa Dykes b 5 Oct 1866, Altamont, Grundy, Tn d 9 Nov 1890 burried Orange Hill Cemetery
4. Isham (Ike) B. Dykes b 1868, d and burried in Warrior, Alabama md 1^st Lettie Shadrick, 2^nd Ella Vaughn
5. Prudence b 1871
6. Mark Dykes b 1873 md Alice Brown b 1875
7. Lawrence Dykes b 1874, Dunlap, Tn md abt 1893 Amanda "Mandy" Hatfield
8. William Thomas Dykes b 13 Oct 1875 md 1^st Lettie Morrison and 2^nd Letha Ann Parson
9. Jacob Dykes b 12 Jun 1880 Dunlap, Sequatchie Co. Tn, md abt 1903 Martha H. E. Shadrick(this last one from Renice Curtis as also some of the above information.

On the 1870 Tennessee Census Sanders and "Juli Ann" are listed as follows:

Dykes, Sanders 54 m Farmer Tenn

Juli Ann 33 f "

James 11 m "

John 8 m "

Eliga 5 m "

Louisa J. 4 f "

Isam B. (Isham) 2 m "

Next door to Sanders and Juli Ann Dykes were:

Dykes, Archable 25 m Farmer Tenn

Dykes, Elizabeth 22 f "

(is Archable a son of Sanders?)

Also next door to Sanders and Julie Ann Brown (Smith) Dykes is: (I think this is her mother, Mary Dykes, duaghter of Isham Dykes and Prudence Choate who married Russell Brown, son of Absolem Brown and Mary Jane Green.

Brown, Mary 60 f Tenn

Thomas 22 m Farmer "

Nancy 19 f "

Isam B. F. 3/12 m "

Elizabeth 20 f "

James J. 1 m "

In 1880 Sanders and Julia Dykes are in Sequatchie Co. Tennessee and are listed as follows:

*Dyke, Sanders 63 Farmer TTT

Julia 44 w Keeping House "

John 17 s Farm Laborer "

Elijah 15 s " " "

Jennie 12 d "

Isom 10 s "

Prudence 9 d "

Mark 7 s "

Lawrance 5 s "

Thomas 2 s "

3. John Dykes b abt 1821, d 1858 md (abt 1837) Dolly Gann b abt 1821 NC died 1890 Muskogee, Oklahoma.) Their children were:

1. Sarah Dorcas Dykes b 1839 md Pleasant Tate 11 Jan 1855
2. Jacob Dykes b 23 Feb 1840 md Susan Jane Gilley 23 Feb 1858 (they were in Cannon Co Tn 1860 Census.) In 1870 They were in Swan Township, Taney Co. Mo. And were listed:
   Jacob Dykes 31 M Farmer TN

Susan J. 40 F K.H. TN
William 9 M TN
Sarah T. 7 F TN

They are listed on the 1880 Swan Township, Taney Co. Mo.:

Jacob Dykes 40 Tn Tn Tn

Susan 46 Wife Tn NC NC

Next door to them was:

Dykes, Charlee 20 Tn Tn Tn
Martha 23 wife Ar In __

Joseph 1/12 son Mo Ar __

3. John C. Dykes b 1841 md Margaret Walker on 22 Dec 1859 (They were in Cannon Co. Tn. 1860 Census) They are listed on the 1880 Swan Township, Taney Co. Mo.:

Dykes, John C. 39 Tn Tn NC

Margaret 37 Tn Tn Tn
Sarah E. 17 Tn Tn Tn

John H. 14 Tn Tn Tn
William B. 12 Mo Tn Tn

Mary M. 9 Mo Tn Tn

Jacob E. 7 Mo Tn Tn

Rosetti 5 Mo Tn Tn

4. James K. P. Dykes b 1845 d 16 July 1867 md Lurinda Gilley
5. Almira Dykes b 1846 md James Jr. "Pone" Woodlee on 20 Dec 1862. James Jr. "Pone" Woodlee was the son of James and Nancy Armstrong Woodlee. His Father James Woodlee was the son of John Woodlee b 1766 in Virginia, was the the son of Jacob Woodlee and they were in Warren Co. by 1810. John Woodlee md Lyda Harrison. James Jr. "Pone Woodlee and Almira Dykes Woodlee had the following Children:

1. Paddy, 2. Thomas, 3. Nancy, 4. Fred, 5. Bettie, 6. Henry who md Lena Schwoon.

6. Sanders D. Dykes b 3 Jan 1850 md Sarah Berry abt 1870
7. Martha Dykes b 28 Feb 1857, died 7 Apr 1886 Wright Co. Missouri md 1^st _________ 2^nd ? Labaugh
8. Thomas Dykes b 1855, d 4 feb 1927, md Mary Magdalene Gann
9. Mary Dykes b 1851 md Henry Dunlap

(above information on children and dates provided by Renice Curtis)(Woodlee information from the book "Beersheba Springs, A History"

15. Martin Van Buren Dykes born 1839, son of Sanders D. Dykes and Almira Walker, married Sarah Ann Tate on 29 Jan 1860 in Grundy Co. Tennessee.

8. James C. Walker b 1815 md Betty Bond d. of William Bond
9. *Almira Walker b 1817 md Sanders Dykes son of Martin Dykes and Mary Jane Sanders. Almira Walker died in 1839.
10. William H. Walker b 1818 died 1828
11. Elvira Anna Walker b 1822 md 1^st Mames Lockhart and 2^nd Simeon Savage
12. Hannah Tucker Walker b 1825 md Lossan H. Gross
13. Samuel Davis Walker b 1828 md Elizabeth Bond d. of James Bond
14. Elizabeth Sarah Walker b 1832 md James Smith Lockhart Walker son of James H. Walker.
15. Jacob Walker b 1836

#14 above James Smith Lockhart Walker. Julie Ann Brown, granddaughter of Isham Dykes md 1^st A. J. Smith 12 Feb 1858 and 2^nd Sanders Dykes. Sanders Dykes md 1^st Almira Walker, 2^nd Jane "Jennie" Lockhart, and 3^rd Julie Ann Brown. Coincidence?

Will of * James Walker dated 16 July 1859
Wife Polly, dwelling houses and lots, furniture, horse, slave, income from plantation. Son Samuel D. Executor. After wife’s death estate to be sold and proceeds divided between children, to wit: Jeremiah, James C., Samuel, Peggy Levan, Elviry Ann Savage, Hannah T. Gross, Elizabeth S. Walker. Heirs of my decd children to wit: Polly Turner, Martha T. Fowler, John Walker and Almira Dykes, are to inherit as though the children were still living, and to divide equally among their children. Son Harvey Walker already provided for, is to pay his debts due me to executor. Son Elijah Walker, already provided for, is to receive $200 more.
Wit: Wm C. Nunly, Jesse Nunly

1. Sarah Almira Dykes b abt 1861 md Peter Ault
2. Martha Dykes b 1863 md W. L. Hawk
3. Mary Elizza (Lizzie) Dykes b abt 1866 md John Boyd
4. Albert H. Dykes b 6 March 1868 md Rosa Lee Patton
5. Julia Ann Dykes b abt 1871 md Thomas W. Reese
6. Effalie "Effie" Dykes b abt 1873 md William E. Ellis
7. Sanders Dykes b abt 1875 md 1^st Pearl, 2^nd Alice?
8. Nancy "Nannie" Dykes md Jake R. Culpepper
9. Ollie Dykes b 11 Nov 1879, died 22 Sep 1954, md James L. Culpepper b 4 Jan 1877, died 14 Sep 1949.
10. John Dykes b abt _____ never married

1. Sarah Almira Dykes and Peter Ault. Their children were: (info from 1910 Census)

1. Bertie Ault b abt 1898
2. Clyde Ault b 30 Aug 1901 d 30 Jan 1968
3. Bine Key Ault b 26 Nov 1903 (talked to him on phone on family history trip with Kerry)
4. Aroha Ault b abt 1906
5. J. L. Ault b abt 1908
6. Unknown
7. Unknown

1. Martha "Mattie" Dykes married W. L. Hawk. Their children were:

 

2. Mary Elizza "Lizzie" Dykes was married John Boyd on 25 Dec 1885 (brother of Elizabeth Boyd)

4. Albert H. Dykes b 1868 d 8 Sep 1930 SW of Lefors, Gray, Texas and is burried in Citizen Cemetery in Clarendon, Donley Co, Texas, married Rosa Lee Patton on 21 January 1891 in San Marcos, Hayes Co. Texas. Rosa Lee Patton is the daughter of John H. Patton & Elizabeth Boyd. Their children were:

1. Henry Martin Dykes b 14 Nov 1892, d 15 Jun 1902, Caldwell Co, Texas, burried at Martindale Cemetery.
2. Temmie Katherine Dykes b 16 Jun 1894, d 29 May 1981, md Homer Grady Higgins, b 19 April 1891, d 10 Aug 1976 See Homer Grady Higgins and Temmie C. Dykes Page for their childern.
3. Claude Sanders Dykes b 15 Aug 1896, d 23 March 1937 at Lefors, Gray, Texas and is burried in Clarendon, Donely Co. Texas at Citizen Cemetery. Claude Sanders Dykes md 1^st Alma Peck. Their children were:

1. Claude Dykes
2. Doris Dykes
3. Martin Dykes

5. Sarah Albertia Dykes b 10 Aug 1905, d Jan 1976 (per SSI) md John Harvey Jenkins, b 3 Sep 1905 d Nov 1970 (per SSI). They were md on 29 April 1922 in Quanah, Hardeman Co., Texas by Chas. M. Welch, Judge.

6. Effallee "Effie" Dykes b 1873 md William E. Ellis. Their children were:
7. Sanders Dykes b 1875 md 1^st Pearl _________ 2^nd Alice ___________.

Their children were:

8. Nancy "Nannie" Dykes b 1878 md Jake R. Culpepper. Their children were:
9. Ollie Emma Dykes b 11 Nov 1879 d 22 Sep 1954 md James L. Culpepper b 4 Jan 1877 d 14 Sep 1949. Their children were:

a.

Note: the following was found in book # 976.4 k2yb concerning the death of Ollie Emma Dykes. "Sister Emma Dykes Culpepper was born March 11, 1879 near Altamont, Tennessee. She was married to James Lewis Culpepper on December 29^, 1896. To this union was born eight children, six of whom survive. At the time of her death, on September 22, 1954, she was 74 years, 10 months, and 11 days old.

Be it resolved that we, Mt. Zion Primative Baptist Church of Nixon, Texas, realize the loss of a dear, faithful member, who will be greatly missed by all of us.

Be it further resolved that we, as a church, extend our sympathy and send a copy of this resolution to the family, insert a copy in our church record, and send a copy to THE BANNER OF LOVE. Done by the order of the church, while in conference, April 02, 1955.

W. J. Chambers, Moderator

Wesley Smith, Clerk

Docia Patteson, Ann Beicker, Committee"


10. John M. Dykes born 18 Sep 1982 d 28 Mar 1974 and is buried at Stockdale Cemetery in Wilson Co. Texas. (Never married).

Homer Grady Higgins b 19 Apr 1891, d 10 Aug 1976, son of George Thomas Higgins and Mary Ann Rebecca Phillips md Temmie Catherine Dykes, daughter of Albert H. Dykes and Rosa Lee Patton on . Their children:

1. Fay Roberta Higgins
2. Nina May Higgins
3. Juanita Ann Higgins
4. Minnie Lee Higgins
5. Bonnie Marita Higgins
6. Connie Marie Higgins

1. Fay Robert Higgins b 26 Dec 1914 at Eldorado, Jackson, Oklahoma, md William Smith Montgomery on ___________. William Smith Montgomery was the son of William McElrath Montgomery and Sarah Edna Smith. William McElrath Montgomery was the son of William Samuel Montgomery. William Smith Montgomery and Fay Roberta Higgins were divorced on ___________. Their children were:

1. Jo Anne Montgomery b 1 May 1935 md 1^st Darrell Warren Truitt and 2^nd James Andrew Moore.
2. William Grady Montgomery b 22 Oct 1936, d 17 Dec 1969.
3. Sherry Noel Montgomery b Oct _____, md James Vincent Semrad in Clarendon, Tx.

1. Nina May Higgins b 21 May 1916 at Chilecothe, Hardeman, Texas, d 21 Jul 1995 Lubbock, Texas, md 8 Oct 1933, James William "Dub" Lindley at Sulpher Springs, Texas. Their children: