Martha MORGAN

Note: ESTATE OF MARTHA PERKINS
Inventory and Appraisal
Filed Sept.6,1866 Recorded same day
Clear Creek Sept. 1st, 1866
We the undersigned apraisers of the estate of Martha Perkins
Deased apraise the property as follows
The Homestead 182 acres 2.50 $455.00
The Land in Harris County 3 acres $ 25.00
Stock Cattle 76 head 5.50 $418.00
Two Horses Verry Old 2.50 $ 5.00
One Matress 6.66 $ 6.66
One Feather Bed Two Pillows&Bolster $ 11.20
State of Texas, County of Galveston
Sept.1,1866
We solemly swear we have apraised the property of the estate of Martha Perkins deased to the best of our ability.
S.L. Hamblet
D.A. McRae
Richard Coward
Allen Coward
I do solemly swear that I have given in all the property belonging
To the a state of Marthy Perkins.I do ____Certify the was
Signed and Sworn to in present of me. John J. Lewis JPGC this 1st of September 1866. ¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷

Rees and Martha were both born in South Carolina and believed to have been married there. Some of their children moved to Galveston-League City TX area and some to the Houston area.

Rees was in the organization of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Amite, Co., MS on May 9,
1806, and the old church minutes show that he came from WelchNeck Church , SC. Rees
was a delegate to the Cole Creek Church in August, 1806, whenthe MS. Assoc. was
formed. Later he had trouble in the church and was dismissed but was restored in 1813. He
was later given another letter of dismissal from Ebenezer onSept 4, 1813.

He was a delegate from Antioch Church to the MS. Assoc. in 1814,1815, and 1817.
Antioch Church joined the MS. Assoc. in 1814, and was located inMarion Co. where the
Perkins, Davis, and Smarts were domiciled. The earliest minutes of the Antioch Church are
not available which is unfortunate, for they would give valuable information. The earliest
minutes begin in 1828.

Rees entered 320 acres of land in 1811 in Section 36, Township 3North, range 13 East, in
what was then Amite Co., but is now Marion Co. just below Columbia, in the Jamestown
Community on the Pearl River. (Plat Book National Archives, Washington DC T3N-R13E p
751) He was Justice of the Quorum and Foreman of the grand jur yin 1812. (Bk A. Sup.Ct)
Rees registered his Brand in the Columbia, MS Courthouse on July4, 1812, Brand Book B
as follows: Rees Perkins - an upper square in the right ear anda split in the left. For a
reproduction of that brand, see "Perkins"
by Fischer p 38.
His brand was registered July 4 , 1812, upper squrae in the right ear and split in the left ear,
branded "RP".
Personal tax rolls of Marion Co. through 1818 show that Rees owned several hundred acres
of land on the Peral River and from 7 to 12 slaves.
He was one of the early Civil Officers in Marion Co.MS... serving as "Justice of the Quorum". (Source: "Marriage Records of Marion County, Mississippi"
by Upton-Foreward-Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge, La.)
Rees is not shown in the 1819 tax roll, so it is assumed that he left Marion Co. in 1818 and
moved to Louisiana, where he is assignee of more than two thousand acres of land along the Calcasieu River in St. Landry Parish.
"Goodspeeds Memoirs" list Rees Perkins as one of the early settlers of Southwest LA.
The Obituary of Rees Washington Perkins lists all of his brothers and sisters.

Note: Event: Misc. Info. 4 JUL 1812 Registered his brand at Columbia, Mississippi Courthouse.

Reese Perkins - Nov 13, 1811 bought 1/2 township 320 acres.
Plat Book N3n - R13E p. 751 National Archives, Washington DC.
The Order of the First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817 by Charles Owen Johnson p. 59:
Rees Perkins resided in the Mississippi Territory in 1806. Hewas born in South Carolina on 6 April 1774 and died in St LandryPar. LA on 8 Feb 1846. He married Martha Morgan probably in Darlington Co SC. She was born in South Carolina and died in Galveston, Texas."
Rees Perkins, previous to the treaty between the United States & Spain, called the Neutral Territory, settled on and farmed 640 acres on the Rio Hondo Neutral Territory before 22 Feb 1819. The land he claimed as Private Land Claim #262, Private Land Claim#263, and Private Land Claim #276. This land was situated on the West bank of the West Branch Calcashu River at a pine bluff about three miles from the mouth of said Branch, about one mile above Blount's Ferry and the same distance below Dever's Ferry. His habitation was at Dever's Ferry. The land was in the SouthWestern Land District of the State of Louisiana.

Sources: Imperial Calcasieu Records; Reese W. Perkins obituary, The Daily Press of Lake Charles, Louisiana, July 6, 1895. East Feliciana Parish Cemetery Records by Sagely. East Feliciana Parish Probate Records, St Landry Parish.
Marriage Records; W. Feliciana Parish Marriage Records. ¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷

2721. Martha MORGAN ¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ (Solomon Sr. MORGAN³, Frances HENDRICKS², Solomon¹) was born in 1780 in Darlington District, South Carolina,^{¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} died on 8 Jun 1865 in Clear Creek, Galveston, TX ^{¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} at age 85, and was buried after 8 Jun 1865 in Coward Cemetery (Near Clear Creek Texas).^{¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸}

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1840. ¹¹⁸ Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

• Alt Burial: After 8 Jun 1865, League City, Galveston, TX. ¹¹⁶

• She had an estate probated on 6 Sep 1866 in Galveston Co., Texas. ¹¹⁷

Martha married Reese (Rees) W. PERKINS,¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ son of James PERKINS and Margaret CHANDLER, on 8 Jan 1796 in Darlington, SC.¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ Reese was born on 6 Apr 1774 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana/Calcasieu, Rapides Co., LA,^¹¹⁸ died on 8 Feb 1846 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana ^{¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} at age 71, and was buried after 8 Feb 1846 in Big Woods Cemetery, Edgerly, Calcasieu Parish, Louisisana.^{¹¹⁶ ¹¹⁸}

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1840. ¹¹⁸ Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

• Alt Birth: 6 Apr 1774, Cheraw District, Darlington, SC. ¹¹⁶

• Alt Death: 8 Feb 1846, St. Landry Parish, LA. ¹¹⁶

• Alt Birth: 6 Apr 1774, Cheraw Dist. SC. ¹¹⁷

(Duplicate Line. See Person 2690, Reese (Rees) W. PERKINS)

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