Anna Ladd Damron (1797 - 1851)

Born 23 Dec 1797 in Russell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Fisher — married 8 May 1816 in Pope, Illinois Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 1851 at about age 53 in Texas, United States

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Biography

10/F Anna Ladd DAMRON; 71 After James, her husband, died, Anna was left to rear their six children on the league of land he had been posthumously granted. Since James had died intestate, a partition proceeding in the district court of Collin County awarded Anna half of the property. Each of the children was awarded equal portions of the remaining half. The area was very much still a frontier with many hardships including Indian activity. There were only about 150 people in the county in 1842 but, by 1859, the population had reached 1,950. Apparently, Anna had difficulty in supporting her family on her own. Between the years of 1845 and 1852, she executed 14 deeds, granting various sized parcels of land out of her share of the land. She evidently sold parcels of land as she required money. She sold two rather large pieces of land to her son Jobe "in consideration of the love and affection which I bear to my son..." Some years later, when Jobe was living in Goliad County, his wife, Minerva, died. Anna went to live with him to help rear his children and remained there until Jobe's death. Then, she moved to Llano where she lived with a grandson until her own death. (Source: THE TEXAS HERITAGE OF THE FISHERS AND THE CLARKS by O.C. Fisher. The Anson Jones Press, Salado, TX. 1963.) Interestingly, some descendants have come to believe that Anna was simply Anna Ladd who had been born in Holland and could speak no English until she was nineteen years old! Her son Jobe was the father of the well-known Texas gunman King Fisher. Birth: 23 Dec 1797 Virginia.72,73 Marriage: 08 May 1816 James FISHER Jr. (1795-1837); Pope Co., Illinois Territory; Later, Pope Co., IL. Territorial marriage records. In the Illinois Marriage Record Index (3/9/94 edition), a computerized database compiled by the Illinois State Genealogical Society and copied to microfiche, page 3954 shows: Danril, Anney and Fisher, James Junr. md. 5/8/1816, Pope Co., Book A, page 2.74 Death: aft __ ___ 1851 Llano Co., Texas.75

Sources

• 1850 United States Federal Census
• 1860 United States Federal Census
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920