Isaac Newton Herrington I (1846 - 1913)

Born 20 Dec 1846 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1913 at age 66 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

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Biography

Isaac Newton Herrington I served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: date unknown
Mustered out: date unknown
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): unknown

Name

Isaac Newton /Herrington/ I^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Isaac /Harrington/^[8]

Isick M /Herington/^[9]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Isaac Newton /Herrington/ I.

Birth

Isaac Newton "Ike" Herrington was born on December 20, 1846, in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, to John A Herrington and Sarah Mathis. At the time of his birth, his father was 45 and his mother was 38. Isaac was his parents' tenth child and sixth son, out of a total of fifteen living children.

20 Dec 1846

Mississippi^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

abt 1845

Mississippi^[16]

abt 1844

Mississippi^[17]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 20 Dec 1846

Early Life

The 1850 U.S. Federal Census, lists Isaac N. Herrington, age 6, as living with his parents in Harrison County, Mississippi. Ten years later, now listed as Isaac Herrington, age 15, he, his mother, and his siblings were living in Jackson County, Mississippi, within the area identified as served by the Ocean Springs post office.

Civil War and Aftermath

Isaac Herrington, who would have been just short of his fifteenth birthday at the start of the war, served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, along with his father and his older brothers. His grandson, Winston Lloyd, includes a story of what happened after the war in his autobiography: "After the Civil War my great grandfather and his older sons returned [to Mississippi] from their service in the Confederate Army and tried to resume their farming activities" and hired their former slaves to work the land. (Note This was not unusual. See the PBS Special Feature Slave to Sharecropper.) The story continues, however, that the freed slaves came from a meeting one night and reported that the carpetbaggers were coming to take the Herrington home and kill the family. The family escaped, several of the ex-slaves traveling with them, and on looking back from a hilltop were able to see the house in flames.^[18]

Note Winston Lloyd's autobiography mentions Isaac Herrington's father as returning home after the Civil War; however, given his absence from the 1860 and subsequent U.S. Federal Censuses, as well as other documents placing his death in 1859, it seems likely that the autobiography is in error on this point.

After leaving Mississippi, the Herrington family moved to South Florida. The 1870 U.S. Federal Census places Isaac, his mother, and several siblings in Cedar Key, Levy, Florida.

Marriage

Isaac Herrington married Ezella Fleming Boykin on December 29, 1885, in Marianna, Jackson County, Florida.^[19]

1886^[20]

Family

Isaac and Ezella had three children:

Luther Eugene Born 27 September 1886 in Florida. Died of drowning due to a fishing accident, age 18, 4 July 1905 in Brent, Escambia, Florida.

Inez Minerva Born 20 July 1889 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Died, age 96, 24 Jan 1986 in Santa Rosa County, Florida.

Isaac Newton, II Born 20 August 1894 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Died, age 84, 20 June 1979 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.

Property

Isaac Herrington owned property in Brent, Escambia County, Florida, which he purchased sometime in the late 1800s. There, in about 1910, he built a two-story, five-bedroom house for his family^[21]. The house had no indoor plumbing or electricity.

On May 9, 2010, I took the following notes from a phone conversation with my father, the oft-mentioned Winston Lloyd, which echos information also included in his autobiograpy:

Isaac and Martin were farming and selling vegetables, which were delivered by horse. Then, Martin died and his daughter Laura went to a lawyer and sold her share of the 80 acre farm to the lawyer. The lawyer told Isaac that he was kicking Isaac and his family off the farm and taking it over. Papoo [Ezella Boykin, Isaac's wife], and Sissy [Inez Minerva Herrington, Isaac's daughter], convinced Isaac that Laura, and therefore the lawyer, was not entitled to the whole farm. The lawyer agreed and split the farm. The lawyer kept the half near Brent Lane, which was worth more than the other half, because it had the road. And, Isaac took the half (forty acres) that had the family residence on it.

Winston has a legal document, an abstract, which has details about this series of transactions.

Occupation

According to his obituary on Find A Grave, which cites the Thursday, January 9, 1913 issue of the Pensacola Journal, Isaac Herrington had been a member of the Pensacola police force and it was only upon his retirement that he took up farming. Wikipedia reports that all members of the Pensacola Police Department had to meet a set of standards which included the following: "Officers had to be able to read and write in English, never have been indicted and convicted of a crime, of physical health and vigor, of good moral character, and of unquestionable energy."

Death

Isaac Herrington died on January 8, 1913, in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, at the age of 66. He was buried in Clopton Cemetery, a small cemetery located next to the East Brent Baptist Church in Pensacola. I have visited the cemetery with family members and located Isaac's headstone. Winston Lloyd, in our May 9, 2010 phone conversation, described the location of the cemetery with respect to the family property in Brent: "Isaac and Martin were both buried in the Clopton Cemetery at the east end of the farm, which was adjacent to the Herrington family property. Now, I-110 separates the cemetery from the remainder of the farm."

Age at Death: 66

8 Jan 1913^[22]

Burial

Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA^[23]

Miscellaneous GEDCOM Details

Note Information in the following sections still needs to be cleaned up, with source citations conforming to WikiTree and Evidence Explained standards.

Residence

Bronson, Levy, Florida^[24]

Age in 1870: 24

1870

Cedar Key, Levy, Florida, United States^[25]

Age in 1860: 15

1860

Jackson, Mississippi, United States^[26]

Age: 6

1850

Harrison, Mississippi^[27]

Age in 1910: 64Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

1910

Brent, Escambia, Florida^[28]

Age: 53Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

1900

Brents, Escambia, Florida^[29]

Sources

• Source: S-1532182187 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Repository: R-1684575258 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-1532188599 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-1570134719 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-1576327357 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: Web: Florida, Find A Grave Index, 1819-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-1576330144 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S-1576330719 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S-1576330998 Repository: #R-1684575258 Title: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

1. ↑ Source: #S-1576330144 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Brents, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 168; Page: 74A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1240168
2. ↑ Source: #S-1576330719 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brent, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T624_160; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374173
3. ↑ Source: #S-1576330998
4. ↑ Source: #S-1532188599 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 103A; Image: 211
5. ↑ Source: #S-1532182187 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 890; Image: 422; Family History Library Film: 803582
6. ↑ Source: #S-1576327357
7. ↑ Source: #S-1570134719 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Cedar Key, Levy, Florida; Roll: M593_131; Page: 717B; Image: 836; Family History Library Film: 545630
8. ↑ Source: #S-1570134719 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Cedar Key, Levy, Florida; Roll: M593_131; Page: 717B; Image: 836; Family History Library Film: 545630
9. ↑ Source: #S-1576330719 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brent, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T624_160; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374173
10. ↑ Source: #S-1576330144 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Brents, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 168; Page: 74A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1240168
11. ↑ Source: #S-1576330719 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brent, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T624_160; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374173
12. ↑ Source: #S-1532188599 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 103A; Image: 211
13. ↑ Source: #S-1532182187 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 890; Image: 422; Family History Library Film: 803582
14. ↑ Source: #S-1576327357
15. ↑ Source: #S-1570134719 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Cedar Key, Levy, Florida; Roll: M593_131; Page: 717B; Image: 836; Family History Library Film: 545630
16. ↑ Source: #S-1532182187 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 890; Image: 422; Family History Library Film: 803582
17. ↑ Source: #S-1532188599 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 103A; Image: 211
18. ↑ Page 12 of Winston Lloyd's autobiography.
19. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census
20. ↑ Source: #S-1576330144 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Brents, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 168; Page: 74A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm:
21. ↑ Pages 6 & 12 of Winston Lloyd's autobiography.
22. ↑ Source: #S-1576327357
23. ↑ Source: #S-1576327357
24. ↑ Source: #S-1570134719 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Cedar Key, Levy, Florida; Roll: M593_131; Page: 717B; Image: 836; Family History Library Film: 545630
25. ↑ Source: #S-1570134719 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Cedar Key, Levy, Florida; Roll: M593_131; Page: 717B; Image: 836; Family History Library Film: 545630
26. ↑ Source: #S-1532182187 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 890; Image: 422; Family History Library Film: 803582
27. ↑ Source: #S-1532188599 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 103A; Image: 211
28. ↑ Source: #S-1576330719 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brent, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T624_160; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374173
29. ↑ Source: #S-1576330144 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Brents, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 168; Page: 74A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1240168

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LC-NTL : 29 October 2019), Sarah Herrington in household of John Herrington, Harrison county, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; citing family 451, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Pamela Lloyd for creating WikiTree profile Herrington-207 through the import of Lloyd Family Tree (Confirmed).ged on May 28, 2013.