Joseph Calvin Teague (abt. 1784 - abt. 1840)

Born about 1784 in North Carolina

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Died about 1840 at about age 56 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas

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Joseph was born about 1784. Joseph Teague ... He passed away about 1840.

Joseph C Teague Birthdate: 1788 Birthplace: North Carolina Death: Died 1840 in Crockett County, Texas, JOSEPH C. TEAGUE was the only child of MAGNESS and FRANCES Rogers Teague. He married his first wife, Polly Chennault, on June 10, 1808, in Madison, Mississippi. In 1825 he married his second wife, Susannah McClain. He died in 1840 in Crockett, Texas, at the age of 52.

Children of Joseph C Teague and Polly Chenault Francis W. Teague,1811 Magness Teague,1813

Children of Joseph C Teague and Susannah McClain James Marion Teague,1824 William Andrew Jackson Teague,1829 Susan Teague,1831 John Skelton Teague,1834

Brothers And Sisters

Eleanor Teague;1783 Isaac Teague;1786 William Teague;1790 Elizabeth Teague;1791 Robert R Teague;1793 James R Teague;1795 Magness Simonton Teague

At the Texas General Land Office there is record of Survey done for John C. Teague and given to grantee J.S. Teague no leagues listed, but found on abstract #325 for Bastrop Co., Tx. In letter from J.D. Teague of Fairfield, Tx., 3-18-98 states... "Our records show that it is believed that John Skelton (Teague) is buried in Houston Co. His father, Joseph C. (Teague) is buried in Houston Co.(Crockett area).

"Joseph signed the following on June 20, 1831:

"I, Joseph C. Teague, native of the United States of the North was admitted by the Empresario Green DeWitt to colonize this state (Coahuila) and I am married and have 5 children including one son." (Note: John Skelton Teague was not born until 1834. This first son was John's brother, William J. Teague.) J.D. TEAGUE also said that he had information showing that Joseph C. Teague died when his son, John Skelton Teague, was 6 years old. I possess a copy of land deed documents which are in Spanish, but was translated at the Texas General Land Office. It reads as follows... "THIRD STAMP [Seal of the Treasury FOR THE BIENNIUM of the Free State of TWO REALES Coahuila and Texas] OF 1834 AND 1835 Petition Honorable Special Commissioner of the Enterprise of Citizen Jose No. 69 Vehlein: [I,] Joseph C. Teague, native of the United States of the North,with due respect appear before you and say that, attracted by the generous provisions of the colonization laws of this State, I have come with my family, consisting of my wife and six children,to settle in it if you should see fit in view of the attached certificate to admit me as a colonist, conceding to me one league of land in the vacant tracts of the said Enterprise. Therefore, I pray that you may be pleased to grant me one league of land, as the favor I request, for which I shall live eternally grateful. Nacogdoches, November 10, 1834. [s] Joseph C. Teague

In the book "The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas" edited by Gifford White published 1966 by The Pemberton Press, Austin, Tx., it lists on pg 82 of Houston County, Texas..."Teague Joseph C....1 league of land...T4428...11 cattle". Also listed below him was his father, Magnus Teague showing no land ownership or cattle. On pgs 77-78 lists the Hallmarks, G.W. (George Washington Hallmark, brother to Richard H. Hallmark, uncle of Telitha Ann Hallmark who married Joseph C. Teague's son, John Skelton Teague. Other Hallmarks listed are D.M., George Hallmark 1 league, T1136 in Crockett, G.H. Hallmark 1 league, John 1 league, James 1 league, W.C. 1 league T500 S177, M.D.T. under 21 S320,A.M. 1 league, Richard 1 S904 2 slaves, Prewitt S640, and J.B. 1 league S1280,all sons of George Washington Hallmark who helped start Crockett, Houston Co.,Tx.) REFERENCES: J.H. WOOTTERS CROCKETT PUBLIC LIBRARY PO BOX 1226 708 EAST GOLIAD CROCKETT, TX. 75835

Repositories

Familysearch.org "Pedigree Resource File," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch ^[1] States his wife was Susannah Medcalf, 1798-1881 children include James Marion Teague, William Andrew, Teague, and John Skelton Teague and Susan Teague.

June 20, 1831... I, Joseph C Teague, native of the United States of the North, was admitted by the Empresario Green De Witt to colonize this State [Coahulla] and I am married and have five children, including one son.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:343L-86R : accessed 2015-12-11), entry for Joseph C /TEAGUE/.

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142667555/joseph-calvin-teague

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