Lucinda Elizabeh Fields was born in Carroll County, TN, the eighth of 11 children born to Green H. Fields and Celia Jernigan. She appears with her parents on the 1850 Carroll County TN census. In 1853, about age 9, she moves with her parents and siblings to north Texas, where they settle at Sedalia, six miles northeast of Anna, in Collin County TX. Her father was one of the most substantial early settlers, and dealt in land certificates. At one time her father owned 650 acres that became the city of Fort Worth. Lucinda's maternal great-grandfather William Jernigan fought in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather (also named William Jernigan) fought in the War of 1812.
Lucinda appears on the 1860 Grayson County TX census with her parents and siblings. The next year in that same county she marries Elijah Patton Bratton. She is 16 and he is 29. He has already been a soldier in the Indian Wars, and will soon enlist to fight for the Confederacy, first with a Texas regiment and then later travelling to Virginia to join his brothers fighting with regiments formed in Mississippi.
Lucinda and Elijah have the following nine children:
Thomas J. [born 29 Jul 1862, marries Mattie Pace 1883. A saloon owner in Honey Grove, Fannin Cty TX, he dies before 1910, possibly in OK],
Kate "A.H.C" Bratton [marries Adeaholt], Henry Green Bratton, William E. Bratton, Martha Francis "Mattie" [marries Jessee Garner], John Russell, Calvin L, Dora Ann [marries Andrew A Miller], Lula Finney [marries Jesse Bynum].
The 1870 census record for the family has not been located, but it is assumed they stayed in the same area. They appear on the 1880 census for Grayson County TX.
Lucinda as well as her husband Elijah are two of the original 19 covenant signers for the Elm Grove Presbyterian Church in 1874. At least six of Lucinda's siblings are also original covenant signers. The church was the center of social activities for the people of Sedalia and Westminister, with people coming in covered wagons to camp. The church was demolished in 1933, but the cemetery still exists and is in use. There was a controversy over the cemetery historical marker, with the Fields family descendants feeling it should have given more credit to their family than to the Roland family for donating the land.
Lucinda and her husband Elijah share a stone in the cemetery, with Lucinda's parents and other members of the her Fields' siblings families buried there. None of Lucinda and Elijah's children are buried in the same cemetery as their parents, probably because Lucinda and Elijah died fairly early, and within nine months of each other. The oldest son Thomas J. was already married and out of the household. Ironically enough their children are linked together via a Declaration of Heirship lawsuit filed in 1958 in Fannin County, TX.
Following is the transcript of the church record of Lucinda and her husband's burials:
NAME OF DECEASED: E. L. Bratton Date of Death July 13, 1883
REMARKS: Died in the full triumphs of a living faith Rejoicing in God the Savior. Advising her dear children to become religious and put their trust in the Blessed Savior, who death all things will, and could and would take care of them when she was gone to rest.
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NAME OF DECEASED: E. P. Bratton Date of Death Apr 4, 1884
REMARKS: A little horse (?) threw (?) him months after the death of his wife E. L. Bratton. Thus leaving nine orphaned children that they had dedicated to God their savior in the covenant of baptism. No doubt their prayer was in that covenant that they should be brought in full covenant by Faith in the Blessed Savior as they become to their years of accountability.
Lucinda appears on the 1860 Grayson County TX census with her parents and siblings. The next year in that same county she marries Elijah Patton Bratton. She is 16 and he is 29. He has already been a soldier in the Indian Wars, and will soon enlist to fight for the Confederacy, first with a Texas regiment and then later travelling to Virginia to join his brothers fighting with regiments formed in Mississippi.
Lucinda and Elijah have the following nine children:
Thomas J. [born 29 Jul 1862, marries Mattie Pace 1883. A saloon owner in Honey Grove, Fannin Cty TX, he dies before 1910, possibly in OK],
Kate "A.H.C" Bratton [marries Adeaholt], Henry Green Bratton, William E. Bratton, Martha Francis "Mattie" [marries Jessee Garner], John Russell, Calvin L, Dora Ann [marries Andrew A Miller], Lula Finney [marries Jesse Bynum].
The 1870 census record for the family has not been located, but it is assumed they stayed in the same area. They appear on the 1880 census for Grayson County TX.
Lucinda as well as her husband Elijah are two of the original 19 covenant signers for the Elm Grove Presbyterian Church in 1874. At least six of Lucinda's siblings are also original covenant signers. The church was the center of social activities for the people of Sedalia and Westminister, with people coming in covered wagons to camp. The church was demolished in 1933, but the cemetery still exists and is in use. There was a controversy over the cemetery historical marker, with the Fields family descendants feeling it should have given more credit to their family than to the Roland family for donating the land.
Lucinda and her husband Elijah share a stone in the cemetery, with Lucinda's parents and other members of the her Fields' siblings families buried there. None of Lucinda and Elijah's children are buried in the same cemetery as their parents, probably because Lucinda and Elijah died fairly early, and within nine months of each other. The oldest son Thomas J. was already married and out of the household. Ironically enough their children are linked together via a Declaration of Heirship lawsuit filed in 1958 in Fannin County, TX.
Following is the transcript of the church record of Lucinda and her husband's burials:
NAME OF DECEASED: E. L. Bratton Date of Death July 13, 1883
REMARKS: Died in the full triumphs of a living faith Rejoicing in God the Savior. Advising her dear children to become religious and put their trust in the Blessed Savior, who death all things will, and could and would take care of them when she was gone to rest.
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NAME OF DECEASED: E. P. Bratton Date of Death Apr 4, 1884
REMARKS: A little horse (?) threw (?) him months after the death of his wife E. L. Bratton. Thus leaving nine orphaned children that they had dedicated to God their savior in the covenant of baptism. No doubt their prayer was in that covenant that they should be brought in full covenant by Faith in the Blessed Savior as they become to their years of accountability.
Lucinda Elizabeh Fields was born in Carroll County, TN, the eighth of 11 children born to Green H. Fields and Celia Jernigan. She appears with her parents on the 1850 Carroll County TN census. In 1853, about age 9, she moves with her parents and siblings to north Texas, where they settle at Sedalia, six miles northeast of Anna, in Collin County TX. Her father was one of the most substantial early settlers, and dealt in land certificates. At one time her father owned 650 acres that became the city of Fort Worth. Lucinda's maternal great-grandfather William Jernigan fought in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather (also named William Jernigan) fought in the War of 1812.
Lucinda appears on the 1860 Grayson County TX census with her parents and siblings. The next year in that same county she marries Elijah Patton Bratton. She is 16 and he is 29. He has already been a soldier in the Indian Wars, and will soon enlist to fight for the Confederacy, first with a Texas regiment and then later travelling to Virginia to join his brothers fighting with regiments formed in Mississippi.
Lucinda and Elijah have the following nine children:
Thomas J. [born 29 Jul 1862, marries Mattie Pace 1883. A saloon owner in Honey Grove, Fannin Cty TX, he dies before 1910, possibly in OK],
Kate "A.H.C" Bratton [marries Adeaholt], Henry Green Bratton, William E. Bratton, Martha Francis "Mattie" [marries Jessee Garner], John Russell, Calvin L, Dora Ann [marries Andrew A Miller], Lula Finney [marries Jesse Bynum].
The 1870 census record for the family has not been located, but it is assumed they stayed in the same area. They appear on the 1880 census for Grayson County TX.
Lucinda as well as her husband Elijah are two of the original 19 covenant signers for the Elm Grove Presbyterian Church in 1874. At least six of Lucinda's siblings are also original covenant signers. The church was the center of social activities for the people of Sedalia and Westminister, with people coming in covered wagons to camp. The church was demolished in 1933, but the cemetery still exists and is in use. There was a controversy over the cemetery historical marker, with the Fields family descendants feeling it should have given more credit to their family than to the Roland family for donating the land.
Lucinda and her husband Elijah share a stone in the cemetery, with Lucinda's parents and other members of the her Fields' siblings families buried there. None of Lucinda and Elijah's children are buried in the same cemetery as their parents, probably because Lucinda and Elijah died fairly early, and within nine months of each other. The oldest son Thomas J. was already married and out of the household. Ironically enough their children are linked together via a Declaration of Heirship lawsuit filed in 1958 in Fannin County, TX.
Following is the transcript of the church record of Lucinda and her husband's burials:
NAME OF DECEASED: E. L. Bratton Date of Death July 13, 1883
REMARKS: Died in the full triumphs of a living faith Rejoicing in God the Savior. Advising her dear children to become religious and put their trust in the Blessed Savior, who death all things will, and could and would take care of them when she was gone to rest.
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NAME OF DECEASED: E. P. Bratton Date of Death Apr 4, 1884
REMARKS: A little horse (?) threw (?) him months after the death of his wife E. L. Bratton. Thus leaving nine orphaned children that they had dedicated to God their savior in the covenant of baptism. No doubt their prayer was in that covenant that they should be brought in full covenant by Faith in the Blessed Savior as they become to their years of accountability.
Lucinda appears on the 1860 Grayson County TX census with her parents and siblings. The next year in that same county she marries Elijah Patton Bratton. She is 16 and he is 29. He has already been a soldier in the Indian Wars, and will soon enlist to fight for the Confederacy, first with a Texas regiment and then later travelling to Virginia to join his brothers fighting with regiments formed in Mississippi.
Lucinda and Elijah have the following nine children:
Thomas J. [born 29 Jul 1862, marries Mattie Pace 1883. A saloon owner in Honey Grove, Fannin Cty TX, he dies before 1910, possibly in OK],
Kate "A.H.C" Bratton [marries Adeaholt], Henry Green Bratton, William E. Bratton, Martha Francis "Mattie" [marries Jessee Garner], John Russell, Calvin L, Dora Ann [marries Andrew A Miller], Lula Finney [marries Jesse Bynum].
The 1870 census record for the family has not been located, but it is assumed they stayed in the same area. They appear on the 1880 census for Grayson County TX.
Lucinda as well as her husband Elijah are two of the original 19 covenant signers for the Elm Grove Presbyterian Church in 1874. At least six of Lucinda's siblings are also original covenant signers. The church was the center of social activities for the people of Sedalia and Westminister, with people coming in covered wagons to camp. The church was demolished in 1933, but the cemetery still exists and is in use. There was a controversy over the cemetery historical marker, with the Fields family descendants feeling it should have given more credit to their family than to the Roland family for donating the land.
Lucinda and her husband Elijah share a stone in the cemetery, with Lucinda's parents and other members of the her Fields' siblings families buried there. None of Lucinda and Elijah's children are buried in the same cemetery as their parents, probably because Lucinda and Elijah died fairly early, and within nine months of each other. The oldest son Thomas J. was already married and out of the household. Ironically enough their children are linked together via a Declaration of Heirship lawsuit filed in 1958 in Fannin County, TX.
Following is the transcript of the church record of Lucinda and her husband's burials:
NAME OF DECEASED: E. L. Bratton Date of Death July 13, 1883
REMARKS: Died in the full triumphs of a living faith Rejoicing in God the Savior. Advising her dear children to become religious and put their trust in the Blessed Savior, who death all things will, and could and would take care of them when she was gone to rest.
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NAME OF DECEASED: E. P. Bratton Date of Death Apr 4, 1884
REMARKS: A little horse (?) threw (?) him months after the death of his wife E. L. Bratton. Thus leaving nine orphaned children that they had dedicated to God their savior in the covenant of baptism. No doubt their prayer was in that covenant that they should be brought in full covenant by Faith in the Blessed Savior as they become to their years of accountability.
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