Life History

Notes

• Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
  Mabel Gilbert
  Enlistment in the Rangers of the Texas Republic
  16 Mar 1839 in Red River and Fannin County, Republic of Texas
  Commanding Officer Capt J Emmerson
  Record from Ranger Rolls, Republic Era
  
  Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
  Mabel Gilbert
  Marriage 18 Dec 1855 Fannin, Texas, USA
  Spouse Rachel Freeman
  Source Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
  
  Mabel died in Cooke County, Texas in March 1870.
  
  1870 Federal Census Federal Census Mortality Schedule, Cooke County, Texas, 17 June, Precinct 1, page 72
  Gilbert, Mabel 73 M W Married Died March 1870 Farmer & Joiner Cause of death Pneumonia [b abt 1797]
  
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  Mabel Gilbert
  Birth Mar 4, 1797
  Death Mar 1, 1870
  
  Mable should be spelled MABEL.
  
  Mabel was born March 4, 1797 in North Carolina's cession that became Dickson County, Tennessee. He was the son of William and Nancy Morris. His siblings were Wilson, Henry Madison, Thomas G., Nathan, James Monroe, William and a sister Temperance.
  
  Mabel first married Charity Morris in Tennessee about 1820. They moved to Fannin County, Texas in 1837. They had 13 children. He next married the widowed Rachael Biggs Albright Freeman in Fannin County, Texas on December 18, 1855. She had one son; they had eight children. Mabel died March 1, 1870 and his sons made a coffin and buried him east of their home on Glbert Creek. No exact location is known.
  
  Mabel is a true Texas pioneer and settler. He was a Texas Ranger, Indian fighter, Justice of the Peace and Land Board Commissioner. He built the first grist and steam mills in Fannin County. He helped establish Bird's Fort, the first settlement in Tarrant County in 1841. He was the first white man known to navigate the Trinity River to Dallas in 1842. His son Morris was the first white child born in Dallas in 1842. He owned Dallas' first log cabin on the east bank of the Trinity River. He estableished a grsit mill, a flour mill and a steam mill in Lamar County in 1846. He was the first white settler in Wichita County. His daugher Hettie was the first white child born in Wichita County. He had 3 creeks, two springs, a post office and a town named in his honor in Texas.
  
  From Barbara Elliott
  
  He has honored the Gilbert name and prepared the way for great settlements.
  
  Mabel Gilbert is not buried in Whiterock Cemetery. He is buried on his old homestead in Wichita County, Texas. It is currently the Perkins Boy Scout Ranch. There is an historical marker there next to a replica of the old log house he lived in. The actual site of the grave is unknown. Mabel was my 4x great grandfather.
  From granny2airmail.net
  
  Spouses:
  Charity Cherry Morris Gilbert (1800 - 1854)
  Rachel Gibbs Allbright Gilbert (1828 - 1894)
  
  Children:
  Newton Gilbert (1832 - 1880)
  Jasper M. Gilbert (1832 - 1870)
  Tennessee Gilbert Taylor (1838 - 1867)
  Louis Morris Gilbert (1842 - 1916)
  Cass Louis Gilbert (1857 - 1943)
  Davis Beauregard Gilbert (1862 - 1934)
  Andrew Jackson Gilbert (1863 - 1924)
  Emily Gilbert Reinhardt (1865 - 1932)
  
  Inscription with Charity
  
  Burial White Rock Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
  
  Created by John Smith Nov 09, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #16573983, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16573983
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Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 1 June, Precinct 1, Mortality Schedule, p 72
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
• 4. Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas
  • 19 June, Beat 1, P O Bonham, p 32, Hse #219, Fam #221
• 6. Ancestry Messaging