(Page last updated Dec 16, 2023)
Robert's grave stone has long disappeared into the forest floor, if a stone exit it is in very deep forest debris. However, many other Grave markers are still readable and visible. The sunken burial pits, are still obvious, some have broken stones about, others just a depression in the ground, where they were laid to rest.

Robert is the son of Elias and Anne [Gibbs] White.

Named after his Grand Father Robert White Sr.

He never married.

Robert siblings were:

Jerusha 1814-1904---------------m. Cooper Wilbanks---on 1830 Census of Elias's.
Sarah Ann 1818-1845------------m. Jeremiah Bobo-----1st cousin. on 1830 Census.
S. L or L. L. 1819-1848------------last poll tax 1848, TX---on 1830 Census of Elias's.
Benjamin 1820-1858-------------m. Polly Nix SC----------on 1850 Census TX.
Susan-----1822-1878-------------m. 1st-Sam Harlan SC -2nd Patrick Creed TX.
Hester----1824-1857-------------m. Jeremiah Bobo, 1st cousin SC, his 2nd marriage.
Robert ----1827-abt1859--------not married.
John G----1828-1863-------------m. Mary Whitus, abt. 1852 TX. (chg. from Whitehurst)
Mary C-----1832-1881------------m. 1st-Charles Y Tapp, TX. 2nd-Wm. F. Smith, TX
William----1834-1865------------m. 1st-Sarah Rames, 2nd-Mary Rames TX
Nathan----1836/38-d.bef1850-d.Possibly died on Journey to TX, in 1846.
Martha A.-1835-1903-------------m.Leroy Alford TX. 1855 TX.
Monroe----1840-bef.1860-------d.buried Creed Cemetery TX
Laura J.----1841-1899------------m. Lozen Landrum, abt 1865.

Robert had a disability (deaf) and lived his entire life with his parents.

He came to Redwater Bowie county Texas with his fathers family and siblings in 1846, all the way from Union county South Carolina, where his grand father arrived from North Carolina in 1788.

His last Tax record was recorded in 1858, he had been on the tax poll from 1847-1858, however, he was on the 1860 Census, taken Jun 29, 1860, living with his parents, and is no longer recorded on the Tax records, we estimate that he died between 1860 and 1870.

**Robert White's Bowie County Poll Tax Records 1848 - 1858

1847 - Tax List - Elias bought 697 acres from Wm Hale HRS, 2 Slaves, total value $500.
1848 - Tax List - Robert White - 1 poll - 1 horse $30.
1849 - Tax List - Robert White - 1 poll, 1 horse $30.
1850 - Tax List - Robert White - 1 poll.
1851 - Tax List - Robert White - 1 poll, 2 horses $100.
1852 - Tax List - Robert White - 2 horses $100.
1853 - Tax List - Robert White - 2 horses $100.
1854 - Tax List - Robert White - 3 horses $150.
1855 - Tax List - Robert White - 3 horses, $150.
1856 - Tax List - Robert White - 3 horses $150.
1857 - Tax List - Robert White - 2 horses $100.
1858 - Tax List - Robert White - 2 horses $100.
1859 - Robert White, Elias's son has departed this life. (1859)

Census Records:

Census Records: UNION DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA
1830 CENSUS Page: 193
Elias White
Males: 3010010000000
Femls: 1210100000000
Read as follows:
Free White Males, 3 under 5, 1=10-15, 1=30-40
3 - under 5 = Robert, John G, 1 unknown son, (possibly L L White)
1 - 10-15 = Benjamin
1 - 30-40 = Elias
Free White Females, 1 under 5, 2= 5-10, 1=10-15, 1=20-30
1 - under 5 = Hester
2 - 5 - 10 = Susan, 1 Unknown dau. (Possibly Sarah Ann White Bobo)
1 - 10-15 = this would have to be Jerusha White Wilbanks.
1 - 20-30 = Anne
1 deaf under 14 = This is son Robert White
The 3 unknown children: Jurusha, L. L. (son), Sarah Ann White.

UNION DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA
1840 CENSUS Page: 198
Elias White
Males: 2110201000000
Femls: 1121001000000
Read as follows:
Free White Males, 2 under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 2 20-30, 1 40-50
2 - under 5 = Nathan, Monroe
1 - bet 5 - 10 = William
1 - bet 10-15 = Robert, John G
2 - bet 20-30 = Benjamin (Ben married 1840 & could be L L?)
1 - bet 40-50 = Elias
Free White Females, 1 under 5, 1 5-10, 2 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50,
1 under---5 = Laura
1 bet---5-10 = Martha
2 bet 10-15 = Mary, Hester
1 bet 15-20 = Susan
1 bet 40-50 = Anne
* 1 deaf under 14, with 4 engaged in agriculture. (Robt White)
In 1840, it appears Jurusha and Sarah & Ben & L L, left home.
** Jerusha White - married Cooper Wilbanks in 1834.
** Sarah A White cis living with husband Jeremiah Bobo, his 1st wife.
they officially married 1841, as there were no marriage records, until 1906 in SC.

1850 Census 8th District Bowie Co TX, 14th Day of Sep.
70-70
Elias White 52--M Farmer 2960acres born SC
Ann----------49--F--------------------------born SC
John G -----52?-M--Farm Labor--------born SC deaf--Error? TWIN OF ELIAS? or mistake?
Robert------23--M--Farm Labor--------born SC
William-----16--M-------------------------born SC
Martha------15--F-------------------------born SC
Monroe-----09--M-------------------------born SC
Jane---------07--F-------------------------born SC

1860 Census Bowie Co TX, Beat #1 Enum. 29 Jun 1860
156-161
Elias White---62 M Farmer 1875-2300 SC
Annie----------59 F lady--------------------SC
Robert---------38 M Farm lab.------------SC
Laura I?--------16 F lady-------------------SC
Thos.-----------18 M farm lab.------------SC (Thomas M) son of Ben & Polly, deceased)

The Creed Cemetery is on Private Property, so abide by the Texas laws for visiting such cemeteries.