Individual Details

Thomas Eli Ayres

(21 Nov 1803 - 3 Sep 1890)

Evidently, Thomas used his middle name of Eli on many documnents.

Census & Mortality Information: 1837-1840 & 1850 Pontotoc County, MS for Eli Ayres. On 1850 Census, daughter Evaline is listed with husbands family (the James Johnson's).
1860 Smith County, Texas, lists Eli w/children, Isadora, William, Mary & George (s/b Charles Carroll). Evaline Johnson & 5 children are listed next door. Bert w/wife, Mollie and brother J. T. next to Evaline. Caroline Ayres is listed on the 1860 Smith County Mortality Schedule as dying in September 1859. Eli, Evaline, Bert & J. T. are also listed on the 1860 Smith County Slave Schedule. 1870 & 1880 Kaufman County Census lists Eli and Cornelia Ayres and Family. Benson & Isadora Osborne and children, along with her siblings, William, J. T., and Mary are also listed on the 1870 census. The 1870 census also shows Bert and family next door to Eli and Evaline and 4 children next to him. Eli & Caroline Ayres gave B.J. Osborne Power of Attorney for lands in their name in Pontotoc County, MS on Dec. 8, 1858. This was executed by Cary Cobb, Chief Justice of Kaufman County, Texas. Recorded: Deed Book 13, page 407-408, Pontotoc, Mississippi. This indicates that Eli & Caroline were in the Kaufman area in 1858. Eli and Cornelia (2nd wife) are buried in Black Jack Cemetery with other members of the family. Per enumeration his is the earliest date listed in this Cemetery.

ELI AYRES TO THE POPLAR SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
The State of Mississippi, Pontotoc County. I, Eli Ayres has this day donated and bequeath to the Baptist Church Known as the Baptist Church at Poplar Sprints a certain parcel or small tract of land being a part of the S.W. quarter of Section 29 in township 8 of Range No. 4 East in the Chickasaw land District butted and bounded as follows. Beginning at a certain large Poplar on the East boundary line of the before mentioned quarter South of the Spring. Thence West 1c 30 links to a Small Poplar in a hollow. Thence N18c West 6c 75 links to a hickory Grub on the South margin of the big Road with a large Post Oak as a (____?_____) 51 links N.E. thence N 40c E with said Road 4c to the post oak sapling on the line Alexander, Beginning corner Thence South with said line to the beginning being in all by Estimation one acre and forty seven hundreths of an acre (147 A).

Given under my hand & Seal this 245h day of July 1846

Witness: C.C. Malone
Eli Ayres (Seal)
Caroline Ayres (Seal)

RECORDED: Deed Book 9, pages 624-625 21st day of March 1854

More About MAJOR THOMAS ELI AYRES:
Burial: Sep 1890, Black Jack Cemetery, Black Jack, Texas
Emigration: 1829, Moved into Arkansas Territory (later known as the Territory of Oklahoma). Now located in the northeastern part of the State of Oklahoma.
Military service: 1812, Member of Home Guards, War of 1812
Residence: 1860, Canton, Smith, Texas

Events

Birth	21 Nov 1803	Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Marriage	1829	Tennessee, United States - Caroline Susan Wilson
Residence (family)	1841	Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States - Caroline Susan Wilson
Residence (family)	1845	Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States - Caroline Susan Wilson
Residence (family)	1850	Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States - Caroline Susan Wilson
Residence	1860	Canton, Smith, Texas, United States
Marriage	31 Jan 1861	Bradley, Arkansas, United States - Cornelia Hampton
Residence (family)	1870	Kaufman, Texas, United States - Cornelia Hampton
Residence (family)	1880	Kaufman, Texas, United States - Cornelia Hampton
Death	3 Sep 1890	Black Jack, Kaufman, Texas, United States
Burial		Abner, Kaufman, Texas, United States

Families

Spouse	Caroline Susan Wilson (1811 - 1860)
Child	Charles Carroll Ayres (1855 - 1933)

Spouse	Cornelia Hampton (1822 - 1893)
Child	Cornelia L Ayres (1862 - 1950)
Child	Olivia Benson Ayres (1865 - 1955)

Father	Moses Ayres (1774 - 1841)
Mother	Rachel McFadden (1774 - 1846)
Sibling	Sarah Selah Celia Ayres (1794 - 1867)
Sibling	William Ayres (1796 - 1849)
Sibling	David B Ayres (1797 - )
Sibling	Samuel Ayres (1798 - )
Sibling	Jacob Ayres (1799 - )
Sibling	John Ayres (1801 - 1874)
Sibling	Miriah Jane Ayres (1805 - )
Sibling	Allen Ayres (1809 - 1886)
Sibling	Rachel Ayres (1811 - 1858)

Endnotes

1. Childress/Mathis Family Tree: GEDCOM file submitted by Childress/Mathis Family Tree by J. Patrick Childress as recorded on RootsWeb.com. Contact: J. Patrick Childress at: londonwildcat@@earthlink.net. Last updated 5/17/2010. Imported on 5 June 2010..

2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: This unique collection of records was extr, Source number: 436.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AYE..

3. findagrave - findagrave.com - contributed to by the general public originally the site was built and maintained by its founder Jim Tipton. In addition to Jim, there are a handful of folks who work behind the scenes, helping out with Find A Grave on a dail, Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 4 February 2013..

4. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 - This database contains indexes to the Mississippi (U.S.A.) portions of the 1820-1870 U.S. Federal Censuses as well as indexes to the 1805 Jefferson and Wilkinson Counties, the 1810 Terr.

5. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 - This database contains indexes to the Mississippi (U.S.A.) portions of the 1820-1870 U.S. Federal Censuses as well as indexes to the 1805 Jefferson and Wilkinson Counties, the 1810 Terr.

6. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives an, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Pontotoc, Mississippi; Roll: M432_380; Page: 104B; Image: 215..

7. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and, Year: 1860; Census Place: Canton, Smith, Texas; Roll: M653_1305; Page: 15; Image: 33; Family History Library Film: 805305..

8. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.Original data - United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, Year: 1870; Census Place: , Kaufman, Texas; Roll: M593_1594; Page: 30B; Image: 64; Family History Library Film: 553093..

9. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyri, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Kaufman, Texas; Roll: 1315; Family History Film: 1255315; Page: 147B; Enumeration District: 040..