Sarah Ann (Williams) Hext (1832 - 1881)

Born 8 Oct 1832 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1881 at age 48 in Texas, United States

Biography

Sarah was born in 1832. She was the daughter of John Williams and Sabra Cooper. She passed away in 1881.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Hilburn, Madison, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Burial (1881) Cherokee, San Saba, Texas, United States of America
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch About 1831 - Sarah Ann "Sally" Williams, the 3rd known child of Sabra and John, was born in Morgan Co., KY.

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1840 Census - Hilburn twp., Madison County, Arkansas - Page 28 James WILLIAMS - 0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 John R. WILLIAMS 1-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-------2-2-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 The 1840 Census household of John and Sabra (Cooper) Williams consisted of the following: 1 male under 5 years of age - James Williams born about 1837 1 male of 5 and under 10 - Isaac Williams born about 1830 1 male of 30 and under 40 - John Riley Williams born 1804 2 females under 5 years of age - Telitha Williams born May 16, 1840, and Sabra Williams born about 1835 2 females of 5 and under 10 - Emily Williams born 1834 and Sarah Ann "Sally" Williams born about 1831 1 female of 10 and under 15 years of age - Elizabeth Williams born 1829 1 female of 30 and under 40 years of age - Sabra (Cooper) Williams born 1806

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1850 Census - Hilburn twp., Madison County, Arkansas - Date is illegible - Page 261-B House 218 John R. WILLIAMS - 47 - Male - Farmer - 0 Real Estate - b. Ky. Sabra WILLIAMS - 44 - Female - b. Ky. Isaac WILLIAMS - 20 - Male - b. Ky. - Idiotic Sarah WILLIAMS - 19 - Female - b. Ky. Sabra WILLIAMS - 15 - Female - b. Ky. James WILLIAMS - 13 - Male - b. Ky. - Attended school Tillister WILLIAMS - 11 - Female - b. Ky - Attended school David WILLIAMS - 8 - Male - b. Ky. (incorrect) - Attended school John WILLIAMS - 6 - Male - b. Ky. (incorrect) Serena WILLIAMS - 3 - Female - b. Ky. (incorrect)

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1850-1857 - Sarah Isabell "Sally" Williams was married to Joseph Bruten Hext presumably in San Saba County, Texas

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June 18, 1858 - Sarah Isabell "Sallie" Hext, the first child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas

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1860 Census - Cherokee Post Office, San Saba County, Texas - Taken on July 11, 1860 - Page 2 - House 16 Joseph B. HECK - 42 - Male - Farmer - 0 Real Estate - 85 Personal Property - b. S. Carolina Sarah Ann " 27 - Female - b. Kentucky Isabel S. " 2 - Female - b. Texas Joseph R. " 10/12 - Male - b. Texas John W. SOLIERS - 8 - Male - b. Arkansas Listed on the same page, in House 10, was the widowed husband of Sarah Ann's younger sister, Emily Williams, i.e., John Calvin Montgomery, and his two young daughters, Annetta (age 6) and Emiley (age 2). Emily died in 1857 as a result of her daughter Emily's birth.

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August 31, 1860 - Joseph Robert Hext, the 2nd child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas.

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About 1863 - Mary Emma Hext, the 3rd child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas

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About 1865 - William Edward Hext, the 4th child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas

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February 11, 1867 - Lawrence Lee Hext, the 5th child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas

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1868-1870 - Joseph Bruten Hext, husband of Sarah Ann "Sally" Williams, apparently died in San Saba County, Texas. Sarah was recorded as the head of her household on the 1870 census of San Saba Co., TX. and she was recorded as a Widow on the 1880 Census of San Saba Co., TX.

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March 15, 1869 - Joanna A. Hext, the 5th and last child of Sarah and Joseph, was born in San Saba County, Texas

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1870 Census - San Saba Post Office, San Saba County, Texas - Taken on July 25, 1870 - Page 25 - House 147 HEXT Sarah A. - 38 - Female - White - Keeping House - 0 Real Estate - 20 Personal Property - b. Kentucky - Can't write Sarah I. - 12 - Female - White - at Home - b. Texas - Attended school Joseph B. - 10 - Male - White - At Home - b. Texas - Attended school James R. - 9 - Male - White - At Home - b. Texas - Attended school Mary E. - 7 - Female - White - at Home - b. Texas William E. - 5 - Male - White - at Home - b. Texas Laurance L. - 3 - Male - White - at Home - b. Texas Joanna - 1 - Female - White - at Home - b. Texas WELKER Susan - 9 - Female - Black - at Home - b. Texas Ann - 7 - Female - Black - at Home - b. Texas LU Robt L. - 27 - Male - White - Teaching School - b. VA - Eligible Voter

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1880 Census - Precinct No. 3, San Saba County, Texas - Taken on June 2, 1880 - Page 2 - House 7 HEX Sally A. - White - Female - 48 - Head - Widow - Stock raiser - Can't write - b. Kentucky - fb Ky. - mb Ky. Joseph - White - Male - 20 - Son - Single - Stock herder - b. Texas - fb S. C. - mb Ky. James B. - White - Male - 18 - Son - Single - Stock herder b. Texas - fb S. C. - mb Ky. William E. - White - Male - 15 - Son - Single - Stock herder - Attended school - b. Texas - fb S. C. - mb Ky. Larence - White - Male - 13 - Son - Single - Stock herder - Attended school - b. Texas - fb S. C. - mb Ky. Joanna - White - Female - 11 - Daughter - Single - Attends School - b. Texas - fb S. C. - mb Ky. WUINSH Leon - White - Male - 40 - Carpenter - Married - Carpenter - b. France - fb France - mb France KENNEDY Mary I. - White - Female - 10 - Niece - Single - Attends School - Can't write - b. Texas - fb Indiana -mb Ark. Mattie I. - White - Female - 6 - Niece - Single - b. Texas - fb Indiana - mb Ark. Margaret I. - White - Female - 6 - Niece - Single - b. Texas - fb Indiana - mb Ark. Maud I. - White - Female - 3 - Niece - Single - b. Texas - fb Indiana - mb Ark Here the four young daughters of Sarah Ann "Sally" Williams' younger sister, Serina (Williams) Kennedy, were recorded on the 1880 Census of San Saba County, TX., living with their Aunt "Sally" after the mother of all four of them had died about 2 months earlier on March 29, 1880.

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Mary 17, 1881 - Sarah Ann "Sally" Williams died in San Saba County, Texas. She was buried in the Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, San Saba County, Texas.

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Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 July 2022, 15:01), entry for Sarah Ann "Sallie" Williams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCPT-HM9 ); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67Z-YMS : Sun Mar 10 23:30:10 UTC 2024), Entry for John R Williams and Sabra Williams, Hilburn Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States, 1850.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6949686/sallie_ann-hext: accessed March 24, 2024), memorial page for Sallie Ann Williams Hext (8 Oct 1832–17 Mar 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6949686, citing Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, San Saba County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Report the past ღ (contributor 49046430).