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Elias Roberts + Mulvina (Lavina) Shannon

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Birth: December 25, 1823 43 43 — Tennessee, United States
Military Service: Capt. James Gillaspie's Company, Texas Mounted Volunteers — from April 24, 1847 to June 4, 1847 — San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States
Census: June 1, 1850 — Leon County, Texas, United States
Marriage: June 23, 1852 — Walker County, Texas, United States
Event-Misc: March 12, 1857 — Walker County, Texas, United States
Event-Misc: July 23, 1857 — Walker County, Texas, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1860 — Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, United States
Census: June 1, 1860 — Falls County, Texas, United States
Confederate militia service: about 1861 — Falls County, Texas, United States
Lawsuit: June 1871 — Robertson County, Texas, United States
Property: from 1875 to 1879 — Hamilton County, Texas, United States
Census: June 1, 1880 — Justice Precinct 5, Robertson County, Texas, United States
Property: from 1874 to 1882 — Comanche County, Texas, United States
Bounty land claim: February 11, 1882 — Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, United States
Mexican War pension: from October 27, 1888 to June 23, 1896 — Hockley, Harris County, Texas, United States
Death: June 23, 1896 — Hockley, Harris County, Texas, United States
Research log: October 15, 2026
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Stalina Patsy Baker Smith John W Roberts James Henry Roberts Family with spouse Family with spouse Mulvina (Lavina) Shannon
Elias Roberts
1823–1896
Birth: December 25, 1823 43 43 — Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1896 — Hockley, Harris County, Texas, United States
Birth: about 1780 — Pennsylvania
Marriage: March 12, 1809
Emigration: between 1835 and 1837 — possibly Monroe County, Mississippi
Event-Misc: about 1837 — Shelby County, Texas
Person-Source:
Death: March 25, 1843 — Mexico
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rachel Jamison William Roberts John Roberts Sarah Roberts James Roberts Eli Roberts Susan Roberts Elias Roberts Charles James Roberts Isaiah Roberts J Fred Roberts
William or Charles Roberts
1780–1843
Birth: about 1780 — Pennsylvania
Death: March 25, 1843 — Mexico
Birth: about 1780 — South Carolina, USA
Marriage: March 12, 1809
Tax Record: Tax List — 1846 — Walker County, Texas, USA
Death: before 1857
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William or Charles Roberts William Roberts John Roberts Sarah Roberts James Roberts Eli Roberts Susan Roberts Elias Roberts Charles James Roberts Isaiah Roberts J Fred Roberts
Rachel Jamison
1780–1857
Birth: about 1780 — South Carolina, USA
Death: before 1857
Birth: October 15, 1826 51 41 — Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: August 14, 1842 — Sevier County, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: about 1850
Census: June 1, 1850 — Franklin Township, Sevier County, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1860 — Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, United States
Census: June 1, 1860 — Falls County, Texas, United States
Census: June 1, 1880 — Justice Precinct 5, Robertson County, Texas, United States
Property: Samuel Heath Headright Claim — from 1874 to 1882 — Comanche County, Texas, United States
Mexican War widow's pension claims: from September 19, 1896 to May 1, 1902 — Hockley, Harris County, Texas, United States
Death: between March 6, 1902 and February 10, 1909
Research log: October 15, 2026
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John W Robbins Family with spouse Wright Johnson Bowers Family with spouse Elias Roberts
Mulvina (Lavina) Shannon
1826–1909
Birth: October 15, 1826 51 41 — Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States
Death: between March 6, 1902 and February 10, 1909
Birth: 1775
Event-Misc: April 1821 — Post Arkasas, Arkansas Territory
Event-Misc: January 21, 1834 — Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Event-Misc: November 3, 1835 — Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Event-Misc: November 13, 1838 — Sevier County, Arkansas, USA
Person-Source:
Death: after 1839
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Penelope Ward Mulvina (Lavina) Shannon
William Shannon
1775–1839
Birth: 1775
Death: after 1839
Birth: 1785
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Shannon Mulvina (Lavina) Shannon
Penelope Ward
1785–…
Birth: 1785

Facts and events

Marriage
April 26, 1860
Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, United States
Citation details: Falls County, Marriage Records, Book 1, pp. 41-42: Elias Roberts and Malvina Bowers, 26 Apr 1860; FHL film 985639, images 307-308. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-6G75
Citation details: Page 38, marriage licence and certificate, 25-26 Apr 1860; page 37, application for accrued pension, 19 Sep 1896; pages 39-40, letters of W. J. Peil, 1896-1897; page 44, widow's declaration, 6 Mar 1902. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-038.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-037.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-039.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-044.html
Citation details: Certificate 17403 Elias Roberts Pension Papers 6 March 1902 Partial Transcript: Affidavit at Purcell...James H Roberts...that he is a step-son of Mulvina Roberts and is the son of Elias Roberts and his first wife Patsy Roberts; that his mother Patsy Roberts died in May 1859 and that her [Mulvina's] first hsband died in September 1859... J. C. Irons...that he has known Mulvina Roberts for a number of years; knows that she was the wife of Elias Roberts and that Elias Roberts died about June 1896; that he was affiant's uncle by marriage...
Note: Married 26 Apr 1860 in Falls County, Texas, by P. W. Jolley, justice of the peace, under a licence issued the day before; she married as Malvina Bowers.

Married 26 Apr 1860 in Falls County, Texas, by P. W. Jolley, justice of the peace, under a licence issued the day before; she married as Malvina Bowers.

  • Marriage licence and certificate: licence issued 25 Apr 1860 by S. T. Barclay, county clerk, by Sam Barnes, deputy; executed 26 Apr 1860 by P. W. Jolley, J.P.; returned 29 Apr 1860 and recorded in Book 1, p. 42
  • Melvina's application for accrued pension, 1896: married 26 Apr 1860 at Marlin, Falls County, as Mulvina Bowers
  • Her widow's declaration, 1902: married in May 1860 at Blue Ridge, Texas, by Justice R. W. Jolley
  • Her maiden name was Shannon; Bowers was the name of her first husband, Johnson Bowers (letters of W. J. Peil, 1896-1897)

CONFLICT: place Blue Ridge (this record, from the 1902 declaration) versus Marlin (1896 application). Left as recorded.

Licence transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-038.html
Last change
October 15, 2026 – 22:34:19
Author of last change: daveh