Silas Fuqua^{[1, 2]}

1783 - 1834  (51 years)

• Name	Silas Fuqua  [3, 4, 5]
  Birth	17 Aug 1783	, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1815	, Madison, Alabama, USA   [9]
  Residence	1816	, Madison, Alabama, USA   [9]
  Residence	1820	, Franklin, Alabama, USA   [10]
  Probate	24 Jun 1834	, Gonzales, Texas, USA   [11]
  Residence	, , Alabama, USA   [5]
  Death	26 Oct 1834	, Caldwell, Texas, USA   [6, 7, 8, 11]
  Burial	Luling, Caldwell, Texas, USA   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I15117	Master
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Fuqua,   b. 4 May 1756, Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 4 May 1829, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Celia Ann Bondurant,   b. 23 Dec 1762, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 28 Mar 1847, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1782	Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [8, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F4002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally Toney Young,   b. 18 Sep 1797, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 25 Aug 1828, , Colbert, Alabama, USA (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1814	, Madison, Alabama, USA   [8, 14, 15, 16]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Fuqua,   b. 21 Sep 1815, , Madison, Alabama, USA d. 1842, , Guadalupe, Texas, USA (Age 26 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Harriet Fuqua,   b. 21 Feb 1817, , Madison, Alabama, USA d. 1834, , Fayette, Texas, USA (Age 16 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Galba Fuqua,   b. 9 Mar 1819, , Madison, Alabama, USA d. 6 Mar 1836, The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 16 years)   4. Caroline Fuqua,   b. 13 Jan 1821, , Colbert, Alabama, USA d. 1824, , Colbert, Alabama, USA (Age 2 years)   5. Lucas Fuqua,   b. 25 Aug 1822, , Colbert, Alabama, USA d. 1848, , , Texas, USA (Age 25 years) + 6. Fabius Fuqua,   b. 25 Aug 1824, , Madison, Alabama, USA d. 1 Jan 1897, , Caldwell, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)   7. Satira Fuqua,   b. 25 Aug 1825, , Colbert, Alabama, USA d. 19 Jun 1867, , Gonzales, Texas, USA (Age 41 years)
  Documents		Silas Fuqua and Sally Young Marriage license.
  Family ID	F5141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Aug 1783 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage - 25 May 1814 - , Madison, Alabama, USA Residence - 1815 - , Madison, Alabama, USA Residence - 1816 - , Madison, Alabama, USA Probate - 24 Jun 1834 - , Gonzales, Texas, USA Residence - - , , Alabama, USA Death - 26 Oct 1834 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA Burial - - Luling, Caldwell, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  From: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#fuqua Benjamin Fuqua first joined the Austin Colony in 1828, but moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1830where he received a quarter league of land as a single man on the San Marcos River north of Gonzales just inside current Guadalupe County. The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin: "State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlemen they go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........RICHARD ELLIS." Benjamin was a representative from the Austin Municipality and a signer of the Declaration of the People of Texas declaring the intention of Texans to fight for the restoration of the Constitution of 1824 and support of a separate state of Texas within the Republic of Mexico. He was a mechanic (artisan) and mercantile businessman and was said to have owned the structure in inner Gonzales town called Luna which has been suggested as possibly one of the Grog Shops alluded to in David Edwards History of Texas. It may simply have been Benjamin Fuqua's general business establishment. Luna was on property deeded to Benjamin's brother Silas Fuqua who was a neighbor of John King. Benjamin Fuqua married King's oldest daughter Nancy. Benjamin Fuqua's nephew, Galba Fuqua and nephew by marriage, William King (Nancy King Fuqua's brother), were members of the Gonzales Relief Force to the Alamo and both died there in Mar 1836. Silas Fuqua was born to a prominent family of French Huguenots in Virginia. He and several of his brothers migrated to Alabama when it was still a territory. He first appears on tax lists there in 1810 and patented land in 1812 and 1819 in Madison County near Huntsville. He married Sally Young in 1814. Genealogists have listed Sally's name as Sally Taney based on information from a Fuqua family Bible. However, I believe this is a mistranscription of the name. There are no Taneys listed in either Bedford County, Virginia, where the Fuquas originated, nor in Madison County, Alabama where Silas is recorded as having married.There are however, numerous Toneys listed in both counties including the husband of her grandmother Celia Bondurant Fuqua's sister. Since the wedding certificate for Silas and Sally lists her name as Sally Young, she was either a 17 year old widow when she married Silas or her maiden name was Young and Toney was her middle name. Sally died in 1825, the same year that Silas and his brother Benjamin bought land in northwestern Alabama in what is now Colbert County. By 1828, he and Benjamin who was unmarried, and Silas's children journeyed north to join the Tennessee-Texas Land Company and then traveled in a group to Texas. They settled first in the Austin Colony but moved two years later to the DeWitt Colony where they both received large land grants. Unfortunately, Silas died shortly after and is believed buried in the Fuqua Family Cemetery though his gravestone and location have been lost. From: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#fuqua The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin: "State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO, I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlementhey go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........Richard Ellis." Silas and Sally had the following children, all born in Alabama, all died in Texas with the exception of Lucas who went back to Alabama. Silas had a large personal library and he named his sons Galba and Fabius after Roman generals. Elizabeth Fuqua Delaney (1815-1842) Harriet (1817-1824) Galba (1819-1836) DIED AT THE ALAMO Memorial #'s 8859412 and 50734415 Caroline (1821-) Lucas (1822-1848) Fabius (1824-1897) Memorial # 17974566 Sabrina "Satira" Ringer (1825-) The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin: State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, ............. RICHARD ELLIS. These are listed as his first 2 daughters: Elizabeth Fuqua Delaney (1815-1842) Harriet (1817-1824) Most trees have Elizabeth married to a Bridges. Elizabeth supposedly married Abner Delaney in Sep 1832 in Gonzales. She shows up on Texas Gonzales census in 1832 and 1838 as Elizabeth Fuqua. Most trees have Harriet's death year the same as Elizabeth's, 1842. They show Harriet married William Bridges in Nov 1832 in Gonzales. She does NOT show up on census records in 1832 or 1838. Information from Silas' findagrave appears correct. Since there are no census records on Harriet in 1832 or 1838, she probably died in 1824. Now on Elizabeth, two marriage records for Sep 23 1832 in Gonzales, Texas to Abner Delaney. No record to a William Bridges in Nov of 1832 in Gonzales as most trees have listed. Silas Fuqua Birth 17 Aug 1783 Bedford County, Virginia, USA Death 26 Oct 1834 (aged 51) Caldwell County, Texas, USA Burial Fuqua Cemetery Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, USA Silas Fuqua was born to a prominent family of French Huguenots in Virginia. However, he and several of his brothers migrated to Alabama when it was still a territory. He first appears on tax lists there in 1810 and patented land in 1812 and 1819 in Madison County near Huntsville. He married Sally Young in 1814. Charles Toney is listed in the Probate records for Silas as his children's grandfather. A Charles A Toney also came to Texas to retrieve the underage children after their father died and took them back to Alabama on the "Bonny Boat" to New Orleans on the 28th of July 1837. It is difficult to know why the wedding certificate for Silas and Sally lists her name as Sally Young, but some possibilities include that she was a 17 year old widow when she married Silas or that she was underage and thus used someone else's name, or that the registrar simply made a mistake. Silas is found in Franklin County (now Colbert) Alabama, in the northwest corner of the state, in the federal census of 1820. He had bought land there with his brother Benjamin, by 1825.It is believed that Sally died there in 1825 shortly after giving birth to their youngest child, daughter Satira. By 1828, he and Benjamin who was unmarried, and Silas's five living older children (Elizabeth, Harriet, Galba, Lucas and Fabius) had journeyed north to join the Tennessee-Texas Land Company and then traveled in a group to Texas. They settled first in the Austin Colony but moved two years later to the DeWitt Colony where they both received large land grants. Unfortunately, Silas died shortly after. He last appears in public records as a witness to a will on 26 October1834 and that is often given as his death date. Heis believed buried in the Fuqua Family Cemetery though his gravestone and location have been lost. From: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#fuqua The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin: "State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO, I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics, two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlemen they go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........Richard Ellis." Silas and Sally had the following children, all born in Alabama, all died in Texas with the exception of Lucas who went back to Alabama. Silas had a large personal library and he named his sons Galba and Fabius after Roman generals. Elizabeth Fuqua Delaney Roads (1815-1842) Harriet Fuqua Bridger (1817-1834?) Galba (1819-1836) DIED AT THE ALAMO Caroline (1821- 1824?) Lucas (1822-1848) Fabius (1824-1897) Satira Fuqua Ringer (1825-1867) Her granddaughter Catherine Ringer McLaurin was the last person killed by Indians in Texas.

  
  

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