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Notes for Eli Marion Cheairs

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One research lists Eli M. Cheairs born in Nacogdoches Co, Texas in 1831 - but the family didn't arrive in Texas until 1835.
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1850 Houston Co, Texas 11 December 1850, p188b:
#671/671 John Cheairs 69 Tn
Eli M. 19 Ar
Andrew 17 Tx
Elenor 58 NC [Bittick]
Elvina 19 Tx - Houston Co
*Adeline 11 Tx - Houston Co
*Susan 9 Tx - Houston Co
*Green 7 Tx - Houston Co
*Lemuel [Samuel] 5 Tx - Houston Co
*Children of Samuel A. & Lucinda Votaw Cheairs who both died before 1850.

1870 Precinct 4, Alabama PO, Houston Co, Texas 23 November 1870, p275a:
#165/165 Cheirs Eli 38 m w farmer Ar
Malvina 35 f w keeping house Tn
Tryphinas 14 f w at home Tx
Elizabeth 17 f w at home Tx
John 10 m w Tx
Susan 8 f w Tx
Margaret 5 f w Tx
William 2 m w Tx
Cheirs Elisabeth 43 f w at home IL [widow of Elijah]
Sally 15 f w at home Tx
James 12 m w Tx
Harrison 10 m w Tx

1880 No Township, Houston Co, Texas 23 June 1880, ed28, p403d:
no enumeration or household numbers
#(374) Cheers E.M. w m 48 md farmer NC Tx? NC
Milly w f 44 wife md Tx Tx Tx
J.E. w m 20 son single farm hand Tx Tx Tx [John Edward]
Susan w f 18 dau single Tx Tx Tx
Maggie w f 14 dau single Tx Tx Tx
Wm. w m 10 son single Tx Tx Tx
Geo. w m 6 son single Tx Tx Tx

Texas Land Title Abstracts:
Grantee: Eli M. Cheairs
Certificate: 72
Patentee: Eli M. Cheairs
Patent Date: 1 November 1859
Acres: 311
County: Houston
File: 788
Patent #: 423
Abstract #: 265
Patent Volume: 27
Class: Hous. 3rd.
[http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm]

Military: Civil War
Eli M. Chears, age 29, enlisted on June 11, 1862 in Houston Co, Texas, enlistment rank, Private, discharge rank, Private. He was a farmer born in Arkansas. [Note: Charles A. Hamilton enlisted the same day]

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