William P. BANTA

Birth:
23 Jun 1827
Princeton, Gibson, Indiana
Death:
9 Apr 1897
Lampasas, Texas
Burial:
Nix Cemetery, Lampasas, Texas
Marriage:
4 Mar 1850
Burnet, Texas
Sources:
Ancestry One World Tree
1870 Census, Fayette County, Texas
1880 Census, Hamilton County, Texas
1860 Census, Burnet County, Texas
1850 Census, Travis County, Texas
Internet IGI, Feb 2008
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    1. William was the author of Twenty-Seven Years on the Texas Frontier.
    2. William noted as being the first man married in Burnet County and the first man baptized in Burnet County. He was baptized in to the Church of Christ.
    3. William was in nearly all the Indian fights from 1850 to 1859 and organized and commanded the first company of minute men in the county under commission from Governor Edward Clark in 1861.
    4. William was one of the first to volunteer for service in the Confederate Army in 1861, and six months later was elected first lieutenant of Company A, McCord's Regiment, Walker's Division.
    5. He served for 27 years on the frontier, seeing the country settled from the Red River to the Rio Grande.
    6. He officiated at his daughter, Ellen's marriage, and spent most of the later years of his life at Lampasas, Texas.


OCCUPATION:
    Preacher
Lucinda HAIRSTON
Birth:
3 Jan 1833
Montgomery, Alabama
Death:
13 Apr 1893
Children
Marriage
1
Elizabeth Jane BANTA
Birth:
1 Mar 1851
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Isaac Henry BANTA
Birth:
21 Jan 1853
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
11 Aug 1867
Texas
 
Marr:
 
3
Mary Ann BANTA
Birth:
15 Nov 1854
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
William Milton BANTA
Birth:
25 Jul 1856
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
Abt 1938
 
Marr:
 
5
Maggie BANTA
Birth:
29 Jan 1859
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Ellen BANTA
Birth:
24 Sep 1860
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
30 Aug 1924
Asher, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
John Wesley THOMAS 
Marr:
12 Aug 1879
Burnet, Texas 
7
Wilson Pickins BANTA
Birth:
25 Jul 1862
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
2 Aug 1925
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Alice NEEL 
Marr:
20 Jul 1885
of Texas 
8
Kittie BANTA
Birth:
17 Mar 1864
Hunt, Texas
Death:
30 Oct 1936
Robert Toombs A. PARK 
Marr:
7 Sep 1879
Hamilton, Texas 
9
Dixie BANTA
Birth:
27 Dec 1865
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
13 Sep 1868
Texas
 
Marr:
 
10
Susan BANTA
Birth:
16 Dec 1867
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
11
Laura Caldwell BANTA
Birth:
6 Oct 1870
Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
12
Fannie BANTA
Birth:
31 Aug 1873
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
28 Nov 1874
Texas
 
Marr:
 
13
John David BANTA
Birth:
9 Oct 1874
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
 
Marr:
 
14
Nora BANTA
Birth:
17 Apr 1878
Willow Springs, Fayette, Texas
Death:
17 Jul 1878
Texas
 
Marr:
 
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William P. Banta - Lucinda Hairston

William P. Banta was born at Princeton, Gibson, Indiana 23 Jun 1827. His parents were Isaac William Banta and Eliza Barker.

He married Lucinda Hairston 4 Mar 1850 at Burnet, Texas . Lucinda Hairston was born at Montgomery, Alabama 3 Jan 1833 daughter of Ezekiel P. Hairston and Mary Jane Barret .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Elizabeth Jane Banta born 1 Mar 1851.
Isaac Henry Banta born 21 Jan 1853.
Mary Ann Banta born 15 Nov 1854.
William Milton Banta born 25 Jul 1856.
Maggie Banta born 29 Jan 1859.
Ellen Banta born 24 Sep 1860.
Wilson Pickins Banta born 25 Jul 1862.
Kittie Banta born 17 Mar 1864.
Dixie Banta born 27 Dec 1865.
Susan Banta born 16 Dec 1867.
Laura Caldwell Banta born 6 Oct 1870.
Fannie Banta born 31 Aug 1873.
John David Banta born 9 Oct 1874.
Nora Banta born 17 Apr 1878.

William P. Banta died 9 Apr 1897 at Lampasas, Texas .

Lucinda Hairston died 13 Apr 1893 .