OE Herbert Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

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Oliver Ewing Herbert

~1838 - August 5, 1883

Born around 1838 in AL or MS.
Resided at Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX in 1860 with relatives.

Mustered into Company F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Present by March 1862.
Ill in June 1862.
Present in April 1863.
Suspected captured in Middle TN with Lt. J . W. Baylor from October 1863 until at least February 1864.

Returned to Colorado County, TX.
Married Lydia Alice Harbert.
Moved to Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, VA in the 1870s.

Died August 5 [or 10], 1883 of Bright's Disease in Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, VA.

Also Identified As:
	None Identified
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	None Known
Parents:
	Nathaniel Herbert b. m. m. Frances O. Pettus Herbert Frances O. Pettus Herbert b.
Siblings:
	William J. Herbert b. Caleb Claiborne Herbert (half-brother) b. 1814 in Goochland County, VA Member of the Texas State Senate 1857-1859 Texas Representative in the Confederate Congress, 1862-1865 d. July 5, 1867 in Columbus, Colorado County, TX when shot to death outside a saloon James T. Pettus, Co. F (half-brother) b. ~1834 d. August 29, 1862 John W Herbert (Colorado County, TX 1870 Census)??? b. William C Herbert (Soldier from Colorado County, TX 1860) [same as William J.???] b.
Spouse(s):
	Lydia Alice Harbert daughter of William Harbert and Mary Waddill Harbert b.
Children:
	Lamar Herbert b. in TX Earle Herbert b. in TX Oliver Ewing Herbert, Jr. b. in TX James Pettus Herbert b. in TX Thomas Hicks Herbert b. in VA Daniel Webster "Web" Harcourt Herbert b. in VA Wilmer Lancaster Herbert b. in VA
Gravesite:
	Unknown Either Colorado County, TX or Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, VA.

1830 Census - AL, Madison County, Huntsville, Page 101, (image 7/16)
	Head of Houshold	Nathaniel Herbert
	Males Under Five Years of Age	1
	Males Of Forty and Under Fifty	1
	Females Of Thirty and Under Forty	1

1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image)
	Head of Houshold

1850 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?

1860 Census - TX, Colorado County, Page 150, Dwelling 271, Family448, (image)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?
	M. J. Herbert	37	M		Farmer	$32,000	$28,000	AL
	R. A. E. Herbert	31	F					AL
	N. C. Herbert	31	M					MS
	O. E. Herbert	22	M		Carpenter			OH
	James T. Pettus	26	M		RR Engineer			AL

1870 Census - TX, Colorado County, Town, page 15A, Dwelling 206, Family 207, (image) t
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Parentage	Student?	Literate?
	O. E. Herbert	32	M	W	Physician			AL
	Alice Herbert	22	F	W	Keeping House			TN
	Lunsas Herbert	2	M	W				TX
	Earl Herbert	1	M	W				TX
	Oliver	9m	M	W				TX

1880 Census - VA, Tazewell County, Jeffersonville, Page 268D, Dwelling 240, Family 252, (image 28/39)

Name

Race

Sex

Age

Rel.

Mar. St.

Occupation

Health

Education

Nativity

Father's Nativity

Mother's Nativity

Oliver Herbert

Farmer

Alice Herbert

Wife

Keeping House

Lamar Herbert

Son

Laborer

Earle Herbert

Son

Laborer

Ewing Herbert

Son

Pettus Herbert

Son

Thomas Herbert

Son

Webb Herbert

Son

Wilmer Herbert

Son

Related Links:
	"Muster Roll of Company F, Eighth Texas," Confederate Veteran, December 1911, p. 574 (offsite) LDS Family Group Record: Oliver Ewing Herbert (offsite) Nesbitt Memorial Library: Colorado County Confederate Soldiers (offsite) Nesbitt Memorial Library: Colorado County Cemetery Records G-K (offsite) Nesbitt Memorial Library: Pettus Diary Colorado Citizen, August 23, 1883 (obituary)
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Herbert) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Herbert) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Colorado County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Colorado County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Colorado County, TX) (offsite) VAGenWeb Project (Tazewell County, VA) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Tazewell County, VA) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Tazewell County, VA)

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