THE CHRISTALS
OF
VA, KY, MO & TX



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VIRGINIA
(before 1780--??)

GEORGE CHRISTAL , earliest known Christal of my line, was probably born in WV (VA), possibly Greenbrier Co. as his son RICHARD b: 1780 was born there. It's not known who was his wife or if other children.

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KENTUCKY
(before 1802--1820)

RICHARD CHRISTAL b: 1780 in Greenbrier Co. WV (VA) m: c1799 in Wayne Co. KY to ELIZABETH BYARS b: 1780 in Pilasky Co. KY.  
Apparently at least Richard, if not George, had moved to Wayne Co. Kentucky where he patented land in 1810. Richard died April 11, 1818 intestate and the estate was inventoried .  Richard & Elizabeth had eight children--all born in Wayne Co. KY.

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MISSOURI
(c1815---1853)

Richard's sons--Milton, Silas R. & Richard S. moved to Missouri before 1815. Listed as settlers in Macon Co. MO History 1830-1840.   History of Macon Co. MO has Milton listed as old settler in Bevier Twp.

MILTON was married May 13, 1828 to REBECIAH BARTON ISBELL b: September 26, 1809, daughter of Thomas & Leah Francis Isbell ; they had seven known children:


SILAS R. CHRISTAL married Mary ELIZABETH BURNETT b: February 26, 1811 in Monticello, KY, daughter of Roland and Mary "Polly" Hurt Burnett .   They married December 30, 1832 in Wayne Co. KY.  Their first three children were born there. Before long they moved to Bevier Twp-Macon Co. MO where their last nine children were born.  On the 1850 Census, Silas & Elizabeth with their nine oldest children, are listed in Dist. #32; his occupation--farmer.

Richard STEWART/D and JEMINA TUTTLE .   Steward, as he was known, then married MARTHA J. (?) born c1819 in NC.   They had eleven known children:

Steward & Martha, with their first two children and his daughter Betsy, appear on the 1850 Census of District #5 Macon Co. MO, occupation--farmer.   In the 1860 Census they are in Narrows Township, Macon Co. with their first seven children. Betsy probably already married by the time of the census.

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TEXAS
(1853---

Silas R. & Mary Elizabeth Burnett Christal moved their family to Texas about 1853.   Also moving to Texas was their oldest married daughter, Mary Jane, her husband, Obediah B. Dodson and their family.  All settled in an area then known as Denton Creek Settlement, now known as Stony, in what is now western Denton Co. but at the time was eastern Wise Co.

Here Silas purchased land with a cabin from Rueben Vaughan for $500.   Silas built a mill on the nearby Denton Creek to grind either wheat or corn, possibly both; later he added another room to the cabin.   The family prospered and became well known in the area.   The first Baptist church of that area was organized in their home.   Later one of Silas' son, Silas Granville, became a local minister.

Some of Elizabeth Burnett Christal 's family also settled in the area and developed land west of Silas' location. After the population in the area grew there was a need for a nearby school so one was built at Stony and was known as the Christal-Burnett Schoolhouse.   Years later it was restored and moved into Ponder, a near-by town.

On the 1870 Census of Denton Co. TX, Silas & Elizabeth with last two children at home were living at Elizabethtown, occupation--farmer.   Nearby were their son & daughter-in-law, Rev. Silas Granville & Mary Christal, occupation--farmer; their daughter, Mary Jane Mitchell & her second husband, Wade, with her four children (by first husband, Obediah Dodson), occupation--farmer.   Quite a few Christals are buried in Eakins Cemetery , Ponder, TX.   Others are buried at IOOF Cemetery in Denton, TX, or Oaklawn Cemetery in Decatur, TX.

 

Thanks to: Aline LaBeff Christal, Pat Christal, Bill Marquis for their very helpful information.

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