John Wells moved from North Carolina to Georgia to Texas. Census records throughout the 1800s show him to be in Guadalupe Valley, Texas, where he was listed at times as a 'surveyor' and later as a 'farmer.' He was described by one of his grand-nephews as "both lawyer and engineer." In old letters recently found, his writings show that he was very well-educated.
Census records list his family as his wife, Marsha/Marcia (b. abt. 1836 in Florida) and six children -- James Metherges, Jane E. [Smith], Richard M., George, Laura L., and Nancy Minerva Wells [Bibb].
His last known surviving letters from Texas to North Carolina were dated in 1876.
Census records list his family as his wife, Marsha/Marcia (b. abt. 1836 in Florida) and six children -- James Metherges, Jane E. [Smith], Richard M., George, Laura L., and Nancy Minerva Wells [Bibb].
His last known surviving letters from Texas to North Carolina were dated in 1876.
John Wells moved from North Carolina to Georgia to Texas. Census records throughout the 1800s show him to be in Guadalupe Valley, Texas, where he was listed at times as a 'surveyor' and later as a 'farmer.' He was described by one of his grand-nephews as "both lawyer and engineer." In old letters recently found, his writings show that he was very well-educated.
Census records list his family as his wife, Marsha/Marcia (b. abt. 1836 in Florida) and six children -- James Metherges, Jane E. [Smith], Richard M., George, Laura L., and Nancy Minerva Wells [Bibb].
His last known surviving letters from Texas to North Carolina were dated in 1876.
Census records list his family as his wife, Marsha/Marcia (b. abt. 1836 in Florida) and six children -- James Metherges, Jane E. [Smith], Richard M., George, Laura L., and Nancy Minerva Wells [Bibb].
His last known surviving letters from Texas to North Carolina were dated in 1876.
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