Archibald Oxendine of SC Lumbee American Indians

Archibald Oxendine is not in my direct line, but he and my David Oxendine were living side by side in Tennessee in the 1820-40 timeframe, and were born only a few years apart. I will call these men "cousins" for now :) We might even find that they are brothers!

Note that there was also a Charles Pickett Oxendine who was born around 1805 in South Carolina, who seems to be related to this group too. Charles' grand-niece went out to Oklahoma to visit Archibald at one point.

Archibald Oxendine was born on the Pedee River, SC, Aug 26, 1759. Read this Cool Story about a Hidden Tunnel by the Pedee River, found by an Oxendine Deputy. Archibald married Patsy Shoemake. I was sent much of these notes from Lucy Garrett. She says: "I also have a copy of an application to claim Indian status made by a William S. Oxendine born January 5, 1826, he lists his parents as Levi and Clara Haynes Oxendine, and states he was born in Overton County, Tennessee and states his grandparents as Archibald and Patsy Shoemake Oxendine and William and Martha Haynes all born in South Carolina."

Children:
John F Oxendine, b 1805 SC (married Nancy Abigail Lawson)
Levi Oxendine, b 1808 SC
Mary P Oxendine, b ~1810 TN
Johnson M Oxendine, b 1813 TN
Charles Oxendine, b 1814 TN (married Urscilla)
Nathan L Oxendine, b ~1820 TN
Archibald Oxendine, b ~1822 TN
Elizabeth Oxendine, b ~1823 TN
Amanda Oxendine ??
Patsy Oxendine, b 1830 TN
Jonathan Oxendine (married Rebecca Anderson, daughter of Chief William Anderson from Deleware Tribe)
Margaret Jane Oxendine (born 1844 in TN; info from Miah, not on IBCNU's list)

I just got new notes on the kids so now I have to re-sort my census notes later :)

Now on to Archibald's life.

Between December 10, 1812 - April 20, 1813, Archibald served in War of 1812.

From 1820 to 1850, Archibald was in Overton County, TN. This is when my David was in Jackson County TN and White County TN. Overton County is RIGHT NEXT TO Jackson County and White County!!

1820 Census
In 1820, the ONLY two Oxendine families in Tennessee are those of Archibald and David. Their homes are in counties side by side.

Tennessee, OVERTON, Roll 122 Book 1, Page 224

The first 2 is "2 in agriculture". Then there's a 4 in "free male colored persons under 14", one in "14-26", and one in "45 and up". for "Free female colored persons" there is one 14-26 and another 26-45.

So that should be:
Archibald - 45+ (59)
Patsy - 26-45 (45)
John F - 14-26
(Mystery Female 14-26)
Johnson - under 14
Charles - under 14
Archibald - under 14 (just born)
Nathan - under 14

1830 Census
The 1830 census isn't indexed so I'm not sure how many Oxendines were in Tennessee :) I do know David was missing/dead by 1830.

Tennessee, OVERTON, Roll 179 Book 1, Page 187a

So Archibald Oxendine the dad is still around. Everyone is "free colored" here. Males first. One male 36-55, one is 24-36, 3 are 10-24 and 3 are under 10. Females next. One is 36-55, one is 24-36, and two are under 10.

So that should be:
Archibald - 36-55 (69 really)
Patsy - 36-55 (55)
John F - 24-36
(Mystery Female 24-36)
Johnson - 10-24
Charles - 10-24
Archibald - 10-24
Nathan - under 10
Amanda - under 10
Patsy Oxendine - under 10
Jonathan Oxendine - under 10
Mystery Boy - under 10

Tennessee, OVERTON, Roll 179 Book 1, Page 203a

So in addition to Archibald's family, we have another TWO Oxendine families side by side in Overton County now. These are the families of Charles Oxendine and Levi Oxendine. Levi is Archibald's son. Charles is not, though. Who is Charles?

Charles is listed as a colored male 36-55. His wife is a colored female 36-55. But now for the kids. There's a colored female 10-24, a colored male 10,24, then a white female 15-20 and a white male, 5. That's a bit confusing. Are they randomly calling the kids "colored" and "not colored" based on how light they are? Are the younger kids lighter?

Levi Oxendine is now 22 and has his own household. He's listed as a colored male 10-24. His wife is a white female 20-30. Their son is a colored male under 10. This seems to indicate that Levi married a white woman. :) Note that there is a Levi Oxendine born to Charles P Oxendine in 1837 who is probably related to this Levi somehow.

A James Oxendine born probably just before 1830 is mentioned in the Robeson Outlaws Reports. Is he the "mystery boy" on the Archibald report?

I don't find any other Oxendines in Overton, I went through the whole list.

1840 Census
The 1840 census isn't indexed so I'm not sure how many Oxendines were in Tennessee :) Archibald is still merrily hanging out in Overton, though!

Tennessee, OVERTON, Roll 533 Book 1, Page 11a

It looks like they started to mark a white child and then scribbled it out, properly putting Archibald and his flock into the 'free colored' column. He has one male 55-100 and one male 10-24. For females, there is one female 36-55 and one female 10-24. Sadly, since Patsy would have been 65, this means she has passed away. So the family now would be:

Archibald 55-100 (79)
(Mystery Female 36-55)
Amanda or Patsy 10-24
One of the random young boys

In 1860, Archibald moved to Laclede County, MO. Gasconade Twp Page 120 (note I removed the empty 'assets' columns)

First we have:
Archibald Oxendine, 94 M, SC
Patsy Oxendine, 30 F, TN (one of his youngest daughters, can't read/write)

Then next door we have one of Archibald's sons:
Archibald Oxendine Jr, 40 M, TN
Rachel Oxendine, 40 F, TN (wife)
Isaac Oxendine, 18 M, TN
Margarett F, 17 F, TN
Patsy M, 13 F, TN
Stephen A, 10 M, TN
Jarlietta (??), 8 F, TN
Betsy A, 6 F, TN
Mary J, 4 F, TN
Eliza, 2 F, TN

In 1869, Archibald died at Benton's Creek, MO. By his last census he would be 103, but the report says he's over 110.

From the NY Times: Sept 20, 1869: A correspondent at St James Phelps County, notifies us of the death of a venerable centenarian, ARCHIBALD W. OXENDINE, who died on the 3rd inst., on Benton's Creek, near the Merrimac Iron works, in that county. The deceased was born on the Pedee River, SC, Aug 26, 1759, and was consequently over 110 years of age at the time of his death. He served throughout the War of the revolution as one of "Marion's Men", and for over fourty years was a minister of the Baptist denomination. Although he had been unable to walk during the past three years, he retained his sight, hearing and intellect up to his last hour. It is not often that we have occasion to chronicle the departure of so old and remarkable a member of our race. As an indication of the longevity of the family of the decesased, we are informed that his youngest daughter, over 70 years of age, was in attendance on her father during his last illness, and was present at his funeral.

Lisa's Note - the youngest daughter would be Patsy, and indeed in the census Patsy is living with him. But Patsy was only 39 at the time of death, according to the census. With Archibald Jr being 49, the youngest daughter wouldn't be over 70!! I think the Times misreported that.

I do know of a Charles Oxendine, born 1772 so if Archibald was born in 1759 he would have been 13 when Charles was born. Unlikely that he would have been the father of that Charles. Maybe the uncle?

A descendant of Archibald Oxendine is Lavernia (Verna) Oxendine (~1875). She took on a lover, Sam Henry Oxendine (first cousin?) and had Herbert Arnold Oxendine (born 1892). They also apparently had Effie "Ethel" Oxendine. Verna then married Tom Kitts. Herbert lived with his uncle Luther Oxendine. There were also other sisters of Verna: Rhoda A Oxendine (~1865) and Ellen Oxendine (~1867). Apparently "Vernie Oxendine Kitts" is buried in Union County, TN. I don't know which of the Archibald kids these relate to.

Margaret Jane married George Washington Bledsaw (Bledsoe etc) on Aug 3 1861 in Arkansas. Margaret died 21 Jul 1916 in Sequoyah Co. OK. Their kids were:

* Mary Elizabeth Bledsaw (b1866 AR, married Henry Silas Cole)
* Nancy Ann Bledsoe

I have notes from a guestbook of an Archibald Oxendine (1839) marrying Emily Holt Blair and having at least one child, Rhoda Oxendine. One would have to guess that Archibald was related to this line, probably a newphew of Archibald Jr.

Research on this line is being done by Lucy, Linda, Mary Anne, Peggy and Miah.

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