James Blakely Head ^{4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Cause of his death was heart failure.

  General Notes:

A letter from James to his sister Sarah Ann:
Walker Co Ala. April 11th 1853

Dear Sister
I recd the letter you sent by Miss Gill which gave me great satisfaction to hear that you were all well. We are well and doing well; we have become somewhat naturalized to Walker, and the people, so that we are better satisfied than we expected to be. There is preaching in the country in reach of us every Sunday. We were at the quarterly meting across the river on Saturday and Sunday only five miles from our place of residence.

They had a tolerable lively meeting, and we enjoyed ourselves finely with the GIRLS. These hills are alive with them. I can in one hour find any sort that I would wish to behold.

If you have any more dishwater news send it on. I have five dollars to pay for the transportation. Finally, give Bens a kiss for me and tell him that I will come to see him the first of June riding an old blind white horse with a straw hat on my head and a pair of Brogans on my feet and bare leged with hickry bark suspenders and wooden pegs for buttons.

I have the honour to remain respectfully yours.
J. B. Head

(M.B.) I wrote in a letter dated the 18th March which I suppose you did not get directing a bedstid to be made immediately and be deposited at Gills. If it is not made already have it made as soon as possible and deposit as before directed.

James Blakely Head had been a teacher in Alabama. He was listed in the 1860 census as a farmer in Freestone County, Texas. He had $798 in personal assets. He was listed in the 1870 census as a farmer in Johnson County, Texas. He had $700 in real estate, $600 in personal assets. He moved his family to Hamilton County near Center City in 1876. He was listed in the 1880 census as a farmer in Hamilton County, Texas. J.B. Head was appointed the first judge of Mills County when it was organized in 1887. He served from 1887-1888 and from 1890-1892. At the time of the 1900 census he was a farmer in Mills County, Texas, and he was widowed.

  Additional Information:

• Military Service: Pvt, Company F, Texas 20th Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army: the Civil War. ¹³

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 46681745.

James married Asenath Catherine Baker, daughter of Alexander Baker and Rebecca Murphree, on 19 Aug 1855 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.¹ (Asenath Catherine Baker was born on 17 Feb 1840 in Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama, United States,¹¹ died on 8 Aug 1894 in Center City, Mills County, Texas ¹¹ and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas ¹⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was performed by A. M. Gibson, Justice of the Peace.

James next married Lizabeth Lucy Chenault, daughter of Wesley Marshall Chenault and Lucy Jane Sage, on 31 Aug 1897 in , Mills County, Texas.² (Lizabeth Lucy Chenault was born in Aug 1860 in Texas.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage ceremony was performed by H. T. White, Justice of the Peace.

James next married A. M. on 22 Apr 1901 in , Mills County, Texas.³

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was performed by G. H. Dalton, County Judge.