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My Sacra Family

 by Betty Gwen Owens Allen,  August, 28, 2003

The information I have on the family is limited but may tie in to the information  someone else has, I sure hope so.

I will use the spelling as Sacra although I have found it spelled Sacre, Sacrey  etc. in Virginia and Kentucky unless I think the other spelling is important to show.

Simon Sacre b. England, his son Simon Sacre, Jr, his son James Sacrey b. abt 1720 Caroline County Virginia d. abt. 1788, Caroline County Virginia, on the tax roll there in 1783 to 1788.

Then his son - Isaac Sacry b. abt. 1745 Caroline County Virginia and d. 1809 Shelby County Kentucky he married 12-24-1780 to Elizabeth George from Caroline County Virginia

He served in the Rev. War of 1776 and received a pension and maybe the land where he moved to in Kentucky.  I show he had at least six sons  from 1781 to 1799 born in Virginia and Kentucky and I have not found the link to my line but believe this Isaac is either the father or uncle to my Sacra family.  Hopefully someone else may have more information . I have found many of the Sacra’s from Kentucky moved to Indiana and settled there and my Sacra family moved to Missouri.

 

My Sacra family--

 

  • Walker (or Walter) Sacra – b. abt 1800 in Virginia or Kentucky
  • Wife  Mary D. Bacon b. 1800-1810 – Virginia or Kentucky d. ? Missouri
    • (note: Mary’s father Nathaniel Bacon b. 1772 Virginia, d. 1843 – St. Louis, Missouri.( he moved to Missouri in 1830) - wife Elizabeth Simmons. (the Bacon line is James 1516 – Uncle of Sir Francis Bacon -  to James – 1543, Knight at White Hall England – up to Nathaniel b. 1708 VA – to Harwood b. 1747 Virginia (he was a tobacco inspector and appraiser and supporter of the Patriots in the Rev. War)
      • Children:
      • (I)  Edmund Hensley Sacra b. 4-12-1828 Franklin County or Shelby Co. Kentuck. Married in Kentucky. Wife - Mary Elizabeth ? b. 7-31-1828 Woodford County Kentucky
      • (Note:  They moved from Kentucky to Missouri,  in 1854 there is a land deed                                                                                                                        in  Pettis County, then to Parcell, Oklahoma then to Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.  On the 1857 tax roll it shows he owned a livery stable with real property value of $5,000 and personal property of $10,000) census in 1860 & 1870

                                                                                          

      • Children of Edmund and Mary:
        • 1. Betty (also spelled -Bettie, Bittie) b. 11-9-1853 Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri d. 9-06-1903, buried Chickasha Cemetery Chickasha, Oklah
          • Married - John William Owens – b. 4-13-1850 in Tennessee Buried in Springfield, Missouri. He owner a drug store in Amber Oklahoma that burned in 1911 and had a road construction company.  He and Betty were married in Indian territory on the Nation side of the Red River
            • Children:
              • A. Lola – married Ben Hudgins
                • Children –Ada, Raymond, Ben, Charles, Norman, Betty & Edmund
              • B. Flora – married H. L. Grigsby
                • Children – Henry & William
              • C. Pauline – married 1st Jim Loveless 2nd Harry Brownson
                • Children 1 boy, one gir
              • D. Ed - married Lula
                • Children, one boy , one girl
              • E. May – married Buck Sparks
                • Children Lucy, Clifford, Frank, and Mary Elizabeth
              • F. Bert – married Marion
                • Children – Dusty
              • G. Sam Herbert – married  Ella Mae Sims
                • Children – a. John Drew  b.2-13-1915 – d. 10-5-2001 - Jackson, MS
                • Married Alice Ruth Carr
                • ( I am their child Betty Gwen Owens Allen ) - if you can follow this you will see Betty Sacra is who I was name after -
                • Betty - died young
                • Kitty -
                • Sam Herbert – married Karon Brumfield
                • H. Willie
                • I. Buck

 

        • 2. Dick – b. 9-25-1855 - Pettis County Missouri
        • Married - Clemmie
          • Children – Betty, Lucy, Effie, Agnes & John

 

        • 3. Jim – b. 11-02-1857, Pettis County Missouri -d. 12-16-1888
        • Married – Mattie
          • Children, had 3 girls

 

        • 4. Sue – b. 2-23-1858 – Grayson County Texas
        • Married Mr. Goodman

 

        • 5. Edward – b. 8-31-1860 – Grayson County Texas d.1936 Grayson Co. Texas
        • Married – Mattie Carter
        • Children – Edward, Frankie, Stella, Marie, Malacha , Leston and Lilly

 

        • 6. Charlie – b. 12-10-1862 – Grayson County Texas
        • Married – Fanny

 

        • 7. Alex (Grayson County Tax Sheet shows name as Alice) b. 10-06-1864

 

        • 8. John Breckenridge Calhoun b. 10-18-1866 – Grayson County Texas
        • Married – unknown
          • Children – Cleo Fay b. 1900, mar. Lester Carr, Thomas Everett, Rose Lee, and J.B. ( 4 sons died as infants)

 

        • 9. Nannie – b. 6-1-1869 – Grayson County Texas
        • Married – unknown
          • Children – Alma, Cecil, Clara, Joe and Edna

 

        • 10. Mattie ( Grayson County Tax Sheet shows Lilly) b. 7-21-1870
        • Married- 1890- Harvey Black Sparks
          • Children – Mary Winnie, Martha and Clarence

 

        • 11. Thomas Allen - b. 6-4-2874 – Grayson County Texas
        • Married – Inez
          • Children – Mary, T.A., Dorothy and Glaze
        • (note: Thomas lived in Chickasha, Oklahoma and Midland, Texas)

 

        • 12. They raised Hugh & Will Wiggs, Mary Elizabeth’s nephews

 

    • (II) Susan V. Sacra – b. abt. 1832 Kentucky, d. 1915  ? Henry County Missouri
    • Married – George W. Grinstead b. 1832 Kentucky d. 1911 Windsor, Missouri
    • (note: In 1849 George went to the gold fields in California “ he was a 49er” to make his fortune, but returned to farm near George Town, Pettis County Missouri.  Later he moved to Johnson County.  In 1890 he stopped farming and moved to Windsor, Missouri)
    • (note: Susan attended school with Senator George Vest of Missouri)

 

      • Children of Susan and George

 

        • 1. Edmund B. b. 8-14-1856 Pettis County Missouri
        • Married ?
          • Children- 9 sons, 1 daughter
        • (note: 1919 History of Henry County Missouri shows him as Farmer, horse breeder of Windsor Township
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