and Keziah married sometime around 1836. Their children were namely, Bishop; William Robinson; Samuel T.; Smith Bennett; Ellen C., and Sarah J. Compton. All six of their children were born while living in Monroe County, Kentucky.
It was in 1854 that Samuel moved his family to Texas. They traveled in a caravan of ten or eleven wagons. William B. Nelson, Anna Nelson Kirby, John Kirby, Andrew Kirby, Bishop Compton, Sarah J. Compton, and Smith Bennett Compton were some of the Pleasant Valley area pioneers making that treacherous overland journey from Kentucky.
Their wagons arrived at Liberty Grove and Pleasant Valley in the fall of 1854. They moved from Kentucky via Memphis to Little Rock and then on to Pleasant Valley being forty five days en route.
Most of Samuel' and Kizziah's children settled in areas near Pleasant Valley. Bishop Compton married Melvina Little and farmed at Housley (Rose Hill). Sarah J. Compton married Thomas Jack McClain. Her husband farmed and was post master at Pleasant Valley. Smith Bennett Compton married Mary Clementine McDaniel. Mary was the sister-in-law of Harmon Newman.
and Keziah married sometime around 1836. Their children were namely, Bishop; William Robinson; Samuel T.; Smith Bennett; Ellen C., and Sarah J. Compton. All six of their children were born while living in Monroe County, Kentucky.
It was in 1854 that Samuel moved his family to Texas. They traveled in a caravan of ten or eleven wagons. William B. Nelson, Anna Nelson Kirby, John Kirby, Andrew Kirby, Bishop Compton, Sarah J. Compton, and Smith Bennett Compton were some of the Pleasant Valley area pioneers making that treacherous overland journey from Kentucky.
Their wagons arrived at Liberty Grove and Pleasant Valley in the fall of 1854. They moved from Kentucky via Memphis to Little Rock and then on to Pleasant Valley being forty five days en route.
Most of Samuel' and Kizziah's children settled in areas near Pleasant Valley. Bishop Compton married Melvina Little and farmed at Housley (Rose Hill). Sarah J. Compton married Thomas Jack McClain. Her husband farmed and was post master at Pleasant Valley. Smith Bennett Compton married Mary Clementine McDaniel. Mary was the sister-in-law of Harmon Newman.
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