Mine line stems from David Proctor, and his son, James A. who went to Wise County Texas in 1854 with William Perrin family. James wanted to marry Mary Hunt, an orphan living with the Perrins, but she was too young at the time, so he went along with them to Texas and married Mary in 1856 in Wise Co. My grandpa James C. Proctor was born 1865 and made one trip up the Chisholm Trail before the big cattle drives stopped. He eventually settled in Webb/LaSalle Counties (Encinal, Texas) where my dad was born. I can give you some info on the original James' kids and spouses and their kids if you want them. Do you know there is a James Procter cemetery near Mt. Vernon, KY? It is probably in complete ruin by now. In 1984, it was already in bad shape, but James Proctor's stone was still up and readable and a stone with a Mary Proctor, b. 1790 was there with a stone for a Joel Proctor, b.date unknown and a footstone etched with ABP. The Mary Proctor is mistakenly taken for Mary Brannaman's grave, but cannot be, if she married James in 1799, so it must be another Mary Proctor.


Children: Lucy, b. 1858 –, Laura b. 1859– Mary C., b. 1860 Source: Wise Co. 1860 census
James Carl Proctor was born 1865.
There were several more children, but as of August 1999, I do not have them.

FIRST COUPLE TO BE MARRIED IN WISE COUNTY TERRITORY
(source: The Pioneer History of Wise County)
JAMES A. PROCTOR, b. 7-3-1829, Rockcastle County, Ky. d. 11-19-1912, Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas

Married MARY (POLLY) HUNT, b. 6-?-1836 Rockcastle, KY, died 11-3-1907. Child of William Perrin's second wife. The Perrin family moved to Texas in 1853, arriving in Wise Co. the day before Christmas, 1854. James accompanied them because he wanted to marry Mary, but she was too young at the time.

Rockcastle County, KY 1850 census verifies James A. Proctor, Mary (Hunt) Perrin, and their families. They lived next door to each other.

James and Mary married in Cooke County, Texas, Jan. 4, 1856 (Cooke Co. Marriage Records) They were the first couple to be married there. The marriage took place at the home of Ben Haney at Old Aurora, a distance of 15 miles from the home of the principals reached by horseback. Ben Haney was the authorized official in charge of Wise Co. territory affairs.


James Proctor is mentioned in the Pioneer History of Wise County several times. In 1855, he began with 160 acres near the future Decatur, TX, where he and his wife, Mary, lived in a log cabin for three years after their marriage, but when the town of Taylorsville (now Decatur) was laid out, Mr. Proctor deeded 60 acres to the county for the town site. Their log cabin stood just southeast of the F. W. & D.C. Railway station and across the track. Mr. Proctor afterwards lived on Sweetwater Creek, then on the Greathouse farm; then moved back to Decatur for awhile. In 1875, they moved to old Bridgeport where Mr. Proctor eventually donated the land for the old West Side Bridgeport Cemetery where he and his wife are buried.


1860 Wise Co. census shows they had 1800 acres in that year.

They raised 9 children, 3 boys and 6 girls. Lucy, Laura, Mary (Molly), William D, James C., John R., Artemissia? Elvira, and Maud.


If anyone can tell me anything about the Proctor children, I will be glad to have the information. My grandfather, James C., migrated down into Webb and LaSalle Counties where he worked on ranches and became the foreman of the Atlee Ranch just north of Encinal, TX. He married late, when he was 48 years old, to Ellen Moore of Austin, TX, and they are buried at the Encinal Cemetery., ,

Mary ‘Polly’ Hunt, b. 1838 Rockcastle, KY. Orphaned. (William Perrin family) Perrin family moved to Texas in 1854, and James accompanied them because he wanted to marry Mary, but she was too young at the time.