Isom Taylor Anderson

1858 -

• Name	Isom Taylor Anderson
  Birth	Mar 1858
  Gender	Male
  _UID	85683822A34CD511B5680080AD00708B6124
  Person ID	I16177	sorrells
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	James Anderson   d. 28 Mar 1863, Camp Butler, Springfield, IL
  Mother	Martha Jane Clark,   b. Abt 1836, Sevier Co., TN
  Marriage	10 Mar 1856	Coryell Co., TX
  Family ID	F5839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Listed on a land sale where Martha Jane Bourland and her son, Isom Taylor Anderson sold 160 acres of land that had been granted to James Anderson. The sale was in Stephens Co., TX on 22 April 1878. 1900 census, he was in the State Prison at Rusk, Texas. In checking the prison records for the state, Isom Taylor Anderson was convicted in Coryell Co., Tx. of stealing a horse and buggy. The court found him guilty on Aug 6, 1895 and he was sentenced to 7 years + 3 years cumulative. Here is other information included on those prison records: Name: I. T. Anderson Alias: Bill Walden and S. R. Pierce Age: 37 Height: 5' 11" Weight: 146 Complexion: Dark Eyes: Brown Hair: Dark Marks on person: 2 bite scars on left calf, right 4th and little toes deformed, cut scar on chin. Size shoe: No 8 Marital: Single Use of Tobacco: yes Habits: Intemperate Education: Fair Able to read: Yes Able to write: Yes No. of years school: 2/3 (I do not know what this means. Keith) Date of birth: March 1858 Birthplace: Texas Birthplace of father: Arkansas Birthplace of Mother: Missouri Occupation: Laboprer/cattle rancher Time of conviction: Aug 6, 1895 Offense: Theft of one horse and buggy Terms of imprisonment: 7 + 3 cum. years County: Coryell Residence: Transient Plea: Not guilty When received by prison officials: Sept 4, 1895 Expiration of sentence: August 6, 1905 REMARKS: Pardoned by Acting Governor J. H. Browning on November 4, 1900. Full citizenship and voting rights restored. There was one other entry on those records. That was an entry listed as punishment. On September 11, 1896 he was given 30 L for Laziness. I have also got copies of of the Indictments and court records concerning the imprisonment of Ison Taylor Anderson, the son of Martha Jane and James Anderson. It seems that Isom Taylor Anderson was indicted in 1895 and tried for two separate offenses. One of those was for theft of a buggy and the other for stealing a horse. He was tried separately for these two offenses with two separate juries. The trials both took place on the same day in Coryell Co., Texas. He was found guilty in both trials and was sentenced to 7 years in the case of stealing the horse and 3 years for stealing the buggy. I guess he was quite lucky that he only got 7 years for stealing the horse. In most cases he would have been hanged as a horse theif, a major crime in those days. He served only five years before being paroled/pardoned with his full citizenship restored as well as his voting rights. That was in 1900. I now find where there was an Isom T. Anderson who died in Navarro Co. in 1921. I have not ordered a copy of this death certificate, but this is probably our Isom T. Navarro Co. and Coryell Co. have a common border. He must have remained in the area after his release from prison.