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YEAR	WHERE	COMMENTS
1774	Tennessee	Elisha Roberts is born at Watauga Settlement in Hawkins County.
1781	Virginia	Martha Gill is born in Bedford County.
1800	Kentucky	Elisha Roberts & Martha “Patsy” Gill marry in Green County on February 9th.
1811	Louisiana	Elisha & family move to Louisiana from Kentucky sometime after February.
1816	Louisiana	Mahala Lee Roberts is born on November 3rd, the 7th of 9 children born to Elisha & Patsy.
1818	Louisiana	Mahala is one year old when her sister, Anna Roberts, marries Bryant Daughtrey in St. Tammany Parish on January 25th.
1820	Louisiana	Mahala is 3 years old when her parents are enumerated in Washington Parish.
1826	Coahuila y Tejas	Mahala is about 9 years old when her parents leave Louisiana & move their family to the red lands of East Texas.
1827	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is 10 years of age when the Fredonian Rebels flee when approached by Mexican troops on January 31st, and when the Constitution of Coahuila & Tejas is adopted on March 11th.
1828	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is 12 years old when her sister, Esther Jane Roberts, marries Phillip Allen Sublett in San Augustine County in March.
1830	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is 13 years of age when her parents & assorted siblings are enumerated in San Augustine County, and when the Mexican government stops immigration into Tejas y Coahuila from the United States on April 6th. It was also around this time period when Mahala’s sister, Matilda Fair Roberts, marries John H. Connell (1st of 3 husbands).
1832	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is 15 years of age when the Battle of Velasco occurs on June 26th.
1834	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is about 17 years of age when her brother-in-law, John H. Connell, dies at Viesca in Milam County.
1835	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala is about 18 years of age when her widowed sister, Matilda Fair Connell nee Roberts, marries Samuel Tabor Allen. Mahala is 19 years old when the ?? Consultation declares Texas a separate state in November.
1836	Republic of Texas	Mahala is 19 years of age when the Texas Declaration of Independence is signed on March 2nd, and at the time of the Battle of the Alamo on March 6th, and during the Runaway Scrape in ???, and when the Goliad Massacre occurs on March 27th, and at the time of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21st, and when a wounded Sam Houston is recuperating in July at the home of her sister, Esther Sublett, and when her brother-in-law, Phillip Sublett, nominates Sam Houston for President of the Republic of Texas on August 15th.
1838	Republic of Texas	Mahala Lee Roberts is 21 years old when she marries John M. Sharp in San Augustine County on March 22nd, and when her brother-in-law, Samuel Tabor Allen, is killed in Navarro County on October 8th when a band of Kickapoo Indians attack the surveying team he is working with.
1839	Republic of Texas	Mahala is about 22 years old when her 1st child, Samuel Houston Sharp, is born, probably in San Augustine County.
1840	Republic of Texas	Mahala is about 23 years old when her 2nd child, Margaret Annot Sharp, is born, probably in San Augustine County.
1842	Republic of Texas	Mahala is 25 years old when General Sam Houston writes to his wife in Alabama that he will not be attending the wedding of Mahala’s sister, Margaret S. Roberts, who marries Alexander McDonald in Harris County on June 15th, and when her brother, Felix Grundy Roberts, marries Elizabeth Keyser Layton on August 2nd.
1844	Republic of Texas	Mahala is 27 years old when her father, Elisha Roberts, dies on October 3rd in San Augustine County. His burial spot is later marked by a Texas Historical Marker as of 1936 (Texas Centennial).
1845	Republic of Texas	Mahala is 28 years old when her sister, Elizabeth Smith nee Roberts, dies in San Augustine County on May 2nd. It is possible this sister was buried beside their father. A few months later, Mahala had just turned 29 when her mother, Martha “Patsy” Roberts nee Gill, dies in San Augustine County on December 20th, and when Texas is annexed by the United States as the 28th state on December 29th. Patsy is buried beside her husband. Their home place is also marked by a Texas Historical Marker as of 1936 (Texas Centennial).
1846	Texas	Mahala is 29 years old when she is listed on the Tax List for San Augustine County. There is no mention of her husband, John M. Sharp, and no record of him has been found since the date they married.
1847	Texas	Mahala is 30 years of age when her sister, Anna Daughtrey nee Roberts, dies on March 12th in Austin County, and is is buried at the Starr Hill Cemetery. It is about this time period when Mahala’s twice-widowed sister, Matilda Fair Connell Allen nee Roberts marries Thomas Johnson Allen, the brother of her deceased 2nd husband.
1850	Texas	Mahala is 33 years old when she and her two children are enumerated in San Augustine County, and when her sister, Matilda Connell Allen Allen nee Roberts, donates 120 acres of land for the Town of Belton from the Connell Estate.
1851	Texas	Mahala Lee Sharp nee Roberts is 34 years of age when she marries Col. Joshua James Hall on February 12th in San Augustine County, and when Nicholas Sterne stops by to visit them in their home on ??? (as recorded in the Sterne diary).
1852	Texas	Mahala is 35 years old when her 3rd child, Roberta Hall, is born on May 25th in Houston County.
1854	Texas	Mahala is 37 years old when her 4th child, Horace Oscar Hall, is born on September 22nd in Houston County.
1859	Texas	Mahala is 42 years of age when her oldest daughter, Margaret Annot Sharp, marries James Madison Hall on July 14th. Hall is Mahala’s stepson.
1860	Texas	Mahala is 43 years old when she & her family are enumerated on August 3rd in Houston County -- head of household is J.J. Hall; post office is Elk Hart. Her 1st grandchild, Florence Mahala Hall, is born on October 19th. This is also the year when Texas secedes from the Union, and joins the Confederacy.
1861	Texas	Mahala is 44 years old when her oldest son, Samuel Houston Sharp, marries Mary Alexandrien “Nellie” Lemaire in Liberty County on July 11th.
1863	Texas	Mahala is 45 years old when her 1st grandson, James Wrigley Hall, is born in Houston County on October 8th. He is a son of J.M. Hall & Mahala’s daughter, Margaret.
1863	Texas	Mahala is 46 years of age when her grandson, James Hall “Major” Sharp, is born to Sam & Nellie on January 25th in Houston County. She is 47 when her granddaughter, Josephine Martha Hall, is born on December 15th in Houston County. Josephine’s parents are J.M. & Margaret Hall.
1864	Texas	Mahala is 47 years old when Sam & Nellie lose a baby thru a miscarriage on January 16th while Sam is in jail on charge of being liable for conscription. It was also about this time when Mahala’s brother, Noel Roberts, dies in San Augustine.
1866	Texas	Mahala is 49 years of age when her granddaughter, Josephine Martha Hall (daughter of J.M. & Margaret) dies on July 16th, and is buried in Liberty. Just a few months later, Mahala’s stepson / son-in-law, James Madison Hall, dies in Liberty County on September 12th. She has just celebrated her 50th birthday when her grandson, Madison Hall, is born on November 11th.
1867	Texas	Mahala is 50 when her grandson, James Wrigley Hall (son of J.M. & Margaret), dies on October 11th, and she has just turned 51 when her grandson, Samuel Houston Sharp, Jr., is born to Sam and Nellie in Liberty County on November 8th.
1869	Texas	Mahala is celebrating her own 53rd birthday when her granddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth Sharp, is born on November 3rd in Liberty County to Sam & Nellie.
1870	Texas	Mahala is 54 years of age when she is enumerated with her family on December 2nd in Houston County. Head of household is her 2nd husband, J.J. Hall, and their post office is listed as Crockett. Within the next year or so after this census, Col. J.J. Hall dies, and is buried in the Hall family cemetery in Houston County. Also enumerated in Houston County on December 2nd are Mahala’s daughter, Margaret, and her 2nd husband, Frank Stewart. Margaret’s last son with J.M. Hall, Madison Hall, dies (or disappears) sometime after this census is taken.
1871	Texas	Mahala is celebrating her own 55th birthday on November 3rd when her granddaughter, Ida Mae Sharp, is born in Houston County to Sam & Nellie.
1972	Texas	Mahala is about 55 years of age when her grandson, Edward F. Stewart, is born in Texas, to Margaret & Frank Stewart.
1873	Texas	Mahala is about 56 years old when her grandson, Louis O. Stewart, is born in Texas, to Margaret & Frank Stewart. Mahala had just celebrated her 57th birthday when her granddaughter, Berta Mary Sharp, is born on November 10th in Houston County to Sam & Nellie.
1876	Texas	Mahala is 59 years of age when her grandson, Sam S. Stewart, is born on September 24th in Texas, to her daughter, Margaret. Less than a month later, Mahala’s daughter-in-law, Mary Alexandrien “Nellie” Sharp nee Lemaire, dies in Houston County on October 10th, shortly after giving birth to a baby girl known as Willie Sharp. Nellie is buried in the Hall family cemetery. A Texas Historical Marker at that cemetery identifies Nellie’s grave as the earliest marked grave. In November of that year, possibly after Mahala’s 60th birthday, Margaret’s new baby boy, Sam, dies, and Margaret dies sometime after that (before 1880).
1879	Texas	Mahala is 62 when her sister, Matilda Connell Allen Allen nee Roberts, dies in Georgetown in April.
1880	Texas	Mahala is 63 when she is enumerated in Houston County as a widowed head of household. Those enumerated with her include her widowed son, Sam, and his surviving children. Mahala’s daughter, Florence, is enumerated in the household of Mahala’s widowed son-in-law, Frank Stewart.
1882	Texas	Mahala is 65 when her father Elisha Roberts’ will is recorded in San Augustine County
1885	Texas	Mahala is 67 years old when she dies on June 27th in Houston County, with burial in the Hall Cemetery. It is supposedly about this same time when Mahala’s son, Sam, and his youngest daughter, Willie, die and are buried in the same cemetery.
		Mahala’s father’s will is . . .

Mahala Time Line - testing table

WHEN	WHERE	WHO	WHAT	WHAT ELSE
Ca. 1774	Tennessee	Mahala’s father	Birth	Elisha Roberts is born at Watauga Settlement in Hawkins County
Ca. 1781	Virginia	Mahala’s mother	Birth	Martha Gill is born in Bedford County
09 February 1800	Kentucky	Mahala’s parents	Marriage	Elisha Roberts & Martha Gill marry in Green County; aka Elisha & Patsy
Aft. February 1811	Louisiana	Mahala’s family	Relocation	Elisha & family move to Louisiana from Kentucky
03 November 1816	Louisiana	Mahala Lee Roberts	Birth	Mahala is the 7th of 9 children born to Elisha & Patsy
1820	Louisiana	Mahala & parents & siblings	Census	Mahala’s parents are enumerated in Washington Parish
Ca. 1826	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala & parents & siblings	Move	Mahala’s parents leave Louisiana & move their family to the red lands of East Texas
31 January 1827	Tejas y Coahuila			Fredonian Rebels flee when approached by Mexican troops
11 March 1827	Tejas y Coahuila			Constitution of Coahuila & Texas adopted
1830	Tejas y Coahuila	Mahala & parents & siblings	Census	Mahala’s parents are enumerated in San Augustine County
06 April 1830	Tejas y Coahuila			Mexican government stops immigration into Tejas from the United States
26 June 1832	Tejas y Coahuila			Battle of Velasco
November 1835	Tejas y Coahuila			Consultation declared Texas a separate state
02 March 1836	Republic of Texas			Texas Declaration of Independence
06 March 1836	Republic of Texas			Battle of the Alamo
27 March 1836	Republic of Texas			Goliad Massacre
21 April 1836	Republic of Texas			Battle of San Jacinto
22 March 1838	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s 1st husband	Marriage	Mahala Lee Roberts marries John M. Sharp in San Augustine County
Ca. 1839	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s 1st child	Birth	Samuel Houston Sharp is born, probably in San Augustine County
07 October 1840	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s 2nd child	Birth	Margaret Annot Sharp is born, probably in San Augustine County
03 October 1844	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s father	Death	Elisha Roberts dies in San Augustine County; his burial spot is marked by a Texas Historical Marker
02 May 1845	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s sister	Death	Elizabeth Smith nee Roberts dies in San Augustine County; she is possibly buried beside her father
20 December 1845	Republic of Texas	Mahala’s mother	Death	Martha “Patsy” Roberts nee Gill in dies San Augustine County; she is buried beside her husband; their home place is marked by a Texas Historical Marker
29 December 1845	Texas	Mahala’s home		Texas is annexed as the 28th state
Before ? 1846	Texas	Mahala’s 1st husband	Death / Disappearance	John M. Sharp dies / disappears; whereabouts unknown after this date
1846	Texas	Mahala’s property		Mahala is listed on the Tax List for San Augustine County
12 March 1847	Texas	Mahala’s sister	Death	Anna Daughtrey nee Roberts dies in Austin County; she is buried at the Starr Hill Cemetery
1850	Texas	Mahala’s household	Census	Mahala & her two children are enumerated in San Augustine County
12 February 1851	Texas	Mahala’s 2nd husband	Marriage	Mahala Lee Sharp nee Roberts marries Col. Joshua James Hall in San Augustine County
18 June 1851	Texas	Mahala’s home		According to his own diary, on this date Nicholas Sterne stops by to visit Mahala & Col. Hall at their home
25 May 1852	Texas	Mahala’s 3rd child	Birth	Roberta Hall is born in Houston County
22 September 1854	Texas	Mahala’s 4th child	Birth	Horace Oscar Hall is born in Houston County
14 July 1859	Texas	Mahala’s daughter	Marriage	Margaret Annot Sharp marries James Madison Hall; he is the only son of Margaret’s step-father, Col. J.J. Hall
03 August 1860	Texas	Mahala’s household	Census	Mahala & her family are enumerated in Houston County; head of household is J.J. Hall; post office is Elk Hart
1860	Texas	Mahala’s home		Texas secedes & joins the Confederacy
11 July 1861	Texas	Mahala’s son	Marriage	Samuel Houston Sharp, marries Mary Alexandrien Lemaire in Liberty County; aka Sam & Nellie
25 January 1863	Texas	Mahala’s grandson	Birth	James Hall Sharp is born in Houston County to Sam & Nellie
16 January 1864	Texas	Mahala’s grandbaby	Death	Sam & Nellie lose a baby thru a miscarriage while Sam is in jail on charge of being liable for conscription
Ca. 1864	Texas	Mahala’s brother	Death	Death of Noel Roberts in San Augustine
September 1866	Texas	Mahala’s stepson / son-in-law	Death	Death of J.M. Hall in Liberty County
08 November 1867	Texas	Mahala’s grandson	Birth	Samuel Houston Sharp, Jr. is born in Liberty County to Sam & Nellie
03 November 1869	Texas	Mahala’s granddaughter	Birth	Margaret Elizabeth Sharp is born in Liberty County to Sam & Nellie
02 December 1870	Texas	Mahala’s household	Census	Enumerated in Houston County; head of household is J.J. Hall; post office is Crockett
Ca. 1871	Texas	Mahala’s 2nd husband	Death	Death of J.J. Hall in Houston County
03 November 1871	Texas	Mahala’s granddaughter	Birth	Ida Mae Sharp is born in Houston County to Sam & Nellie
10 November 1873	Texas	Mahala’s granddaughter	Birth	Berta Mary Sharp is born in Houston County to Sam & Nellie
Before 10 October 1876	Texas	Mahala’s granddaughter	Birth	Willie Sharp is born in Houston County to Sam & Nellie
Ca. 1878	Texas	Mahala’s oldest daughter	Death	Death of Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp, presumably in Houston County
10 October 1876	Texas	Mahala’s daughter-in-law	Death	Death of Mary Alexandrien “Nellie” Sharp nee Lemaire dies in Houston County, & is buried at the Hall family cemetery
April 1879	Texas	Mahala’s sister	Death	Death of Matilda Connell Allen Allen nee Roberts in Georgetown
1880	Texas	Mahala’s household	Census	Enumerated in Houston County; head of household is Mahala (widow)
Ca. 1882	Texas	Mahala’s father	Will	Elisha Roberts’ will is recorded in San Augustine County
27 June 1885	Texas	Mahala	Death	Death of Mahala in Houston County, with burial in the Hall Cemetery
Ca. 1885	Texas	Mahala’s 1st born	Death	Death of Samuel Houston Sharp, presumably in Houston  County; burial in the Hall Cemetery
Ca. 1885	Texas	Mahala’s granddaughter	Death	Death of Willie Sharp, presumably in Houston County; burial in the Hall Cemetery