Typed by: Kay Cunningham
Surnames: HARLAN, HENRY, McCALEB, MARTIN, MITCHELL, GRAVES, VARNADO, RATCLIFF,
JENNINGS, DENSMAN, BARTLETT, ERSKINE, SHAW, NORTON, SEHON, SPROTT, WINDSOR.
George Harlan, b February 2, 1835, in Robertson's Colony, State of Coahuila,
Mexico in the area which became Falls County, Texas, d December 30, 1919, at
Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas and buried in the Blue Ridge Cemetery there --
was the youngest surviving son of
Dr. Isaiah and Nancy (Henry) Harlan, who came to Mexico-Texas in the fall of
1834. George was born only eighteen days before his father received a grant of
la league of land on February 20, 1835, at Viesca --- seat of government of
Empressario Sterling Clack Robertson's Colony.
On July 25, 1859, in Montgomery County, Texas, George Harlan was married to
Pauline Jane McCaleb, b November 5, 1830 in Tennessee, d November 30, 1889 and
buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery --- a daughter of Zill Harrington and Mary
Elizabeth (Martin) McCaleb, natives of Tennessee who settled first in Montgomery
County, Texas and later Blue Ridge in Falls County, where both died and were
buried.
George Harlan enlisted in the Confederate States Army in Montgomery County,
Texas --- serving throughout the Civil War as a Private in Company K, 20th Texas
Cavalry, and served until the conclusion of the war.
At the end of the Civil War, George returned to Montgomery County, Texas, where
he and his family loved until about 1867, when they settled at Blue Ridge in
Falls County, Texas on his portion of land inherited from his parents -- a part
of the league granted to Dr. Isaiah Harlan in 1835. In 1859, George had conveyed
twenty-eight acres, formerly a part of the inherited portion of his sister, Mrs.
Memnon A. (Martha Harlan) Mitchell, from their father. In 1872, George
re-recorded the transfer o the twenty-eight acres to the Trustees of the Blue
Ridge Baptist Church, for school, church and cemetery purposes, as a number of
graves were already located there while it was still a part of the Mitchell
land.
George and Pauline Jane (McCaleb) Harlan were the parents of five children:
Zill Isaiah Harlan, b July 24, 1860 in Montgomery County, Texas, d July 25, 1911
in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery -- married
September 21, 1884 to Maude Graves, b September 5, 1867 in Alvarado, Johnson
County, Texas, d August 11, 1960 and buried in Calvary Cemetery/
George McCaleb Harlan, b September 14, 1862 in Montgomery County, Texas, d
September 30, 1880. His arm was severed in a gin accident, and he bled to death
before medical assistance could be obtained. He was not married, and was buried
in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
Maggie Jane Harlan, b November 14, 1865, in Montgomery County, Texas, d July 26,
1867, and buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
Charles Harlan, b April 4, 1869 at Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas,
d November 27, 1945 and buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery -- married December 25,
1889 in Falls County to Cynthia Tallulah Varnado
(called "Lula"), b November 7, 1872 in Mississippi, d April 12, 1954 and buried
in Blue Ridge Cemetery -- a daughter of Cornelius Willington and Mary Elizabeth
("Betsy" Ratcliff) Varnado, who settled in the Stranger Community of Falls
County, Texas about 1887.
Mary Emma Harlan, b March 3, 1872, at Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, d August
26, 1900, married Charles W. Jennings, b March 8, 1856, d April 15, 1916, and
buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
After Pauline Jane (McCaleb) Harlan died, George married second to Maggie
Densman, b July 20, 1849, d May 15, 1933. They had no children, and she was
buried at Blue Ridge Cemetery when she died. She received a pension for George's
Civil War services after his death, until she died.
There are many descendants of George and Pauline Jane (McCaleb) Harlan who
continue to reside in Falls County, Texas, including such family names as
Bartlett, Harlan, Erskine, Shaw, Norton, Sehon, Sprott, Windsor, and others.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing
these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County," Compiled and Edited by the Falls County
Historical Commission, page 212, column 1 & 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
This book is out of Print, and very few copies are available.
