Captain Franklin Dawson Self
BROTHER OF MAJOR DAVID WASHINGTON SELF

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Captain Franklin Dawson Self, Executive Officer,
Company B, 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
War Between the States, 1861-1865
Sheriff of Sabine Parrish, 1883

FAMILY GROUP SHEET

HUSBAND: FRANKLIN DAWSON SELF, CAPT. LA. INF. CSA died at age 49

Born: Oct. 28, 1838 in Pike County, Mississippi
Died: July 23, 1887 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Buried: July 1887 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Occupation: Farmer, Soldier, Sheriff
Father: William Isaac Self, Jr.
Mother: Virginia Jane Walker

Buried in the old Self Plantation Cemetery located at the Plantation site behind Hodges Gardens near Hornbeck, Louisiana. He was in Sabine Parish in 1859. Franklin was the sheriff of Sabine Parish, Louisiana in 1883. He was also a Lieutenant and later a Captain in the "Sabine Parish Rebels" during the Civil War. They were a part of the 17th Louisiana Regiment which was captured and paroled at the fall of Vicksburg in 1863. He was also a Mason.

Note from editor Don Smith: The wife of David Washington Self, Elizabeth Letitia Sibley and the wife of his brother Franklin Dawson Self, Mary Elnora Sibley, were sisters!

WIFE: MARY ELNORA SIBLEY died at age 66
Married Nov. 17, 1859 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Ceremony: Y

Born: Feb. 7, 1835 in Washington Parish, Louisiana
Died: May 24, 1901 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Buried: May 1901 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Father: Robert Flint Sibley
Mother: Avarilla Albritton

Buried in the Self Cemetery behind Hodges Gardens.


CHILDREN OF FRANKLIN DAWSON AND MARY ELNORA (SIBLEY) SELF:

F CHILD: 1. ELLEN DAVIS SELF died at age 65

Born: Sep. 24, 1861 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Died: Mar. 24, 1926
Buried: Mar. 1926 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Thomas Jefferson Dowden
Married: Dec. 30, 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Buried behind Hodges Gardens.


F CHILD: 2. AVA ANNA SELF died at age 76

Born: May 22, 1864 in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Died: Feb. 5, 1940
Buried: Feb. 1940 in Toro Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: William Robert ("Dr. Billy") Ellzey, M.D.
Married: Dec. 28, 1878


M CHILD: 3. ROBERT E. SELF died at age 4

Born: June 6, 1866.
Died: Sep. 25, 1870
Buried: Oct. 1870 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Died at age 4. Buried behind Hodges Gardens.


F CHILD: 4. LULA E. SELF died at age 3

Born: May 20, 1868
Died: Aug. 26, 1871
Buried: Aug. 1871 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Buried behind Hodges Gardens.

M CHILD: 5. SAMUEL COLEMAN SELF (REV.) died at age 63

Born: Mar. 23, 1870 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Died: May 23, 1933 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Buried: May 1933 in Toro Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Ref: John D. Self     Occupation: Minister of the Gospel
Spouse: Ella Gandy
Married: Sep. 10, 1899 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Ceremony: Y
Spouse: Frances Lucretia ("Fanny Lou") Prater
Married: Jan. 1, 1901 in Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Samuel Coleman Self, as a Minister of the Gospel, founded several churches and missions in and around Sabine Parish. He was saved and ordained at the Toro Baptist Church. He and his wife, Frances Lucretia Prater, are buried side by side at the Toro Cemetery, next to the church. He was also a farmer.


F CHILD: 6. LOUISE ELLA SELF died at age 64

Born: Jan. 29, 1873 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Died: Oct. 28, 1937
Buried: Oct. 1937 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: James Franklin ("Uncle Jim") Coan
Married: Oct. 21, 1900
Buried behind Hodges Gardens.

M CHILD: 7. JOHN ISAAC SELF M.D. died at age 54

Born: Feb. 17, 1875 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Died: July 29, 1929 in Mount Holly, Arkansas
Buried: 1929 in Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, Arkansas
Occupation: Medical Doctor
Spouse: Cora E. Miller
Married: May 1, 1901 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
John Isaac Self left Louisiana after killing a man. He moved to Smackover, Arkansas. He was listed in the 1910 Census, Natchitoches Parish, as 38 years old and married 8 years. He is buried in Mount Holly, Arkansas, in Mount Holly Cemetery. His tombstone says he was born in 1875. The 1910 Census says he was born in 1872. In 1991 when I visited the cemetery it [the stone] was in very good shape.



F CHILD: 8. ELIZABETH JANE SELF died at age 2

Born: Sep. 24, 1876
Died: Dec. 30, 1878
Died at age 2.

F CHILD: 9. DAVID L. ("DADE") SELF

Born: 1879
Died: 1909
Buried: 1909 in Self Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: J. Leonard Slaughter
Buried behind Hodges Gardens. The Census of Rapides Parish, Louisiana lists David L. Self as a boy. David L. Self was actually a female. Aunt Dade's dress caught fire, and she burned to death.


SOME DOCUMENTS

Contributed by Cousin Elaine

The state of Louisiana, Parish of Sabine. Be it known, that before me, James F. Smith, a Notary Public, in and for Sabine Parish, Louisiana, duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified, on this 21st day of December 1885, personally came and appeared D. W. Self and W. S. Ellzey to me well known good and credible witnesses, who being by me duly sworn, on their oath, declared and said, that they are both well acquainted with Franklin D. Self, the claimant for bounty land & c in case No, 336007 and were well acquainted with William Self the father of said Franklin D. Self, and who was a soldier in the war of 1812, Capt. Thomas Beckhams Co. And that they know that said soldier William Self is the identical person who served as soldier in the war of 1812 as asserted and claimed in the claim of said Franklin D. Self, No. 336007. And that said William Self never did aid or abet the Confederate Government. And that said William Self married Miss Jane Walker and never had any other wife previous, and that said wife died previous to his death. And that she was never married to any one except William Self. And that said Franklin D. Self was a minor at the time of the death of his father the said William Self, being born on 28th October 1839. So help them God.

Sworn to and subscribed...........................D. W. Self
before me day of 21st...............................W. S. Ellzey
Dec. 1885
James F. Smith
Notary Public
Sabine Parish, LA.

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The state of Louisiana...................................................................................Be it known,
Parish of Sabine...........................................................................................that before me,
William W. McNeely, Clerk of the District Court of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, on this 4th day of February, 1886, personally came and appeared Franklin D. Self to me well known, son of William Self deceased, and claimant for Bounty land & c in claim No. 336007, who being by me duly sworn, declared and said that after the death of his mother his said father William Self married Elizabeth Sandifer by whom he had no issue, and that she is now dead; so help him God.

Sworn to and subscribed...........................F. D. Self
before me 4th February
1886
W. W. McNeely
Clk Dist Court

No application Elizabeth Self

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The state of Louisiana...................................................................................Be it known,
Parish of Sabine...........................................................................................that before
me, James F. Smith, a Notary Public, in and for Sabine Parish, Louisiana, duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified, on this 21st day of December 1885, personally came and appeared Franklin D. Self to me well known, the claimant in case No. 336007, who being by me duly sworn, on their oath, declared and said, that he is the identical person, son of William Self, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, Capt. Thomas Beckhams Co. And that his said father died in the year 1847 and never rendered any aid or abetted the Confederate Government and was never married only once, and then to Miss Jane Walker, who was his (this affiant's) mother, and that his said mother died previous to his father, and that his said mother was never married only the one time. And that he (this affiant) was a minor at the time of the death of his said father, the said William Self, he being born on 27th October 1839. So help him God.

Sworn to and subscribed...........................F. D. Self
before me 21st day of
December 1885
James F. Smith
Notary Public
Sabine Parish, LA.


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