Ezekiel Rufus "Zeak" Britt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1846, North Carolina
• Alternate birth: 1848, North Carolina

Notes:

Census records show that he and his family moved from Moore County, North Carolina to what would become Oklahoma sometime between 1880 and 1900. The same records present an entirely inconsistent record of whether he was literate.

In the 1850 census he is four years old, living with his mother Nancy, 42, father Zacheriah, 36, sister Elizabeth, 11, brother Enoch, 9, brother Henry, 6, brother William, 1, all in Moore County, North Carolina. His "cannot read and write" column is checked.

In the 1860 census he is 13, living with his father (the name as written looks like "Lachara"), age 40, a 40-year-old woman named Elizabeth (presumably his stepmother), brother Enoch, 18, brother Henry, 17, and brother William, 11, all in Moore County, North Carolina, post office Good Spring. His "cannot read" column is unchecked.

In the 1870 census he is 22, living in Bensalem, Moore County, North Carolina with wife Lydia, 21, son Henry, 3, daughter Margaret, 5 months, and Elizabeth Pool, age 70. His "cannot read" and "cannot write" columns are unchecked.

In the 1880 census he is 33, living in Shuffield, Moore County, North Carolina with wife Lydia M, 34, daughter Margret, 10, son Henry F., 9, daughter Nancy C., 7, son John C, 4, and daughter Mary A., 1. His "cannot read" and "cannot write" columns are checked.

In the 1900 census he is 53, living with wife Lydie M., 54, and son Ezkil R., 11, all in Township 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The word "yes" appears in his "can read" and "can write" columns.

He last appears in census records in 1910, 63 years old (mistranscribed on ancestry.com as "69"), living with wife Lydia M., 64 and granddaughter Bonnie (born in Oklahoma), 12, in Burnett, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. The word "no" appears in his "can read" and "can write" columns.

Ezekiel married Lydia Martha Richardson in 1864. Lydia was born in Nov 1845 in Moore County, North Carolina; died on 6 Jan 1931 in Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma; was buried in Dolberg Cemetery, Roff, Pontotoc, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Joseph Lee Morgan in 1885 in North Carolina. Joseph (son of Nathan Raleigh Morgan and Margaret Roseanne Richardson) was born on 25 Sep 1866 in Eagle Springs, Moore, North Carolina; died on 13 Dec 1929 in Texas; was buried in Willow Point Cemetery, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Oct 1898, Wise County, Texas
• Alternate death: 24 Jan 1977, Parker County, Texas

Family/Spouse: Martha Louise Watson. Martha (daughter of Turner Breckenridge Watson and Sarah Ann Flowers) was born on 27 Jul 1897 in Oklahoma; died on 27 May 1973 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas; was buried in Willow Point Cemetery, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a WAC in World War II.

Mildred married Lauren Leonard "Larry" Doyle on 12 Aug 1945 in First Baptist Church, Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas. Lauren (son of Frank Conran Doyle and Annalee Chaster Taylor) was born on 12 Apr 1920 in Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas; died on 16 Jun 2003 in Denison, Grayson, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]