Malinda FROST

1820 - 1870  (49 years)

• Name	Malinda FROST
  Birth	7 Aug 1820	VA
  Gender	Female
  Birth	20 Aug 1820	VA
  Reference Number	LX2M-5RR
  Death	17 May 1870	Houston County, TX
  Burial	Lonesome Dove Cemetery, Southlake, Tarrant County, TX
  Notes	(1) Source: "Hooper/Frey/Shamhart/Taylor Family Tree," a Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/161404328/person/142127758495/facts>. (2) In McLean, Malcolm Dallas, Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Vol. 9, October 1834 through March 20,1835, Arlington, TX: UTA Press, 1982, p. 123, Samuel FROST's children are listed in the following order: William, Robert B., Melinda, Matilda, Juliann, Joseph, Joel, Sarah Jane, John M & Thomas. If those children are listed in age order, Malinda was the 3rd oldest child of Samuel FROST. (3) James Manford Dwight, "Malinda Frost Dwight Hill - Her History and Her Family" <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/citizens/c_hill.htm>: Malinda Frost, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Frost, was born August 7, 1820 in Virginia. Samuel and Elizabeth had nine known children: Robert B., Matilda, Juliann, Joseph, Joel, Sarah Jane, John M. and Thomas. In 1833, the family immigrated to Texas as members of the Robertson Colony. Malinda is my great-grandmother. For all intent and purpose, Malinda's childhood was short lived, and because of that she never learned to read or write. She married George E. Dwight (b. abt. 1805) about 1833/34 somewhere in Texas. It is possible that they were married by Elder John Parker who was a baptist preacher and founder of Parker's Fort. George was from Mississippi and a miller by trade. While the marriage record has so far not been located, it is known that George and Malinda had a child at Fort Parker during the Indian attack and some books indicate that there were two children but documentation can only be found for one child. In James W. Parker's account of the events; he indicates Malinda had two children, but Rachel Plummer indicated the Dwight family consisted of one child. That child was Elizabeth Dwight (b. Texas) and according to the 1850 Houston County Census; she was born in the late part of 1834 or the early part of 1835. So it is possible that there was an infant born after her that did not survive. Malinda's family, along with her parent's family, was living at Parker's Fort, which was located on the headwaters of the Navasota River, sixty miles from the nearest white settlement. The nearest protection at that time would have been Fort Houston in Anderson County, near present day Palestine. Today called Fort Parker, it is located about two and one half miles northwest of the town of Grosebeck in Limestone County, about one mile from the river. In 1836 the fort was inhabited by a little over 30 persons. Most of whom were women and children. On May 19, between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00 am, Indians attacked and the occupants were forced to flee or face certain death or worse. George Dwight took my Malinda out of the fort to the river bottoms, along with his father-in-law's family and possibly others. It was on that fateful day that Malinda's father and one of her brother's died by the hands of the Indians that savagely attacked Fort Parker, killing and taking prisoners of those that did not escape. According to the McLean Papers concerning the Robertson's Colony in Texas, (Volume IX; 03 Nov. 1834.) Samuel Frost and his son Robert stayed at the fort to buy time for the Dwight and Frost families to escape to safety on the river bottoms during the Parker Fort Massacre. Without food and no means of procuring it, and without shoes and the proper clothing for such a journey, Malinda would have to make that fateful journey through the howling wilderness that was no more than a trackless and uninhabited country; literally covered with venomous reptiles and ravenous beast, while fleeing a savage and relentless foe that only hours ago, killed and mutilated her father and older brother and leaving their lifeless bodies. James W. Parker and his family, along with the Dwight and Frost families, traveled on foot for 5 days. On the sixth day, James Parker told my great-grandfather to stay with the survivors. A group of 18 people, of which 12 were children. Parker left alone to get help, in the belief that he could get to help back faster if he traveled alone. George and Malinda moved around for a while and found themselves in Houston County, on Elkhart Creek, where George owned and operated a water mill. It is there George died and left Malinda a widow with six boys and one girl. Their family consisted of: 1. Elizabeth (b. 1835) 2. Robert Brooks (b. 1837, Houston County, Texas - d. July 18, 1902, Texas) 3. Adrain A. (b. 1840, Houston County, Texas) 4. Francis Marion (b. 14 March 1844 - Aug. 21, 1920, Willow Point, Wise Co., Texas.) 5. Ellery G. (b. Houston County, Texas) 6. Joel J. (b. 22 Mar 1849, Anderson County, Texas - d. 20 Nov 1919, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas) Occupation farm labor. Married Salitha Emma Elizabeth Williams (b. 15 Nov 1853 - 5 Dec 1916, buried Lonesome Dove Cemetery) She was the daughter of James Williams and Permelia Henley. Joel was a member of the Lonesome Dove Church. . . . 7. John Martin Harvey (b. 12/24/1851, Leon County, Texas - d. 09/06/1929, Clovis, New Mexico.) Malinda moved her family to Limestone County, near the old Parker's Fort from whence George and she had been driven years before by the Indians in what is known as the Parker's Fort Massacre. Sometime afterwards, Malinda met and married Allen Hill, who was a Campbellite. Her son Frank (Francis Marion Dwight, I) writes about his desire to hear the preaching of a Baptist preacher and Allen Hill would from time to time invite one of the Alex boys to come to their house to preach. When Frank came home from the Civil War, he found that his step-father, Allen Hill, had died. Frank took charge of his mother's family and brought them to Dallas County. While there he writes that they enjoyed the ministerial services of Elders W. B. Long and J. F. Pinson, Baptist preachers. Moving once again, this time to Tarrant County, near Lonesome Dove Church. Malinda Frost Dwight Hill died and was buried in the Lonesome Dove Church Cemetery which is in northeast Tarrant County near Grapevine, Texas. Frank soon married, took charge of his mother's younger children, joined the Lonesome Dove Church and was baptized by Elder A. J. Hallford. In a few months his wife was happily converted and joined the church. In time his mother's three youngest children were saved and also joined the church. . . . (4) www.findagrave.com: Malinda Frost Hill Birth: 20 Aug 1820 Death: 17 May 1870 (aged 49) Burial: Lonesome Dove Cemetery, Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, USA "AGE 49 Ys 9 Ms 10 Ds" [Note by compiler: Based on the information set forth above, the compiler has calculated the decedent's birth date to have been 7 August 1820.] She was the daughter of Samuel Frost who was killed by Indians during the Parker's Fort Massacre on May 19th, 1836. She and her husband George E Dwight escaped with the other survivors to Fort Houston. Allen Hill was her second husband. Her daughter Elizabeth is SHIBALVR's gggrandmother. She also was the youngest to survive the Fort Parker massacre. She is buried in Amarillo under her last husbands name WC Anderson. - Contributor: SHIBALVR (47126695) Family Members: Parents: Samuel M. Frost (Unknown-1836); Spouses: George Ellery Dwight (1805-1856, m. 1835), Eli Allen Hill (1839-1886, (m. 1856); Children: Elizabeth Dwight Anderson (1835-1919), Francis Marion Dwight (1844-1920), Joel J. Dwight (1849-1919) Maintained by: Marsha Newton Kirchmeier Originally Created by: Sherill Thatcher Added: 23 May 2006 Find a Grave Memorial: 14394447
  Person ID	I40192	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel M. FROST,   b. Abt 1795, Washington County, VA d. 19 May 1836, Limestone County, TX (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth DINKINS,   b. Abt 1799, Washington County, VA d. 1870 (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1814	Washington County, VA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F17235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Ellery DWIGHT,   b. 1805, Natchez, Adams County, MS d. 15 Feb 1856, Grapevine, Tarrant County, TX (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1835
  Children	1. Ellery G. DWIGHT   2. Joel J. DWIGHT   3. John Martin Harvey DWIGHT   4. Francis Marion DWIGHT   5. Elizabeth DWIGHT   6. Robert Brooks DWIGHT   7. Adrian DWIGHT
  Family ID	F17241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eli Allen HILL,   b. 3 Jun 1839   d. 12 Jul 1886 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F17242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Fleet, Beverly, Washington County Marriage Register, 1782-1820, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1961, p. 32: Date: 1 Oct 1814 Contracting Parties: Saml Frost & Betsy Dinkins Minister: James Folley [his surname was probably Foley, not Folley; his denomination is unknown]. Details: Details: Citation Text: (2) Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999: Name: Samuel Frost Gender: Male Spouse Name: Betsy Dinkins Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1 Oct 1814 County: Washington State: Virginia.