Notes for John Bittick
Oregon Trail, The Elliot Wagon Train of 1853
In 1853, contracts were let to build the new road which was believed to be over a hundred miles shorter than the old Oregon Trail. It was known as the Elliott Cut-Off, and those who took it were often referred to as 'The Lost Wagon Train of 1853'. The Elliot Wagon Train of 1853 turned off the Oregon Trail near the present-day town of Vale, Oregon and took the dry Eastern Oregon route that finally led them over the Cascades into Lane County.
At Umatilla Indian Agency, Thomas K. Williams, acting Indian Agent, attempted to keep an accurate list of those passing the agency on the Oregon Trail. This roster includes those known to have been members of the Elliott, or 'Lost Wagon Train of 1853', who took the new Cut-off. Added also are name of those believed to have taken the new route, but not proven.
John Biddix, of Pike County, Arkansas appears on the list, Mrs. Capitola Glazier to Mrs. Dora Lee, Eugene, Oregon, as leaving for Oregon with the Brewer family of Pike County.
[Immigration Roster of the Elliott Cut-Off 1853-54 & Immigration Registration at Umatilla Agency 1853]
John survived the trip and is next found on the 1854 Tax Roll of Jackson County, Oregon. In 1860 he is living in Tulare County, California with a possible relative, Joseph Bittick, son of Jonathan Bittick. John remained in Tulare County where he received land patents in 1873. By 1880 he returned to Arkansas and is living with his sister, Frances Bittick Davis.
Oregon Historical Records Index - Oregon State Archives:
John Bittick
Date: 1854
Record Type: Tax Roll
County: Jackson County
Source: Provisional and Territori [sic]
Remarks: Assessment Roll
Case No. 12281A
[http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=347039]
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Tax Lists:
Pike Co, Arkansas
1848 - John Bittick
1850 - John Bittick
1850 Thompson Township, Pike Co, Arkansas, 16 or 19 November 1850, p185b:
#208/208 Jesse Bittick 46 m farmer NC
John 23 m Ar
Caroline 20 f Ar
America 19 f Ar
Saml 16 m Ar
1860 Township 2, Tule River PO, Tulare Co, California 25 July 1860, p25a:
#199/199 Joseph Biddits 32 m w farmer $-/1300 Tx
Eliza 21 f w housekeeper Ky
Henry 3 m w Ca
Albert 1 m w Ca
John Biddits 40 m w farmer Ar [his age is wrong, should be about 30]
[Joseph Biddits/Bittick is the son of Jonathan Bittick and Jinsy Butler who lived in Arkansas and moved to Texas about 1836. The relationship between Joseph and John is not known.]
1866 August 18 - Date of Registration in Tulare Co, California as shown on the Great Register of Tulare Co, California in 1882.
1869 Tule River, Tulare Co, California, Great Register
John Bittick 38 US Tule River Precinct, registered 18 August 1866
1870 - unable to locate on census
Land Warrant - Bureau of Land Management:
1873 Jun 15: John Bittick received 160 acres in Tulare Co, California. Located in Township 021S, Range 027E, Sections 33 and 34. Document No. 133. Accession CACAAA 130144. [Image not online at BLM]
1873 June 25: Tulare Co, California Land Patents:
John Bittick
Mount Diablo Meridian
Township: 02105
Range: 0270E
Section: 033 & 034
Document ID: 133
1880 Washburn Township, Sebastian Co, Arkansas 18 June 1880, ed184, p683c:
#262/271 Davis Frances w f 53 widow works in house Ar Tn --
Larcena w f 16 dau single at home Ar Tx Ar - attended school
Caladona w f 12 dau single at school Ar -- Ar - attended school
Bidix John w m 54 brother single farming Ar Tn --
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