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Comment by Sherry Hightower on October 20, 2009 at 3:58pm

FYI for those in Texas. This Sat is the Texian Market days at the George Ranch.

For more info: http://www.texianmarketdays.com/

Comment by jammie barker on September 27, 2009 at 1:24pm

Hi, according to DNA i a related to the famous Hog thieves of Austin colony, Whitakers and Fitzgibbons. We have never found a "paper" trail of this yet. My grandfather (great) was John T Whittiker brother os Margaret Ann Cox. any help would be great. counties include Montgoery, Washington, Shelby ,Panola and Upshur.

Comment by Gay on August 3, 2009 at 3:51pm

Hello, I'm a Proud to be 6th generation Texan. I can't find documentation on my earliest ancestor for the DRT...joined the UDC instead. My earliest ancestor was born in Nacogdoches Co. in 1768. Family lived in Liberty & Hardin Counties. Searching for information on Robert Garcia, Jeannutot, Chebret & Coubr.

Comment by Gen Story Girl on August 2, 2009 at 10:26am

Howdy All! I have been trying to find the death information for my 2nd great grandfather George Peter Stagner who died in Denton Co, TX between 1896 (when his daughter Bessie Mae Stagner was born) and 1900 (when his wife Mary E. Scott Stagner is listed as widowed on the census). Cannot find him listed on the Texas Deaths 1890-1976 or in any cemetery listing.

Comment by Betty Vaughn on July 30, 2009 at 4:14pm

Boy do I miss Texas!! I am glad Texas is so good about putting stuff online!! At least most of the counties I need. I am a 10 generation Texan who married and had children with a 8 generation Texan. That is a lot of Texas research!! I have Williams and Ware in Nacogdoches. In Austin Colony and members of the Old 300, I have Allen and Pryor. William Pryors brother-inlaw, Burk Trammell died at the Alamo. Also Roberts, Cole, Tubbs, Belt, Devereau & Johnston. my Gr-gr-gr-grandpa, Ezekiel Smith was the oldest member of the Meir Expedition and managed to live through his inprisonment in a Mexican prison and reture to Sequin, Texas when he was 70 years old. He must have been one tough old man!! My Reagor family first settled in Ellis County, then my line moved to Llano where my grandmother was born. a few of the counties I have have done research in are: Austin, Ft Bend, Waller, Washington, Colorado, Harris, Coryell, Ellis, Limestone, Freestone, Wood, Quitman, Dallas, Ft Worth, Palo Pinto, Collin, Jasper, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Wichita, Clay, Eastland, and several more I am sure.
My grandmother, Jewell Reagor found it a great place to grow up

Comment by Sherry Hightower on July 30, 2009 at 2:53pm

I can qualify for just about any of the societies, Colonial Dames, Huguenot, DAR, UDC..but the one I want the most, I can't get back one generation far enough. The earliest Texas immigration I can find is 1854/55 into Polk Co. from GA and AL. This is my dad's side. If I can ever find that one ancestor that will let me in the DRT, I will be one happy camper.

Comment by Sherry Hightower on July 30, 2009 at 2:30pm

Reply to Jon A. Edens, RE: Camp San Jacinto.

A few months back I was looking for whatever remains I could find for a cemetery for a lost community called "Joseph.":

JOSEPH, TEXAS. Joseph was ten miles northeast of Hempstead and six miles north of Waller in Waller County. It was named for Joseph Hard, one of the early citizens of the area, and probably established sometime around 1900. A post office served local farmers from 1905 to 1930. William Bradbury opened the first post office and operated a general store. He also built a steam cotton gin that burned around 1913 but was rebuilt the following year. The Joseph Christian Church used a boiler tank in the gin yard as a baptistery. During its formative years Joseph also had a gristmill operated by Bradbury, a blacksmith shop, a tanyard, a shoe repair shop, and a barbershop. With a declining farm population in the area, all of the community's businesses except the general store had closed before 1930, when the post office also closed. The general store remained open until March 1936. The population of the community never officially exceeded the twenty-five residents reported in 1947. In 1990 Joseph remained on county maps, which show only a cemetery at the site. -- http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/hvj19.html

In my search, I visited with some people living in the area. I spoke with a man who worked for the light company. He told of an old Confederate railroad trussel, close to complete deterioration, on the old creek/river that ran to the west of the area. It is only accessible by boat or by a private road. His kids go through the woods to visit the area. I can't tell you the man's name or how to find him. I could go to his house again but I can't say how to get there other than take the Joseph Rd off FM362 before it turns into FM1488. Follow it to you get to Old Joseph Rd. Makes a sorta square back to the main road The man lives near the corner in a house that backs up to the woods.

I am thinking this trussel may be what you are looking for.

Comment by Judith Richards Shubert on July 23, 2009 at 9:13am

In response to Jon A. Edens' post on the 19th July where he states he is working on the SAPP lines in Shelby County: my 3rd great-grandmother was Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Sapp, born, according to one descendant, July 30, 1797 in Atlanta, Georgia and died 1879 in Buena Vista, Shelby County, Texas. She married Charles Harrison Richards in Rhea County, Tennessee. He was born February 29, 1780 in Blount Springs, Alabama and died 1839 in San Augustine, Texas. I'd love for you to read my posts about the SAPPs and RICHARDS at Genealogy Traces and send me any comments or corrections you might have.

Comment by William Bernard Allen on July 21, 2009 at 11:31pm

Greetings all!

Im kind of at a dead end at the moment in my Allen research I have the following.

Me- William Bernard Allen

My father- William Bernard Allen born in Moline IL.

My Grandfather James Elwood Allen Born in Mercer County IL.

My Great Grandfather William Louis Allen born in Decatur Tx. 1879

Great Great Grandfather Henry Allen - - - -this is my dead end.

I hear he was born in Decatur Tx. But I have scoured the records and find no mention of him. I even went to the courthouse in Decatur and found nothing, records of his son William Louis but no sign of old Henry.

Comment by Beverley Ferrell on July 21, 2009 at 4:54pm

You are a true Texan!

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