I missed the first discussion. Why did Clarke County families go to Texas at that time? My Clarke ancestors John H. and Martha (Lancaster) Cave were in Clarke County in January 1879 when their son, Percy, was born, but were in Wood County, TX before the 1880 census was taken. Bill Wilder wilder@netonecom.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: Report from Texas, 1880 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:21:19 -0500 > From: "Nancy Harwood" <ndhar@ix.netcom.com> > To: ALCLARKE-L@rootsweb.com > > Some time ago we talked on list about Clarke County families we > went out to Texas in the late 1870s. I had always been told that > my Davis/Grayson relatives came to Texas when my grandfather was > a year old (1877). Recently I found a letter from my > grandfather's sister, Clara Jane Davis, written in March, 1880, > to her half-sister, Susan Emma Evans Johnson (mother of Judge > Albert S. Johnson of Clarke Co.). The letter includes some of > Clara's impressions of Texas, and I thought it might be of > interest to others who had families going O.T.T. at this time. I > gather from this letter that my family's move to Texas must have > been in very early 1880 or perhaps late 1879. > Nancy Harwood > Houston, TX