On New Years Day, there will be a small gathering of the descendants of Samuel Lewis Burch and Dorothea Brown Burch. A Chapter of the Children of the Republic of Texas, will be placing "Citizens of the Republic of Texas" medallions on the graves of Samuel Burch, Dorothea Brown Burch, James Burch and his wife Martha Sims Burch, as they were "Citizens" of the Republic of Texas, having come to Texas in 1835/36. We invite many of the descendants of Samuel Burch and wife, Dorothea Brown Burch, to join us. They would be the descendants of: Valentine I. Burch and Helen Elmira Cauble; Ann Burch Holcomb and Marshall Holcomb; Matilda Burch Green and David Griggs Green; Catherine Burch and William B. Richards; Samuel Lewis Burch and Mary Jane Smith; William H. Burch and Rebecca Elizabeth Easthman. The gathering will be held at 11:00 a.m., January 1, 2011 at the Burch Catholic Cemetery near Moscow, Polk Co., TX. For directions please call Betty Cox, 936-398-5316. Sallie Cannon