Sorry to bother you with this. Many of my lists are not coming in digest form now. I've searched thru my tons of e-mail for the answer to my question and your personal e-mail address with no luck. Question: Is digest mode currently available, or soon will be? If not, I regretably must request to be removed from the list. Again, sorry to bother you. I know this mess must have kept you very busy. Thank you for your help. Linda Mearse personal e-mail address: lm@itouch.net list e-mail address: lmlist@itouch.net

Hi Folks, Do you have a MCMAHON, MCMAHAN, MAHON, MAHAN or other spellings in your tree? If so, please join us on Rootsweb! To subscribe, send an e-mail to this address: MCMAHON-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com In the message put: SUBSCRIBE With nothing else, no "thank you", and NO SIGNATURES: don't confuse the computer. See you there, Bill <wmcm@connecti.com> [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] [ MCMAHON List Owner. To join us, send: SUBSCRIBE to: ] [ <MCMAHON-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> ] [MCMAHON, MCMAHAN, MAHON, MAHAN***ALL Spellings Welcome ] [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] [ BROWDER List Owner. To join us, send: SUBSCRIBE to:] [ <BROWDER-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> ] [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] RESEARCHING: ASHCRAFT,BROWDER,BRUCE,BYERLY,COCK/COX HUGHS,JARVIS,LOVELESS,MACHEN,McMAHON,PAYNE,STONE,ETC

Would someone be kind enough to explain what "entrance certificates" were, who issued them and what information they contain. I assume that they were issued by Mexico to Texas settlers. ---------- > From: James P. Barrett <barrett@startext.net> > To: CARL808T@aol.com > Cc: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: 1835 entrance certificates > Date: Friday, May 30, 1997 2:22 PM > > CARL808T@aol.com wrote: > > > > can someone tell me where to go here on the computer to find more entries.? > > I have here Nacogdoches Archives 1835 Entrance Certificates pg.28 # 799 > > that one John Grissett type F status M 3 Nov. (arrived in 1832) > > Would like more info and find out what other relatives arrived and what > > dates > > Can someone Help? > > I don't have an answer for you, but did wonder if you have a copy of > the record and if so where you found it, or do you just have a reference > to the certificate. > > Hope replies are to the list. >

CARL808T@aol.com wrote: > > can someone tell me where to go here on the computer to find more entries.? > I have here Nacogdoches Archives 1835 Entrance Certificates pg.28 # 799 > that one John Grissett type F status M 3 Nov. (arrived in 1832) > Would like more info and find out what other relatives arrived and what > dates > Can someone Help? I don't have an answer for you, but did wonder if you have a copy of the record and if so where you found it, or do you just have a reference to the certificate. Hope replies are to the list.

Hi Folks, Do you have a BROWDER in your tree? If so, please join us on Rootsweb! To subscribe, send an e-mail to this address: BROWDER-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com In the message put: SUBSCRIBE With nothing else, no "thank you", and NO SIGNATURES: don't confuse the computer. See you there, Bill <wmcm@connecti.com> [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] [ MCMAHON List Owner. To join us, send: SUSCRIBE to: ] [ <MCMAHON-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> ] [MCMAHON, MCMAHAN, MAHON, MAHAN***ALL Spellings Welcome ] [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] [ BROWDER List Owner. To join us, send: SUSCRIBE to: ] [ <BROWDER-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com> ] [+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++] RESEARCHING: ASHCRAFT,BROWDER,BRUCE,BYERLY,COCK/COX HUGHS,JARVIS,LOVELESS,MACHEN,McMAHON,PAYNE,STONE,ETC

can someone tell me where to go here on the computer to find more entries.? I have here Nacogdoches Archives 1835 Entrance Certificates pg.28 # 799 that one John Grissett type F status M 3 Nov. (arrived in 1832) Would like more info and find out what other relatives arrived and what dates Can someone Help?

Here are some catagories of land grants in Texas: HEADRIGHT AND SIMILAR LAND GRANTS: First Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived before Mar 2, 1836. Heads of families received on league (4,428 acres) and one labor (177.1 acres), while single men received 1/3 league (1,476.1 acres). Second Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between Mar 2, 1836 and October 1, 1837. Heads of families received 1,280 acres, while single men received 640 acres. Third Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between October 1, 1837 and Jan 1 1840. Heads of families received 640 acres, while single men received 320 acres. Fourth Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between Jan 1 1840 and Jan 1 1842. The amounts issued were the same as for third class headrights, plus the requirement of cultivation of 10 acres. Pre-emption Grant: similar to the headright grants, pre-emption grants were made after statehood. From 1845 to 1854 homesteaders could claim 320 acres. From 1854 to 1856, and 1866 to 1898, up to 160 acres could be claimed. Homesteaders were required to live on the land for three years and make impprovements (such as building a barn) in order to qualify for a pre-emption grant of 160 acres. MILITARY LAND GRANTS: Bounty Grant: Grants awarded for military service during the revolution (law of 1837). Amount of land depended on length of service: 320 acres for each 3 months service up to 1, 280 acres. Soldiers were also awarded 240 acres for guarding the frontier. 7,469 bounty grants were issued for 5,354,250 acres. Donation Grant: Grants issued for participation in specific battles during the war for independence. Those who participated in the siege of Bexar and the battle of San Jacinto (including the baggage detail at Harrisburg), and those who fell at the Alamo and Goliad wee eligible for 640 acres. 1,816 donation warrants were issued for 1,162,240 acres. Military Headright Grant: Special grants issued to: (1) Soldiers arriving in Texas between March 2 and August 1, 1836 (2) Heirs of soldiers who fell with Fannin, Travis, Grant and Johnson (3)Those permanently disabled in the service of Texas Republic Veterans Donation Grant: A grant issued to veterans, or the widows of veterans, of the revolution and signers of the Declaration of Independence. Two laws were passed: (1) (Law of 1879) provided 640 acres, proof of indigency required. (2) (Law of 1881) provided 1,280 acres, and the indigency requirement was dropped. The veteran was reequired to have received a bounty grant orhave been entitled to one. This grant was repealed in 1887 with 1,278 certificates issued for 1,377, 920 acres. Confederate Script: A grant created in 1881 providing 1,280 acres to Confederate soldiers who were permanently disabled, or widows of Confederate soldiers. This grant was repealed in 1883 with 2,068 certificates issued. The above is info from the Texas General Land Board. Their address: Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue austin, Texas 78701 Phone: (512) 463-5001 Website where you can search land grants by county in Texas: <A HREF="ftp://ft p.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/">Tx land grants</A> You can send the name, grant #, and county name (you can get that from the website listed above) with $3.00 per person search fee to the General Land Board, and they will send you a list of information available on that person and grant, and the cost of each item. Mark envelope ATT: archives and research. Then prepare to WAIT. Probably takes a good month to get the info back. Sandy

I have added a few new pages to the Shelby County Page (also neighboring DeSoto Parish). http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/index.htm Jane Sanford Keppler

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I am looking for others who are researching these families in Cass Co., TX. Thomas S. McDUFFIE and his wife Francis CHILDERS. Joel William LILES and his wife Mary Clementine CROWSON. Richard J. CROWSON and his wife Jane "Jincy" TRIMBLE. John HALL and his wife Elizabeth CAMPBELL. Lewis HOWELL and his unknown wife. Anyone else???????? Wynellgen@aol.com

I am descended from Nathan Davis who was in the Panola/Shelby Co Area from 1822. This is an outline of 4 generations. If you see a connection, email me- I have more... Descendants of Nathan Davis 1 Nathan Davis Abt 1778 - Aft 1850 .. +Jane Abt 1781 - Aft 1850 ....... 2 Nathan Davis Abt 1811 - Aft 1880 ........... +Mary Abt 1814 - Bef 1850 ................ 3 Jane Davis Abt 1833 - ................ 3 Elizabeth Davis Abt 1835 - ................ 3 Abijah Davis 1835 - Abt 1907 .................... +Permelia Jane Taylor 1846 - Aft 1900 ......................... 4 Sarah Alice Davis 1865 - 1948 ............................. +James Wiley Mc Leroy 1859 - 1944 ......................... 4 Lula Jane Davis 1868 - 1956 ............................. +I J Starkey ......................... *2nd Husband of Lula Jane Davis: ............................. +Israel P Davis ......................... 4 Georgia Ann Davis 1875 - 1916 ............................. +JA Long ......................... 4 Fletcher McKnight Davis 1878 - 1935 ............................. +Florence Britton ......................... 4 Thomas J Davis 1887 - 1973 ............................. +Lena Britton ......................... 4 Emmie Catherine Davis 1889 - ............................. +GF Hudman ......................... 4 Jennie Davis Abt 1882 - ............................. +Edgar Bridwell ....... *2nd Wife of Nathan Davis: ........... +Susan Fletcher Abt 1820 - Aft 1860 ................ 3 Leuisa Davis Abt 1839 - ................ 3 Margaret A. Davis Abt 1841 - .................... +J. C. Wilson ................ 3 Nancy Davis Abt 1843 - ................ 3 Susan Davis Abt 1846 - ................ 3 Martin F. Davis Abt 1849 - .................... +Louviny Abt 1853 - ......................... 4 William F. Davis Abt 1876 - ......................... 4 Martel Davis Abt 1877 - ......................... 4 Paul Davis Abt 1880 - ................ 3 Mary Davis Abt 1853 - ................ 3 Stephen Davis Abt 1855 - ................ 3 Harrison E. Davis Abt 1856 - Abt 1888 .................... +Mary Catherine Fisher 1860 - 1938 ......................... 4 Oscar F. Davis 1877 - ............................. +Martha ......................... 4 Helena Davis 1878 - ............................. +Thomas M. Bailey 1850 - ......................... 4 Nancy Jennett Davis 1882 - 1956 ............................. +Horace L. Howard 1884 - 1955 ......................... *2nd Husband of Nancy Jennett Davis: ............................. +Albert E. Lake Abt 1876 - ......................... *3rd Husband of Nancy Jennett Davis: ............................. +George Terrell Skidmore 1865 - 1915 ......................... *4th Husband of Nancy Jennett Davis: ............................. +William Marion White 1856 - 1932 ................ 3 Sarah Davis Abt 1859 - ....... *3rd Wife of Nathan Davis: ........... +Elizabeth C. Abt 1832 - ....... 2 Harrison Davis Abt 1814 - Abt 1880 ........... +Elizabeth ................ 3 Nathan Davis .................... +Emaline Taylor 1845 - ......................... 4 William H Davis Abt 1866 - ......................... 4 Elizabeth Emily Davis 1868 - ......................... 4 Thomas Davis 1870 - ......................... 4 Sarah J Davis 1873 - ......................... 4 John S Davis 1876 - ......................... 4 Lillie N Davis 1879 - ................ 3 Sarah Davis Abt 1840 - ................ 3 Jane Davis Abt 1844 - ................ 3 Thomas Davis Abt 1847 - ................ 3 John Davis Abt 1850 - ................ 3 Stephen Davis Abt 1853 - ....... 2 Caleb Lewis Davis Abt 1824 - ........... +Easter E Abt 1828 - ................ 3 Abijah Davis 1847 - ................ 3 Thomas Davis 1850 - ....... 2 Antony Davis Abt 1826 -

ANGELINA COLLEGE, P. O. Box 1768, Lufkin, Texas, 75902-1768 Main Switch Board 1-409-858-639-1301 FAX 1-409-4299 Community Services direct number 1-409-633-5206 1ST ANNUAL GENEALOGY SEMINAR Friday Evening, June 13, and Saturday, June 14, 1997 Angelina College Community Services Conference Center (South First Street/U.S.Hwy 59 South, 3 miles south of Loop 287) FEATURING: JOHN VINCENT WYLIE & BARBARA BRIXEY WYLIE 2818 Landershire Lane, Garland, Texas 75044-5974 Phone: 1-972-495-4410 Fax: 1-972-495-1569 E-MAIL: jwylie@metronet.com REGISTRATION: $25.00 before June 1st. $30.00 after June 1st [Includes seven instructional hours, computer lab fees for hands-on genealogy computer software demonstrations, and catered Bar-B-Que lunch on Saturday. The seminar will be canceled if a minimum of 30 registrations are not received by June 1, 1997. Registration after June 1, 1997, or on-site registration the day of the seminar will be on a space available basis. Seating capacity is 130. Full refund available until Thursday, June 12th. College is closed on Fridays during summer months. Extra Lunches $6.00. Munchies on Friday Evening and Saturday Morning] FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1997: Sign in 6-6:30 6:30-7:30 p.m. IF I HAD KNOWN THEN…Lessons learned the hard way. 7:45-8:45 p.m. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SATURDAY, JUNE, 14: Sign in 8-8:30 8:30-9:30 a.m. THE KODAK MOMENTS… Finding the vital and not so vital events in your ancestors life. 9:45-10:45 a.m. WE JUST LOSE OUR CENSUS… Don't Just Skim the Population Schedules! There's More. 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. YA GOTTA KNOW THE TERRITORY… Using a variety of research aids, records, and knowledge of the locality to find hidden ancestors. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Bar-B-Que beef lunch in college cafeteria. 1:30-2:30 p.m. A PIG IN A POKE…Misleading, misunderstood and misused resources. 2:45-3:45 p.m. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Make registration check payable to Angelina College and mail to Attn: Community Services Genealogy Seminar at address above. Major Credit cards accepted. Full refund if you are unable to attend on day of seminar.

In a message dated 97-05-29 00:40:58 EDT, you write: << I am researching the SAIN clan, some of whom went to TX in 1800s. I am not familiar with the term "headright". Please explain. >> The "heads" of families were given "rights" to land as an inducement to settle in Texas, as a reward for military service, etc. , hence the term, "headright".

X-No-Archive: Yes On Thu, 29 May 1997 08:05:46 -0400 (EDT), BPerk930@aol.com wrote: )I have changed my email address for this list to: bperkins@telis.org. If )this service works out well, I'll discontinue my aol account. Those of you )with whom I've communicated will hopefully make a note of this so we can keep )in touch. ) way to go Brenda So happy to see another with the courage to just say NO to aol <G> Welcome to the real world where no one holds your hand. You are now a graduated internet user. Go forth and be responsible. cheers chas =================================================== Charles L Hamilton (chasm@insync.net) Houston, TX Que bonito es no hacer nada, y despues de no hacer nada - Descansar. X-No-Archive: Yes

I have changed my email address for this list to: bperkins@telis.org. If this service works out well, I'll discontinue my aol account. Those of you with whom I've communicated will hopefully make a note of this so we can keep in touch. Thanks. Brenda BPerk@aol.com bperkins@telis.org reseaching San Augustine and Tyler counties: WILLSON, DAVIS, BARNES, BATES, THOMAS

>In a message dated 97-05-29 00:40:58 EDT, you write: > ><< I am researching the SAIN clan, some of whom went to TX in 1800s. I am >not > familiar with the term "headright". Please explain. > >> > >The "heads" of families were given "rights" to land as an inducement to >settle in Texas, as a reward for military service, etc. , hence the term, >"headright". the term "headright", from my experience, refers to Indian natives that signed the treaties or rolls around the turn of the century. It was their surrender to the U.S. and the gov't's way of keeping track of them. Also gave them limited "rights" to own property (on the reservation), two mules, etc, etc Tom Cloud <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu>

Sue Skay Abruscato I am researching the SAIN clan, some of whom went to TX in 1800s. I am not familiar with the term "headright". Please explain. And if you have any of the Sain clan in you research, I would be very interested in them. Thanks Howard

I am looking for the parents of Owen Victor Garner. According to census information he was born in 1878 in AR. He riased his family in NE Texas. His wife was Lottie Elizabeth GRAY. Owen Victor returned to AR and died in Sevier County, Arkansas in 1960. Children were -- all born between 1900 and 1918 Joseph Arlie GARNER Eugene GARNER Luther GARNER Lester GARNER Bonnie Jewell GARNER Paul GARNER Thelma GARNER Clay GARNER Ella Marie GARNER Any information on this Garner family would be greatly appreciated. Nancy Matthews nlmatthews@insolwwb.net Nancy's Lawrence County Corner http://www.insolwwb.net/~nlmatthews/nancy1st.htm Lawrence County Arkansas Page http://www.compnetar.com/~billc/lawrence/

I'm forwarding what I believe is a VERY important message! If the branches of the archives get closed down, that's OUR Texas Archives in Ft. Worth, too! I'm writing a letter to him & I hope you will, too! Bonnie ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 14 No. 3 Florida Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society, Inc. Newsletter "John H Carlin, former Governor of Kansas an now the country's top archivist, is proposing a program to close all 12 of the regional archive locations. The regional offices are found in 1) Waltham, MA holds records for states of Conneticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; 2) New York, NY holds records for New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands; 3) Philadelphia holds records for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia; 4) East Point, GA has records for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; 5) Chicago, IL holds records for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin; 6) Kansas City, MO has records for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska; 7) Fort Worth, TX holds records for Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas; 8) Denver, CO holds records for Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming and some records created in New Mexico and Arizona; 9) Laguna Niguel, CA holds records for Northern California, Hawaii, Nevada (except for Clark County) and the American Samoa Islands; 11) Seattle, WA holds records for Idaho, Oregon and Washington; 12) Anchorage, AK holds records for Alaska. Carlin proposes to build two mega-archives, perhaps in Washington, DC and in either California or Kansas. The plan calls for all of the microfilm in the present archives to be deposited in university libraries and public libraries-neither of which has the space nor staff to accommodate the millions of researchers who use these regional archives. Presently the regional archives have trained, professional staff persons in place. If you wish that the archives system to remain as it is write to Carlin at: The National Archives, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Remember-if you wait for someone else to write the letter it may not get done.