EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 8 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Littlefield ["Betty Stokes" <bdsjh@hal-pc.org>] > #2 Fw: Can't recieve Mail. [wrtracy@juno.com] > #3 Society Meeting - January 27, Thur [Shelby County Historical Society <] > #4 History of Shelby County book [Shelby County Historical Society <] > #5 Re: From the Listowner: East Texas ["jmautrey" <jmautrey@email.msn.com] > #6 East Texas [Dan Capps <dcapps@casagrande.com>] > #7 Re: East Texas ["Gloria B. Mayfield" <gbmayfield@t] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-D, send a message to > > EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Littlefield > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:56:41 -0600 > From: "Betty Stokes" <bdsjh@hal-pc.org> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > I was reading a list of First Settlers of San Augustine Co., TX, by Gifford White. I found these men named Littlefield. > > #131 Wm. B. Littlefield - 640 Acres pre 10 Oct 1837 > #538 J. G. Littlefield - 1280 Received acres of Land 28 Sep 1837 > #55 J. G. Littlefield - 1280 Received acres of Land 16 Aug 1840 > > Does anyone know anything about them? > > Betty > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Fw: Can't recieve Mail. > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:18:27 -0700 > From: wrtracy@juno.com > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Friends > > I have been unable to get my mail since Saturday morning so if anyone has > written you will know why I have not replied. So far I have been able to > send my messages so hopefully this one will go out also. Please hold any > messages to me until I can get this problem resolved. > > Thanks > > Wanda > wrtracy@juno.com > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Society Meeting - January 27, Thursday > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:42:02 -0600 > From: Shelby County Historical Society <schs@panola.cc.tx.us> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Historical Society Meeting - January 27, Thursday - 6:00 p.m. - Shelby > County Museum > > Mr. Scott Dearman, Interpretive Ranger for the Mansfield State Historic > Site, will be speaking on the Mansfield site's importance before, during > and after the Civil War. Scott specializes in historical > interpretation, research, and research writing and living histroy > presentations and demonstrations. > > This young man will be a weath of information for our society and > community. Hope you all can make the meeting. > > -- > Shelby County Historical Society > Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library > Post Office Box 1542 > 230 Pecan Street > Center, Texas 75935-1542 > > tel:409/598-3613 > fax: 409/591-0959 > schs@panola.cc.tx.us > www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs > > Monday - Friday > 12:00 - 4:00 > Saturdays > 10:00 - 2:00 > After hours by appointment > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: History of Shelby County book > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:48:22 -0600 > From: Shelby County Historical Society <schs@panola.cc.tx.us> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > On Sale until May 2000 > Orders for History of Shelby County, Texas Vol 1, 1988 are being taken. > Prepayment of $130 per book > Mail check to the below addresss ATN: History Book > > If you have any questions, please contact Ray, Margie or John > > -- > Shelby County Historical Society > Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library > Post Office Box 1542 > 230 Pecan Street > Center, Texas 75935-1542 > > tel:409/598-3613 > fax: 409/591-0959 > schs@panola.cc.tx.us > www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs > > Monday - Friday > 12:00 - 4:00 > Saturdays > 10:00 - 2:00 > After hours by appointment > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: From the Listowner: East Texas > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:49:48 -0600 > From: "jmautrey" <jmautrey@email.msn.com> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > I do believe I have been misunderstood and I'll try one more time to clear > this completely before moving on to something else. > > Please refer to the original question of "where is East Texas"? > > Please refer to a response, giving a URL for US GenWeb Texas Map > > Please refer to a simple "copy and paste" list of the counties described on > the recommended US GenWeb Project Texas map, as it was divided somewhat into > counties and areas. (NOTE: This list was not created by me, check with the > state/county co ordinator for Texas US GenWeb Project and the manager of the > web site.) > > Please refer to paragraph which states "it seems to be somewhere between the > Red River and the Gulf I'm glad we have a list which includes all parts of > "East Texas, regardless if it is Northeast, East, or Southeast". > > At not time did I say there is a mailing list for North Central, Central > Texas or anywhere else. Please re-read the postings to be sure what you > thought you read was actually what you read. > > How such simple postings can create such flurries of messages which doesn't > even remotely pertain to the original message is beyond me. > > Thanks for the "kind and gentle" sarcastic mailings I have received, I'm > very disappointed at the maturity as well as the vindictiveness of some > people who evidently don't fully comprehend what what is written or what > they read. > > Jo Autrey > jmautrey@email.msn.com. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: P Phillips <webpsalms@iname.com> > To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 1:37 PM > Subject: From the Listowner: East Texas > > > Hi, Folks, > > > > This question about what is east Texas has come up before, and I do not > like > > the idea of making a list of counties that "qualify" because my sense is > > that "East Texas" is in a real sense a state of mind. I can understand > that > > someone searching for ancestors in Texas would want to have some idea of > > what area a mailing list covers. We've had quite a few responses, and > while > > all of them have some value, I really don't want to get pinned down and > give > > people the impression that there is any right or wrong. For instance, > there > > is an "East Texas" web site, which comes out of Tyler, that shows a map of > > East Texas and it does NOT include Nacogdoches. Give me a BREAK! > > > > Back in the early days, the Nacogdoches (yeah, the extra "a" in there is > > wrong, and I wrote and asked to have it corrected, but it has not been) > > district covered all or part of 29 counties, and extended all the way up > > through Dallas and down to Harrisville (Houston). East Texas Roots started > > out with Nacogdoches as the center and included all of the surrounding and > > nearby counties. At the time, there was NO mailing list that really dealt > > with this area. There is a mailing list for the counties up on the border > of > > OK, though we have queries for them, too. As someone mentioned, there is > the > > Hill Country list, and there is a West Texas list. East-Texas doesn't > extend > > into the panhandle, or down into the valley. Austin and San Antonio are > too > > far afield. What we are trying to do is provide a place where people can > > gather to discuss the area and their ancestors who lived in what has been > > "historically" East Texas. So it is less a set of current counties, than > it > > is a geographical-cultural area from OK to the gulf and extending about > 1/3 > > to 1/2 of the way from the LA border (which fluctuated some in the early > > days) into Texas. I *do* consider Houston, for instance, to be part of > East > > Texas, at least in some sense. > > > > Most of the queries and discussions involve the counties surrounding > > Nacogdoches: Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, Panola, Angelina, Cherokee, > > Houston, Rusk and the counties surrounding them. But that doesn't mean > that > > queries about some other area in the eastern quadrant are inappropriate, > > just that they probably will not get as much response. > > > > Now that each county has its own mailing list, East Texas Roots has > changed > > somewhat in character. As someone pointed out, if your ancestors wandered > > all around the Eastern part of Texas and different parts of your family > > lived in different counties, it is a lot more trouble to belong to a bunch > > of different lists, and many people choose to stay on ETR instead or in > > addition to a handful of primary counties. > > > > So, again, East-Texas-Roots is not for the Hill Country, the panhandle, > > South Texas (Corpus Christi, etc.), the Valley, but does encompass the > > counties bordering and surrounding Nacogdoches-Shelby-San Augustine, and > the > > area that used to be the Nacogdoches District. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Pam Phillips > > Listowner, East-Texas-Roots-L > > Email: webpsalms@iname.com > > > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: East Texas > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:59:46 -0700 > From: Dan Capps <dcapps@casagrande.com> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > I think East Texas is what YOU want it to be. > > Dan Capps > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: East Texas > Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:35:46 -0600 > From: "Gloria B. Mayfield" <gbmayfield@tyler.net> > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > I think East Texas is where the PINE TREES Are. Gloria > > Dan Capps wrote: > > > > I think East Texas is what YOU want it to be. > > > > Dan Capps > > -- DEAR East Texas: Can I jump in-is the fighting over? Looking for surnames-Kidwell, Edwards, Darwin, Walker, Hilliard, Bushnell, Levisay/Livesay, Farner, Mitchell, Howell, Lowry, Mitchell, Graham and Walker. They were in East Texas, North Texas, Mid-Texas, West Texas----all over Texas. Patti