Dear Researcher: There are Evans from Cherokee County, Tx. I went to schol withthem. They are scattered now but one set of them had Douglas and Mary Evans as parents at a little community called Griffin, Tx. They all went to New Summerfield Schools which is 10 East of Jacksonville, Tx on Highway 79. Hope this gives you a clue. Sincerely, Margie Lacy Evjen ---------- > From: MATillma@aol.com > To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Is everyone here? > Date: Sunday, August 10, 1997 7:06 PM > > I'm homesick for those Piney Woods, too- but August is not East Texas at its > finest. I'll wait for October before I head out to prowl cemetaries... > > But since business is slow, I'll put out an APB for some of my most elusive > ancestors: > > Mary Sapp who m Charles Harrison Richards and came to Shelby/Panola Co ca > 1835 from GA by way of AL. Mary is awful lonely, being the only Sapp in my > files. Surely someone knows her birth family... > > Mary Morris b ca 1867 and m. JL Morgan Richards, and died leaving 4 kids- > Lula, John, Harris and Ruby. I know she had female relatives named Melie, > Mae and Maybelle all who married Richards men-leading to some very tangled > relationships. > But who were her parents??? > > Levicey (aka Louisa) Evans b ca 1802 in TN, m. Thomas B Garrett and migrated > to TX ca 1834. Levicey and Thomas B are buried out at Douglass Cemetary. > She also misses her Evans kin- Did they come to TX or stay in TN??? > > Philip Stiefer m a woman listed on census as Purdy and Prudy and buried along > side him as PA Stiefer (1857-1914) in Edom cemetary in Van Zandt Co. Is her > true identity Martha Ann Hardin, sister of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin??? > If so I have a bunch of her kinfolk lined up for a reunion....If not, I have > a bunch of descendants waiting to get acquainted. Who is Prudy/ Purdy? > > Henry Tillman b ca 1799 poss in NC moved to Morgan Co, GA, picked up a bride > named Lydia (Liddy) Johnston/Johnson and moved to Talbot Co, GA in time for > the 1830 census. By the time 1850 census rolled around he and his had > settled in Cherokee Co where descendants are still. Who were parents of > Henry and Lydia? > > Hannah Grigsby, b ca 1825 in TN, m Isaac M Coston ca 1850 in TN and migrated > to TX. She is buried at Laneville cemetary. Family lore has it that she is > a cousin of Sam Houston. Did her birth family migrate to TX or stay in TN? > Is she kin to the TN Grigsby girls who m. the Blair boys and moved to Rusk > Co, TX, a few years earlier? > > Thanks for any clues- these people are keeping me up at night....