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....