> I have apparently missed a lot of messages. Is there anyone who can and > will help me with my mystery?? I have posted it before. > > My GrPa William Simon Goynes b. 25Nov1871 in possibly Polk Co., Texas. > Father/or uncle Had/Hadley G. was in a card game in Liberty Co. Tx, the Big > Thicket area of East Texas. Had won the game with a pair of twos. One of > the men he was playing with became furious and attacked him with a knife. > He cut Had G. in his arm/shoulder, gangrene set up and Had lost his arm. He > was a fiddle player so it was really hard on his family. The story goes that > GrPa William Simon Goynes drove a horse and wagon, took a shotgun, and went > to the courthouse and shot the bad sport. Will hid in the Big Thicket , > lived in a giant cypress tree for 2 1/2 years. When he came out he met and > married my Grannie, Lucy Beulah Cline(s) Smith (abt 1906). > > GrPa's mother was supposed to have been Lov or LovieAnn married Had G., she > died within hours of his birth. His Aunt Ada Turner was supposed to have > taken him to her home, placed him on a wet nurse and took care of him. I > cannot find in Polk Co., TX or any surrounding counties, records of any of > this. Please help. > > Thanks and Be Blessed, > Lorene > > > > > > > ============================== > > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > >