5/2/03 Medicine Woman, I'm up late again doing my genealogy thing. *see below answer on my relationship to Gentry line. T.G. From: Medicine Woman <medicinewoman_1943@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [Gentry] Rolly Gentry >Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:11:46 -0700 (PDT) > >Thank you for this info. Good luck in yr research. >Keep us 'Rolly' fans posted. medicinewoman > >--- "T.M. Gentry" <tmgent01@hotmail.com> wrote: >I know of the spelling as Raleigh but I do have a >copy from Annette in Utah of a hand written paper from >the holdings of the Texas State Archives where >he signed himself as Roley Gentry. >Maybe it was changed after that letter which is >dated Dec., 1860 with signature of E.F. Edwards, Clerk >Co Court Llano. This was payment requested through his >attorney,Wm. Haynie (spelling of last name is not >clear) for his service as a Ranger in the Llano >Company Minute Mencommanded by Lt. Gideon >T. Cowain. My thought has been that his name as signed >was correct but I respect the family's spelling also. >I want to try to get another copy from the holdings >of the Texas State Archives as soon as possible with >any other Gentry information that they may have there. >Good to hear from you. T. Gentry > ps-are you also related to this family??? > *Yes by marriage so my husband is through Roley/Raleigh,Wm., John Wm., John B., Wesley and (my) Jim Gentry. > >===== >Medicine Woman's Vision-"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by >your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the >Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."~Ancient Indian >Proverb > >May the warm winds of heaven blow softly on your home, and the Great Spirit >bless all who enter there. May your moccasins make happy tracks In many >snows and May the Rainbow Always touch your Shoulder~~Cherokee Blessing > >Researching: Pocohantas>Powhatan>Ashby>DavidGentry>Tiana Rogers>Sam >Houston>RollyGentry>Bollings>Strother>Ash > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== >Ancestry's Gentry Message Board: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.gentry > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail