fr desc of Rolly Gentry <<THE ( RALEIGH ) WAS PUT ON THE MARKER AT THE CEMETARY IN GENTRY CREEK TEXAS. THE MARKER WAS PUT THERE BY PAUL GOULD. HE IS FROM JOHN WILLIAM GENTRY LINE. THE MARKER COST ABOUT $10,000.00 THIS MAN WAS NOT A RESEARCHER. HE HAD LOTS OF MONEY AND WANTED A TRIBUTE FOR THE GENTRY FAMILY. I AM GREATFUL HE PUT THE MARKER IN THE CEMETARY, JUST WISH MORE INFORMATION WAS CORRECT. ROLLY AND ALCEY GRAVITT GENTRY HAD SEVEN SONS. THE MARKER SAYS THEY HAD SIX. THIS IS AN ERROR. HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT SAMUEL AGE 9 THAT DIED IN TEXAS IN DEC 1849. THE MARKER DID NOT MENTION ALCEY GRAVITT GENTRY. IT DID NOT MENTION THE DAUGHTERS. THERE WAS MARTHA ADALINE AND MARY AND LUCINDA. I AM SURE MR PAUL GOULD DID NOT KNOW THIS INFORMATION. MR PAUL GOULD DID NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE ROLLEY GENTRY FAMILY. I BELIEVE HE IS STILL ALIVE --- PROBABLY ABOUT 90 YEARS. ROLEY GENTRY WAS ON THE MARRIAGE IN HALL CO GA NOV 3 1830 WITH ELSEY GREAVITT THIS SHOULD BE ALCEY GRAVITT. ROLEY JENTRY IS IN THE BOOK "THE HISTORY OF FORSYTH COUNTY" ROLEY GENTRY IS IN THE 1840 PAULDING CO GA CENSUS. ROLEY GENTRY IS IN 1850 HENDERSON CO TEXAS CENSUS. ROLEY GENTRY IS ON A DOCUMENT DTD 1860 ASKING FOR HIS SALARY FOR RANGER OF TEXAS TO BE PAID TO HIS ATTORNEY ROLEY GENTRY IS ON A 1860 FARM CENSUS LLANO CO TX ROLEY GENTRY SIGNED A COURT DOCUMENT 1869 SAYING HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS THREE GRANDCHILDREN. ( HIS SON ALLEN HAD BEEN KILLED, AND HIS WIDOW WAS JANE) ALLEN LEFT WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. ROLEY GENTRY SIGNED A BOND OF $1,000.00 SAYING HE WOULD SEE THE CHILDREN WOULD GO TO SCHOOL AND HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS. "ROLBY" GENTRY IS ON 1880 CENSUS FOR KINNEY CO TX. WITH WIFE JANE AND FIVE CHILDREN. ROLEY AND JANE HAD TWO CHILDREN. ALLEN GENTRY AND MARY JANE NOLING GENTRY HAD THREE CHILDREN. IT ALSO STATES THAT ROLEY GENTRY IS BLIND IN THE 1880 CENSUS. I SAW WHERE A ROLEY GENTRY DIED IN 1901 IN TEXAS.I DID NOT PRINT IT. I BELIEVE IT IS WRONG. ALCEY IS THE INDIAN SPELLING FOR ELSIE. ELSIE/ELSEY/ALCEY A RESEACHER FOUND A ROLARD OR BOLARD GENTRY IN THE POOR SCHOOLS FOR GEORGIA IN 1824. I NEED A COPY OF THIS. I WONDER IF MY ROLEY GENTRY COULD HAVE BEEN ROLARD????????????? 1870 CENSUS FOR KIMBLE CO TX " RAWLEY" GENTRY 50 [THIS IS NOT CORRECT HE IS 57] JANE 25 [THIS IS CORRECT, SHE WAS BORN 1845] CHILDREN RAWLEY 8 RAWLEY/ROLEY IS ALLEN GENTRY'S SON MATILDA 4 MATILDA IS ALLEN GENTRY'S DAUGHTER LUCINDA 3 LUCINDA IS ALLEN GENTRY'S DAUGHTER GUILFORD 1 GUILFORD IS ROLLY GENTRY'S SON I DO NOT WANT TO ARGUE WITH MY DISTANT COUSINS. BUT THIS IS FACT. MY GRANDFATHER ANDREW JACKSON GENTRY GRAVIET WAS BORN 1866 IN LLANO COUNTY TX. HE SAID HIS GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS ROLLY GENTRY AND THAT HE WAS A RANCHER AND FARMER AND TEXAS RANGER. MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE 1870 CENSUS FOR KIMBLE CO TX. -GEORGE GENTRY 27 -SUSANNA (YOAKUM) GENTRY 28 [THIS IS NOT CORRECT SHE WAS BORN IN IN 1837. CORRECT AGE SHE WAS 33 (SEVEN YEARS OLDER THAN GEORGE)] -ELSIE 9 [HER NAME WAS ALCEY AFTER HER GRANDMOTHER] -EMILE F 7 [HER NAME WAS EMILY FRANCES] -WILLIAM A 6 [HIS NAME WAS WILLIAM ANDERSON-HE WAS NAMED AFTER GEORGE'S BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR.] -ANDREW J 5 [THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER, ANDREW JACKSON GENTRY GRAVIET. AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND A NEIGHBOR TO HIS GRANDFATHER ROLLY(RAWLEY) GENTRY] -ELISA E 4 [SHE DIED AFTER THIS CENSUS] -NARTHA ADALINE 3 [SHE ALSO TOLD HER FAMILY THAT HER GRANDFATHER WAS ROLLY GENTRY.] I HAVE SEEN TEXAS HISTORY THAT REFERS TO RALEIGH GENTRY. MUCH OF THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FREDERICKA WYATT. 1840 PAULDING CO GA CENSUS -JOHN AND SAMUEL GENTRY ARE IN PAULDING I BELIEVE JOHN AND SAMUEL GENTRY ARE SONS OF MATTHEW GENTRY THIS IS WHY BILL GENTRY SAID HE HAD BELIEVED ROLLY GENTRY WAS A SON OF MATTHEW AND SOME OTHERS ADDED ROLLY UNDER MATTHEW WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE INCORRECT. ===== 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