----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Medders" <smedders1@bellsouth.net> To: <kilgore@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] Related? > On 3/31/2010 3:23 PM, James Norris wrote: >> As far as I know, I am not. The only Kilgore in my genealogy is one A. >> Smith Kilgore who died in Upshur County, Texas before 1860. This person >> was somehow related to Willis Kilgore who came to East Texas about 1848. >> Kilgore, Texas, was named for C. B. "Buck" Kilgore who was Willis >> Kilgore's son. It is possible that the Kilgores in Mt. Olivet were also >> descendants of Willis Kilgore. >> >> These people migrated to Texas from Georgia. >> >> Jim (not Kilgore) >> my kilgore's are from georgia and are related to willis, father of c.b. >> kilgore. his name was lewis and he is as far back as i have been able to >> get.have some info on him. he is very elusive. anyone with any info on >> this line please email me and willexchange any info that i have. thanks, >> smedders1@bellsouth.net >> <big snip> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KILGORE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message The Handbook of Texas Online has a large article about C. B. Kilgore. He was born in Newnan County, Ga, in 1835. I did a small amount of research because my Aunt (now deceased) told me that her grandmother (died 1897) mentioned "Uncle Buck" from time to time. That is a rather slender thread. The Kilgore Family Genealogy Forum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/kilgore/ has a recent thread about C. B. Kilgore which you may find useful. Jim