Small world, my son's father and family are from Pauls Valley, actually his g grandmother was married to Joe Paul before he died. I am the CC for Garvin Co., OK. And, there were Jesse's in the Cumberland Kilgore's. g On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Carole Bazzell <cabazzell@gmail.com> wrote: > Dorothy, > My husband's gr grand father was Jesse Rather Kilgore. He was born in 1848 > in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama.His parents died when the children were very > young and they were divided amongst the relatives. > Jesse lived with an uncle and they moved to Texas. He married Lydia Anne > Bradfield. They moved to Pauls Valley Oklahoma and they stayed there until > he retired from farming around 1930 when they moved to Oklahoma City, OK. > Earlier the Kilgores and Bradfields were from Georgia. > I don't know if Jesse had slaves. I believe there were lots of Jessies. > Carole Bazzell > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM, William E. Garrison < > dandbgarrison@att.net > > wrote: > > > The below link is to a WPA interview in Okl. of a Henry Clay Kilgore > whose > > father, Simson Kilgore, was a slave. Simson's "master" was Jesse Kilgore. > > Any thoughts who Jesse Kilgore was or if he may have been an Indian > > transplanted to Okl.? > > > > http://digital. libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/papers/12454%20Kilgore.pdf > > > > Dorothy Garrison > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Gail Meyer Kilgore D'Lites of the Desert Casa Grande, AZ 85122