Mary Alice, I have responded to "Helen" about our Kemper line. Your note got my interest. I have lost an Isaac Anderson born in Jefferson, County, TN about 1841, moved with father Rev. William Anderson to Jackson County, KY about 1843, possibly moved/migrated/traveled with brother , Abijah, to North Texas about 1881. Any connection? Paul ps Glad to furnish a copy of my KY Kemper file with you if appropriate. ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. A. Farrell" <mafarr28@peoplepc.com> To: <kygarrar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [KYGARRAR] Death of John Kemper - 1834 - Garrard Co., KY > Helen, the term "Texian" means the families imported into Spanish and > Mexican Texas, by contracts with various impresarios (Austin, DeWitt, > Robertson, etc), before the declaration of Texas independence from Mexico > and formation of the Republic of Texas. After we became an independent > country, we were "Texans". Many land records (grants, patents) are now > searchable online at the TGLO (Texas General Land Office), and a great > database of claimants for payment by the Republic of Texas. Your > Frederick might be there, or his heirs. > > I descend from six lines of these early Texians, many from Kentucky! > Indian massacres resulted in the deaths of several of my ancestors, in > Navarro and Houston counties, in 1838 (Karankawas). My Grandfather told > of hearing an Indian War Party pow-wow during the night, near his remote > home, as late as 1880, when he was 11 years old. > > Strangely, there is an old Virginia Kemper connection to my paternal > Anderson line. That Kemper supposedly published in VA Gen Society > article, an erroneous lineage report, and our family genealogist at the > time (1895), wrote instructions to our family to cease correspondence with > him! This communication exists in archives in KY. > > Mary Alice > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYGARRAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message