For the story on how some of the Lewis line got to McKinney and area's in and around in the year of Dec. 1867 you may see what is written on this page that was recounted by C.T. Lewis who was one of Felix Grundy Lewis' boys who was about 9 years old at the time of the trip. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jimmylewis/trip.html I am Jim Lewis from the Martin and Winnie Lewis line. I was born in Mckinney Texas in 1948 and lived there until about 1969 and then moved to Arkansas. Had been living here for many years before I found out that my great grand father Andrew Jackson Lewis along with other family members are buried in Northern Arkansas in a little place called Farmington Arkansas. My page with family history is located at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jimmylewis/ Please understand that most of this is recounted from different family members and not all of it has been confirmed and there may well be typo- and spelling errors. I have not felt well for sometime now and have not updated these pages as I need to do. But they are there for what they are worth to help others in their search. Jim Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <LEWIS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Lewis family Cocke Co. Tenn to Collin Co. Tex. from 1867 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: tenorgb > Surnames: Lewis, Bryant, Baxter, Cocke Co. Tn to East Texas & Mckinney > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/566.589/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Yes, I think they must have all come via wagon train or something, because > the Lewis, Baxter, and Bryant families are my relatives. We have a Baxter > reunion in McKinney every year in the middle of June, and another Baxter > reunion in Sulphur Springs the last Saturday in June at Uncle Max and Aunt > Sherry Baxter's farm. John Leith Lewis and Aaron Baxter, our > ggggrandfathers are from Cocke Co., and the Baxters owned proplerty on > what they called English Mountain, by English Creek. We have pictures of > the (I think Sam Baxter's) old homeplace. The Bryants are our cousins, I > think through Jane Bryant, a grandmother. I am trying to find out about > the Lewis line, and am stuck with John Leith Lewis and Sarah Leannah Brown > Lewis Baxter. Whew! Our grandmother was Diana (Delphia in one cencus) > amd I want to know who her mother was that married John Leith Lewis before > he married Sarah Leannah, because Sarah had her and maybe two more (sons) > before she married Aaron Baxter. That is! > , if I have that right without my notes. Born in Dallas, I grew up in > Greenville, Texas; but now live in Little Rock, Arkansas, and I am finding > that many of them (of course had to) came through here and so there are > some spotted records here of them during that time. Let me know if you > can shed any light on this empasse. Thank you for your time and > consideration. > R. Gene Baxter > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.