Hi, I assume you know Mattie Roberts Somerville of West Monroe and your society I think she was an officer and maybe founder of the society at Natchitoches. As you may know she passed away in 1993 or 94. Her husband Bill called me andI picked up about 20 file boxes of her research. Bill said Janie Furman and Percy Wyly and I had contacted her more on our Wyly line and he wanted someone tohave it who would use it. I have, but not as much as I want to. She was a distant cousin of James Grady Wyly of Talula, La. She is a Sevier- Col. Ben Cleveland - james Wyly descendant from 1700's and we have shared gap filling info. What has me puzzled now, it seems she may have documentation on William Roberts- or Brushy Bill Roberts of Hico , Texas ( I knew him) AKA William Bonney or McCarty of Buffalo Gap, Texas and Lincoln N.M.- AKA Billy the Kid. His dad rode with Quantrell and the James Brothers in Oklahoma after the Civil War and a 12 year Billy , living with his aunt, a Bonney with McCarty connections met Jesse and others who taught him riding and shooting tricks and skills. According to the Tombstone Epitath and several books, they sometimes met n Lincoln County, and Arizona and possibly at Texas Parks and Wildlife banquets in Grandbury and at Cooney Caverns in Bosque County., among other crossroads, possibly Mayesville- Fort Smith, Ark. It is also very fascinating to see the Somerville records so many generations back into Scotland and England. I an doing some substitute teaching in Waco and collectible trading and my wife and I enjoy historical research. and visiting my 2 children and 4 grandchildren. I retired in 1989. It's a lot more challenging to stay active and not just shut down and "rust out". I will share info as time allows. Had 27 E mail notes today. 15 or 20 were geneaology related. Take care. Charles Augustine Wyly B.S. & M.Ed. Univ. of North Texas On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:28:04 EDT [email protected] writes: >This is a note to those who do not subscribe to the SOUTHWEST >LOUISIANA >GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY'S magazine, "KINFOLK." (Your local genealogy >library >might/should have back copies. > >"Kinfolks and Yellowed Pages" have a lot to do with our East Texas >heritage >and loaded with information........ > >In the "Kinfolks" magazine Volume 23 No. 2 there is a lot of >information on >"Transportation and Travel" (pg. 84) that takes in Natchez Trace, >Texas Road, >Nolan Road, Old Spanish Trail routes. Such interesting reading. . . . > >"Major Overland Traveling", . . . . "Historical Events Affecting >Westward >Migration" (pg. 82-83) from 1620 - 1865. > >Also, if interested SWLGS is now on line.......PAID MEMBERS: >YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR INQUIRIES VIA EMAIL TO: > > PAT HUFFAKER.............. [email protected] > JAN CRAVENS................. [email protected] > >Hope this is helpful to you! > >Gwen Leonard > > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to >[email protected] if you are subscribed to the >list, >or [email protected] if you are subscribed to the >digest. >In the body of your message put only the word unsubscribe >