Thank you so much for doing this. At 08:17 PM 3/6/02 -0800, you wrote: >The Bedford County Historical Quarterly >Vol. 1, No. 4 >Published by The Bedford County Historical Society, Shelbyville, >Tennessee, Winter 1975 > >Pages 139-141 > >Wagon Train From Tennessee >-------------------------- > >(Summarized from date furnished by Mrs. Woodrow Wilburn, Texarkana, >Texas) > > Mrs. Wilburn's article was first published in ANSEARCIN' NEWS, >Summer, 1975. Since this article concerned Bedford County, Mrs. >Wilburn was contacted in an effort to learn more about (1) the source >of her information and (2) for permission to use parts of the >article. Mrs. Wilburn graciously responded to the request furnishing >not only her source but supplementing the original article with >information of a later date. > Briefly summarizing, there were several wagon trains which left the >Bell Buckle area from 1811 to 1837. Logs of the trips and diaries of >some individuals were kept of each trip. Some of these records were >discovered by Mrs. Wilburn in a most unusual manner and one I >referred to the ANSEARCIN' NEWS for the account. A portion of the >first log, covering the trip which left the Bell Buckle area April 8, >1811 is repeated here. The destination of the wagon train was that >portion of East Texas which was later to be known as >Washington-on-the-Brazos. > >A Condensed Version of the Log >------------------------------ > Captain Baker was the wagon master and had either wagons. Andy >McCoy was the first scout and Marcus Whitlo was second scout. Henry >MdDaniel was second in charge, driving the lead wagon. He had two >wagons and five children in the wagons. Joe Pelphry was Deputy and >he had one wagon with four children. Jim Elliott had two wagons; >Robert Grainger Elliot, 1 wagon and 3 minor children; J. F. McDer one >wagon, four children; Jim Poindexter, one wagon and five children; W. >W. Smith, one wagon and five children and his brother W. E. Smith >with one wagon and three children. Homer G. Elliott, Dan Clovis >Elliott, W. C. Elliott, P. C. Elliott, and LeLand G. Elliott were the >five grown sons of Robert G. Elliott, who drove supply wagons. > Bill Walker and his brother Sam Walker, sons of Will (or Mike) >Walder, drove supply wagons. Sam R. Cooper, Sr. with two wagons and >five children; Kelly Ross, Sr., one wagon and two children; K. C. >Spike, Henry Allman, Roy Fergison, O. Lemay each with one wagon with >no children. S. Roy Walker, one wagon, no children. He was a >brother to Will and Mike Walker (who were) not on the train. > Ted Morton and Jack Johnson, not train but each paid for one wagon's >expense. Barney Phipps, Jim Crump, Willis Wright, John Parr, Charles >Berry, and Thurman Utchman were all guards. Belung Brown and his >brother Arden, each with a wagon. Arden was later kicked by a mule >and couldn't work for a long time. Otto Payne and Jim Jones, one >wagon each. Benny Tubbs, preacher. Dr. Crossweight, the doctor. > There were 39 men including the doctor and the preacher and there >were 19 women and 42 children. Ninety were in the train when they >started from Tennessee but they picked up two wagons on April 20th. >They had 28 wagons, 116 draft horses and mules, and 30 saddle horses. > One-hundred dollars was paid by each family and there were 19 or 20 >families on the train. > >Rules of the Wagon Train >------------------------ >1. Allow 5 days each 100 miles. Bad days, what you can make, or stay >in camp if agreed by all. Real good days, and group, makes it easy >pulling 25 to 30 miles per day, if camp sites come right. > >2. Take plenty of guns and ammunition. > >3. Recommended -- shave your head -- Indians have no interest in bald >heads. > >4. Do not drink whiskey of alcohol in freezing weather, or you are >liable to freeze to death. > >5. Do not fire rifles, only when absolutely necessary. > >6. Do not stay up late - get your sleep. Guards are on duty all >night. > >7. Do not smoke strong pipes and cigars in close places where women >and children are. > >8. Keep you politics and preaching to yourself. Let the preacher do >the preaching. > >9. In case of a runaway of reams to wagons, get down and try to ride >it out. If you jump, you are liable to get killed, or hurt badly. >The hose men will pick the team up, maybe not too far off. > >10. All people - young married, or not, stay inside the circle of >wagons in Indian country, or you are liable to loose your scalps. > >11. The wagon master will try to pick spots so men and women and >children can bathe, clean up, and wash clothes, when possible. > >12. Be courteous and help others > >13. Do not be noisy, even with your musical instruments; only when it >is safe. > >14. When can, we will have recreation and dances. > >15. Do your part by all means. Church services will be held when it >is considered safe form Indians, and other hazardous conditions. > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237