Thanks Pam. Will forward a copy of all I have on the Yoakum's of Claiborne County to Roger Moore. Also including this e-mail to, Kyle Simmons, my cousin who has researched the Yoakum line in case he missed this request. Kyle, have you anything to send re:our Yoakums? I was born in Claiborne County and have one line of Yoakums. After age 14 I grew up near the San Jacinto Monument, therefore, very interested in all of this wonderful history!! Inez Burr -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: PBurne1063@aol.com To: TNCLAIBO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNCLAIBO-L] Yoakum and McCrary/Mcreary Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:28:04 +0000 Thought someone might be interested in seeing this! Pam `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````` The following new message has been posted on Forum at . *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#444) Henderson Yoakum, John McCary AUTHOR: Roger Moore DATE: Friday, 14 July 2006, at 5:00 p.m. I'm writing to the Claiborne County, TN Genweb query site for information on one definite county native (Yoakum) and another possible (McCrary). I am very interested in locating information on both Henderson Yoakum and a John McCrary or Mcreary. McCrary was born in 1828 and living in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, by about 1854. John McCrary was the Huntsville, Texas, law partner of Claiborne County, TN, native Henderson King Yoakum (Birth: 6 Sep 1810 in Powell Valley, Claiborne County). Mr. McCrary was also described as a competent surveyor, and we are especially interested in this aspect of his career. My firm is doing the first "battlefield archeology" at the San Jacinto Battlefield in Texas, where we've found hundreds of artifacts from the battle. Henderson Yoakum was a friend of, and lawyer for, Sam Houston. Yoakum wrote the first history of Texas. We're pursuing information about both Yoakum and McCrary because we've becoming increasingly convinced of the accuracy of the battlefield map prepared for that 1856 book. One obscure but important report says that Yoakum and Houston went to the battlefield and, assisted by surveyor McCrary, staked out and mapped the locations of important aspects of the battle. I'd be delighted and very grateful if you could direct me to further information about John McCrary or Henderson Yoakum. Sincerely, Roger G. Moore, Ph.D., RPA President Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. 3511 Houston Avenue, Suite B Houston, TX 77009 713 861-8663 (R Moore) 713 861-2323 (Lab) 713 861-8627 (Fax) www.moore-archeological.com caverarch@aol.com ==== TNCLAIBO Mailing List ==== If you are having any difficulties with the list please contact the list owner Pamela Burnette at: pburne1063@aol.com Visit the CLAIBORNE COUNTY PIONEER PROJECT at: http//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccpp/pioneer/index.htm we have over 95,000 folks from the county identified and waiting for you to find them.