I HAVE A REAL DILEMA TO SOLVE, HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT. I HAVE AN ORANGE WALKER WHO IS BURIED IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS HOWEVER HEHAD A SON WILLIS BERRY WALKER WHO WAS A CIRCUIT RIDER AND A METHODIST MINISTER. WILLIS B. DIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1900 BUT NO ONE CAN LOCATE HIS BURIAL OR DEATH CERTIFICATE. WE DO HOWEVER SHOW AN OBIT FOR HIM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. JUST THOUGHT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN WOOD, CAMP, FRANKLIN OR UPSHUR MIGHT HAVE SOME CEMETERY RECORDS WHICH MIGHT SHOW HIS STONE SOME PLACE CLOSE TO THE BORDER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE LOOKED JUST TODAY IN UPSHUR COUNTY BUT NO SUCCESS. HERES HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS MAN. THANKS, SUE K IN SEATTLE VISITING IN EAST TEXAS ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Hi Sue, I am not sure if this helps or not but Franklin County has an active genealogy society. ETGS has traded with them and have most if not all of their books at the Tyler library. I am not sure about Upshur Co. The Longview library may have something also so you might check there. Good Luck, Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of SusieKnu1@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:34 PM > To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-ETGS] WILLIS BERRY WALKER D. 1900 FRANKLIN COUNTY, TX > > I HAVE A REAL DILEMA TO SOLVE, HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT. I HAVE AN > ORANGE WALKER WHO IS BURIED IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS HOWEVER HEHAD A SON > WILLIS > BERRY WALKER WHO WAS A CIRCUIT RIDER AND A METHODIST MINISTER. WILLIS B. > DIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1900 BUT NO ONE CAN LOCATE HIS BURIAL OR DEATH > CERTIFICATE. WE DO HOWEVER SHOW AN OBIT FOR HIM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. > JUST THOUGHT > PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN WOOD, CAMP, FRANKLIN OR UPSHUR MIGHT HAVE > SOME CEMETERY RECORDS WHICH MIGHT SHOW HIS STONE SOME PLACE CLOSE TO THE > BORDER > OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE LOOKED JUST > TODAY > IN UPSHUR COUNTY BUT NO SUCCESS. HERES HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE > THIS > MAN. THANKS, SUE K IN SEATTLE VISITING IN EAST TEXAS > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message