The following are recent uploads to the Bastrop County page: 2 files submitted by Diane Bender: Extractions from many CSA pension applications: Main site, military, CSA records, Pensions Wonderful petition about Chambliss and Foreman desiring to be released from service due to deaths of wives' from measles and leaving little children, listing many Bastrop names. Shows the closeness of this community, in my opinion. Located on the pension bulletin board: main page, link to pensions, Chambliss/Foreman post I have begun to transcribe the 1860 census. The images were large and still hard to read so I'm trying to get it typed up and posted and not continue with the images. This way it's searchable also. I've put what I have so far and am adding the family names to the head of household list I had. I also have to go back to the beginning of the file and check the spelling of the names I've already done. If you see some names that are spelled wrong, please let me know. I'm up to the Serbin (Now Lee Co area) area that had John Killian and his followers. I happen to have a book (thanks to ebay and Lisa) that lists most of these people so I can add a little more info then what the census asked for. >From main page, link to census, 1860 census link And for something neat to watch, go to the RootsLady's site and watch her slideshows. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsabine/burials/index_1.htm http://lest-we-forget.rootsweb.com/cemetery/index.htm It is suggested that if your computer is slow, go to the page, go do something else for a little while, then come back and start the slides. This way it is all loaded up and ready to go and will go faster. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

Tammy, due to DSL/SWB I have been offline for five weeks. Then I got back on and caught up with everything new is Bastrop County. I just wanted to tell you once again that I appreciate all your diligence and hard work making the Bastrop page the best on the net. Thank you, Dorothy Keith At 10:32 PM 4/26/01 -0500, you wrote: >Tammy recommended you go see GenCircles at: >http://www.gencircles.com/ > >GenCircles is a brand-new and completely free genealogy web site! Here are some of the things you can do at GenCircles: >* Search our Global Tree with millions of ancestors. >* Submit your GEDCOM file to be part of our growing Global Tree project. >* Using our SmartMatching technology, you can immediately see where your data links up with all of the other files in the Global Tree. >* Interact with other genealogists in our Clubs section. > >We hope to see you soon. > >Message from Tammy: >Here is a good site that everyone is talking about lately. You can search or upload your family tree. It will find those files that match yours, automatically. > > >==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== >Visit GenWeb's archive records for BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bastrop/basttoc.htm > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > >

Tammy recommended you go see GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles is a brand-new and completely free genealogy web site! Here are some of the things you can do at GenCircles: * Search our Global Tree with millions of ancestors. * Submit your GEDCOM file to be part of our growing Global Tree project. * Using our SmartMatching technology, you can immediately see where your data links up with all of the other files in the Global Tree. * Interact with other genealogists in our Clubs section. We hope to see you soon. Message from Tammy: Here is a good site that everyone is talking about lately. You can search or upload your family tree. It will find those files that match yours, automatically.

I'm looking for a close relative for a friend. His name is Harold Lee Fogle. Or that was his name when he was born in San Antonio. His mom is Rosavon Scott Fogle. She divorced his Dad Otis Fogle i think in San antonio but was born in Bastrom. They divorced between 1955 and 1959. I think finding her or her family might be the best way to find him. After the divorce Rosavon and Harold moved to Calif. and he could have been adopted by a stepfather. His birth date is May 29, 1955. Judy has been looking for him for 30 plus years. He has no way of knowing she was born because her Dad was never told of her birth. If you have any info. you would make someone very happy. Thanks Beth --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.

Hi, Is there a digest mode I can subscribe to instead of the (everyone's e-mail is separate) regular mode? Is there is one please subscribe me to the digest mode Thanks, Charla

Lorrie, Have you tried posting this query on the Caldwell County list? Gaylon L Powell ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bluebonnet9@aol.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 7:51 AM Subject: [TXBASTRO] (Wm) Frank Williams b.abt. 1850 > Hello, I hope someone can tell me where these ancestors lived or are buried. > William Frank Williams possibly buried in Hall Cemetery or Lockhart cemetery > or somewhere near Pettytown Cemetery. Also searching for other children of > James Williams and Sarah Jane Masters: Jonathon Williams b. abt. 1847, Thomas > b. abt. 1848, George D. Williams b. 1873. They were in Bastrop Co. around > 1910 and before. Thanks for your help. Lorrie > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at gaylon@flash.net > (Please indicate the list in question.) > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hello, I hope someone can tell me where these ancestors lived or are buried. William Frank Williams possibly buried in Hall Cemetery or Lockhart cemetery or somewhere near Pettytown Cemetery. Also searching for other children of James Williams and Sarah Jane Masters: Jonathon Williams b. abt. 1847, Thomas b. abt. 1848, George D. Williams b. 1873. They were in Bastrop Co. around 1910 and before. Thanks for your help. Lorrie

Tammy, Do you know the mail address? Thanks, Charla

Tammy, Do you know the mail address? Thanks, Charla ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bastropcc@aol.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: [TXBASTRO] Oakwood cemetery I don't know if anyone is working on the Oakwood Cemetery in Travis County, TX. BUT you can call and ask about a name and they will look on microfilm for you. You may want to call the Oakwood Cemetery Office to check out your other last names. There are so many familiar names there. The onsite office is 512-453-2320 and the main office is 512-478-7152. The onsite office is open Monday through Saturday 8 to 4:30 and the other is open Mon to Friday 8-11 and 1:30-4:00. When I was looking for where the Mabry's were buried I called and went over to the cemetery. It has 22,000 graves. The main phone number has an answering machine but they never called me back. I reached someone at 4:15 and he was very nice and helpful. He also told me exactly where to turn, how many water faucets to count and was not bothered at all with my jabbering about how long we've been looking for this bunch. There was some Walkers there with huge markers and a placque but I don't remember the first names. The Babe of the Alamo is buried there and Capt. Terrell, plus many that the streets of Austin are named after. Since this was the first cemetery in Austin, many pioneers of the area were buried there. There is also the Texas State Cemetery and it is on line, with pictures. People had to qualify to be buried there, such as being a government official, or dying in the civil war home. Several folks from Bastrop were reinterred there. I too am frustrated by other states. Some only because the courthouses were burned during the civil war (Early/Baker counties in Georgia). I've been quiet on the site lately because I've been trying to break through some of my brick walls in Georgia. I hope one day that the information will magically appear on the net somewhere for me to find so it is important that we all share what we have so as to help the next person that may be stuck. Take care. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

I don't know if anyone is working on the Oakwood Cemetery in Travis County, TX. BUT you can call and ask about a name and they will look on microfilm for you. You may want to call the Oakwood Cemetery Office to check out your other last names.  There are so many familiar names there.  The onsite office is 512-453-2320 and the main office is 512-478-7152.  The onsite office is open Monday through Saturday 8 to 4:30 and the other is open Mon to Friday 8-11 and 1:30-4:00.  When I was looking for where the Mabry's were buried I called and went over to the cemetery. It has 22,000 graves. The main phone number has an answering machine but they never called me back. I reached someone at 4:15 and he was very nice and helpful.  He also told me exactly where to turn, how many water faucets to count and was not bothered at all with my jabbering about how long we've been looking for this bunch.   There was some Walkers there with huge markers and a placque but I don't remember the first names. The Babe of the Alamo is buried there and Capt. Terrell, plus many that the streets of Austin are named after. Since this was the first cemetery in Austin, many pioneers of the area were buried there. There is also the Texas State Cemetery and it is on line, with pictures. People had to qualify to be buried there, such as being a government official, or dying in the civil war home. Several folks from Bastrop were reinterred there. I too am frustrated by other states. Some only because the courthouses were burned during the civil war (Early/Baker counties in Georgia). I've been quiet on the site lately because I've been trying to break through some of my brick walls in Georgia. I hope one day that the information will magically appear on the net somewhere for me to find so it is important that we all share what we have so as to help the next person that may be stuck. Take care. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

This is a a reminder that the Pettytown reunion is upon us. >From the newsletter: The 61st Annual Pettytown Cemetery Homecoming-Picnic will be Sunday, May 6 at the Pettytown Cemetery. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Chisolm Trail BBQ sausage and chicken will be served with good home cooking. Picnic supplies, ice, tea and lemonade will be provided. If severe weather prohibits being out of doors the picnic lunch will be served at the Elm Grove Community Center located on Taylorsville Road.  You may email <A HREF="mailto:pettytwn@juno.com">pettytwn@juno.com</A> for directions to Pettytown, A Heritage Remembered. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

Hi Tammy! Just read this and was curious. Is there a person working on the Oakwood Cemetery. (As far as a list of the people buried there? I have finished most of the Samuel Craft line that pertains to my direct line but have also obtained other information on some of his other children. The only hole in my information is John Samuel Craft and his wife Abagail Thompson. Have never been able to find their burial place. Been told most of the Crafts are buried in Oakwood. I met a great lady on he net Sandra Hilton who's greatgrandfather was a slave of Samuel Craft. She was a great help. She lives in Seattle, Wa. and have not been able to reach her since the earthquake. Hope she is o.k. Just want to tell you how great it has been working on my tree with the state of TEXAS. I am now working on another branch of my tree and the state I have to work with only sells their information, I guess I would pay if I knew what I was buying. If you pay, there's no guarantee that its "your" specific family. Oh well, I worked on the Craft a long time before I found your people so I know if I keep trying I'll find the answer. I would be more that happy to share any information. Crafts, Moores,Burlesons, Townsends, Walkers and Hargett's and Garrison's are my direct bloodline.(all TEXAN'S) Thanks again Tammy, you do a great job. Jacque Fitzgerald

Exciting news. Surveyers called a friend of mine and stated that they had found 6 headstones near the Addison Litton Cemetery in Cedar Creek. We went to the Addison Litton Cemetery area and didn't find another cemetery but looked around again in this one and found some new headstones that I hadn't see the last time I went. Not sure if this is the same headstones that the surveyers found so this will be confirmed later. Anyway we searched a wider range of ground this time and found 4 graves together, with only one readable. This was for Robert Winans. States "Was born 1839, Departed in 1840". Again, the other three next to him were made out of limestone and no longer readable. Then with a stroke of luck I stumbled across the Waddle grave. It was buried in the dirt but I spotted the foot marker sticking out of the ground and looked for the headstone. Found it buried, including the base, so we dug it up and stood it back in the base. I also took some of the cemetery iris that was in another part and put it in front of the stone. This was for John E. Waddle, son of P. D. and C. V. Waddle. Born 12/25/1876 and died 8/20/1878. I poked around some but didn't find any others by him. This is the cemetery that Addison Litton is buried in. Addison had the headright. This part was later bought by Evans Mabry, who was buried there with other family members. Just a few weeks ago it was found that the Mabry family was dug up and moved to the Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. I'm having pictures developed showing this. The Oakwood Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Austin. The Mabrys have the [Addison Litton] cemetery mentioned in their deed when the property was sold. The property is overgrown with cactus and we did run across a snake. I took pictures of the cemetery. There is lots of cemetery iris around and several stones that do not have names on them anymore. I will post these pictures real soon. I did follow the fence line and found another section on the other side of the fence that had a patch of cemetery iris but no markers. Believe this to be african american because of the separation. Hope there is family looking for these headstones and can now rest knowing where they are. I'm glad the weather is getting better so I can get to the cemeteries again. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

DORIS LEE (MARSEE) CHAPMAN, age 78, of Conroe, passed Sunday, April 1, 2001 at Conroe Regional Hospital. Viewing will begin Friday, April 6, 2001 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Metcalf Funeral Home, 1801 E. White Oak Terrace, Conroe, Tx 77304. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2001 at 1 p.m. at Chapel of Marras Jones Funeral Home in Smithville, Tx.

I have two Williams families in Bastrop....perhaps they all connect, and I would love to know those relationships.... Stephen E. Williams m. Louisa Elizabeth Houston (dau of James and Sarah Foster Houston) 2 Mar 1871 Bastrop Houston is my line. and this family... the Brooks is an uncle..... Michele Brooks Family Group Record ============================== Husband: Jess W. WILLIAMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Birth: 1838 ============================== Wife: Beckie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Chi ldren ===================================== 1 F Mary J. WILLIAMS Birth: Nov 1858 Bastrop Co., Texas Death: Burial: Spouse: Richard Julius BROOKS (m 23 Nov 1879) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 2 M John WILLIAMS Birth: 1866 Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 3 F Eliza E. WILLIAMS Birth: 1870

My great grandmother was Monterrey Williams. I only have a little about her family. James Williams born (?) from Pike Co. AL married Keziah (?). They had a son, Earvin Yancey Williams who was born about 1825 in AL (?) and died (?). He married Eliza Carolina Hufham from Ramer, Montgomery Co. AL, on Aug 31, 1843 in Lavaco, Co. TX. To them was born my great grandmother Monterrey on Feb 13, 1859. She married Frances Marion Phillips from (?). They gave birth to my grandmother, Maggie Laura Phillips in 1883 in Bastrop Co., TX. She married my grandfather, Elanson (Lantie) Gillespie. I doubt that my James is the same James Williams you have listed. It would have made him around 100 years old. Richard Gillespie, DC mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net -----Original Message----- From: Bluebonnet9@aol.com [mailto:Bluebonnet9@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:20 AM To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBASTRO] Williams, Sanders, McKean, Wofford Hello List. I have found James WILLIAMS on the 1910 census of Bastrop Co. He may have been there way before that. Does anyone have earlier census that show James,b. 1825 wife- Sarah Jane MASTERS b. 1830. Their Childen: Jonathon b. abt. 1846, Thomas b. abt. 1848, William Frank b. 1850 m. SANDERS, G.M. Green b. 1854, Sarah Jane b.1855 m. SANDERS, James Robert b. 1857, Mary Ann b. 1859, Elijah b.1861, Isaiah Bartholomew b. 1862 m. SANDERS, Nancy Ann b. 1865 m. James C. MCKEAN (their kids married into the WOFFORD families). George D. b. 1873 m. Matilda M. Thanks very much, Lorrie ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== To send a post to the BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS list, send your message to TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Hello List. I have found James WILLIAMS on the 1910 census of Bastrop Co. He may have been there way before that. Does anyone have earlier census that show James,b. 1825 wife- Sarah Jane MASTERS b. 1830. Their Childen: Jonathon b. abt. 1846, Thomas b. abt. 1848, William Frank b. 1850 m. SANDERS, G.M. Green b. 1854, Sarah Jane b.1855 m. SANDERS, James Robert b. 1857, Mary Ann b. 1859, Elijah b.1861, Isaiah Bartholomew b. 1862 m. SANDERS, Nancy Ann b. 1865 m. James C. MCKEAN (their kids married into the WOFFORD families). George D. b. 1873 m. Matilda M. Thanks very much, Lorrie

I found this site while looking for some of my Bastrop county families. It lists men in the Civil War. My Petty's, Talley's and New's lived on the border and records are found both in Caldwell and Bastrop Counties. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bowen/rebelsoldiers.html Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

The TX State Cemetery has a civil war project going on. If you have a relative buried at the State Cemetery who served in the civil war, please go to this page to see how you can submit information to be included on a special page dedicated to that one individual. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/html/historyconfed.htm Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://hometown.aol.com/bastropcc/myhomepage/family.html (new site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

Melba she married into the family? How was she related to Willie? Do you have a picture of Willie Griffiths? thanks Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melba Bishop" <melba@nctimes.net> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Black > Lisa, > This is Melba Bishop. Annie Balck married into the Bishop family. > Edward Bishop son of Stephen Bishop and brother of Thomas P. Bishop > married her . > Melba > > Lisa Lach wrote: > > > Anyone researching Annie Black in Bastrop? thanks Lisa > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > > > ============================== > > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > > If you know how to reduce these risks. > > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an email with only the word unsubscribe in the body of the email to TXBASTRO-L-request@rootsweb.com (or TXBASTRO-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest list) > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB