Looking for anyone in the Robert Love Reding b. 1810 d. 1849 and Elizabeth Jane Perry Reding family. They lived in Bastrop TX in 1840's and She in 1850's. Thanks Glenda glekay@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Looking for anyone in the Robert Love Reding b. 1810 d. 1849 and Elizabeth Jane Perry Reding family. They lived in Bastrop TX in 1840's and She in 1850's. Thanks Glenda glekay@yahoo.com

Would appreciate a lookup for JohnGENTRY; and Charles TURNER -Thanks you in advance - Jim Chandler

Could someone with access please llokup in the 1880 census for Bastrop County, Silas WOOD. - Thank you in advance - Jim Chandler

Bastrop County Sheriffs 1837-1950s R. Vaughn 1837-1838 James M Long 1838-1839 Prestin Conlie 1839-1848 Mark M Rogers 1848-1850 F. M. McGehee 1850-1851 John Hearn 1851-1856 John J Moncure 1858-1859 R. R. Gill 1859-1862 J. C. Wilkins 1862-1863 J. H. Perkins 1863-1865 Jas. Nicholson 1865-1866 J. W. Sheppard 1866 John Hearn 1866 John P Jones 1866-1868 A. W. Fort 1868-1869 J. Jung 1869-1872 I. N. Baker 1872-1873 John Kohler 1873-1876 W. E. Jenkins 1876-1884 W. J. Bell 1884-1886 H. N. Bell 1886-1890 G. W. Davis 1890-1904 Woody Townsend 1904-1914 E. H. Perkins 1914-1925 Woody Townsend 1925-1932 E. D. Cartwright 1932-1953 I. R. "Nig" Hoskins 1953- ??? Con Kearsy 199?-1993 Fred Hoskins 1993-1997 Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

Thanks so much! Nancy Schriber -----Original Message----- From: Gaylon L Powell <gaylon@flash.net> To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] New Sweden Cemetery >Nancy, >The New Sweden Community is located in Eastern Travis County between Manor >and Taylor. >Gaylon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nancy Schriber" <Schriber@ix.netcom.com> >To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:34 PM >Subject: [TXBASTRO] New Sweden Cemetery > > >> Does anyone know where the New Sweden cemetery is in Elgin? Is it near a >church? Just got back a couple of death certificates, and would like to >visit the cemetery. Thanks, Nancy Schriber >> >> >> ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== >> Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO >> >> ============================== >> Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >> RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >> http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >> >> > > >==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== >Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

Nancy, The New Sweden Community is located in Eastern Travis County between Manor and Taylor. Gaylon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Schriber" <Schriber@ix.netcom.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:34 PM Subject: [TXBASTRO] New Sweden Cemetery > Does anyone know where the New Sweden cemetery is in Elgin? Is it near a church? Just got back a couple of death certificates, and would like to visit the cemetery. Thanks, Nancy Schriber > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi I am new to the list and descend from the following...all of whom were in Bastrop in or before 1840. Would like to correspond with others and learn about their ancestors, siblings and other children. John L. (1797 SC-1872 Bastrop) and Ann Miller Foster (1805) m. 1823 St. Charles Co MO James F. (1815 NC-1869 Bastrop) and Sarah Foster Houston (1825) Robert Levi (1842 AL-1919 AZ) and Catherine Ann Houston Brooks (1846 Bastrop) m. 2 Feb 1864 Bastrop Robert is the son of William Malone Brooks Jr. (1823 AL- bef 1863 Bastrop) and Eliza Bates Brooks Green (1825 AL-1912 TX)

Does anyone know where the New Sweden cemetery is in Elgin? Is it near a church? Just got back a couple of death certificates, and would like to visit the cemetery. Thanks, Nancy Schriber

Lisa, I hadn't responsed before this and wanted thank you for the message (shown below) about wanting to nominate the Bastrop website for county of the month. I just saw a post on my coordinator's email list that the old link for nominations hadn't worked for a couple of months. This is the new link to nominate your favorite Rootsweb Texas county website: http://hometown.aol.com/treecrazyd/txgenweb2/form.htm There is no prize, the county name is put on a special page showing it made county of the month, then at the end of the year, one is selected as county of the year. Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

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Can any one help me to locate any information on Dr. Joseph Pealor (Pealore)? He is burried in Bastrop Co. The listing is as follows: Pealor, Joseph, Dr. 8-27-1814 7-10-1884 High Grove (Red Rock 221) He is found in the 1880 census as Pealore, Joseph Page 120 Township ED 11 ID # TX287119599. I believe this man to be my GGG-Grandfather. ANYTHING will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kim Collins kimbo@brightok.net

Tammy the newspaper articles are wonderful!!!! thanks to you.....that was a great idea, and scanning them even better, let us do some work and look through what we need. Guys I think we should all put a vote in for best website, no other person does this kinda stuff like tammy does, I think we at least owe her that.......Just go to the bastrop web site and vote.....Lisa ---------- > From: Bastropcc@aol.com > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXBASTRO] scanned images of newspapers online > Date: August 31, 2000 11:55 PM > > Since I can't seem to find the time to type up the many copies of pages from > the area newspapers I have in my files, I have begun to scan them and put > them online. From the main Bastrop county page, go to the newspaper section > and click on scanned images which will take you to another page with a table > and links to the images, along with most of the names mentioned on the page > and subjects. You could use your browsers "find" key to look for a last > name. The last name may be spelled differently than it really is, but I used > what was in the paper. > The images that have been uploaded have "online" under the link in the table. > 1/1875a didn't load all the way so the bottom is garbled. Will reupload > later along with more pages. > They take a while to load up as they are big files so have patience, but I > wanted the print to be big enough to read. Of course, the image is only as > good as the copy was. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > Three day weekend coming!!! > > Tammy Owen > Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator > Bastropcc@aol.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/

Let me know before you go and I can send you more information that you might be able to ask questions about. Vanessa ---------- >From: CCASSIEGAL@aol.com >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Re: African American Funeral Home >Date: Fri, Sep 1, 2000, 7:49 AM > >Vanessa, >I didn't get to Hills Prarie when I was there this time, sorry. I plan to go >back sometime next week. I'll try again. > >Cassie > > >==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== >To send a post to the BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS list, >send your message to TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >

Vanessa, I didn't get to Hills Prarie when I was there this time, sorry. I plan to go back sometime next week. I'll try again. Cassie

Cassie, If you want Trigg information it is included in Hills Prairie Cemetery Info. I'll scan it to you if you have a scanner. Anne Beck ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCASSIEGAL@aol.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Re: African American Funeral Home > Vanessa, > I didn't get to Hills Prarie when I was there this time, sorry. I plan to go > back sometime next week. I'll try again. > > Cassie > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > To send a post to the BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS list, > send your message to TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >

Since I can't seem to find the time to type up the many copies of pages from the area newspapers I have in my files, I have begun to scan them and put them online. From the main Bastrop county page, go to the newspaper section and click on scanned images which will take you to another page with a table and links to the images, along with most of the names mentioned on the page and subjects. You could use your browsers "find" key to look for a last name. The last name may be spelled differently than it really is, but I used what was in the paper. The images that have been uploaded have "online" under the link in the table. 1/1875a didn't load all the way so the bottom is garbled. Will reupload later along with more pages. They take a while to load up as they are big files so have patience, but I wanted the print to be big enough to read. Of course, the image is only as good as the copy was. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm Three day weekend coming!!! Tammy Owen Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator Bastropcc@aol.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html

I found the following in a book. I'm NOT related to either Parr or George families. Just transcribing for the interest of those who may be. At the end, there is the name and address of the woman who did write this... whether or not she's still living, or at the same address, I have no idea. Sometimes, in searching a family line, one often finds out a great deal about a closely associated family. Usually, if one looks hard enough, there will be one or more marriages between the two families. While searching for the GEORGE family in old Tryon Co., NC., Lincoln Co., TN., Washington Co., AR., and Barry Co., MO., I kept running into a PARR family. although I found out a lot about them, I did not find a marriage between the two families. Instead of burying this extraneous material in my notebooks, I decided to share this information hoping that it might help someone who is researching his/her Parr line. To give you a little background on the George family, Jesse George married Pheby George 12 Jan 1796 in Rutherford Co., NC. By 1803 they were in Wilson Co., TN. In 1814 Jesse George received a land grant in Lincoln Co., TN, and he and his family settled there. I believe that he and Pheby had at least three sons: Presley S. George born abt 1796-1800; Jesse H. George born 1806 and David O. George, born 1810. In the 1830's Presley S. and David O. George came into Arkansas and then into southwest Missouri. The first association of these two families seems to be in Lincoln Co., TN. The names of John O. Parr, Berryman T. Parr, and James W. Parr surfaced there. In 1828 there was a deed from Jesse George to James Parr for $2000. for 552 acres in Lincoln Co. on the headwaters of Coldwater Creek. Berry T. Parr and David O. George are witnesses. In the 1840's there are several deeds between Jesse H. George and John O. Parr in Lincoln Co., TN. Next, the two families were in Arkansas. In THE TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES BY CLARENCE EDWIN CARTER, VOL. XXI. (ARK) both Jesse H. George and James Parr signed a petition to Congress asking for pre-emtion rights. This meant that they were squatting on the land, hoping to be granted rights to settle in 1833. In 1843, James Parr and wife, Eliza, are living in Benton Co., AR., according to this deed: Vol. C, p 223 Barry Co., MO Later, we find entanglement in Barry Co., MO. David O. George was living there with his family, and adjacent to him were his aged mother, Phebe, age 80, and brother, Jesse H. age 44. There were two Parr families in Barry Co., MO., also. 1850 Census Barry Co., MO PARR, JAMES 47 NC ELIZA W. 47 NC JAMES A. 15 AR MARY B. 11 AR PARR, MARTHA C. 52 TN JESSE C. 28 TN JAMES H. 26 TN ZINA 22 TN MARTHA M. 17 TN OSBERT 19 TN BERRYMAN T. 15 AR ALBANY 13 AR GEORGE, WILLIAM 29 TN (it is difficult to tell whether his surname is JAMES 6 George, or if he is William George Parr) MARTHA 4 Evidence shows that Berryman T. Parr had died in 1849 according to Barry County Probate Records, Book A. page 162: PARR, BERRYMAN T. (interstate) ADMRS: JESSE C. PARR and MARTHA C. PARR 21 Apr 1849. Sec. John Hawk, Solom B. Abernathy, and Abel H. Burton. Heirs: Martha C. Parr, widow; John O.. Parr, Eliza Price, Lucina E. Abernathy, Jesse C. Parr, James H. Parr, Archabald, Jr., Ezra H., Presley O., Martha M., Barryman T., and Albina Parr. Eliza Price lives in Greene County; Archabald Parr in Lane? Co., MO and the rest in Barry Co. The fist names of the George and Parr males seem to be almost interchangeable! Common first names in the George family are Presley and Jesse. The name Osbert has been carried down several generations. David O. George, b 1810 named one of his sons James W. George. In the Parr family, you will note that a Presley Osbert and Jesse C. Parr were the sons of Berryman T. Parr. James W. Parr and David O. George were in business together in Cassville. They were "traders", but also owned land jointly in Greene and Barry counties, MO. U. S. Land Sales, Vol. 6, 1839-42 David O. George and James Parr the SE 1/4 of Sec 31, T 29 R 21 (160 acres) Greene Co., MO U.S. Land Sales Vol 18, 1850-58 James Parr and D. O. George SW of SE and SE of SW in Sec 11, t 22, r 28 (80 acres) Barry Co., MO Barry County Mo Deeds vol 30 pg 271 Land patent to D. O. George and James Parr (80 acres) the SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 and SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 sec 11, T22, R28 After the death of David O. George in 1883 the heirs of James W. Parr were contacted and they quit claimed any interest in the Barry Co. property to two sons and a daughter of David O. George: James W. George, William P. George, and Sarah A. Evans. Vol. 30. p 427 Barry Co., MO deeds Bastrop Co., TX 30 Apr 1884 Albert W. Parr of Lee Co., TX and Mary Briggs and her husband, S. W. Briggs of Bastrop Co., TX and James Z. Parr of Caldwell Co., TN to Sarah A. Evans and James W. George of Barry County, MO. and W. P. George of Carroll Co., AR for $1.00 quit claim the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 11, T 22, R 28 (80 acres) I found four Parr marriages in Barry Co., MO: A. M. Parr to M. A. CLEMENTS 3 Nov. 1846 EVANDER A. PARR to ELIZABETH VAN ZANDT 7 Feb. 1875 MARTHA M. PARR to JOS. M. JARRETT 17 Jul 1851 MARY PARR to SOL ROBERTS 15 Nov. 1855 Just what was the connection between the Georges and Parr families? Was it strictly business? I hope that this information helps someone who is searching the Parr line and will give me a clue as to the reason for the close association between these two families. ALICE HENSON 1333 BONITA PASEO JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109

this was great information thanks for sharing it ---------- > From: Ed Walker <edwalker@web-access.net> > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXBASTRO] Oak Hill > Date: August 30, 2000 10:06 PM > > Not sure if this will help anyone but here goes.. > > ********************************** > > OAK HILL, TEXAS (Bastrop County). Oak Hill was on the > old > Bastrop-McDade road four miles southwest of McDade in > northern > Bastrop County. The land was part of the Martin Walker > grant on > Piney Creek. Walker began selling part of his land in > 1849, and the > Oak Hill community developed. The earliest marked > graves in the > community cemetery are dated 1868, but other unmarked > graves are > probably several years older. In 1879 the Oak Hill > school and > church bought forty acres on which to build a new > facility. The > building was initially shared by Methodist Episcopal, > Presbyterian, > and Christian denominations, and in 1882 Baptist > services began to > be offered. Oak Hill was primarily a farming > community, with cotton > and corn grown as cash crops; vegetables and livestock > were also > raised, but mostly for subsistence. In 1905 the Oak > Hill school had > thirty-nine students and one teacher. When the county > implemented a > district system in 1907, Oak Hill became the focus of > a common > school district. In the early 1940s the United States > government > chose the area around Oak Hill as the site for Camp > Swift, and > residents had to move. Homes and businesses were sold, > moved, > torn down, or used as training targets. Though some of > the land in the > Oak Hill area was returned to its former owners in the > late 1940s > when the camp was reduced in size, the community was > not rebuilt. > Former residents established a cemetery association to > repair and > maintain the Oak Hill cemetery. The community name was > not shown > on county highway maps in the 1980s. > > BIBLIOGRAPHY: Fay Pannell, "The Black Cemetery at Oak > Hill," > Sayersville Historical Association Bulletin, Summer > 1985. Duford > W. Skelton and Martha Doty Freeman, A Cultural > Resource > Inventory and Assessment at Camp Swift, Texas (Texas > Archeological Resource Report No. 72, Austin: Texas > Archeological > Survey, University of Texas at Austin, 1979). Ruth > Smith and Fay > Pannell, "Oak Hill: A Vanished Community," Sayersville > Historical > Association Bulletin, Summer 1984. > > Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl > > Ed Walker > edwalker@web-access.net > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > To send a post to the BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS list, > send your message to TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/

Not sure if this will help anyone but here goes.. ********************************** OAK HILL, TEXAS (Bastrop County). Oak Hill was on the old Bastrop-McDade road four miles southwest of McDade in northern Bastrop County. The land was part of the Martin Walker grant on Piney Creek. Walker began selling part of his land in 1849, and the Oak Hill community developed. The earliest marked graves in the community cemetery are dated 1868, but other unmarked graves are probably several years older. In 1879 the Oak Hill school and church bought forty acres on which to build a new facility. The building was initially shared by Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Christian denominations, and in 1882 Baptist services began to be offered. Oak Hill was primarily a farming community, with cotton and corn grown as cash crops; vegetables and livestock were also raised, but mostly for subsistence. In 1905 the Oak Hill school had thirty-nine students and one teacher. When the county implemented a district system in 1907, Oak Hill became the focus of a common school district. In the early 1940s the United States government chose the area around Oak Hill as the site for Camp Swift, and residents had to move. Homes and businesses were sold, moved, torn down, or used as training targets. Though some of the land in the Oak Hill area was returned to its former owners in the late 1940s when the camp was reduced in size, the community was not rebuilt. Former residents established a cemetery association to repair and maintain the Oak Hill cemetery. The community name was not shown on county highway maps in the 1980s. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Fay Pannell, "The Black Cemetery at Oak Hill," Sayersville Historical Association Bulletin, Summer 1985. Duford W. Skelton and Martha Doty Freeman, A Cultural Resource Inventory and Assessment at Camp Swift, Texas (Texas Archeological Resource Report No. 72, Austin: Texas Archeological Survey, University of Texas at Austin, 1979). Ruth Smith and Fay Pannell, "Oak Hill: A Vanished Community," Sayersville Historical Association Bulletin, Summer 1984. Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl Ed Walker edwalker@web-access.net