This was posted on another site about the law concerning two days out of the year that allow you to visit cemeteries otherwise not accessable during the rest of the year. Interested citizens and descendants of those buried in cemeteries have the right by Texas law to visit these areas and maintain them. However, many locations are inaccessible and sometimes inconvenient to visit. With the establishment of two official visitation days each year, STC hopes to promote cooperation between property owners and those interested in these cemeteries. Guidelines for both property owners and visitors to the participating burial sites are unavailable. Suggested signage for property owners to post at the entrances of their land is also available to help guide the visitors. The first Sundays in the months of April and October were selected as dates for encouraging people to visit and help maintain the thousands of cemeteries around the state which are neglected or threatened. Property Owners Guidelines Visitation Day extends from 9am until 6pm. Please unlock your property for visiting descendants by 9am. If you can"t be present by 9am, please post instructions on how to access the property at the public street entrance for visiting families. For visibility, post signage at the public street access to your property. With this signage please post your name or the name of your representative, and how to contact you. Also, you can state any special considerations or conditions for your visitors to observe. By law, descendants have the right to ornament and decorate grave sites as they see fit. This may include (but is not limited to) flowers, clean-up of the site, erecting tombstones, or even a fence to prevent livestock from entering the grave site. We hope that you might consider allowing extended visitation privileges for major improvements to the site. You can lock up your property at 6pm, after the guests have left. STC appreciates your allowance of access to your property. We encourage visitors to respect this privilege. Visitors Guidelines Please respect this privilege and abide by the guidelines. Access by family members and descendants is limited to the hours of 9am until 6pm on Visitation Days. You may make additional arrangements with the property owner only if the parties are amenable. Access is limited to the burial site and the route to it. Please respect the privacy of the owners and their land. You may make additional arrangements with the property owner only if the parties are amenable - and please do so before the day you visit. No Aimprovements@ should be made without prior consent, and if additional days are needed for clean-up or improvements, make sure that these have been thoroughly discussed and agreed to before you undertake the project. Please leave by 6pm, and leave the cemetery as neat as when you arrived. Leave no improvements or ornamentation that contradict the property owner's stated wishes. SAVE TEXAS CEMETERIES, INC. Box 202975 * Austin, Texas 78720-2975 voice (512) 258-5688 or fax (512) 258-7116 http://members.aol.com/savegrave/ 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

Can some one help me to get the information contained in the cencus records? Joseph Pealore, B. 2-16-1859, is listed in the 1880 cencus in Bastrop Co. Page 120, Township E. D. 11, I. D. # Tx287119599. Thanks, Kim

This came from someone from the Social Security office: SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ALLOCATIONS Since 1973, social security numbers have been issued by our central office. The first three (3) digits of a person's social security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number. Prior to 1973, social security numbers were assigned by our field offices. The number merely established that his/her card was issued by one of our offices in that State. THIS DATA IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ******************************************************* The chart below shows the first 3 digits of the social security numbers assigned throughout the United States and its possessions. 001-003 ...New Hampshire 004-007 ...Maine 008-009 ...Vermont 010-034 ...Massachusetts 035-039 ...Rhode Island 040-049 ...Connecticut 050-134 ...New York 135-158 ...New Jersey 159-211 ...Pennsylvania 212-220 ...Maryland 221-222 ...Delaware 223-231 ...Virginia 691-699* 232-236 ...West Virginia 232 ...North Carolina 237-246 681-690* 247-251 ...South Carolina 654-658 252-260 ...Georgia 667-675 261-267 ...Florida 589-595 268-302 ...Ohio 303-317 ...Indiana 318-361 ...Illinois 362-386 ...Michigan 387-399 ...Wisconsin 400-407 ...Kentucky 408-415 ...Tennessee 756-763* 416-424 ...Alabama 425-428 ...Mississippi 587 588* 752-755* 429-432 ...Arkansas 676-679* 433-439 ...Louisiana 659-665* 440-448 ...Oklahoma 449-467 ...Texas 627-645 468-477 ...Minnesota 478-485 ...Iowa 486-500 ...Missouri 501-502 ...North Dakota 503-504 ...South Dakota 505-508 ...Nebraska 509-515 ...Kansas 516-517 ...Montana 518-519 ...Idaho 520 ...Wyoming 521-524 ...Colorado 650-653* 525,585 ...New Mexico 648-649 526-527 ...Arizona 600-601 764 765* 528-529 ...Utah 646-647 530 ...Nevada 680 531-539 ...Washington 540-544 ...Oregon 545-573 ...California 602-626 574 ...Alaska 575-576 ...Hawaii 750-751* 577-579 ...District of Columbia 580 ...Virgin Islands 580-584 ...Puerto Rico 596-599 586 ...Guam 586 ...American Somoa 586 ...Philippine Islands 700-728 ...Railroad Board** NOTE: The same area, when shown more than once, means that certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or that an area has been divided for use among certain geographic locations. Any number beginning with 000 will NEVER be a valid SSN. The information in our records about an individual is confidential by law and cannot be disclosed except in certain very restricted cases permitted by regulations. * = New areas allocated, but not yet issued ** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963. 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

The S.J. Walker mentioned was my G'Grandmother Sarah Jane who lived in Hemphill's Prairie..she died Feb 16, 1909 and is buried in family cemetery there. Martin Walker is brother to her husband William Walter.. Martin died Mar 05, 1889 and shares an obelisk monument with William Walter who died just a few months prior. Martin emigrated to Texas from Madison co. Ala. in 1835, was private in 1st Regt. Texas Volunteers, Bastrop men of San Jacinto..rostered on April 21, 1836 serving under Col Edward Burleson. He rec'd 640 acres land for participating in the Battle of San Jacinto..land granted May 15, 1839. Martin, having been wounded in shoulder, also received one league of land for that, in accordance with an act of Congress. This info obtained from Bastrop Co. Historical Society Archives. (Thanks again, Tammy, for you efforts) Ed Walker edwalker@web-access.net

Dora; Look in an old TEXAS ALMANAC (1974-75); UTLEY {Bastrop Co}, TX is located about half way between Bastrop & Travis Co. line on Hwy 969. Ck with the Tx Hwy Dept Engineer Dept also. Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:18 PM Subject: [TXBASTRO] Waht are cemeteries in or near Utley, and how to contact them? > > Eddie Chambers, our mystery fellow, whose date > and place of death are unknown and whose grave > has not been found, was the son of Washington > Chambers, whose death certificate says he was > buried 12/11/1933 at Utley. The death > certificate does not say what or where Utley is. > It could be the name of a cemetery, a church, or > a town. Genny Chambers, one of the > granddaughters who is looking for him, says that > it is a very small town - possibly not even > incorporated. It sure doesn't show up in Yahoo, > where one can normally locate all businesses and > organizations of every sort in the region. > > Can people please tell me what cemeteries are > located in or near Utley? And how to contact > them. We found and used the Bastrop County > cemeteries list at the genweb archives, but no > listing for an Utley cemetery, and no Washington > Chambers. If his son Eddie died only a few years > later, he could well be buried in the same > location as his father. > > Washington Chambers died peacefully in old age of > complications of a leaky heart, and he was a > farmer and a landowner. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously posted messages, > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

Got what funeral home - just need to know exactly where the burial record you found turned up, and where he died, and the name of the book you found this in. Thanks alot! Dora --- Bastropcc@aol.com wrote: > Here are some Chambers burials for African > Americans and it looks like your > Eddie: > > Chambers, Eddie M B Unkn 8/21/1939 Son of > Washington Chambers and May > Franklin, died of Tuberculosis and buried at > Union Hill by King Funeral Home > in Austin, TX was 34 years old and divorced. > There may not be a record of > this at the courthouses. > Chambers, Francis F B unkn none dau > of Lee Chambers and Leola > Rollings. > Chambers, Green M B unkn 02/27/1925 > Fairview (Black section)(City > of Bastrop Hwy 95) > Chambers, Jessie B 10/31/1884 > 9/10/1963 Pleasant Hill > (Sayersville 179) > Chambers, Joe M B unkn 12/03/1919 son > of Green and Martha Chambers > Fairview (Black section)(City of Bastrop Hwy > 95) > Chambers, Lee M B Unkn 12/16/34 Son > of Green and Martha Wilbarger > Chambers. 36y 3m 6d Bastrop > Chambers, May F� B Unkn 11/22/30 Dau > of Nelson Overtell New Hope > (Black) (Camp Swift) > Chambers, Rufus M B unkn 04/16/1919 son > of Alex and Shivlet Chambers > Olive > Chambers, W. H. M B Unkn 3/20/35 Son of > Will and Sarah Chambers. 67y > 1m New Hope > > If Eddie was killed in Webberville, I'm not > sure you will find this in any > newspapers unless there was a trial. It is > kind of out there by itself, once > a thriving town. > > In a previous message you mentioned their > neighbors of Hodge? There is a > Linnie Hodge 52yrs old, Daughter of Houston > Hodge and Caroline, Af Amer, died > 1/1939 in Union Hill and also buried by King > Funeral Home in Austin. Hey > looks like we're on the right track. Jim > Howard and May Townsend had son > John Howard who died at age 16, buried at > Magnolia Cemetery by King Funeral > Home in Austin. There is a King Tears Mortuary > Inc in Austin at > 512-476-9128. Not sure if this is them, but > they may help. If you call > them, ask if they know where New Hope at Camp > Swift is or Union Hill. I don't > have it on my map but I know there are some off > of 95 near Camp Swift, in > pastures. > > > 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 ==== > 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) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

In Memory of Mrs. S. J. Walker After an illness of two weeks, just as the mourning began to dawn, a soul wafted its way back to the God who gave it life. Oh! How hard it is to give up our loved ones, but we must look to Him who knows and does all things well. Mrs. Walker was a kind and loving friend, an ideal mother. She was always cheerfully ready and willing to help the needy. A ntrue christian, always at her post of duty. Yes, Indeed, it is hard to give our loved ones up, but such is life. We have known Mrs. Walker for a long time, and we will sadly miss her, and we can confidently say, her labor on earth is ended, and she has joined the Heavenly throng, to forever sing His praise with loved ones on the other shore. She leaves to mourn her death, eight children and a number of grandchildren. May the God of Peace console and comfort their hearts in this the darkest hour. May they turn to Him and say, "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." One by one earth's ties are broken, As we see our love decay, and our hopes so fondly cherished, Brighten, but to pass away, As we near the shining shore, For we know, across the river, Waits the loved ones gone before. JESSE. Johnnie Green Hanged for murder of W. P. Green, an Old Fisherman, on January 30, 1908. Made full confession. Ascended Gallows with Steady tread, and met his fate with calm demeanor. Full article. Howard Perkins, of Smithville was in the city, Sunday last. Mrs. Richard Starcke returned Tuesday from a visit to Austin. Arthur Woehl left this week for Austin, where he has accepted a position. Albert Byer was a pleasant caller at the Advertiser office on Tuesday last. Mrs. Worth Price and little son, Master Bob, of Waco, are guests of Bastrop relatives. Joseph F. Jung, of Austin, was a guest of his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Jung, since last issue. Rev. J. H. Swann was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wertzner during his stay in Bastrop. Miss Audrey JOhnson was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Chas. P. Ziegenhals and little daughter, Pauline, returned Wednesday from a visit in Austin. Charley M Middleton, of Fort Worth, was among Bastrop relatives and friends the first of the week. Mrs. H. B. Combs and Miss Fenora Chambers have returned home from a visit among Austin relatives. A. P. Smith and E. O. Randle friends of the old Advertiser, were welcome visitors in county seat, Saturday. Mrs. A. L. Brooks, of Jacksonville, was a guest of her sister, Mrs. K. M. Trigg last week, returning home Saturday last. Mr and Mrs. E. W. Klein, of Victoria, arrived in Bastrop Monday night, Mr Klein having a position in the County Clerk's office. Miss E. Lister and Miss Julia Willenburg left this week for New Orleans, to purchase Spring and Summer Millinery, Dress Goods and Notions. Mrs. R. A. Freeman and little daughters, Minnie and Cora, of Heidenheimer, are guests at the home of Mrs. Freeman's parents, Mr. and Mrs Albert Byer. Mrs. H. E. Eldridge, of Cedar Creek, mother of Mr. H. H. Alexander, book keeper at the Citizens State Bank, moved to the city this week, and is now a resident of Bastrop. We are sorry to note that our friend T. A. Hassler, on account of illness, is unable to be at his place of business, and sincerely hope that the Advertisor may be able to chronicle his entire recovery in the near future. March 12, 1882: Mr Ed B. Burleson, who has the honor of first introducing the Hereford cattle into Bastrop county and has extensively raised them for the past six years, considers them superior for the dairy or beef to the Jersey or shorthorns. He has a large number of beautiful specimens, at his ranch across the river from Bastrop; and on Saturday last sold to Mr. R. B. Shipp six Herefords one thoroughbred male and five graded one year old males and females, half and three-quarters. The six brought him $500 cash. 4/24/1881 Marriage Licenses: J. D. Thompson and Julia A Green George Foxel and Mary Preuss N. H. Haight and Mrs. E. P. Cooper The death of Mr. J. W. Miller was noted which occured 4/20/1881. A letter from Green Walnut contained info that rain was needed in the locality of Watterson. A letter from S, H. M. " at Moss Branch stated that Mr. C. G. Caldwell would soon have erected a large store building and that the spirit of improvement was pervading the neighborhood. Four murder cases set for next week Second bridge over Cedar Creek ready for travel August Albrecht has opened a restaurant in the old Lewis store house, next to Mr. Bastain's tin shop. On Monday, Col. Jones had his left arm jerked out of place by a refactory horse. Of the veterans from Bastrop county, five were participants in the Battle of San Jacinto: Messrs: Martin Walker, Campbell Taylor, A. W. Hill, Jacob Standifer and John Herron. Mr. Wiseman, jeweler, was stricken with paralysis on Monday and it is though he cannot recover. The following named veterans are in attendance at the annual reunion at Palestine. A. W. Hill, Jas. Nicholson, Campbell Taylor, Caton Erhard, N. W. Eastland, Jacob Standifer, John Herron, Martin Walker, Wm A Clopton and Ben Highsmith. 4/1908 The announcement of the marriage of Mr. Lynn Manford to Miss Elizabeth Combs of San Marcos, Wednesday, April 22, has been received in our city. Miss Combs is the sister to our fellow townsman, Dr. H. B. Combs. Mrs. Groeder's home, about one mile from Paige was destroyed by fire last Saturday afternoon. The Bluff Creek school house, about 1/3 mile from Mr. Groeder's home, was also destroyed, catching from the flying shingles during the burning of the Groeder home. OBITUARY The death of Mr. Charley R. Hanna, which occured near Red Rock, March 9, 1909, removed from the community one of her best citizens, from his family a kind and loving husband and an affectionate and devoted father. Deceased was born in McLennan County, TX (Waco), Sept 1st, 1876 and lived there until the death of his father, when he came with his mother to Bastrop county, when he was only nine years of age, and has resided here ever since. On Sept. 1st, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Nora Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Harris, two children blessing their union, all of whom survive him. To the grief stricken relatives the Advertiser extends sincere sympathy in this the hour of their great sorrow, and may our Heavenly Father, "who doeth all things well," comfort and soothe their aching hearts. Another Arrest. On Monday of this week the young negro, T. B. Roberts, who is confined in jail charged with burglarizing the stores of Dr. A. M. Hill and Mr. Bob Watson, at HIll's Prairie, and who confessed at the time of his arrest, made a statement in which he implicated his brother, Jesse Roberts, in the burglary of the two stores. The older brother was immediately arrested, and shortly afterwards he confessed to having committed the burglaries in company with his younger brother. Gabriel M Lentz Gabriel M Lentz was born in Limestone County, June 24th, 1834. He came to Bastrop county, TX in 1852. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of that struggle. He made a public profession of faith in Christ in early life. He was on of the oldest Masons in Bastrop county. A chief characteristic of this veteran hero was his keen appreciation of the value of time and opportunity. Lyssippus made a statue, cold, stern, and lifeless, to teach tot he Greek this lesson. This man has made a life, warm, exemplary and energetic. the statue has perished, and no trace of it is found. His life is hid with Christ in God, and his influence will last through time into eternity. He was also characterized by his braveness. He feared not the danger nor struggle of frontier life. The scoffs, scorns, and riddicule of a sinful world were hurled at him in vain when he heard his Master say, "Follow Me". The "hungry wolf" was bravely driven from his door by patient, honest, energetic frugality. The muttering of the cannon, the flash of the sabre, nor the sufferings of war, caused him to falter. Sociability characterised his entire life. Home was to him sacred. The people of God were his brethren. His messmaters were indeed his comrades. His fraternal brethren were to him all that the term signifies. He was husband, father, neighbor, friend in truth and in sincerity. Two children survive him, Mrs. Francis Rucher, of Otis, and Mrs. Amanda Frankum, of Watterson. He leaves a brother, Sam Lentz, of Austihn; a nephew, Gabriel Lentz of Red Rock, a neice, Mrs. Donie Harris, of Bateman; several grandchildren and a host of friends. His departure occurred at 2pm, Jan 6, 1909. His body was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Red Rock, January 7, 4pm, in Masonic honor, witnessed by many friends and relatives. T. J. Womack, Otis, Texas. 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

Dora, Here is the address for an arial view of Utley or you can search for other places. http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=12&T=1&X=814&Y=4174&Z=14&W=0 Also, Union Hill IS on my county map in Utley. And it's further than 5 miles from the turn from Bastrop. Colorado Chapel Cemetery is right down the road. There is a cross on my map to indicate a cemetery. Union Hill Cemetery its after you cross the bridge in Hemphill Prairie (after Cnty Rd 1209 or Blue Flame Rd). If you come from Austin on Hwy 71 east you can take 1209 or Blue Flame to the left, past the Walker-Watson Cemetery (in the woods to right so you won't see it) and it will get you to 969. Once there take a left, go over the bridge. County Rd 65 is to the left and if I remember right the road on my map to the right, isn't there. This is where that cemetery is. I believe there is a turf farm there now. Some workers stated there was a cemetry in the woods but I wasn't going in there. This could be the Wilbarger cemetery as there is a marker on the road the family put down that states their graves were moved (to the state cemetery?). I tried taking some of the roads to the left off of 969 but didn't find any cemeteries in the Utley area. There is also a red brick church to the left on 969. There is a plaque that states several acres of land was donated by the Rogers family to the Af Amer community. The gate is always locked so I don't know if there is a cemetery behind this church. It may seem a long way but the State Library is only about 30 miles from Utley. Take Martin Luther King east. It becomes 969 after the light at 973. Then you go about 20 miles and through Webberville to get there. Gas up first. After you go through Webberville, look for a white wooden house on the right in a curve with a small airplane parked there. This is where the movie Michael was filmed. Won't find the Milk Bottle Hotel though as those two bungalows were put there for the film. 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

Utley is just a bridge now with the sign Utley by it. There are people that live there but nothing else. There is an old church that has been abandoned with a cemetery. I drove by it 7 years before someone mowed it and I saw the headstones. I stopped by one day and on one of these tapes I have around here are the inscriptions. Bastrop is the nearest town, 78602 zip code. Take Hwy 71 west @1 mile, right on Cnty Rd 969 and go about 5 or 6 miles and you will see the bridge and Utley sign. 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

Here are some Chambers burials for African Americans and it looks like your Eddie: Chambers, Eddie M B Unkn 8/21/1939 Son of Washington Chambers and May Franklin, died of Tuberculosis and buried at Union Hill by King Funeral Home in Austin, TX was 34 years old and divorced. There may not be a record of this at the courthouses. Chambers, Francis F B unkn none dau of Lee Chambers and Leola Rollings. Chambers, Green M B unkn 02/27/1925 Fairview (Black section)(City of Bastrop Hwy 95) Chambers, Jessie B 10/31/1884 9/10/1963 Pleasant Hill (Sayersville 179) Chambers, Joe M B unkn 12/03/1919 son of Green and Martha Chambers Fairview (Black section)(City of Bastrop Hwy 95) Chambers, Lee M B Unkn 12/16/34 Son of Green and Martha Wilbarger Chambers. 36y 3m 6d Bastrop Chambers, May F  B Unkn 11/22/30 Dau of Nelson Overtell New Hope (Black) (Camp Swift) Chambers, Rufus M B unkn 04/16/1919 son of Alex and Shivlet Chambers Olive Chambers, W. H. M B Unkn 3/20/35 Son of Will and Sarah Chambers. 67y 1m New Hope If Eddie was killed in Webberville, I'm not sure you will find this in any newspapers unless there was a trial. It is kind of out there by itself, once a thriving town. In a previous message you mentioned their neighbors of Hodge? There is a Linnie Hodge 52yrs old, Daughter of Houston Hodge and Caroline, Af Amer, died 1/1939 in Union Hill and also buried by King Funeral Home in Austin. Hey looks like we're on the right track. Jim Howard and May Townsend had son John Howard who died at age 16, buried at Magnolia Cemetery by King Funeral Home in Austin. There is a King Tears Mortuary Inc in Austin at 512-476-9128. Not sure if this is them, but they may help. If you call them, ask if they know where New Hope at Camp Swift is or Union Hill. I don't have it on my map but I know there are some off of 95 near Camp Swift, in pastures. 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

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BastropPens If you'd like, you can put the pension online for all to find. Thank you for thinking of us. 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

The information below appears to match up with this from the death index; Ed Chambers, Fayette County, 8-11-39, #37482. Someone wrote me that part of Fayette County was once part of Bastrop County. But surely all of this wasn't as recent as the 1930's? Yours, Dora --- Bastropcc@aol.com wrote: > Here are some Chambers burials for African > Americans and it looks like your > Eddie: > > Chambers, Eddie M B Unkn 8/21/1939 Son of > Washington Chambers and May > Franklin, died of Tuberculosis and buried at > Union Hill by King Funeral Home > in Austin, TX was 34 years old and divorced. > There may not be a record of > this at the courthouses. they may help. If you call > them, ask if they know where New Hope at Camp > Swift is or Union Hill. I don't > have it on my map but I know there are some off > of 95 near Camp Swift, in > pastures. > > > 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 ==== > 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) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Well, folks, it seems that Eddie Chambers neither lived with his family, nor got shot. ?????!!! ROFL! Next thing Genny's going to want to know is, how do you find the records for a divorce in Bastrop or Travis County in the 1930's? The indexes for divorces begin in the 1960's or something in the state library, I think. I know Eddie had a son born in 1932, and he was died in 1939, divorce must have been in between. Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Tammy: It looks like Genny's people have been outright telling her tales! That first Eddy Chambers, son of Washington Chambers and May Franklin, is the right one. Where did it come from? I could find nothing on the death index on him - where did he die? Yours, Dora --- Bastropcc@aol.com wrote: > Here are some Chambers burials for African > Americans and it looks like your > Eddie: > > Chambers, Eddie M B Unkn 8/21/1939 Son of > Washington Chambers and May > Franklin, died of Tuberculosis and buried at > Union Hill by King Funeral Home > in Austin, TX was 34 years old and divorced. > There may not be a record of > this at the courthouses. > Chambers, Francis F B unkn none dau > of Lee Chambers and Leola > Rollings. > Chambers, Green M B unkn 02/27/1925 > Fairview (Black section)(City > of Bastrop Hwy 95) > Chambers, Jessie B 10/31/1884 > 9/10/1963 Pleasant Hill > (Sayersville 179) > Chambers, Joe M B unkn 12/03/1919 son > of Green and Martha Chambers > Fairview (Black section)(City of Bastrop Hwy > 95) > Chambers, Lee M B Unkn 12/16/34 Son > of Green and Martha Wilbarger > Chambers. 36y 3m 6d Bastrop > Chambers, May F� B Unkn 11/22/30 Dau > of Nelson Overtell New Hope > (Black) (Camp Swift) > Chambers, Rufus M B unkn 04/16/1919 son > of Alex and Shivlet Chambers > Olive > Chambers, W. H. M B Unkn 3/20/35 Son of > Will and Sarah Chambers. 67y > 1m New Hope > > If Eddie was killed in Webberville, I'm not > sure you will find this in any > newspapers unless there was a trial. It is > kind of out there by itself, once > a thriving town. > > In a previous message you mentioned their > neighbors of Hodge? There is a > Linnie Hodge 52yrs old, Daughter of Houston > Hodge and Caroline, Af Amer, died > 1/1939 in Union Hill and also buried by King > Funeral Home in Austin. Hey > looks like we're on the right track. Jim > Howard and May Townsend had son > John Howard who died at age 16, buried at > Magnolia Cemetery by King Funeral > Home in Austin. There is a King Tears Mortuary > Inc in Austin at > 512-476-9128. Not sure if this is them, but > they may help. If you call > them, ask if they know where New Hope at Camp > Swift is or Union Hill. I don't > have it on my map but I know there are some off > of 95 near Camp Swift, in > pastures. > > > 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 ==== > 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) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Eddie married Evelina Neals, on Jan 8, 1927. His father, Washington Chambers, apparently married twice; Bella Cole and Mary Franklin. Washington's father married "Charlotte Chambers". From marriage index. Evelina is apparently spelled more than one way. Dora --- Vanessa Schatz <bfly1@earthlink.net> wrote: > Dora, who did Eddie marry in Bastrop County? > > Vanessa > ---------- > >From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> > >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [TXBASTRO] Eddie Chambers, how to > find info on 1930s Bastrop > orTravis Co shooting? > >Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2000, 4:15 PM > > > > >I have more information on this black Chambers > >family from Webberville and Bastrop County > that > >I'm researching. Eddie's son, David, who was > >born in 1932, was somewhere around five when > his > >father died. His mother remarried, and as a > >result, David adn his daughters are extremely > >vague about the most obvious details about > >David's family, and it seems hardly anyone > >obvious is left alive. > > > >I now understand that Eddie Chambers, who died > >around 1937 give or take a couple of years, > was > >shot. It had something to do with he was > known > >to carry a gun. "Everyone carried a gun back > >then". I don't know how true that was, even > in > >Texas. The family have no other details about > >what happened including the motive for the > >shooting, and they do not know if the killer > was > >caught. It is not known if this was some gun > >duel thing, some gangsta thing, or a robbery, > or > >a crazy man angry at Eddie for some reason, or > >even a lynching. Eddie's occupation is also > >unknown. > > > >The family is believed to have been living in > >Webberville at the time. Eddie was believed > to > >have been FROM Bastrop County, and I did > indeed > >find Eddie in his parents' household in > Bastrop > >County in the 1920 census. David's children > were > >born in Austin. Webberville is a little > village > >on the road to Bastrop County near the county > >line. Eddie's father owned $7000 worth of > land > >in Bastrop County in 1920, and was a farmer, > as > >was his father before him. The family were > >Black. What Eddie did for a living is not > known. > > Eddie was 15 in the 1920 census, so he was > >around 30 when he was killed. Also, Eddie > >married in Bastrop County. I found the > marriage > >in the index. > > > >I can not find any death for an Eddie Chambers > or > >anything that conceivably could be Eddie's > name, > >in the death indexes for the 1930's in Travis > or > >Bastrop County, though several Eddie Chambers' > >died in other parts of TExas. If Eddie was > not > >killed in Bastrop or Travis Counties, his > death > >certificate would be where he was killed and > not > >where he died. > > > >Can anyone tell me where would be the best > places > >to look for information on the shooting of a > >thirty year old black man with a family who > lived > >in Webberville and came from Bastrop County, > who > >may or may not have been killed anywhere near > >where he lived? Given that the date is pinned > >down to only within a few years? > > > >Yours, > >Dora Smith > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > >==== 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) > > > >============================== > >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a > connection again. > >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously > posted messages, > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Eddie Chambers, our mystery fellow, whose date and place of death are unknown and whose grave has not been found, was the son of Washington Chambers, whose death certificate says he was buried 12/11/1933 at Utley. The death certificate does not say what or where Utley is. It could be the name of a cemetery, a church, or a town. Genny Chambers, one of the granddaughters who is looking for him, says that it is a very small town - possibly not even incorporated. It sure doesn't show up in Yahoo, where one can normally locate all businesses and organizations of every sort in the region. Can people please tell me what cemeteries are located in or near Utley? And how to contact them. We found and used the Bastrop County cemeteries list at the genweb archives, but no listing for an Utley cemetery, and no Washington Chambers. If his son Eddie died only a few years later, he could well be buried in the same location as his father. Washington Chambers died peacefully in old age of complications of a leaky heart, and he was a farmer and a landowner. Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Tammy: I have not seen the actual deeds yet; didn't have time at the library today. Later this week we should be able to obtain them; they appear to be on microfilm in the state library in Austin. I'm kind of amazed they might not identify the place, either, though! Thanks very much for the map; it's a great lead! The 1870 and 1880 censuses are high on the list for this weekend, too. I'll let you know what we find! My supervisor at work knows about that great stuff you guys have in your genweb archives - she spent all afternoon staring at them! Don't think she found the map, though. Yours, Dora --- Bastropcc@aol.com wrote: > Dora, > W. Billingsley had land near Watterson. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/map/bastropmap12.gif > > Also, there is two Chambers: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/map/bastropmap7.gif > The last names that border this property match > the 1880 census but not the > first names. Considering the map is 1929 and > the census was 1880, > descendants would have received some of the > property so the last names would > be the same. Look under A. Black, near the > railroad track. Follow the > railroad track on down to the L. Barker survey > and near the smudge is another > Chambers. There is also a J. Billingsley on > this part of the map, nearby > towards the top. All this land on the right of > the railroad track was > condemed by the government during World War II > (or was it I?) and Camp Swift > was formed. I can't remember the date but > families were forced to move. > Later, they were offered their land back, at a > price, but most had settled > elsewhere. > > Also, the names with your Alex Chambers on the > 1870 census index, such as > Hemphill, Corbell, Watterson, McDonald and > Talley are in the Red Rock and > Watterson areas. All are my family except > McDonald. A Mattie McDonald > married William M Eastland who lived in > Watterson, near Red Rock. Oops, take > that back. Their daughter Mattie Bates > McDonald married John Stubblefield > Hemphill, son of William. If you go to the > maps, look for P. Hemphill. P is > Pole (Napoleon) and he is also the son of > William. I have some of the 1880 > census and I don't see a Chambers near these > families on what I have. > > > If you will type up the deeds you have and put > them on the bastrop website > using the deed puzzle piece, we can look at > them and maybe find more clues > for you. One thing that sticks out to me is > that you do not mention a > headright name. Most deeds contained this > information. I have found the > deeds in the Bastrop Town tract do not mention > a headright name. Mine says > Micah Andrews Survey but is not in the town > tract. This is the way they > identify the location of the land so if it's > not in there, it could be that > the land was in town. I haven't seen a deed > for McDade or Smithville so it > could be the same for these locations. Also, > when they rented it probably > won't have a headright or survey mentioned on > it. > > In addition, on the main page of the Bastrop > website, at the bottom, there is > a paragraph about the border changes of Mina > (Bastrop) County. Part of > Fayette was part of Bastrop for a long time. > While I was looking for info for > someone, the earlier records were at the > courthouse in the present county > (Lee), not the former county (Bastrop), but > don't know if this is always the > case. > > 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 ==== > 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/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Hey, thanks! Dora --- Bob Jones <bjones@2ccinc.com> wrote: > I'm checking on deeds, and land instruments > now. Tomorrow I'm sending for a > lot of information from Fayette County. I've > been working with 1875 to 1941. > I'll let you know if I can pinpoint a time , > but considering the pace of > snailmail from the various courthouses I > suggest you try Texas web sites. I > don't want to make a promise I can't keep. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> > To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] need references, > history on Black settlement Bastrop > Co, 1860's > > > > Oh, boy, thanks. When did part of Fayette > become > > part of Bastrop? > > > > Yoursk > > Dora > > > > --- Bob Jones <bjones@2ccinc.com> wrote: > > > I believe you should do some research in > > > Fayette County also, you will find > > > that during those years part of Fayette may > now > > > be part of Bastrop. > > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> > > > To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 8:01 AM > > > Subject: [TXBASTRO] need references, > history on > > > Black settlement Bastrop Co, > > > 1860's > > > > > > > > > > Can someone please tell me and give me > > > references > > > > on Black settlement in Bastrop County in > the > > > > 1860's. Particularly people coming from > > > around > > > > Tennessee and Alabama. > > > > > > > > Yours, > > > > Dora Smith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access > from > > > anywhere! > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > > > > To send a post to the BASTROP COUNTY, > TEXAS > > > list, > > > > send your message to > TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > > > BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb, > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in > real > > > time. > > > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously > posted messages, > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > > > ============================== > > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at > gaylon@flash.net > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real > time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Sara: Thanks! I'll suggest it to her. Dora --- "Sara M. Bettencourt" <SaraBett@swbell.net> wrote: > Hello, Dora -- > > You might try doing a search for those names in > both the Bastrop Newspapers > abstracts and the newspaper "business" > abstracts -- which are on the Bastrop > USGENWEB webpage. From preparing the abstracts > (many years ago) I recognize > most of the names. I think W. B. Billingsley > operated a store in McDade -- > but both F. A. Orgain and B. D. Orgain were > attorneys in Bastrop. One of > the Fowlers was Mayor of Bastrop (but I don't > think his name started with an > S -- J. P., if my old memory is still working > -- but the abstracts will > clear that up). In fact, I ran into a B. D. > Orgain, attorney in > Beaumont,about 6 years ago when he was in his > 90s and asked if he were > related to F. A. and B. D. Orgain. They were > his father and grandfather, > but I suspect that the man that I met has now > died. Don't happen to > remember the name Speed or Hodge -- but check > the abstracts. > > Even if some of these people lived in Bastrop > proper, they could have owned > land in various places around the county and > rented it out periodically. > > Good luck with your search, > Sara Bettencourt > Houston, TX > > > > ==== 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/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Dora, who did Eddie marry in Bastrop County? Vanessa ---------- >From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXBASTRO] Eddie Chambers, how to find info on 1930s Bastrop orTravis Co shooting? >Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2000, 4:15 PM > >I have more information on this black Chambers >family from Webberville and Bastrop County that >I'm researching. Eddie's son, David, who was >born in 1932, was somewhere around five when his >father died. His mother remarried, and as a >result, David adn his daughters are extremely >vague about the most obvious details about >David's family, and it seems hardly anyone >obvious is left alive. > >I now understand that Eddie Chambers, who died >around 1937 give or take a couple of years, was >shot. It had something to do with he was known >to carry a gun. "Everyone carried a gun back >then". I don't know how true that was, even in >Texas. The family have no other details about >what happened including the motive for the >shooting, and they do not know if the killer was >caught. It is not known if this was some gun >duel thing, some gangsta thing, or a robbery, or >a crazy man angry at Eddie for some reason, or >even a lynching. Eddie's occupation is also >unknown. > >The family is believed to have been living in >Webberville at the time. Eddie was believed to >have been FROM Bastrop County, and I did indeed >find Eddie in his parents' household in Bastrop >County in the 1920 census. David's children were >born in Austin. Webberville is a little village >on the road to Bastrop County near the county >line. Eddie's father owned $7000 worth of land >in Bastrop County in 1920, and was a farmer, as >was his father before him. The family were >Black. What Eddie did for a living is not known. > Eddie was 15 in the 1920 census, so he was >around 30 when he was killed. Also, Eddie >married in Bastrop County. I found the marriage >in the index. > >I can not find any death for an Eddie Chambers or >anything that conceivably could be Eddie's name, >in the death indexes for the 1930's in Travis or >Bastrop County, though several Eddie Chambers' >died in other parts of TExas. If Eddie was not >killed in Bastrop or Travis Counties, his death >certificate would be where he was killed and not >where he died. > >Can anyone tell me where would be the best places >to look for information on the shooting of a >thirty year old black man with a family who lived >in Webberville and came from Bastrop County, who >may or may not have been killed anywhere near >where he lived? Given that the date is pinned >down to only within a few years? > >Yours, >Dora Smith > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >==== 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) > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >