Can anyone please tell me what is the zip code for Utley, Texas? If it is too tiny it may not even be an incorporated town. I need something I can plug into the map finders adn such. Also, what is the nearest incorporated town or village? Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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/

I've tried several times to subscribe to your list, but haven't been successful (yet). The reason I'm being so tenacious is that I have a copy of a confederate pension application for James M. Branum who lived in Bastrop County, Texas at the time of his pension application (1899). I wrote for a copy of an application for someone of the same name (turned out it was the wrong state) and got this one from Bastrop County. Mr. Branum lived in "Glass" at the time. He gave his age as 64 (in 1899) and stated he had served during the entire war. I would really love to send this to someone who is kin to Mr. Branum. In fact, I just can't throw it away. If I can't find an owner, I'll give it to the United Daughters of the Confederacy. I do hope you can publish my message to the list. Betty Jump 14 Vela Court Coto de Caza, CA 92679 Kicmango@AOL.com

I am looking for information on Williamson and Martha Jones who moved to Bastrop County in the 1850's from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. They had 5 sons, 4 of whom were killed in the Civil War - Claiborne, William C, Nathan Warren and John R Jones. The surviving son, John Ash Jones, later moved back to Arkansas. Martha remained there with her grandaughter, Texana Darling, until she died in Weberville. Thanks for any information that you can give me. Janice Jones

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

Dora, It may help you some to look at the cemetery name listings, expecially those that state (black or Af American) beside the names. People were usually buried near where they lived. This listing is on the Bastrop website. You may be able to find neighbors of your folks listed in the cemetery inscriptions and that may show where they were buried and then you will know the location. Putting all these pieces together, you may get closer to your quest. 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'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/ >

Sara, You seem so knowledgable about the families of Bastrop. Do you know much about the Bishop's, Lymans's and Bryce's or Brices's? I am descended from Thomas P. Bishop. His father Stephen Bishop married Susan Bryce and her sister Charlotte was married to Benkamin Lyman. Melba Bishop "Sara M. Bettencourt" 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/

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

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/

I hardly had time to read all the records in the state library last weekend, but the ones I did see, including a census record and a death certificate, did a highly remarkable job of not saying where in Bastrop County the people I'm researching lived. It was a Black family from Tennesse and Alabama, they came sometime around the 1860's, had children born reportedly in Bastrop then if the children didn't later know the date or year of their birth, and show up in Bastrop County records from the 1870's. Possibly noone on this list recognizes the family themselves - but it occurs to me that people might recognize the names of the people they rented and bought land from. Does anybody recognize the following names, and could anyone possibly tell me where their land was located? They rented from W B Billingsley, and bought from Samuel Fowler and wife, G B Speed and wife, and George andNancy Hodge, and F A Orgain. Yours, Dora __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

This is a great site for cemetary records in Texas, I've seen a lot of names that have been mentioned on here, good luck. I have some listings for Poe Prarie and Cox if anyone needs them. Although with the site not all names are listed.....Lisa http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-TX-001.html

I am looking for the same information. What surnames are you researching? Vanessa ---------- >From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXBASTRO] need references, history on Black settlement Bastrop Co, 1860's >Date: Sun, Aug 27, 2000, 6:01 AM > >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/ > >

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/ >

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/

I am researching, for a friend, descendants of Alexander CHAMBERS, seems to have come to Bastrop County either just before, during or just after, the Civil War, from Alabama and Tennessee. He had a son named Washington born some time in the 1860's. So far, the 1920 census, 1900 and 1910 soundex, deeds index, and Washington Chambers' death certificate, fail to identify where in Bastrop County. It was part of "precinct 4", in "ED 26", in 1920. These sources also completely fail to pin down Washington Chambers' date of birth, some time between 1861 and 1868 - in BAstrop, County as nearly as I could tell, Texas. Both Alexander and Washington owned land, Alexander seems to have initially rented, as per deeds index. They rented from W B Billingsley, and bought from Samuel Fowler and wife, G B Speed and wife, and George andNancy Hodge, and F A Orgain, if that helps pin down where they were. Did Bastrop have a concept of municipalities in the mid 19th century? I've never before seen a deeds index fail to pin that down. Washington Chambers, who married Mary Franklin, his second wife, had Modesta, 17 in 1920 and m Thula? B Handy, , Eddie, 15 in 1920 and m , Evelina Neals, Alexander, 12 in 1920, m Mary Lou Townsend, , and Ferusa, Ferra, also a sister named something that vaguely looked like Coma, and nieces Catherine, Hester, James, Emma, Hattie, none of them still living with Washington by 1910. Alexander Chambers married Charlotte Chambers in Sept 20, 1875 - and this must have also been his second wife, unless this was Alexander a son of Alexander. Presumably, the 1880 census will show the children of Alexander! Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

i would like a copy of bastrop county cemeteries

Does anyone know what year Jeptha Billingsley opened his business in McDade? What kind of business was it. Appreciate any information, thanks Lisa

Hello, I am proud to announce the creation of a new mail list called TX-Cemeteries. This list has the encouragement of Gerron S. Hite, Cemetery Preservation Coordinator in the History Programs Division of the Texas Historical Commission gerron.hite@thc.state.tx.us and he's excited at the opportunity to share his feelings about our cemetery preservation to a large group all at once Others that have been notified, Lee Campbell, Past Representative for the Texas State Genealogical Society {and my cousin} and her friend, Past President of the TSGS Wanda Donaldson. I've let all the following people know about the list and they may join from time to time. Yvonne Pickens, current President of the TSGS. Trey Holt, coordinator for the Texas GenWeb. Wyndell Taylor, creator of GA Cherokee County GenWeb page, {and my cousin}. <Smile> I just have a lot of cousins !!!! The main focus of this list will be to locate and catalogue our endangered cemeteries. Gerron Hite has obtained a new program to help us give our cemeteries "Historic Texas Cemetery Designation". He is willing to help us learn how to accomplish this designation. This will also be a topic for us to address. I am an experienced RootsWeb mail list admin. Currently I manage the mail list for VARoots, SC-Old Pendleton-District, and the Brand surname list. Donna, the lead technician, of the RootsWeb Help Desk has complimented me with a request to join her on the RootsWeb desk, which made me feel really good, but my main focus is our cemeteries. I am also experienced in the survey of large and small cemeteries. In addition to the topics above there will be discussions on how to preserve and restore old monuments with the help of a caretaker with over 25 years experience. To join the mail list simply send a message to TX-Cemeteries-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word subscribe in the subject line and nothing else. If you prefer the Digest send a message to TX-Cemeteries-D-request@rootsweb.com with only the word subscribe in the subject line and nothing else. I look forward to seeing you there, Respectfully, donna brand

Cassie, in the meantime, I will review all of my Clemons information and send you more. I am interested to hear about what you learn from your trip. Vanessa ---------- >From: CCASSIEGAL@aol.com >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Re: African American Funeral Home >Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2000, 8:55 PM > >Vanessa, >I knew Ella(cousin TOOT) and Robert(uncle BOB) Clemons. No one ever explained >how we were related or why they called her cousin and him uncle. All my life >they lived next door to Antioch Baptist Church in Hills Praire. Cousin Toots >was an usher at the church.She some times sold shaved iced drinks to us kids. >I can remember playing with her daughter Cat when I would visit my >grandmother May Pearl Coleman Blaylock. Their sons are Sammie Lee, Robert , >Marcus Kelly, and TC Clemons. I saw Robert on July 4th weekend at the Coleman >family reunion. He's the oldest. Sam lives in Austin but I haven't talked to >him since the 1999 family reunion. > Also, there is a living Veal relative, Lily Veal, who is 101 years old . I >plan to be in Bastrop tomorrow and I will take your list for her to look at. >I hope that she will be able to tell me more about Ella and Robert Clemons. > I recognized one other name Albert Kellough, although I don't know why at >the moment. I will ask Aunt Mandy Kellough(96 years old) in Hills Prarie if >she feels up to it. > > >Cassie > > >==== 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) > >============================== >Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: >Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at >http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >