Thanks, Rick; I hope to be getting back to that area, but have no idea when it will be. I'm almost 75, built a new home, starting a new lawn with new trees, shrubs, etc., on a very large lot, plus still working (out of my home) 30-40 hours a week, so getting to enjoy the easy life and doing things like tramping around cemeteries ain't easy . . . but I'll do it yet! Following is my snail mail address and phone number. I really appreciate your time in answering and your offer. Jack Hardwick 403 Greenbriar Av Keene TX 76059-2002 817 556 0010 FAX 817 558 4101 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: RE: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > Hi, Jack. > Beaukiss is in Williamson Co. I wish we would have conversed a little > sooner. I went out to the cemetary last month to check on things. There > are probably 100 gravesites there, some going back to the late 1800s. > You're talking to someone that has trouble remembering his kid's names > lately but I'd almost swear Hardwick was on a tombstone. Next time I go > there I'll take a peak. Where are you located? > Rick > > Richard Gillespie, DC > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Hardwick [mailto:Jack_Hardwick@prodigy.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 5:08 PM > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > Rick: Was Beaukiss in Williamson or Bastrop County? I've attempted to find > exactly where my gg and ggrandparents lived. I've never been able to > pinopoint it, yet I'm wondering if there might be some of my ancestors > buried in the cemetery at Beaukiss. They scattered from SC to the general > area in Bell, Bastrop and Williamson County, all apparently near Elgin, yet > I've never located exactly where. > > Thanx! > > Jack > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> > To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 3:59 PM > Subject: RE: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > I know that this is kinda off list info and please scold me if you think > so > > but having said that: > > > > As I was growing up, my family always had a Christmas tradition of making > > the 3 hour trip up to Beaukiss, near Elgin, to clean up the family graves > at > > the cemetary there. Nowadays a 3 hour trip is nothing but back then this > > was a major excursion. We always stopped in Elgin and loaded up with Hot > > Guts and a couple of loaves of bread and crackers. When we got to the > > cemetary we'd have a tailgate picnic before setting about cleaning the > weeds > > and trash that had accumulated over the past year. We'd then drive down > the > > country roads looking for a good cedar tree to cut for a Christmas tree. > > Sometimes we'd cut over a dozen trees (they are considered a nuisance tree > > so no one objected to us cutting them down) to take home to our neighbors > > and family. There's a lot of good memories connected with those annual > > trips. The smell of fresh-cut cedar and the taste of those hot guts takes > > me back to a really fun time of my life. > > > > OK, we can get back to genealogy now. ;) > > Rick > > > > Richard Gillespie, DC > > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jack Hardwick [mailto:Jack_Hardwick@prodigy.net] > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 3:22 PM > > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > > > That was one of the greatest things my ancestors did for me . . . besides > > coming from Williamson County ("near Elgin," as the family history always > > said), doing my research led me to the fabulous barbecue in Elgin. Worth > > going to get, even if you aren't researching the area. Plus, some of my > > Hardwicks are buried there . . . surely the barbecue didn't have anything > to > > do with that . . . naaaah . . . that was at the turn of the nineteenth > > century. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> > > To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 1:37 PM > > Subject: RE: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > > > > Thanks Shirleen. > > > And every time I run up to Bastrop I ALWAYS make a side trip to Elgin > for > > > some Hot Links or "Hot Guts" as the old timers always called them. I > > > usually buy about 50 pounds of uncooked to take home and freeze! > > > > > > Richard Gillespie, DC > > > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shirleen Smith Reese [mailto:shirleenreese@msn.com] > > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:47 AM > > > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > > > > > > I can't say for sure about this particular building, but you should make > > the > > > trip to Bastrop anyway--if you've not been before or in a long time. > > > There's lots to see and good BBQ to boot! > > > > > > Shirleen Smith Reese > > > shirleenreese@msn.com > > > http://www.geocities.com/bastrop52 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Richard Gillespie, DC > > > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:03 PM > > > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: RE: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > > > Hi, all. > > > I also enjoyed the pictures. My Great-great Uncle James Hiram Gillespie > > > owned a mercantile store in Bastrop from about 1860 until sometime in > the > > > late 1800s. In his later years, I think he sold the store to Charles > > Leroy > > > Morgan and I've also been told that it later became Turner Mercantile. > > There > > > may have been several different buildings during this period but someone > > > once told me that the building still stands. Do any of you recall > seeing > > > anything in the City of Bastrop archives? If the building still stands > > I'd > > > love to make the trip to Bastrop to take pictures. Thanks > > > > > > Richard Gillespie, DC > > > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bastropcc@aol.com [mailto:Bastropcc@aol.com] > > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:12 PM > > > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Personal Website > > > > > > > > > Shirleen Smith Reese, > > > Thank you for letting us know of your website. 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