This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dorothy, Glad to be of assistance. Good luck with your research. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: MARY, I WROTE THIS A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND FOR SOME REASON IT DID NOT GO THROUGH SO I WILL TRY AGAIN.PLEASE DO NOT BE SORRY FOR NOT FINDING MORE ON MY GREATGRANDAD.YOU HAVE DONE MORE THEN YOU THINK. YOU FOUND WHERE HE IS BURIED AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH .I WILL GO ON LINE BACK TO BELL CO AND SEE IF I CAN FIND HIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOROTHY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peden, Paden, Alexander, Morton, Morrow, White, Archer, Martin, Gaston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/1983 Message Board Post: The 2004 Peden Reunion will be held at Fairview Presbyterian Church near Fountain Inn, Greenville Co., South Carolina. This reunion is celebrated by the descendants of John Peden, born 1709 Antrim County, Ireland, and his wife, Margaret (Peggy) McDill, born August 1715, also in Antrim County, Ireland. They died in Greenville Co., SC John and Peggy McDill Peden's 10 children, all born in Ireland, include: I MARY, born 1732, married James Alexander Died Greeneville Co., SC Descendants settled in SC and Gwinnett Co., GA II JAMES, born 1734, m) Mary Brown Buried Fairview Church,Greenville Co., SC Descendants of James and Mary's son, Thomas who married Isabella Paden,settled Tishomingo Co(See below). James and Mary's grandson, Alexander Savage, settled in Tishomingo Co.,MS along with his Paden cousins who left SC in the 1830's. He was married to Rosa Morton,a cousin. III JANE, born ca 1738, m)1st John Morton m)2nd Robert Morrow Buried Morgan Co., Ala Descendents settled in Morgan Co., Ala. IV THOMAS, born 1743, m) Elizabeth White Died Spartanburg Co., South Carolina Most descendants settled in SC V WILLIAM, born 1749, m) Mary (Polly) Archer Most descendants settled in North MS, particularly Old Tishomingo Co., MS. Descendants established Bethany Presbyterian Church, just south of the town of Tishomingo. VI ELIZABETH, born 1750, m) William Gaston buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co., SC No Children VII JOHN, born 1752, m) ? Baker, Archer? Buried Fairview Church, Greenville Co, SC Descendants settled in SC, Gwinnett Co, GA, Kemper Co. MS, and Tallahatchie Co., MS VIII SAMUEL, born 1754, m)1st Katherine White m)2nd Margaret Died Kemper Co., MS Most descendants went to North Ala and then settled in Kemper Co., MS. Established Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co., MS. Others descendants were at times in Tishomingo Co. and Winston Co. in MS. IX ALEXANDER, born 1756, m) Rebecca Martin Buried Fairview, Greenville Co, SC Descendants settled in SC, Kemper County, MS and Gwinnet Co., GA X DAVID, born 1760, m) 1st Eleanor Goodgion m) 2nd Margaret Hughes Died Kemper Co MS Descendants first settled in North Ala, Gwinnet Co., GA, Kemper and Chickasaw Co. in MS, later to MO,Parker and Tarrant Counties in Texas. --Descendants of the other siblings above also may have settled in and around Tishomingo Co., MS. Many of the houses intermarried (each child of John and Peggy McDill Peden is considered a House of this family, for example: I am of the House of William.). The town of Paden, MS in Tishomingo Co. gets its name from this family. The community of Peden in Kemper Co., MS is named after the Samuel Peden above. Pedens/Padens established Bethany Presbyterian Church in Tishomingo Co, MS, Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co, MS and Fairview Church in Gwinnet Co, GA If you are interested in attending this reunion and you need a "look-up" in the book, "The Pedens of America", to assure your line is of this South Carolina Peden/Paden family, please send me information of your kinship to at least 1900 (further back if you have it). Many of the lines stop at about 1900 in the book. I will be giving a talk at the reunion this year on the Pedens that left SC and went West to MS, TN, ALA, GA, etc. If you have copies of any early pictures, letters, or documents that you would share to help with this exhibit, I would be most happy to receive them!!! We will also be gathering materials for permanent exhibits for each House. Please email or if unable to scan, email for my snail address. Also updated and expanded information for any of these families in needed for a future "Pedens of America" Book Update. When published (no date set), will be by the SC Peden Clan that published and has copyright of the "Pedens of America" book. Information in a GedCom format is favored, but any and all formats are welcome. Email me for additional information. Thanks So Much, Rebecca Bruton Moss Email:[email protected] PLEASE SEE COMPLETE INFO BELOW FOR THE 2004 PEDEN REUNION AT FAIRVIEW ! ************************************************************ Hi Rebecca, This is the Brochure of the Peden Reunion 2004 which I hope to get in the mail this Memorial Day Weekend. Please use this to email all the email addresses you have. Thanks, James Rodgers PEDEN REUNION FAIRVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH P. O. Box 1664 Fountain Inn, SC 29644 The fiftieth Peden Reunion will be held at Fairview Presbyterian Church on Saturday and Sunday, July 17th and 18th, 2004. PEDEN CLAN OFFICERS Chief: John Calvin Peden, Gastonia, NC President : James H. Rodgers, Jr., Fountain Inn, SC Vice President: Clark Peden, Fountain Inn, SC Secretary: Jackie Peden, Fountain Inn, SC Treasurer: Henry B. Peden, II, Fountain Inn, SC Historian: W. Scipio Peden, Jr. Pelzer, SC John and Peggy McDill Peden and several of their children landed in Charlestown, Carolina in 1773 on a ship loaded with immigrants from Ireland and all their earthly belongings. Each family had a land grant from the King of England for not less than 100 acres of land in what is now the Nazareth section of Spartanburg County. All the men and older boys soon went north in their covered wagons to join George Washington's army and fought with him through the entire Revolutionary War. Each of the Peden men were given 500 acres of land in this community as payment for their service to the new country. They were also given an option to buy additional land for the ridiculous price of seventy-five cents per 100 acres. One of the first things these families did upon arriving in this place was to build a church, Fairview Presbyterian Church. It was a log building across the road from the present church. The present building is the fourth building to house the church, and opened in 1858. The Sunday School rooms were added in 1949, and the Office complex and Historical Building were dedicated in l986 at the celebration of the church's 200th birthday. The Peden Reunion was held for the first time in 1899. It was held again in 1909, but postponed in 1919 because of World War I. It was not held again until 1955, and has been held every year since then. We sometimes have as many as 400 attending when prominent family members such as General William Westmoreland and the late Senator John Stennis were the featured speakers. The rock walled cemetery is of great interest. The oldest marked grave is 1794, and about 750 graves are there. The original rock wall was build by slaves about l850, and enlarged in the early l930s. he men at Fairview have always been a patriotic group, and veterans of every war in the nation's history are buried there, except for those of the Gulf Wars, who are still living. We look forward to having a great reunion this year, and to meeting cousins we have never met before. We hope that many of you will be able to attend. There are several nice motels, restaurants, and shopping centers within five miles of the church. Local residents are usually available to answer questions and show visitors around the church and community. Sincerely, James H. Rodgers, Jr. President JHR/jr ************************************************************ ONE HUNDRED FIFTH ANNIVERSARY - PEDEN REUNION SATURDAY ACTIVITIES JULY 17, 2004 (Please complete form below) On this year's Saturday Tour we will visit Cowpens Revolutionary War Park and the Revolutionary War Park in Kings Mountain, NC. Our Pedens were soldiers in these battles. On Saturday morning we need to leave the church at 8:00 a.m. We will travel by Van and private cars as we did last year. There is no charge for this tour, however at the end of the trip we will take up a collection for those on the vans to cover the cost of gas. (Lunch will be on your own at an area restaurant). At that time on Saturday morning, maps will also be distributed to those who do not wish to go to the Revolutionary Parks. Directions will be available for visiting the Thomas Peden family cemetery near Woodruff, SC. There will also be maps to locate the McDill Peden Cemetery (John and Peggy McDill Peden are buried here) and Ole Catholic Presbyterian Church near Chester, SC .The latter two historic places near Chester are only 4 to 5 miles apart. There are almost as many Pedens buried at Ole Catholic Presbyterian Church as there are at Fairview Cemetery. The Saturday evening meal will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Social Hall across the road from Fairview Presbyterian Church. This will be a make your own sandwich type supper. The cost for the supper will be $6.00 per person payable in advance. We must have at least 40 people for the supper or it will be a no go. All money must be received by July 7, 2004. If we do not get 40 people for supper the money will be refunded to you before you leave home from the reunion. This is not just for out of town people-this is also for local people. What better time to get acquainted with cousins than at a Saturday night supper. We will have a speaker after supper, Ms. Rebecca Bruton Moss, who will tell us a little about the Pedens and their migration West; especially the House of William. Also please bring pre-1900 pictures, records, letters, bible records, church records, histories, keepsakes, etc. that you have for your Peden/Paden family. We plan to have a sharing of information from the different houses on Saturday night. We will also be asking to make copies of these articles to prepare exhibits for future reunions. These will be scanned on a computer so your originals or copies would be returned immediately, and directly, to you. ************************************************************ PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM TO ATTEND THE SATURDAY TOUR and/or SUPPER RETURN BY JULY 7th Tour: How many persons? ________Tour is free - a collection will be taken at the end of the trip to pay for gas for the vans. Supper @ $6.00 X _____ No. Persons = $____________Total Children under six will be free. Name:______________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________ City:______________________________________________ State:________________________ Zip Code:___________ E-Mail Address ____________________________________ For Tour and/or Supper Reservations send completed form and check to: James H. Rodgers 2244 Fairview Road Fountain Inn, SC 29644-9217 **** It is of utmost importance that you get your reservation in on time. The caterer must have a count in advance. ************************************************************ ONE HUNDRED FIFTH ANNIVERSARY - PEDEN REUNION SUNDAY ACTIVITIES Sunday, July 18th On Sunday we will meet in the church sanctuary at 11:30 for the formal meeting, reports and speaker. Registration will begin at 10:30 at the church, and we urge everyone to register. Bring food to share and a picnic lunch will be served on the grounds at 1:00 p.m. The Historical Building will be open at 2:30 p.m. We usually have Pedens and Padens from all over the country, many who have never been here, to come and see the graves and markers of their ancestors, and to see where they lived and worshipped. SUNDAY'S SPEAKER Our speaker this year will be Hooper (Lex) Alexander, IV. He was born and raised in Charlotte, NC. He received a BA in English in l982 from Davidson College, where he was a Samuel H. Bell Honors Scholar, treasurer of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and a four-year member of the Wind Ensemble and Wildcat Pep Band. While he was in college, he worked full-time as a radio disc jockey and producer, first for the college's classical-music station and then for a commercial FM station near Charlotte. After graduation, he moved to New York, where he worked for a small public-relations firm and wrote freelance articles for music magazines.Returning to North Carolina after almost two years, he joined the Statesville Record & Landmark as a reporter. After reporting jobs with newspapers in New Bern and Gastonia, he joined the Greensboro News and Record in l987 as a night police reporter. During 11 years as a reporter, he covered public safety, politics, local and state government, religion and ethics and also spent three years as an investigative-projects specialist. Also during this period, he introduced computer-assisted reporting and database analysis to the newsroom, pioneering the use of computers to report on the U. S. Census in North Carolina, and led the team that produced the newspaper's first Website-among the first newspaper Web sites in he country. In 1998, he was promoted to regional editor and planned recruiting and news coverage for the largest one-time staff and coverage expansion in the newspaper's 108 year history. In 2000, he became assistant features editor; during the four years he spent in that position, the News & Record's features section won top honors in the nation's largest contest for newspaper feature section and won honorable mention the following year. In the fall of 2001, he became acting assignments editor while a colleague was on maternity leave. On September 11, 2001, he edited the first extra edition to have been published by the News & Record since Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968, and he directed the newspaper's coverage of the aftermath of 9/11 for weeks thereafter. In late 2003 he was named to lead a new investigative-reporting team. A few weeks later, the two reporters on that team both won top honors in the News & Record's annual in-house journalism contest. A member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. since 1991, he has spoken on religion coverage at seminars sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and on census coverage at an annual seminar sponsored by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. His political reporting, column writing and book reviews have been honored by the North Carolina Press Association. In 1997, he received the Wilbur Award or best religion writing in American daily newspapers outside the top 15 markets and was a finalist the same year for the Religion News-writers Association's award for best religion writing in medium-sized American newspapers. In addition to his work for the News & Record, he has contributed freelance reporting to Newsweek, U. S. News & World Report, and Rolling Stone. He also edited the book "Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century:" by Bev Harris, published earlier this year. He is a member of Greensboro's First Presbyterian Church, where he has served as assistant chair of the Pastoral Care Committee and regularly teaches Sunday School. In the community, he has volunteered with the Guilford Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, a network of church-based volunteer teams that minister to people with AIDS and their families. He has been married since 1990 to the former Ruth Ann Farmer. They have two children, Victoria, 6, and Hooper Alexander 5th, age 3. ************************************************************ ACCOMMODATIONS Take Simpsonville, SC, Exit 27 on I-385, All hotel/motels are within 5 miles of Fairview Presbyterian Church. Palmetto Inn, Simpsonville, SC 800-850-7836 Comfort Inn, Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-2777 Holiday Inn Express, Simpsonville, SC (864) 962-8500 Hampton Inn, Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-9292 Days Inn, Simpsonville, SC (864) 963-7701 ************************************************************ TO PURCHASE BOOKS If you are unable to attend the reunion and would like to purchase a copy of "Fairview Presbyterian Church History" Book by Mary Lou Stewart Garrett, you may do so by sending a request to the church address along with a check for $25.00. Fairview Presbyterian Church, 126 Fairview Church Road, P.O. Box 1664 Fountain Inn, S.C. 29644 If you don't have a "Pedens of America" book, you can purchase one at the reunion for $32.00 or by mail for $35.00. Please send requests to W. S. Peden, Jr., 521 McKelvey Rd, Pelzer, SC 29669

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Dorothy, Sorry so say I was unable to find an obituary for you. However I did find a death record at the Bell County Clerks office. Not much information except it did say where he was buried. Volumn 4, page 347 Bell County Name: J F Garner Residence: Bell County Home for Poor Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Sex: Male Age: 78 Father and Mother: Unknown Date of Death: November 9, 1927 Cause: Brain Hemmorhage Physician: J. W. Pittman, MD, Belton TX Date of Burial: November 9, 1927 Undetaker: G. C. Eads & Son, Belton TX Buried: East Belton Cemetery Informant: G. C. Eads, Belton TX Filed: November 14, 1927 Sorry I could not be of more assistance. Mary

Searching for information and family of Elimina Kelly and Joseph Brown who were living in the area at the time of the 1880 Census. Elmina and Joseph were married in Arkansas at the beginning of the Civil War and moved to Texas sometime after the war. Elmina was the daughter of Hiram and Malinda (ANDERSON) KELLY. Her sister Sarah married Joshua C ELLIS. Sarah and Joshua's son Joshua moved to Blevins before 1900 and moved to McClennan County before 1910. The Kelly and Ellis families will hold a homecoming in Madison county Arkansas June 26. I hope anyone having information relating to Emina & Joseph's family or any or the Kelly or Ellis family will contact me. Jonelle ELLIS Russell 4344 Brookshire Circle Santa Rosa, CA 95405 email: [email protected] Thanks, Jonelle

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: MARY, THANKS FOR ANSWERING SO FAST.I ALREADY HAD THE INFO YOU GAVE ME THOUGH.I REALLY NEED MAYBE A NEWS PAPER OBIT TO SEE WHO SURVIVED HIM AT HIS TIME OF DEATH.I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME AS I AM AT A STANDSTILL ON MY GARNER LINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOROTHY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1978.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, It seems you have reached the same place I am with my research. Researching before 1900 can be very tricky when looking for obits and death records. If you are looking for relatives, have you tried the census records. Start with the last know place of residence and work your way back. Other than that the only option is try to find other relatives that might have information. I searched message boards and found other cousins. Sometimes they have old Bibles with ancestry information. Sorry I could not be of more help. Good luck with your researach.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/1979.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Frank, this is them!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1978.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, Thank You for checking out my Obit request. I do appreciate it. You ask if I had any additional date information. I'm sorry to say -No. All i found so for on the Hamiltons, were on the Bell County 1860 & 1870 Census & McDowell Cemetery sites. They had about 9 children i can find, possibly born in Bell County. The first born son - John Franklin Hamilton was born Sept. 19, 1854 in Bell County and Died Aug. 14, 1910 Biuried-Truett Cemetery - Runnels County. John was also married in Bell county January 12, 1880 to Anna (Evans). This is about all the information i have on any dates. Does it seem like I'm at a brick wall?? Maybe you can tell me where i can go from here. I do appreicate all your help.

Mike and I saw the paperback at Fletchers Books in Salado. I do not know the price. The railroad museum might have them. If you don't have the phone number I can find the number at Fort Hood to call for more information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe D. Deaver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Book of Fort Hood Memories > > Nancy, do you know if they are selling these anywhere? > > Thanks > > Joe > > > On Thu, 27 May 2004 07:19:00 -0500, "mnkelsey" wrote: > > > > > Frances, I have one that you may have. > > Nancy > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Our census project is growing in Bell County! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/census.htm >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Dorothy, I have found the following information listed on the Bell County Web site. This may give you a lead until I can get the obit for you. Name: J. F. GARNER Age: 75 Date Entering Home: Dec. 2, 1925 >From or Near What Place: Belton, Tex Relative or Friends: John HULSEY Address: Shirt tail Bend- East Belton Date of Death: Nov. 8, 1927 Original Record book page #: 12

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1 Message Board Post: Do you know where in Bell County?

Nancy, do you know if they are selling these anywhere? Thanks Joe On Thu, 27 May 2004 07:19:00 -0500, "mnkelsey" wrote: > > Frances, I have one that you may have. > Nancy

Terrific! We hope to be in Belton Saturday and I don't know if we will be there long enough to look at pictures, but would you be where I might be able to pick up the book? Could I have your phone number? If not, we plan to be back up there on June 5th. I have a CD of the huge stack of research reports published about the Fort Hood area a few years ago, if you don't have a copy and would like one. I also have the books, but prefer the CD because I can do a search. I have not found a copywrite notice on any of them. Frances On Thu, 27 May 2004 07:19:00 -0500 "mnkelsey" <[email protected]> writes: > Frances, I have one that you may have. > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:25 AM > Subject: [TXBELL] Book of Fort Hood Memories > > > > I saw in the Temple Telegram that they had a book signing last > week for a > > new book of memories by people who lived in the Fort Hood areas of > Bell > > and Coryell County. Does anyone know where I could get one of > these > > books? > > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > > Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can > Often > > Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Info. Bell County Resources: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or > History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981 Message Board Post: I NEED HELP ! MY GREAT GRANDAD WAS BORN IN TN ABT 1850. HE DIED IN BELL CO TX NOVEMBER THE 8 1927. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND LOOK UP HIS OBIT IN THE NEWSPAPER. I NEED TO KNOW WHO SURVIVED HIM AND WHERE HE WAS BURIED.HIS NAME WAS JOHN FRANCES GARNER. PLEASE HELP ME! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOROTHY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: garner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1980 Message Board Post: my great grandad john f. garner was born in tn abt 1850 and died in bell co tx on nov.8 1927. i am hopeing someone could go to the library and look up his obit.and let me know what it says about him. he is not buried in bell co.and i would like to know where he was buried and who survived him.please i need help! thanks, dorothy

Frances, I have one that you may have. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:25 AM Subject: [TXBELL] Book of Fort Hood Memories > I saw in the Temple Telegram that they had a book signing last week for a > new book of memories by people who lived in the Fort Hood areas of Bell > and Coryell County. Does anyone know where I could get one of these > books? > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often > Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Info. Bell County Resources: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm >

Haven't heard of that one, but on a related note, there is a "BEFORE FORT HOOD" special exhibit from April 10th through July 4th at the Railroad Heritage Museum in Temple. If you find out about the book, please let us know. :) Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TXBELL] Book of Fort Hood Memories I saw in the Temple Telegram that they had a book signing last week for a new book of memories by people who lived in the Fort Hood areas of Bell and Coryell County. Does anyone know where I could get one of these books?

My mother, Thelma Lee Jones Davis, mentioned to me not long before she died that she had been baptized in Coryell County probably sometime between 1920 and 1925.Mother was christened as a Methodist in Henderson County as an infant, but I am relatively certain the baptism to which she referred was in the Baptist Church, since her father, L.L. Jones, was the grandson of a Missionary Baptist lay preacher named Abijah Crain (Hardeman Co. TN). I have the impression that this may have been at a revival meeting -- I know it was in Coryell County, and I know the family was living at or near Oglesby circa 1923. Can anyone suggest where I might find relevant church records? Nancy Harwood Houston, Texas

Great idea. Thanks glswings <[email protected]> wrote: If you know he is doing genealogy try going to the surname lists on line and posting a query. Try looking in www.genforum.com or www.usgenweb.com and go to the county site. Also I would try the LDS site to see if he had donated info to there. I know I found a person that was searching my Craighead family there. Their url is www.familysearch.com Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:51 AM Subject: [TXBELL] Looking for cousin > For quite a few years I have been looking for a cousin that lived in Nolanville as a child and was there through high school. His name is Thomas Leonard Trout. If anyone knows of him please let me know. His mother, father and brother are buried in the cemetery in Nolanville and I know he has done some genealogy on the Stephens side of our family. I have information to share with him and hope he has some to fill in what I don't have.Thanks, > Charlene Wellhausen Mann > > > > > > > > > > > Charlene Mann > > > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often > Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Info. Bell County Resources: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Our census project is growing in Bell County! http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/census.htm Charlene Mann