It's been a while since I worked on the website, but I managed to get a few updates in today while I was off from work: - Added several new entries to Bell County Surname List - Added a couple of new links and cleaned up Family Websites Lists - Validated and updated links on Little Flock Cemetery page - Added several new photos to Little Flock Cemetery page (thanks to Donna Chapman for sending these in!) - Uploaded the October 2003 obituaries from Temple Daily Telegram (Thanks to the Daily Telegram for permission to store these) http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/whatsnew.htm Enjoy! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGuire Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1149.1.1 Message Board Post: My great grandfather was Wallace Burton (Burt) McGuire. He was the son of William Martin McGuire & Matlida Caroline Fritts (Fritz). Burt (Grandpa) was married to Maud Brinson - she was the daughter of John Lafayette Columbus Brinson and Mary Ammie Taylor. Grandpa was about 17 years old when his father was married to Margaret Hutton. Burt & Maud was the parents of three children - Freida Odessa, Carlos Burton and Edith Belle. My great grandparents are both buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. You may contact me directly if you would like information on my family lines. Carla Woolley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Liles, Griffin, Barnes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/1168.2.1 Message Board Post: Have been offline for awhile. Can help with marriage of William Thomas Liles to Zora Simmons Eads...also with Liles lineage. Please write to me at [email protected]

I thought some of you might be interested in this wonderful news! Bell County Museum meets grant goal By Andrew Keese Killeen Daily Herald BELTON — The Bell County Museum successfully completed a six-month fund-raising effort to expand the facility, museum officials said Tuesday. The fund-raising committee raised $1.01 million, mostly from local sources, Museum Director Stephanie Turnham said during a news conference Tuesday on the upper floor of the former Carnegie library. The project will link the Main Street museum and its historic Carnegie building structure, completed in 1905, to the facility next door, a former automotive dealership dating back to the 1930s. "We are very excited," Turnham said. "We are ready to get started." Groundbreaking is expected to take place early next year, and the facility will completed before the end of 2004. When the fund-raising committee formally kicked off its effort in May, there was some doubt as to whether it could be successful, Turnham said. She attributed the doubts to the state of the economy and the mobilization of Fort Hood troops to Iraq, but for whatever reason, she said, residents recognized the importance of the museum to the county. A challenge grant from the Frank and Sue Mayborn Foundation helped get the fund-raising process — headed up by retired Gen. Bob Shoemaker — started, she said. "It is a glorious day for Bell County," Shoemaker said during the news conference. "We cannot tell you how pleased we are to accomplish our goal and how grateful we are to all who contributed to our success." Bell County Commissioner Tim Brown said the next step will be to finalize design plans by architect Tanya Mikeska of Architectural Edge in Temple. That should be finished by the end of the year, before the county seeks bids from builders. "I really have got to stress how gratifying it is that the public stepped up and funded this thing," Brown said. Actual construction costs to link the two buildings will be an estimated $680,000, but other costs will come into play, including a competition to build a bronze statue to be placed in front of the museum in honor of the Chisholm Trail. The county, which pays the museum's employees and provides oversight of the facility, bought the building next to the museum from the city of Belton in March 2001. The so-called Guffy building was a Chevrolet dealership in the 1930s, and later a gas station and a machine shop. The county also financed what Brown calls "seed money" for a museum expansion into that building. That included cleaning up the Guffy building, removing its underground gas tanks and hiring an architectural firm to help with the expansion plans. The current plans, which have received a preliminary OK from the Texas Historical Commission, are to renovate the Guffy building and provide a linking glass and steel corridor with the Carnegie building. The corridor would serve as a central entry area and include elevators. The Carnegie building would continue housing the permanent display, but its upstairs auditorium would be renovated and used as a lecture area, instead of a space for temporary exhibits and a variety of other functions. The addition of the Guffy building would add 9,397 square feet of space. It is intended to have a large space for temporary exhibits, a resource library, storage space, a curator's workroom and a much-expanded bookstore. The area where the Guffy building's carport is located would be closed in with glass, and the museum would use that area to put a log cabin from Little River dating to the 1860s and 1870s. The display would be lighted so passersby on Main Street could see the structure any time of the day. Brown said the expansion plans won't compromise the historic integrity of the Carnegie building or the Guffy structure. The central corridor will be attached only where the current fire escape stairs are, he said. Those stairs were added much later and are not historic, he said. W.A. Buck Prewitt III, co-chairman of the fund-raising committee, said that the community will be proud of the museum's expansion in downtown Belton. "People who really deserve a 'Thank you' are those who said 'Yes,'" he said. "We do thank everybody." Contact Andrew Keese at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kuykendall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/1788.1 Message Board Post: I have the same line, but I am not showing a John. the only one I show was married to Lydia (maiden name unknown) and Son to Abraham Kuykendall, Son of Simon. Is your John a brother to Abraham? Do I have that right?

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/1903 Message Board Post: Am looking for info about Willis Mills, born 1820 in Kentucky and came to Bell Texas in 1858. He may have come with possible brothers Jefferson and Henry and other Mills may have already been in the area. His daughter Winnie married Jacob Tate. Jake's parents were Mary Rampey Tate and Jasper Tate, if anyone knows anything about them either. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rowlett, Latham, Northen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1902 Message Board Post: Looking for decendents of Beulah Northen Rowlett married to James E. Rowlett. Alleged married to a "Judge Latham" at one time, but was bured under the name of Rowlett.

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/an/CkB.2ACI/1857.1 Message Board Post: I messed up but ??? I am trying to find our Jarrett/Garred Garner b. ca. 1793 and moved West !! He md. in Illinois in 1821 -- that I have, with no information on (no parents named) and then on to Wisconsin with family-- family I have-- wish for parents and siblings. Obit states came from Virginia.?? Help with parents and siblings,please and thank you.

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/1901 Message Board Post: I was hoping someone in this area could possibly lookup an obit of Ray Edward Terrell. He died 15th Feb 1990 in Bell County. Have already researched in Temple area to no avail. Thanks, Jane

I am searching for further information regarding Robert Bonner Halley, who lived in Salado, Bell Co., Texas. He married Lydia Anderson Ederington on Aug 16, 1849 in Lenark, Bradley Co., Arkansas. They moved to Texas around 1853+/-. They had 8 children. Robert served in both the Mexican and Civil War. He appeared to be prominent in Salado when he was alive. Any information would be appriciated. Also does anyone have any information on John Boyd (Burton) Harrell who married Sara Jane Ederington (sister to Robert Halley's wife). They were married Apr 28 1874 in Salado, Bell Co., Texas. They had 5 children: John Robert b. Apr 11, 1880 in Williamson Co., Tx. Harry Lee Harrell, b. July 24, 1878 and died June 1976. Joseph Gray Harrell b. May 23, 1882 Mattie Fannie Harrell b. July 25, 1875 d. Jan 31, 1882 James Hubert Harrell b. 1886 d. Jan 17, 1890. John Boyd's parents are Joseph (Joe) R. Harrell b. abt 1830 in Warren Ga. married Martha Hubert on May 1847 in Warren Ga. Besides John Boyd, they had one other boy that I am aware of. His name is Joseph A. b. 1849....... Any information would be appriciated. Thank you Chad Harrell Yeager _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

I have discovered a source online of the censuses, indexed, where you can see the actual image and make a print---for free. That is HERITAGE QUEST. I get it by going though my local library's website. I just have to be a cardholder. You might find that your library has the same. I noticed, though, that 1850 isn't there. Also, your local LDS church genealogy library has the complete 1870 census indexed on CD's in each location and the complete, every name, 1880 census. And if you do a search on their online website, it also searches the 1880 census. That's at www.familysearch.org Good luck. Lynn Researching WICK/WICKS, MONROE, BRITTAIN, LOUT, COKER, BERTCHIGER / BERTSCHINGER, GEASLIN ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 2:01 PM Subject: TXBELL-D Digest V03 #206

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClung Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1900.1 Message Board Post: Judith, you can find two different index links and the actual images to the Bell County 1860 census on our census project page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/census.htm I did a quick look and did not find any reference to McClung. In 1850, Bell County was part of Milam County. I check the 1850 Milam County census index and did not see a McClung, either. We do not have the 1870 census index transcribed yet. Good luck... Joe D. Deaver http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

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/1900 Message Board Post: Michael M. T. McClung was in Bell County just before the Civil War. He joined up from there. Hoping someone can find him in the 1860 Census of Bell Co., TX. If you have a copy with an index, I would like to know where to find him -- what page. I live in Springfield, MO and we do not have an index to the 1850 census of Texas. Looking for any and all McClung families in Texas. Michael McClung had a family but we don't know anything about them. They may have remained in Bell County. Does anyone know about McClungs in your area? Any help would be appreciated.

Actually, it is in Bell County, though you are correct that it is near Seaton. I was out that way a couple of years ago when photographing Dyess and Dyess Grove Cemeteries. Really not any town left from what I could see, just a locale. Dyess Grove Church was stil there next to the cemetery and was definitely still in use. Here's a photo of the church: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/dyessgrove/photos/imagepages/image7.htm This also provides a little information on the community: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hrs86.html FYI... Joe D. Deaver TCBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell -----Original Message----- From: Frances Willess [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Helpful Newspaper Site I found a Stringtown just across the county line east of Heidenheimer, and a little south of Highway 53 near Seaton. String was probably short for Stringtown. I have not found it on a map, but it's on my DeLorme Atlas program.

I found a Stringtown just across the county line east of Heidenheimer, and a little south of Highway 53 near Seaton. String was probably short for Stringtown. I have not found it on a map, but it's on my DeLorme Atlas program. On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:06:30 -0700 (PDT) Bill & Gayle Cloud <[email protected]> writes: > Here are two examples from a neat site: http://theoldentimes.com > > 1) "The Dallas Morning News", November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - Ten > citizens of Bell County met here and formed a party that departed > for Brazoria County, where two weeks will be spent hunting big game > in the thickets. Those in the crowd were W.A. Harkey of Temple, > Luther Moore of Rogers, Deb and Dock Simmons of Oenaville, H.H. and > Hull Hargrove of Heidenheimer, John McLain of Oscar, Ed Baugh and > John L. McGlasson of String and B. F. Wilson of Little River. The > same party has made this annual hunt for the past fifteen years." > > 2) ibid, November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - The Grand Jury for the > November term of the Bell County District Court has been drawn and > is composed of the following well-known citizens: D. R. Walton, > Sparta; J. W. Dice, S. M. Ray, W. C. Polk, Belton; W. O. Sypert, > Troy; J. A. Talley, J. K. Campbell, J. C. Mitchell, E. W. Moore, > Temple; R. L. Vick, Youngsport; J. W. Sellers, Holland; Hugh Smith, > Killeen; R. F. Johnson, Salado; J. J. Crouch, Rogers; J. K. Knight, > Bartlett. The jury will empanel and formally organize on Nov. 8." > > Where was String in Bell County? > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or > History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. > > >

Here are two examples from a neat site: http://theoldentimes.com 1) "The Dallas Morning News", November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - Ten citizens of Bell County met here and formed a party that departed for Brazoria County, where two weeks will be spent hunting big game in the thickets. Those in the crowd were W.A. Harkey of Temple, Luther Moore of Rogers, Deb and Dock Simmons of Oenaville, H.H. and Hull Hargrove of Heidenheimer, John McLain of Oscar, Ed Baugh and John L. McGlasson of String and B. F. Wilson of Little River. The same party has made this annual hunt for the past fifteen years." 2) ibid, November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - The Grand Jury for the November term of the Bell County District Court has been drawn and is composed of the following well-known citizens: D. R. Walton, Sparta; J. W. Dice, S. M. Ray, W. C. Polk, Belton; W. O. Sypert, Troy; J. A. Talley, J. K. Campbell, J. C. Mitchell, E. W. Moore, Temple; R. L. Vick, Youngsport; J. W. Sellers, Holland; Hugh Smith, Killeen; R. F. Johnson, Salado; J. J. Crouch, Rogers; J. K. Knight, Bartlett. The jury will empanel and formally organize on Nov. 8." Where was String in Bell County?

You will probably have to eat haggis! And if Alex Beaton is the singer for entertainment by all means go. Gayle Jackie Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: Okay, does anyone know how to pronounce "Ceilidh". Something that is done at the Scot Games next month at Salado. And, What is it? Thanks. Jackie Morgan _________________________________________________________________ Surf and talk on the phone at the same time with broadband Internet access. Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== We have an impressive collection of research resources in our Digital Archives section. Check them out! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm

Okay, does anyone know how to pronounce "Ceilidh". Something that is done at the Scot Games next month at Salado. And, What is it? Thanks. Jackie Morgan _________________________________________________________________ Surf and talk on the phone at the same time with broadband Internet access. Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com

What more do you know about the genealogy seminar at the Games? That would be interesting. My BEARD line came from Scotland to Virginia in the early 1700s. Let me know what you know and I'll go check the website too. But I figured YOU would probably know more than what they put out to the public. Thanks. Jackie Morgan Morgan, Johnson, Gray, Beard, Sanborn, Anderson, Matuski, Bryan, Byerly, Bingham, Jarrell, Lant, Bryan, Dyches, Peoples, Denman >From: "Joe D. Deaver" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXBELL] 42nd Annual Salado Scottish Clan Gathering & Highland >Games >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:14:08 -0500 > > >Looks like the weekend of November 7-9 is the 42nd Annual Scottish Clan >Gathering & Highland Games in Salado. I have been wanting to attend one of >these, but never managed to make it down to Bell County the appropriate >weekend each year. (My Deaver ancestors came from Scotland to Maryland in >1657.) > >Looks like I have some incentive to go this year, since I have been asked >to >be one of the speakers at the November 7 (Friday) genealogy workshop. My >presentation will be covering the TXGenWeb project, naturally touching upon >the great work our volunteers have done for the Bell County website. Most >likely, I will be scheduled for the afternoon, since I'm driving down that >morning. Still looking around for an LCD projector to rent or borrow for >my >laptop. > >It looks like the genealogy workshop is about 10am-5pm on that Friday and >has an admission of $30.00. For more information about the gathering and >games, go to this website: >http://www.ctam-salado.org/scottish-games/ > >According to the website, the Salado Gathering and Highland Games is the >primary fund raiser for the Central Texas Area Museum in Salado. I've been >to the museum on a couple of occasions. The genealogy workshop will be >held >in Scots Clan Hall at the museum. The organizers just e-mailed me a flyer >about the speakers: >-------------------------------- >Bill Buckner, currently manager of the Periodicals/Genealogy Division of >the >Waco-McLennan County Library will speak on Genealogical Resources in Texas >and Beyond with an emphasis on locating digitized source material. Bill >Buckner is a librarian with over twelve years of professional experience. >Bill has served on the Genealogy Committee of the American Library >Association for the past three years and holds a Bachelor of Science degree >in Music from Southwestern University and a Master of Science degree in >Library Science from the University of North Texas. > >Laverne Owens, with the National Archives and Records Administration, >Southwest Regional Repository, will address doing genealogical research at >NARA Records Centers, how records are organized and how to access them. > >Elizabeth Chennault, will speak on Medical and Scientific Applications in >Genealogical Research. Elizabeth Chennault is the owner of Heritage >History, >offering seminars for Scottish/Celtic festivals and events, genealogists, >schools, and travel groups. She also lectures on topics in military history >and the history of medicine. She is membership coordinator for the Texas >Scottish Festival Association, past state commissioner for Clan >Farquharson, >and holds BS and MA degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington. > >Dr. Buddy Patterson will speak on resources available at the Harold B. >Simpson History Complex at Hill College in Hillsboro. The History Complex >includes the Confederate Research Center, the Texas Heritage Museum, and >Library, will speak on resources available at the History Complex. Dr. >Patterson is a retired dentist with many years of experience in Confederate >history and genealogy. > >Joe D. Deaver will present a program on the TXGenWeb Project. Joe has been >the webmaster and coordinator for the Bell County Genealogy and History >website on the project since October of 1999. An avid genealogist and >Texas >history buff, he finds the volunteer work with the project very enjoyable. >Joe's own Deaver ancestors came to Bell County, TX in the 1870s from TN and >GA and resided in the Taylors Valley area. Further back, in 1657, his >ancestors Richard and Grace Deaver came from Scotland to Anne Arrundel >County Maryland aboard the ship Lionheart. >-------------------------------- > >Anyway, though some of you might be interested. I am not affiliated with >the museum or event, but it sound like a very fascinating weekend for Bell >County. > >Joe D. Deaver >TXBELL Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, >Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > _________________________________________________________________ Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? 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Ceilidh is pronounced "KAYLEE". It is a party or celebration. I would definitely go! Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: [TXBELL] How to pronounce "Ceilidh" > > Okay, does anyone know how to pronounce "Ceilidh". Something that is done > at the Scot Games next month at Salado. > > And, What is it? > > Thanks. > > > Jackie Morgan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Surf and talk on the phone at the same time with broadband Internet access. > Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service > providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > We have an impressive collection of research resources > in our Digital Archives section. Check them out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm > >