The Bell County Museum sells Volumes I & II in their bookstore: http://www.vvm.com/~museum/#BOOKS I believe marriage records at the county clerk's office go back to just prior to 1900. (I located my great grandparents' 1893 marriage certificate at the office in Belton.) Check this site for contact information: http://www.bellcountytx.com/services.htm There are various libraries in Bell County which might have the census records. There is contact info for many of these libaries on our local resources site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm Hope this helps... Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Morgan [mailto:jmorgan@txdirect.net] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 8:55 AM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXBELL] FW: Story of Bell Co Volume III Does anyone know if the earlier volumes are available still. Also does Bell Co. have printed censuses and marriage records like Williamson Co., does? I would certainly like to get copies if there any available. Thanks. Jackie Morgan

Hi Joe - I thought the purpose of a LIST was to share searching accomplishments, problems, suggestions and assitance with others from a common area. It seems that all should be included in what's going on rather then two or a few. If it is for two or a few then the email should go direct. Right? It would eliminate unnecessary email checking. Let me climb down off my soap bex and ask, "what is volume III ?" Tom J. TomJohn01@aol.com

Does anyone know if the earlier volumes are available still. Also does Bell Co. have printed censuses and marriage records like Williamson Co., does? I would certainly like to get copies if there any available. Thanks. Jackie Morgan -----Original Message----- From: Joe D. Deaver [mailto:ancestry@deaver.com] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 12:32 AM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL] FW: Story of Bell Co Volume III Forwarding this to correct list address. Any in Bell County aware of plans to publish a third volume? Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Charles A Markham [mailto:camark2@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:33 PM To: TXBELL-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:Story of Bell Co Volumne III Does anyone know whether a Volumne III is in the works. I have much data to contribute on the Markhams, Sinclairs and Newmans who settled near Holland in the 1860's. Charles Markham ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== RootsWeb Supports GenConnect Help Support RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

I cannot understand TomJohn being upset about my inquiry about Volumne III, Story of Bell County, it has a lot of good info and has been verfy helful Charles Markham

Forwarding this to correct list address. Any in Bell County aware of plans to publish a third volume? Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Charles A Markham [mailto:camark2@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:33 PM To: TXBELL-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:Story of Bell Co Volumne III Does anyone know whether a Volumne III is in the works. I have much data to contribute on the Markhams, Sinclairs and Newmans who settled near Holland in the 1860's. Charles Markham

Census records say he was born in 1825 in Missouri. Somehow he got to Texas. No idea how. But in March, 1850 he married Lavica DYCHES, daughter of William C. DYCHES. They lived in Williamson, but when Bell Co., was formed they were living in Bell Co., just passed the Williamson Co. line. That is where my great-grandmother, Nancy Ann Bingham was born in 1866. The family moved to Milam Co. in the 1870s. James S. Bingham died in 1882 in Milam Co. and is buried there. Anyone with additional information, please contact me. Jackie Morgan

Jackie, the 1900 census shows William S. Bryan and wife Texas living in Williamson Co (6J-PCT) with 7 children (3 dau and 4 sons) + 2 servants. He says he owns his home and it is mortgaged. Ramona >Rowena Texas Jarrell BRYAN was born March, 1869 probably in Caldwell Co., Texas to Smith Callaway Jarrell and Mary Ann Elizabeth Meriah Horn Jarrell. > > The Jarrell family moved to Coryell County, Texas in the 1870s where both parents passed away in 1885. > > Rowena moved to Milam County to live with a brother. It was there that she met William Sidney Bryan and married him in 1888. > > William Sidney BRYAN died in Heidenheimer, Bell Co., Texas in 1902. It is not known where he was buried. > > Rowena lived in the Temple area the rest of her life. > > I am curious if anyone has access to county records that would show when they bought and sold property in Bell County. > > I am curious where they actually lived in Heidenheimer. How could I find that out? > > Thanks for assistance. > > Jackie Morgan > > > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Our census project is growing in Bell County! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/census.htm > >

My surname is POPE and my late mother's maiden name was WAID, a variant of WADE. My mother grew up near Pittsburgh, and my Dad in the Florida panhandle. My WADE/WAID ancestors were first in Scituate, Mass. about 1634 and that line comes through Seth Wade/Waid b. abt. 1765, fought in the Revolution, and d. abt. 1821. Seth removed from Mass. to Ontario Co., New York, about 1807 and three of his sons moved to Crawford Co., Penna. about 1816. Seth's all-but-certain father (the courthouse records perished in a fire) was Capt. Amos Wade, also a Revolutionary Patriot, of Plymouth or Bristol Co. in Mass., who had two wives and something on the order of 15 children. (Capt. Amos had a brother, Ichabod [II] Wade, who is said to have been a Minute Man at the Lexington, Mass. alarm). According to one authoritative WADE source, many of the offspring of Capt. Amos went South, some of them becoming shipbuilders. Strange to say, in many out-of-the-way Southern places where I am finding POPES, my father's kin, I'm also finding WADES. Such is true of Bell County, which seems to have been the last home of John M. Pope b. abt. 1802 and d. bef. 1880, moved from Montgomery Co., TN to Bell Co., TX in the 1850s with wife Rebecca and sons John T. (b. TN abt. 1837/8) James S. (b. TN abt. 1838/9) and Green J. (b. TN abt. 1844/5) (all 3 sons were in Co. I, 17th Tex. Inf., CSA). John M. Pope, the father of the family, was a brother of my second grat-grandfather William Stuart Pope 1789-1837 of Jackson Co., Florida. Do any of the WADES in Bell Co., TX trace their ancestry back to Capt. Amos, or to any of the WADES who were in the coastal counties (esp. Plymouth and Bristol) of Massachusetts from the 1630s? Please e-mail me offlist if so. Thanks!.

Suzanne, I do not know of your 'Williams' but I wanted to ask you or your husband about the Wades. Do you by chance know of Eliza Wade b. 1 May 1823. She m. Jesse Goff, b. 1821 in Arkansas. They were my gr gr grandparents. Hope to hear from you. Dorice in Austin

Dorice, haven't really started on my husband's lines yet. But know enough that they emigrated from Ontario, Canada to CA in early 1900's. Not likely to have any connections, sorry. (Unless some of yours were also from Canada I guess!) Good luck in your search! Suzanne in CA -----Original Message----- From: Mysaxsjan@aol.com [mailto:Mysaxsjan@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:42 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] J.A. Williams of Bell Co. Suzanne, I do not know of your 'Williams' but I wanted to ask you or your husband about the Wades. Do you by chance know of Eliza Wade b. 1 May 1823. She m. Jesse Goff, b. 1821 in Arkansas. They were my gr gr grandparents. Hope to hear from you. Dorice in Austin ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== RootsWeb Supports GenConnect Help Support RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Hi, Wondering if you have any children for JR Williams and wife, Martha Jane? I am looking for parents of Charlotte Olivia Williams, born 1881 TX; married 1898 Holland, Bell Co. TX (married Mathias Armstrong). They are my G Grandparents. Thank you very much! As you know, Williams are VERY prolific, so willing to follow every lead!! Suzanne -----Original Message----- From: MuDDCaTMan@aol.com [mailto:MuDDCaTMan@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 5:09 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] J.A. Williams of Bell Co. I am in search of information on J.R. Williams of Bell Co. J.R. should be listed on the 1900 census of Bell Co. In 1899 he was a witness to the application of B.M.C. Clark for a confederate pension. If anyone has access to the 1900 census I would appreciate it if you could look. If this is the J.R.Williams I am looking for, he would have been born in 1828 in Sevier Co., Tenn and his wife would have been named Martha Jane and she would have been born in 1836 in Sevier Co., Tennessee. Appreciate any help. ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries.

I am in search of information on J.R. Williams of Bell Co. J.R. should be listed on the 1900 census of Bell Co. In 1899 he was a witness to the application of B.M.C. Clark for a confederate pension. If anyone has access to the 1900 census I would appreciate it if you could look. If this is the J.R.Williams I am looking for, he would have been born in 1828 in Sevier Co., Tenn and his wife would have been named Martha Jane and she would have been born in 1836 in Sevier Co., Tennessee. Appreciate any help.

Hello Bell County: I believe, but am trying to confirm, that a household of my kinsmen who were in the 1850 census in Montgomery County, Tennessee moved to Bell County, Texas sometime before 1860. Montgomery Co. is in Middle Tennessee, and borders Kentucky. As appearing in the 1850 census in Montgomery Co., TN, the family was John M. Pope age 48 bridge agent b. NC [> b. abt. 1802] wife Rebecca [Looters] age 43 b. TN [> abt. 1807] son John T. Pope age 12 b. TN [> abt. 1838] son James S. Pope age 11 b. TN [> abt. 1839] son Green J. Pope age 5 b. TN [> abt. 1845] daughter Margaret age 1 b. TN [> abt. 1849] My relationship to this family is that John M. Pope was a brother of my second great-grandfather, William Stuart (I) Pope 1789-1837 of Jackson County, Florida. I know that John M. Pope moved, probably from somewhere in South Carolina or poss. the Savannah area, to Jackson Co. in the FL panhandle about 1820, as did William and two of their sisters. I know also that John M. Pope moved to Tennessee following his marriage in Lawrence Co., TN to Rebecca Looters in 1827, and was in the 1840 census in Montgomery Co., TN. Now we POPE researchers were until lately wholly stumped as to what became of John M. and family after 1850: they fell off the radar screen, genealogically speaking. Of course, the troubling possibility haunted us that the sons might have stepped over the Kentucky line, and fallen in with evil companions (e.g., Federals!) during the Late Unpleasantness. But, to our relief, I find online muster roll for Company I, 17th Tex. Vol. Inf., CSA, includes the following: Sgt. John T. Pope Pvt. James S. Pope Pvt. G. J. Pope While this is not proof positive, we've got three POPE lads here, all "secesh" and in the same unit, and even the middle initials match up. So I'm pretty confident, but am seeking to prove to my own satisfaction at least, that these three Confederate soldiers are the sons of John M. Pope, and the same boys who were in the earlier, 1850 census "up north" as we say, in Tennessee. (From the Florida panhandle, Chattanooga is viewed as being just south of the Arctic Circle). Two would-be-helpful online researchers have contacted me, one saying that a John M. Pope appears in Bell Co., TX census for 1860, and another that Green Pope is there in 1880. However, neither gave me place of birth/date of birth (age) info from those censuses that would have to be matched up (esp. as "John Pope" is, to put it mildly, a common name, even if "Green Pope" is not). Note also in passing that a Fannin Co., TX CSA Unit (9th Tex. Cavalry, Co. B) also shows a Green Pope on its muster roll (could be same man as was in 17th, as transfers etc. were pretty common, also AWOLS returning from sick/wounded furloughs sometimes were unable to get back to original unit and signed on with a different one). Also, there is thought to have been another, older Green Pope: poss. a brother of John M., and born in the 1790s and migrated to TX in the 1850s. Any info gratefully received. Geoffrey Pope

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Keith, This may be a needle in the hay stack but here goes. The Clark name stands out in our family history affecting Bell County, Texas residents the Stuarts and Riggs. Margaret Riggs father was drowned on the Medina River and buried on the Clark Farm back in Setp. 16, 1867 Thomas Riggs was buried near where he drowned. These two families Clark's and Riggs had ties in Arkansas as with Texas. Would be interesting if you found them in the Bandera, Texas area. Let me know if this helped you , this is all I know that may possibly help you in your search. Happy hunting and have a good day. Warmest regards, Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <MuDDCaTMan@aol.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 8:00 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Wilcox marriage > Hi Bell, > > Does anyone have access to the Bell Co. marriage indexes? I am looking for a > marriage of Elizabeth (Clark) Wilcox to anyone. Elizabeth, age 25, born > Sevier Co., Tenn, lived in Van Zandt Co during the 1850 census and her > husband had just died before that census was taken, and his name was James > Madison Wilcox. Elizabeth and James were married in Collin Co., Texas. On > that census Elizabeth had a son named A.J. Wilcox, (Andrew Jackson Wilcox), > who was 6 months old. A. J. Wilcox was later married in Williamson Co. To > Sarah Morgan. Quite a few of her Clark family members moved to the Bell and > Williamson Co areas in the verly 1850's. I cannot find a marriage license > for her in either Van Zandt or Williamson Co,s. I need help. > > > Keith Reed > 1101 Crowley Rd. > Arlington, Tx., 76012 > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

Hi Bell, Does anyone have access to the Bell Co. marriage indexes? I am looking for a marriage of Elizabeth (Clark) Wilcox to anyone. Elizabeth, age 25, born Sevier Co., Tenn, lived in Van Zandt Co during the 1850 census and her husband had just died before that census was taken, and his name was James Madison Wilcox. Elizabeth and James were married in Collin Co., Texas. On that census Elizabeth had a son named A.J. Wilcox, (Andrew Jackson Wilcox), who was 6 months old. A. J. Wilcox was later married in Williamson Co. To Sarah Morgan. Quite a few of her Clark family members moved to the Bell and Williamson Co areas in the verly 1850's. I cannot find a marriage license for her in either Van Zandt or Williamson Co,s. I need help. Keith Reed 1101 Crowley Rd. Arlington, Tx., 76012

If anyone can assist, please respond directly to the originator. By the way, I am now completely moved and mostly unpacked, so my maintenance duties on the Bell County site should shortly be back on track. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: GrannyTamm@aol.com [mailto:GrannyTamm@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Fondren and Benthall Families I am looking for information on the Lee Fondren who married Miranda Wilmeth in the 1850's. Miranda later married John William Benthall. I know the Benthall's lived in bell Co. many years prior to 1850 and probably until the 1900's but there was no census for 1970-80 or 90 with their names. Miranda was the daughter of F. C. Wilmeth of Collins County. John W. Benthal's first wife was Amanda Lee and I can find no info on her. I was in Bell Co in Oct., 1999 and went through several records at the library in Belton but found nothing. Rootsweb has info but it is conflicting with what I have. If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thank You. Tami Driver

If anyone has information on this Lee family, please contact the individual directly. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: merione@msn.com [mailto:MelbaW@email.msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 1:26 AM Subject: John E. Lee Family John E. Lee was my ggrandfather, he married Annie Elizabeth Permenter and they had eight daughters. I am looking for info about his father, Baldwin Pearce Lee, I believe they came from Tenn. to Texas. John and Annie were living in Moody, Bell Co. when my grandmother, Lydia Lee, was born in 1882. I would appreciate any info concerning this family, Thanks

Searching for any info on a Frank Luken b. July 06, 1903, d. 1962 Temple, Bell Co.. TX. Frank was a brother to my grandfather John Luken. After the death of his parents in the 1940s he moved to Texas and never returned to SD. I don't know if he married, had children or anything about him. I would very much appreciate any information. Thank you in advance, Judy Luken Jacobs

Judy, I would try to get a death certificate and an obituary. Death certificates cost $9 and are available from the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics in Austin, Texas. Margaret McCleskey Jrj2304@aol.com wrote: > > Searching for any info on a Frank Luken b. July 06, 1903, d. 1962 Temple, > Bell Co.. TX. Frank was a brother to my grandfather John Luken. After the > death of his parents in the 1940s he moved to Texas and never returned to SD. > I don't know if he married, had children or anything about him. I would very > much appreciate any information. Thank you in advance, Judy Luken Jacobs > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, > Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries.