Dorice: I am a desc. of that John Bowles who was killed near Uvalde. I have done extensive research on this family and am willing to share with anyone who has a connection to that family. John Bowles, b. 13 Feb. 1802, Hanover Co. VA. Killed on 28 Oct. 1859, at Guide Hill, near Uvalde Co. TX. m. Millie Caroline Pate in TN. abt. 1824. John and his sons were very famous Texas Indian Fighter there in Texas, and their exploits are listed in the book, by A.J. Sowell, "TEXAS INDIAN FIGHTERS: under his sons name. DOKE BOWLES. A full account of bravery by these early settlers are listed in this book, Bell Co. Tx. & Uvalde Co. is where most of this takes place. Anyone connected to this family. Contact me. Mina (Townsend) Bates minabat@aol.com

I was just reading your e-mail regarding the PATE family. I do not know of this family, but I have a little book, "The Life and Diary of Reading W. Black" A History of Early Uvalde. Arranged by Ike Moore. Privately printed for THE PROGRESO MEMORIAL LIBRARY, Uvalde, TX In this book on pg 23, the author states that John Bowles and John Davenport were killed in an Indian raid on the Sabinal river area. John Davenport was the gr grandfather of a cousin of mine that lives in Utopia, TX. She just recently found John Davenports grave on a hillside. There is another mention of John Bowles on pg 87, saying that his decendants still live in Uvalde. Maybe you know all this, but I just couldn't help but let you know. My gr gr grandfather, William M. Peppers, b. 1817, TN, m. Eveline Kincheloe, b. 1822, Blount Co. AL. They moved to Benton Co. or Washington Co. AR. then on to Milam/Bell Co. in 1842 when their dau, my gr grandmother was one year old. They settled on Peppers creek, named for them. They were the first white settlers on Peppers Creek. The family later moved to Uvalde, TX where their dau, Mary Jane Peppers, and Henry Jefferson Dawson were married. in 1857. William M. Peppers is also in this little book, as being an "Indian fighter". I hope you can get some sense out of this rambling on. If you would like for me to copy the pages and send to you I will be glad to. I have a scanner but haven't learned to use it yet. I must take time out and 'read the book' as my son would say! Dorice Jeffries Austin, TX

Hello Mr. Bill, you know we just may discover that we are related someday. At least we know that our ancestors walked on the same sod! Take care Dorice

Mina, My Email is sunset@ V V M not a W. I'll be glad to help if I can and you are welcome :-) Charlotte

Forwarding to list... Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: SkyWolf [mailto:SkyWolf@Wolf.com] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 7:53 AM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: I can't put my fingers on the information I have at the moment but my husbands family are Pates- most of his people are buried around "Robertson- Robinson?" - some little area in between Florence and Killeen. I will try to round up what I have in the next few days. Becky From: Charlotte <sunset@vvm.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:37 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: Mina, The Pate family neighboring us: A childless couple, man's name was Red and his wife [name escapes me] was a school teacher. Red had a brother named Elmo [wife is Lydabeth-living]. Elmo's son, Frank, is now the owner of the Pate property [currently 100 acres, which has been up for sale]. Prior to her death, Mrs Red Pate sold 75 acres to KISD. A school was built two years ago. Frank Pate said the cemetery is not in the Pate name. No graves have been added since the 1890s. Sorry, no Pates are buried there. I miss Mrs Pate. Charlotte [McEwen] Allman

Hello Bell Co Researchers: Anyone have information on the brides of Madison Mayberry PATE of Bell Co TX? Madison Mayberry PATE b Apr 1853 in MS, d 31 Oct 1926 in Bell Co [See M. M. Pate 1853-1926, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bell Co and 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 Bell Co Census, TDCI, file 34523] He first married Sarah (?) ca 1878 in Bell Co [See 1880 Bell Co Census] He second married Lucy (?) ca 1884 in Bell Co [See 1900 and 1910 Bell County Census] Also, anyone have information on the marriage of Victoria Mrs Pate and William P Hancock ca 1892? [See 1900 census Bell Co] Information on these 3 and any other PATE marriages in Bell Co 1850-1920 would be appreciated. Joel Pate Listowner PATE-L@RootsWeb.com

--part1_ba.ba536b15.25a6399b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Re: PATE Cem. I'm having problem sending this to one of your members, Can you help. Thanks, Minabat@aol.com --part1_ba.ba536b15.25a6399b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <> Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.4]) by air-yd05.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Jan 2000 02:11:15 -0500 Received: from crpexc3.wm.com ([207.43.20.174]) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Jan 2000 02:11:10 -0500 Received: by CRPExc3.WM.COM with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <CL3L941Y>; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:10 -0600 Message-ID: <CE08E3163B6AD311841600104B792BAE01A95EAE@intranet.wm.com> From: System Administrator <postmaster@wm.com> To: Minabat@aol.com Subject: Undeliverable: Pate: Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:10 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) X-MS-Embedded-Report: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01BF5815.35797CD8" ------_=_NextPart_000_01BF5815.35797CD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Your message To: sunset@wm.com Subject: Pate: Sent: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:04 -0600 did not reach the following recipient(s): sunset@wm.com on Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:07 -0600 The recipient name is not recognized The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=3DUS;a=3D ;p=3DUSAW?NET;l=3DCRPIIS0001060711Z6V5LL0C MSEXCH:IMS:USAW_NET:CORPORATE:CRPIIS 0 (000C05A6) Unknown Recipient ------_=_NextPart_000_01BF5815.35797CD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <10.10e0b341.25a59a08@aol.com> From: Minabat@aol.com To: sunset@wm.com Subject: Pate: Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:04 -0600=20 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) X-MS-Embedded-Report:=20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" Thank you for the information. I keep hoping that one day I will solve that puzzle. Minabat@aol.com ------_=_NextPart_000_01BF5815.35797CD8-- --part1_ba.ba536b15.25a6399b_boundary--

Belton Library has a listing of Reed's Lake Cemetery catalogued, January 8, 1969 by John A. Barton and Arthur F. McLean Bell County Historical Survey Committee, Copies by Leannell Wilson Porter, Agnes Woodson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Belton, Texas. I believe there is also a listing for Roger's Cemetery in the library also. Thanks, Linda Eager Jordan ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe D. Deaver <ancestry@deaver.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:42 PM Subject: RE: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: > > By the way, if anyone creates or finds a list of graves in any Bell County > Cemetary which we don't have listed, be sure to allow us to add it to the > archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm > > Thanks > > Joe D. Deaver > BellCoTX Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ > ancestry@deaver.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Minabat@aol.com [mailto:Minabat@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:04 PM > To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: > > > I'm very interested in the PATE Family who are buried in the little known > Cem. (Harker Heights) If anyone has a list of those buried there I hope they > will put this out for all to read. Our PATE family has been very elusive. > > Looking for the family of Millie Caroline PATE, wife of John Bowles, the > famous Texas Indian Fighter who was killed by the Indians near Uvalde Co. > Tx. > > Mina (Townsend) Bates > minabat@aol.com > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Keep Discussions Related To Bell County Genealogy > And History!! > >

By the way, if anyone creates or finds a list of graves in any Bell County Cemetary which we don't have listed, be sure to allow us to add it to the archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm Thanks Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Minabat@aol.com [mailto:Minabat@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:04 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: I'm very interested in the PATE Family who are buried in the little known Cem. (Harker Heights) If anyone has a list of those buried there I hope they will put this out for all to read. Our PATE family has been very elusive. Looking for the family of Millie Caroline PATE, wife of John Bowles, the famous Texas Indian Fighter who was killed by the Indians near Uvalde Co. Tx. Mina (Townsend) Bates minabat@aol.com

Mina, The Pate family neighboring us: A childless couple, man's name was Red and his wife [name escapes me] was a school teacher. Red had a brother named Elmo [wife is Lydabeth-living]. Elmo's son, Frank, is now the owner of the Pate property [currently 100 acres, which has been up for sale]. Prior to her death, Mrs Red Pate sold 75 acres to KISD. A school was built two years ago. Frank Pate said the cemetery is not in the Pate name. No graves have been added since the 1890s. Sorry, no Pates are buried there. I miss Mrs Pate. Charlotte [McEwen] Allman

Thank you, Dorice, for your info on the Peppers. All I have is a cemetery named for the Burns family in TN, no natural features named for family that I am aware of. There is a town named Burns, in NC, I think. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mysaxsjan@aol.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:17 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Early Settlers/Milam/Bell Co. TX > My gr gr grandfather and gr gr grandmother were: William M. Peppers, b, > 1817, TN and Eveline Kincheloe, b. 1822, Blount Co. AL. Their dau.b. 1841, > ARK, Mary Jane Peppers was my gr grandmother. This family of three moved to > TX in 1842. They were the first white family to settle on Peppers Creek, > Bell Co. TX.( named for the Peppers family) This is written up in the Hand > Book of Texas. Also, they are written up in the History of Bell Co. by > George Tyler. Mary Jane Peppers married Henry Jefferson Dawson, b. GA. 1835 > in Uvalde. TX. William M. and Eveline finally settled in Burnet Co. TX where > their hand built log house still stands. It was built abt 1863. I have more > history on this family if anyone is interested. The Peppers owned land in > Bell Co. also. > Dorice Jeffries in Austin, TX > mysaxsjan@aol.com > 512-345-6199 > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

I'm very interested in the PATE Family who are buried in the little known Cem. (Harker Heights) If anyone has a list of those buried there I hope they will put this out for all to read. Our PATE family has been very elusive. Looking for the family of Millie Caroline PATE, wife of John Bowles, the famous Texas Indian Fighter who was killed by the Indians near Uvalde Co. Tx. Mina (Townsend) Bates minabat@aol.com

My gr gr grandfather and gr gr grandmother were: William M. Peppers, b, 1817, TN and Eveline Kincheloe, b. 1822, Blount Co. AL. Their dau.b. 1841, ARK, Mary Jane Peppers was my gr grandmother. This family of three moved to TX in 1842. They were the first white family to settle on Peppers Creek, Bell Co. TX.( named for the Peppers family) This is written up in the Hand Book of Texas. Also, they are written up in the History of Bell Co. by George Tyler. Mary Jane Peppers married Henry Jefferson Dawson, b. GA. 1835 in Uvalde. TX. William M. and Eveline finally settled in Burnet Co. TX where their hand built log house still stands. It was built abt 1863. I have more history on this family if anyone is interested. The Peppers owned land in Bell Co. also. Dorice Jeffries in Austin, TX mysaxsjan@aol.com 512-345-6199

Forwarded for possible helps.. Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: Charlotte <sunset@vvm.com> To: longwired@hotmail.com Subject: cemetary in Harker Heights Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 22:39:02 -0600 I'm hoping you will know the name for the cemetery located maybe 100 feet outside our fence line. The land surrounding this cemetery belongs to the Pate family. It is east of the Ninth Grade Center, southeast part of town, north of FM2410 and west of Indian Trail. I talked to Frank Pate about this cemetery a month ago. He has given me permission to hop the fence and look about. I would like to help [or do it all with some guidance] catalog the graves and get the city [ha!] to take care of it [the law requires them to]. My goal would be some form of security[fence?], clean-up, more dirt for filling and restore what can be. Since Red Pate died [Frank's uncle], the briars have kept it hidden some. Vandals have destroyed more markers. Mary Hope's tomb stone is gone. A small chunk of marble with a few letters is left. I know the cemetery is registered somewhere. Back when, an article in the paper asked for folks to tell of any cemeteries, I called the number but this one was registered already. Red kept it cleaned up. As kids, we played there some. More folks moving nearby and tearing things up, destroy everything. I told the city it was there before they annexed us four years ago. It is time they own up to what is right :-) I understand there is a law forbidding the sale of a cemetery. Frank said this one is not in the Pate name. I hope someone has recorded the graves already? I undoubtedly missed one or two but I have eight down and know there are many unnamed sites there. Thank you, Charlotte Allman ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Here are the Wedel headstones found in Wedel Cemetery, Bell County, Texas. B. I. Wedel--12/5/1846-5/12/1901 Nancy E. Wedel--3/16/1840-1/9/1927 James F. Wedel--1/29/1868-11/17/1925 Nannette H. Wedel--1/18/1874-3/24/1960 Son William Ray Wedel--10/15/1896-12/6/1906 Ben J. Wedel--1/1/1878-4/9/1942 Carrie E. Wedel--9/22/1880-12/21/1977 Henry J. Wedel--4/22/1883-7/4/1921 Lenna E. Wedel--11/2/1884-8/5/1954 Daughter Bealiah Wedel Swinney--8/7/1902-2/28/1987 Other family names in Wedel Cemetery include Spitzer, Boehme, Williams, Moehler and Wright. There is a Civil War stone for one named Wright. Hope this helps. Reba

Hello, There is a Benjamin S. STEWART listed on the 1850 Milam Co. census, next door to my James Eden Williams. This would have been in the Belton area. Benjamin listed as age 28, Carpenter, born in TN. Wife Sarah, age 20, born Illinois. Son James age 11 months born in TX. Might anyone have info on this Stewart family please? Thanks, Teddy

The following CARTWRIGHT brothers were in Bell Co., TX, for the 1880 census. Their sister was married in Bell Co., in 1871, so it is assumed that they were in Bell Co. at the time of their marriages: Zachariah Taylor (Zachary) CARTWRIGHT married abt 1874 to Margaret A.; Joseph Franklin CARTWRIGHT married abt 1875 to Mary Ollie. Can anyone help with the specifics of these marriages and the maiden names of these two women? Will exchange information. Toni Richard Turk tturk@sanjuan.net http://trturk.recallwd.com http://www.gj.net/~tturk

Hi Bell County Listers - If every thing goes as planed, I'll be in the Bell County seat on April 22nd to enjoy the celebration. It was in Holland, Texas that my ancestors, Yancys and Cockrums, were located. Hope to see you there. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Tom Wharton Johnson tomjohn01@aol.com

Forwarded for any responses. Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: ssweeney@perfectionservices.com Subject: Bell Co Texas Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:42:12 -0500 I saw the posting on the internet on the Cemetery listing for Bell Co. I found one cemetery I was seeking on the list, Temple, and was wondering about one I didn't see... Bluff Creek Cemetery in Bradshaw, Bell Co, Texas. Does this one ring a bell for you at all? I can't seem to find it anywhere as yet. My ggggreat grandfather, John Lewallen, is reportedly buried there. Any information will be appreciated. Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Suzi Sweeney Cincinnati, Ohio ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

The Taylor Valley area is east of Belton on Highway 93. Here is a map of the area: http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=ia-map-result&zoom_level=7&mscs id=&uid=u5we0ew4nm_rw1cy:axqfa0lyb&SNVData=njij9-lz7%3bvdduvj%7clga,cjtsc%28 r,f7c3m%280,c2j%7cx96bsg.3rs%3b_w0w2x9.q8k8%29c2j%7cx968s5.q8k8%29cw8%7c.hzr 0q0,i4o6%40klqrkq%7cl%24bcjs%7cdyx1%29iw%3b2%3btb0fj%7cfiid%7c7xbfjw.q8k8dr- oxiw%3ba%3bB%7cWIK%3bW%40BBD%3bwbwik5%7crxhqje.gm2nxp%28Vsc7bl%3a%2bJO%3a%2b GG There is a listing of graves in the Taylor Valley Cemetary at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/tayvalcem.txt My ggggrandfather, Lewis Singleton Deaver, is buried there. However, last time I was stopped by, it was overgrown quite a bit. It's a small cemetary and probably no one has been buried there in about 70-80 years. There is also some information on the origin of Taylor Valley at the following link. (Hit control-F on the page and search for "Taylor", on most browsers.) http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/nannie4.htm Hope this helps... Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX TX GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Wes Morgan [mailto:jmorgan@txdirect.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:55 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXBELL-L] Bell County Day - Sesquicentennial When you talk about the Taylor Valley area - what part of Bell County is that? Jackie Morgan