Could someone give me directions to a cemetery that is listed in the book "Bell County, Texas Records Vol. 1." In 1963 the farm belonged to H.D. Hartrick 2 miles south of temple. I will be coming from Temple. I live in Kingsland and just found out that Robert Marshall is my great grandfather and is buried there. I need these directions before Oct. 1. Thank you, Pam

Howdy Listers... Can anyone give Judy a hand on where to obtain visiting permission? Respond to her email address, please, and to TXBELL if you think of it. Bill Bost Listowner ----Original Message Follows---- Judy Taylor Craig wrote on Sat, 25 Sep 1999 Surname: TAYLOR --- NAME: Judy Taylor Craig EMAIL: jcraig5@bellsouth.net DATE: Sep 25 1999 QRYTEXT: Looking on how to obtain permission to enter McCann Cementary outside Rogers Tx in Bell county. Who do I contact. If I can get in I will do the research on all graves for the list. HELP E mail direct Judy jcraig5@bellsouth.net. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Howdy Calvin.. For information about the courthouse, and the address, try the Bell County Government webpage at: http://www.bellcountytx.com/ The Belton Library (Lena Armstrong Library) is at: Belton City Library 301 E. 1st Avenue Belton, Texas (254) 933-5830 (Info as of Feb 23, 1999) The Temple Public Library is at: Temple Public Library 100 West Adams Avenue Temple TX 76501 Operating Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10-9 p.m. Friday: 10-6 p.m. Saturday: 10-5 p.m. Circulation Desk: (254) 298-5556 Reference Desk: (254) 298-5702 (Info as of Feb 23, 1999) The Belton Journal newspaper is at: 210 N. Penelope Belton, TX 254-939-5754 The Temple Daily Telegram is at: 10 S. 3rd St Temple, TX 254-778-4444 There are also microfilm newspaper records at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/refserv/per_micro/cah/ Hope this helps! Bill Bost Bell County Coordinator TXBELL Listowner ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Calvin Dorris" <caledo@digitex.net> Reply-To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] Bell County Info Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:38:08 -0500 Can anyone tell me how to get to the courthouse in Bell County. Also can anyone tell me if there is a library in Belton that has newspapers on microfilm. If so how do I get there? Thanks Calvin ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Looking for Jim EAKIN or AIKIN who came to Bell County after 1850. May have been a son to David EAKIN or AIKIN. Gary Aikens

Can anyone tell me how to get to the courthouse in Bell County. Also can anyone tell me if there is a library in Belton that has newspapers on microfilm. If so how do I get there? Thanks Calvin

Sorry My Moore's are Cherokee out of Ky. Good Luck Bill Hocutt

Hi Bill and Ann, I'm researching Bell County Moores as well: Bedford (BF) Moore who married Texana Powers around 1880, and lived in the Holland, TX, Bell County area. They had a daughter who married Israel Cockrum. Bedford was killed digging a water well over by Granger- in the 1910-1920 period- he hit a gas pocket- He had several brothers: Homer, Gene, Claude and Curtis- Thanks! Becky Cockrum Ann Meade wrote: > > Bill, > > I also research Moores. My Moores came here to Bell Co., Texas from > Wedowee, Randolph Co., Alabama in 1870. > > GGGrandfather - Nathaniel Wiley Moore > Wife Adeline Elizabeth Branham Moore > > I'm not sure about his parents, but his father may be Alexander Moore, born > about 1790 in South Carolina. > > Let me know. > > Ann Meade, Belton, Tx.

Bill, I also research Moores. My Moores came here to Bell Co., Texas from Wedowee, Randolph Co., Alabama in 1870. GGGrandfather - Nathaniel Wiley Moore Wife Adeline Elizabeth Branham Moore I'm not sure about his parents, but his father may be Alexander Moore, born about 1790 in South Carolina. Let me know. Ann Meade, Belton, Tx. -----Original Message----- From: UnkHiram@aol.com <UnkHiram@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 3:35 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] TexasSites, Adventures in Genealogy and a Request > >Hi > >My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat >room and I have built a TexasSites Web Page. My Page contains links to >Genealogy pages that are Texas Specific in most cases. If you have a home >page for Texas Research or you know of a good Texas Page please send me a >link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Texas >Researchers. THe site is still in the Formation stage so any links yall could >contribute would be greatly appreciated. The Link for the Page is<A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html"> >TexasSites</A> The URL is >http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html > > >The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, LUNSFORD, MOORE >and DODSON. > >I would also like to invite yall to visit my other sites > >1) <A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in >Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook. This >site has one a few awards and the column has appeard in the Dallas >Genalogical Society newsletter and is a regular on the Golden Gates >Genealogical Newsletter. If you decide to try this page, just click on the >title of an article and it will come up. > >2) <A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a >page with my original fiction on it about a small town in East Texas. > >3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html"> >AlbamaSites</A> a page of Alabama Genealogical sites > >4) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/index.html">Bio</A> my >Personal Bio page including a photo of my family > > >Thank you for your time. > >Bill Hocutt > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Supports GenConnect >Help Support RootsWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

Bill, Both of your sites are wonderful!! I browsed the one and then the other. Thank you very much for sharing with us the results of your hard work and darn good writing! Becky UnkHiram@aol.com wrote: > > Hi its me again, Bill Hocutt > > If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your > attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url > for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html > > I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A > HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List > Manners</A> > > Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. > > Bill Hocutt > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Supports GenConnect > Help Support RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Hi its me again, Bill Hocutt If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List Manners</A> Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. Bill Hocutt

Hi My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat room and I have built a TexasSites Web Page. My Page contains links to Genealogy pages that are Texas Specific in most cases. If you have a home page for Texas Research or you know of a good Texas Page please send me a link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Texas Researchers. THe site is still in the Formation stage so any links yall could contribute would be greatly appreciated. The Link for the Page is<A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html"> TexasSites</A> The URL is http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, LUNSFORD, MOORE and DODSON. I would also like to invite yall to visit my other sites 1) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook. This site has one a few awards and the column has appeard in the Dallas Genalogical Society newsletter and is a regular on the Golden Gates Genealogical Newsletter. If you decide to try this page, just click on the title of an article and it will come up. 2) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a page with my original fiction on it about a small town in East Texas. 3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html"> AlbamaSites</A> a page of Alabama Genealogical sites 4) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/index.html">Bio</A> my Personal Bio page including a photo of my family Thank you for your time. Bill Hocutt

I am researching my great-grandfather, William Sidney Bryan. He was born in the 1860s. He was living with his father in Jackson Co., Ala in 1870. He and his siblings moved to Texas in the late 1870s or early 1880s. I have not been able to locate him or any of his siblings on the 1880 census though I am pretty sure they were all in Texas by that time. He married Rowena Texas Jarrell in 1882 in Williamson Co., Texas. They lived in Thrall, Taylor and the Temple area. He died in 1902 in Heidenheimer, Bell Co., Texas just east of Temple, Texas. Anyone with information on him or his brothers, please contact me. Jackie Morgan Jmorgan@txdirect.net

Laurel, that White River Road really sounds interesting. I hope we can find out something about it. You mentioned a book you have on migration trails. Have you heard of the "Cherokee Trail" across the northern part of TX? Good to hear from you. You know you have the sweetest parents! They are both so dear to me. Dorice

I'm not sure if that's got the Dawsons into Bell county yet or not- I'll have to re -read! They didn't stay in Williamson County that I know of but went to Bell County, San Saba County and other central Texas counties. I will try to get more done on that line in the coming weeks or months- Now, as always, I am searching for any history at all in regards to Bedford or (BF) Moore- He and his wife, Texana Powers, lived in the Holland area and they had a daughter who married Israel Cockrum. Bedford Moore had several brothers: Homer, Claude, Gene, and Curtis. He was digging a water well at Bartlett (I believe in the 1920's) when he hit a gas pocket and the resulting explosion killed him- Becky Cockrum Cherokee, TX

> At this time Samuel and Polly lived in Prairie Township adjacent to the > present town of Berryville, Arkansas. Samuel acquired property during > this time as his taxes increased steadily from 1840 to 1847. > By 1840 the family of Samuel and Polly had grown due to the childrens > marriages and the births of grandchildren. > Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth (Betsy), and her husband, John Petty > Jr, were also living in Carroll County, Arkansas, and already had 12 > children. > Edna Bell and James Magee, who were living in Panola County, > Mississippi, already had seven children. > John Dawson, the eldest son, was 29 and married to Temperance Queen; > they had a son named Tolliver. James Dawson, the second son, age 26, > was married to Temperance Butler born in North Carolina, and they had > two children: Ellender and Melvina. Robert Dawson, the third son, age > twenty five, was already married to Jane Watkins from Alabama who ws > part Cherokee; they had three sons by 1840: Elbert, Samuel Riley, and > Jasper. > Finally, Samuel and Polly Ann began entertaining thoughts of going > further west after hearing about the generous land policy in Texas. The > Republic became the State of Texas in 1846 and as difficult as it was to > leave their two sons Robert Dawson remained in Arkansas, and Joseph > Dawson who had married Martha G Wilson-moved to Mississippi and perhaps > kept in touch with Edna Bell, the year found Samuel and Polly disposing > of property and crops and preparing to move. > The oldest daughter, Betsy Petty, promised to join her parents later in > Texas. The youngest son, Samuel Riley-had married Temperance' sister, > Margaret Queen. So, with three married sons, John, James, and Samuel > Riley, along with daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren, the Dawson > family began their adventurous trek to Texas. They departed Berryville > in 1848 in covered wagons and joined other families in a southwestwardly > moving wagon train. > The Dawson family which included 19 people appears in the 1850 Census of > Williamson County, Texas (this is where I grew up and it is just south > of Bell County). > In the census: Samuel Dawson, age 66, born in South Carolina, lists > his occupation as farmer, he is followed by his wife whose name is given > as Anna Dawson, age 63, born in Tennessee. (Perhaps she preferred her > middle name). According to this census, Samuel owned $500 in real > estate. > John and Temperance are followed by five children: Tolliver H.-age 9, > Huldah - age 7, Edna A.- age 5, Josephine -age 3, and and the baby > Temperance only 9 months. > James Dawson and his wife, also named Temperance, are followed by their > four children: Ellender -age 11, Melvina -age ten, Wilburn -age 8, and > Missouri A -age 3. > Samuel Riley Dawson, the youngest son, and his wife Margaret are listed > with their two children: Mary A. -age four, and Elizabeth P. -only 7 > months. > Following the 1850 Census, Samuel and Polly Ann's oldest daughter and > son in law (Elizabeth (Dawson) and John Petty Jr) moved with their > children from Arkansas to Texas. They settled in the neighboring county > of Bastrop and established the community that bears their name > Pettytown, TX. > In Georgetown (my hometown), Williamson County, Texas, Samuel Dawson > made an application to the United States Gov't for one hundred and sixty > acres of land: this bounty land grant, dated Sept 24, 1853 was in > return for his service during the war of 1812. Two witnesses referred > to Samuel Dawson as "a man of veracity and honor". Deed records in > Williamson County attest to the fact tht Samuel and his three sons > obtained more land through numerous transactions. Samuel and his > youngest son were often partners in purchasing land. To avoid confusion > Samuel Riley (the son) used only his middle name Riley on land records. > After spending their first seven years in Texas within Williamson County > on Willey Creek, the Dawson family decided to relocate. > With Samuel at the helm, the family moved to the nearby county of > Lampasas. (Directly Northwest of Williamson County). Samuel paid taxes > in Lampasas County in the years of 1856 and 1857. He owned a horse > valued at $30 and two cows. His youngest son, Samuel Riley, had two > Negros, valued at $1200 who had resided with the Dawsons for several > years prior. While in Lampasas County, Samuel suffered the loss of his > beloved Polly Ann who died in 1857. The matriarch of the family died at > the age of 70, leaving seven children, over 60 grandchildren, and a > wonderful legacy of Cherokee culture. > Two years after Polly Ann's death, her brother in law, Sam Houston, was > elected Governer of Texas in 1859.

> The census taker next came to Purdy in 1830. This census gave only the > name of the head of household followed by the numbers of persons in each > 5 year age bracket. The census indicates one male between 40 and 50 > (Samuel Dawson), two males between fifteen and twenty years (John and > James), two males between ten and fifteen years (Joseph and Robert), one > male between five and ten years (Samuel Riley), and finally, one female > between 40 and 50 (Polly Ann). Samuel and Polly Ann's two daughters had > already married and appear in separate households in the census of > McNairy County, Tennessee. > > Elizabeth (Betsy) Dawson had married John Petty Jr, born Dec 9, 1810, in > Kentucky. Betsy and John already had six children: Jane Ann, Gibson, > Elizabeth, Edna, Alsey Josephine, and Alexander Anderson Petty. > > Betsy's sister, Edna Bell Dawson, at the age of seventeen had married > James Magee who was seventeen years older than his bride. His parents > were imigrants from Antrim, Ireland. > > A land grant from the state of Tennessee indicates that Samuel received > a forty-acre parcel of land on March 14, 1833, in McNairy County. After > 10 months on his land grant, Samuel bestowed his power of Attorney to > William S Wisdom, the McNairy county clerk, on Jan 14, 1834, to prepare > a warranty deed for the sale of his farm to Enoch Owens. > > Samuel and Polly bid their friends in Purdy farewell and moved further > west to the far Northwestern Corner of Arkansas. The first record of > the Dawsons in Arkansas is an 1836 tax record indicating that Samuel and > two of his sons paid Carroll County taxes. The Dawson family appears in > the 1840 Census of Carroll County Arkansas, with the name of the head of > household and only ages given in five - year brackets of the family > members. One male between 50 and 60 (Samuel Dawson), one male between > fifteen and twenty (Samuel Riley), one female between forty and fifty > (Polly Ann), and one female between ten and fifteen (probably one of > their grandaughters). The census taker indicated that four people lived > in the household with two involved in agriculture, there were no slaves. > The tax records of that same year note that Samuel owned one cow valued > at 10 dollars.

> Education was very important to Captain Rogers. He enrolled one of his > daughters in the Moravian Mission School at Spring Place Georgia. > In 1804, when Samuel was 20 and Polly Ann was 17 they were married at > her parents home in the Cherokee Nation. Polly Ann's parents lived on > the Hiwassee River close to the state line between Tennessee and > Georgia, so it was probably at Ross Landing near Lookout Mountain they > were married. > Sam Dawson was 5'9" blue eyes, black hair. Polly Ann, of Cherokee > Blood, tall splendidly formed, dark complexion, black hair and eyes. > They began to move Westward. > In February 1805 they had their first daughter, Elizabeth (Betsy). The > new family continued westward until they reached Missouri. Their 2nd > daughter, Edna Bell Dawson, was born on March 12, 1808 in Missouri > Territory. Their 1st son was born in 1811 and was named John Dawson > after his maternal Grandfather. Their second son was born in Missouri > Territory in February of 1814. > On June 6, 1814, Sam Dawson enlisted in the Company of US Mounted > Rangers lately commanded by Captain Daniel M Boone and Captain James > Callaway. While Samuel was at Camp Clemson, they had their third son, > Robert Dawson, born February 14, 1815. Samuel was hororably discharged > at Woods Fort on June 6, 1815. Another son, Joseph, was born around > 1820. Following Josephs birth, Samuel and Polly Ann decided to return > to Polly Ann's home state of Tennessee. In 1817, Polly Ann's father, > Captain John Rogers, had sadly directed the Cherokee emigration to > Arkansas as forerunners in the tragic "Trail of Tears". > Another son was born to Samuel and Polly when they reached Tennessee. > Samuel Riley Dawson (Jr), born 1823. The 1830 Census has this family in > McNairy County Tennessee (southwestern) in the town of Purdy. Samuel > was a farmer here.

Dorice- one of the Dawson researchers I had sent the information to still had it! YaaaHoooooo! No more digging frantically for me- I am going to go ahead and post this to the list in case there are other Central Texas family researchers who tie in somewhere- Becky Cockrum > Samuel Dawson, their earliest known ancestor, was born in South > Carolina, 1784. He met and married Polly Ann Rogers who was a daughter > of John Rogers and Anna Pruitt. Polly Ann's father, John Rogers, was of > Scotch-English descent and a Tory Captain for the British Army who > fought in the Carolinas in the Revolutionary War. After the war he > settled in Tennessee and was called "Hell-Fire Jack" by the Cherokee > because of his flaring temper. He lived about twelve miles south of > Calhoun, Tennessee, on the Hiwassee River. A wealthy Indian Trader, he > had boats plying on both sides of the Hiwassee and Tennessee Rivers. > Captain John Rogers married three times to women with Cherokee blood: > Elizabeth Emory, Anna Pruitt, and Jennie Due. From his first marriage > descends three of the Cherokee Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation of > Oklahoma. Chief John Rogers Jr., Chief of the Western Cherokees and > Grand Saline: Judge Charles Coody Rogers; Chief William Charles Rogers, > last chief of the Cherokee Nation. One fo the five children from his > third marriage was Talahina or Tiana Rogers who was married to Sam > Houston, the president of the republic of Texas and the sixth governer > of the state of Texas. > Hell fire Jack,s second wife, Anna Pruitt, also known as Alsey Vann, was > half Cherokee and called "Sinee" by the Cherokee. Captain John Rogers > and Anna had only one child, Polly Ann Rogers, who was born in 1787. > Polly Ann and her mother both spoke Cherokee fluently. Polly is > pronounced "Wa-Wli" in Cherokee because ther is no "P" in the Cherokee > Alphabet. > > This is just some background info.

Hello Laurel, yes, your Dad and I have been discussing the Peppers and the Burns. They just must have known each other. Sounds as tho you are on the right track. I will let you know if I find some info on the route, etc. Dorice

I don't know about the white river road- Yes, the Dawsons have Cherokee roots and are related to three of the previous cheifs- before Mankiller- They were in the Berryville Arkansas area, also around Conway- I think it was Samuel Dawson and a couple of his sons came on out this way- Bell County, San Saba County and owned property in Williamson county for a time- must be you that I am hunting that disk for- I'll do some looking right now- Becky Mysaxsjan@aol.com wrote: > > Hello! does anyone know where the White River Road is located? I have heard > some of our ancestors traveled that road from TN and then to Bell Co. TX. > Also does anyone know of a Peppers or Dawson that traveled on "The Trail of > Tears" to ARK and eventually ending up in BELL Co.? > Happy to exchange info. > Thanks, > Dorice > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, > Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries.