Dorice, Does your Pepper family have a connection with John Jackson Pepper of Bates, Scott Co AR? John married Mollie Whitlock and had several children. They include: Willa Dean who married ? Duncan Evelyn who married Ellis Fruen (not only is she my cousin from my mother's side of the family; but my aunt by marriage to my father's brother) Betty Jane who married ? Miller Mary Ann who married ? Oakley Julius John Edward Jim Howard Georgia Fruen Aeverman

I am hoping to correspond with any one that had ancestors that came from TN and settled on Pepper's Creek in the 1840's and 1850's. My gr gr grandfather and gr gr grandmother were William M. Peppers, b. 1817, TN and Eveline Kincheloe, b. 1822, Blount Co. AL. She was the dau of Charles W. Kincheloe and Elizabeth Duncan. Pepper's Creek is located in Belton, Bell Co. TX runs beside the T I Plant there. parallel to IH 35. Dorice in Austin

Start here!!!: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ and check each and everything on this page out...all the way to the bottom. =============================================== Bell County, Texas - Biographies Forum http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellBios ====================================== Bell County, Texas - Query Forum http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bell ====================================== Bell County, Texas - Obituaries Forum http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellObits =========================================== Visitor Center Hints and Tips Getting the most out of the system http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/HINTS/index.html ====================================== Bell County, Texas - Bible Records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellBibl ===================================== Bell County, Texas - Deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellDeed ================================== Bell County, Texas - Pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellPens =================================== Bell County, Texas - Wills http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellWill

I am going to forward this e-mail from David Young. For those of you interested in the YOUNG family lines, go to their website listed below. Thanks for letting us know, David. Ann -----Original Message----- From: DavidY2991@aol.com <DavidY2991@aol.com> To: bartlett@vvm.com <bartlett@vvm.com> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:52 AM Subject: Spencer Young |Greetings | |I just saw your posting of Spencer Young's biography as originally written by |Woodrow Young, my father. Thanks for posting it on the Bell county site. | |For additional information as well as several pictures of Spencer Young, |visit my web site at http://members.aol.com/family2991 |

I posted two WARE biographies just a few minutes ago. There are over 200 biographies on the page at this time. If you have any additional information on your families, please post it as a response to the surname on the biog. page....or do a whole new one. These bios. were done in the 1970s and 1980s and there could be some mistakes, some missing data or some updating that could be done. We would all appreciate your help. Ann Bartlett -----Original Message----- From: LBurf73801@aol.com <LBurf73801@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:06 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Marshall D. Ware, Bell Co., TX |Is anyone researching the WARE family in Bell County? I know I've run across |the name in the archives and, I think, on the list, too. | |While looking through some old family photos I ran across one of 2 little |boys on which my great-grandmother had written along the side: Fred Shine Jr, |14 mos and Marshall D. Ware--"Little Playmates" | |Marshall Ware appears to be 2 or 3 years old. I think this child must have |been a neighbor. The photo was taken at the Austin family home in Belton in |late July or early August 1917. | |Anyway, I'll be glad to scan and e-mail a copy of the photo to anyone |interested. | |Lisa | |Researching SHINE and AUSTIN families of Bell County. | | |==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== |Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, |Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries. |

Howdy TXBELL Listers... Forwarded for those of you who like to know about other possible sources of on-line information for folks who moved to Bell County is this piece from the TXGEN-L list. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Lynna Kay Shuffield" <friday@argohouston.com> Reply-To: <friday@argohouston.com> To: TXGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE:Houston Library Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:02:57 -5 You are referring to "The Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research" which is a branch of the Houston Public Library System. It is housed in a two building complex encompassing the new (two-story) Clayton Building and the former Clayton Home. It is ranked as one of the top ten genealogy research libraries in the United States. The URL for this library is: http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/ Yes, they do have the index to Texas Death Certificates ... the following is from the library's finding aid system: INDEX TO TEXAS DEATHS, 1903-1996 Cabinet: C70 Drawer: D07 Roll: SEE: 801 FICHE ID: DPH031; RO10 Format: FICHE Coverage: VITAL REC Total: 801 Dates: 1903-1996 Note: SHOWS NAME, COUNTY, MONTH AND DAY OF DEATH, AND FILE NUMBER. Hope this clears-up any problems or misinformation ... Also, you should consider conducting research at the "Houston Metropolitan Research Center"(HMRC), also a brach of the Houston Public Library System. This facility is also known as the "Texas Room" which includes original archival material related to Texas, Gulf Coast and Houston history. The URL for this library is: http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/hpl/hmrc.html Lynna Kay Shuffield County Coordinator, San Jacinto County Member, Friends of Clayton Library http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/clf.html _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Greathouse Posted by Fay Greathouse Reisland <fazfun@yahoo.com> on Mon, 26 Jul 1999, in response to THOMAS TALLEY, posted by MAnn Bartlett on Mon, 07 Jun 1999 Surname: <<Hi, I am here visiting my daughter in Copperas Cove, TX. I am interested in meeting some local Greathouse researchers. I have some info on the Greathouse TX line. My line goes back the 1768 when Samuel Greathouse was born in MD, His wife Susannah Greathouse, his cousin, born 1778 in VA. They married in Clark Co KY, and her father John Greathouse was named on their marriage bond. Around the late 1700's these Greathouse's, Samuel, John, John, Jr. William, Levi, & Isaac, owned land in Warren Co KY. After a few years only Samuel remained on the tax list. Samuel died there in 1851. Where the other Greathouse families went, I don't know. Still searching. Fay fazfun@yahoo.com >> - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Please feel free to post a biography on your GREATHOUSE family...we hope that people from these families will find us and update, correct and add to what we already have. The text this information was taken from was (c) 1988, which means it was a "work in progress" for one to five or more years. We welcome any additional information you may have to add. Are you kin to Early GREATHOUSE who gave the land and his name to the Greathouse Cemetery? If you need any help in posting on the biography page, let me know. Sincerely, MA Bartlett, Transcriber

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+756726659+F DALLAS County Texas Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed. Block - Block number. Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded. Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres. Section - Section Number Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the Texas General land Office in Austin. Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- GEORGE LUDWICK G. LUDWICK 48T 808 GEORGE LUDWICK G. LUDWICK 48T 808 GEORGE LUDWICK G. LUDWICK 52T 781 ================================================ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+57334935215+F Coryell, Texas 1880 Federal Census (INDEX - File 5 of 8) This Census was transcribed by Bobbie Ross and proofread by Frankie Boswell Glaze and Carol Smith for the USGenWeb Archives Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1998 by Bobbie Ross. Note: Please see the file "precinct.txt" which describes the 8 Justice Precincts in force in 1880 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ THIS IS AN INDEX SORTED BY NAME. FOR COMPLETE CENSUS INFORMATION, OPEN THE FILE NAME FOR THAT LINE. ============================================================ Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name Age Birthplace File Name ============================================================ 465B 26 Ludwick Annie M. 25 Georgia pg0462b 465B 25 Ludwick Jacob 36 Mississippi pg0462b 465B 28 Ludwick Mable 1 Texas pg0462b 465B 27 Ludwick Mattie J. 4 Texas pg0462b ==================================================== http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+59437051363+F Coryell, Texas 1880 Federal Census (File 18 of 27 for the county -- File 6 of 7 for Justice Precinct 4 & 5) This Census was transcribed by Bobbie Ross and proofread by Frankie Boswell Glaze and Carol Smith for the USGenWeb Archives Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1998 by Bobbie Ross. Note: Please see the file "precinct.txt" which describes the 8 Justice Precincts in force in 1880 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ 1880 Census Reference Chart: 1) Dwelling # 14) Months unemployed this year 2) Family # 15) Currently ill? if so, specify 3) Name of every person whose place of 16) Blind abode on 1 June 1880 was in this family 17) Deaf and Dumb 4) Color 18) Idiotic 5) Sex 19) Insane 6) Age 20) Disabled 7) Month born if during census year 21) School this year 8) Relationship to household head 22) Cannot read 9) Single 23) Cannot write 10) Married 24) Birth place 11) Widow / Divorced 25) Father's Birthplace 12) Married within census year 26) Mother's Birthplace 13) Profession, occupation, or trade of each person male or female ============================================================ ============ Census_Year 1880Microfilm # T9-1298State TexasCounty Coryell Supv.Distr 4 Enum.Distr 25-Justice Precinct 4 & 5 (Note: See the file "precinct.txt" which describes Enumerator J. Thomason the 8 Justice Precincts in force in 1880) Township - ---------------------------------------------Begin Actual Transcription------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ ============================================================ ============================================================ =================================== |Pg# |Ln# |Dw# |Fm# |Last Name |First Name |Col|Sex|Age |Born|Relationship |Sgl|Mar |W/D |Mar/Yr|Occupation |#mo |Ill?|Blnd|Deaf|Idio|Insa|Dis |Sch |Read|Write|Birthplace |Father |Mother |Comments | | |(1) |(2) |(3) |(3) |(4)|(5)|(6) |(7) |(8) |(9)|(10)|(11)|(12) |(13) |(14)|(15)|(16)|(17)|(18)|(19)|(20)|(21)|(22)|(23) |(24) |(25) |(26) | ============================================================ ============================================================ ============================================================ =================================== 465B 25 445 446 Ludwick Jacob W M 36 . . . X . . Farmer X . . . . . . . . . Mississippi NC NC . 465B 26 445 446 Ludwick Annie M. W F 25 . wife . X . . Keeping house . . . . . . . . . . Georgia . SC fathers birth place not given 465B 27 445 446 Ludwick Mattie J. W F 4 . daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . X X Texas Miss Ga . 465B 28 445 446 Ludwick Mable W F 1 . daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . X X Texas Miss Ga . 465B 29 445 446 Jackson Anna W F 7 . adopted X . . . . . . . . . . . . X X Texas . . parents birth place not given ============================================ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+110150618159+ F BIRTH INFORMATION: RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY IN 1917-18 AND PERSONS WITH LINKS TO THIS COUNTY The information below was abstracted from by Raymond H. Banks from civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918. All rights reserved. Some men do not have birth locations listed because they registered on the final draft registration day in 1918 when this information was not recorded. Almost 24 million men registered for the draft -- not always in the county of residence. CAUTION: Middle Eastern and East European national boundaries and country names were quite different than those seen on today's maps. Microfilm copies of the original cards are maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints (LDS...the Mormons). Researchers can probably order loaner copies of specific reels from Salt Lake City through requests at local LDS family history centers. Payment for mailing costs is required. Catalog subject heading: UNITED STATES -- MILITARY RECORDS -- WORLD WAR I [although these records are not actually military records]. Original cards are kept at the National Archives branch near Atlanta, Georgia. The compiler has not abstracted the registrant's address the name and address of next of kin, occupation, work address, general physical description and occasionally listed general description of a disability. Please consult the original card to verify all information. 1ST COLUMN: NAME 2ND COLUMN: BIRTH DATE 3RD COLUMN: ETHNIC GROUP 4TH COLUMN: BIRTH LOCATION OR OTHER INFO (spelling unreliable) OTHER COLUMNS: LOCATION OF ---------------------------------------------------- Ludwick, Roy Robert 4 Feb 1887 W Pratt KS Hansford TX Ludwick, Roy Robert 4 Feb 1887 W lives in Guymon OK Hansford TX =============================================== http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+634911076+F COLORADO County Texas Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed. Block - Block number. Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded. Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres. Section - Section Number Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the Texas General land Office in Austin. Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- LUDWICK MACKERLY L. MACKERLY 414 ============================================= http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+85445274666+F Frio County, TX 1880 Federal Census (File 1 of 3) This Census was transcribed by Elerie Ann Shoemake Bowman for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1999 by Elerie Ann Shoemake Bowman Please see transcriber's notes in the file "notes.txt" For the referenced footnotes in the Remarks column, open the file "notes.txt". ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ 1880 Census Reference Chart: 1) Dwelling # 14) Months unemployed this year 2) Family # 15) Currently ill? if so, specify 3) Name of every person whose place of 16) Blind abode on 1 June 1880 was in this family 17) Deaf and Dumb 4) Color 18) Idiotic 5) Sex 19) Insane 6) Age 20) Disabled 7) Month born if during census year 21) School this year 8) Relationship to household head 22) Cannot read 9) Single 23) Cannot write 10) Married 24) Birth place 11) Widow / Divorced 25) Father's Birthplace 12) Married within census year 26) Mother's Birthplace 13) Profession, occupation, or trade of each person male or female ============================================================ ============ Census_Year 1880 Microfilm #T9-1304 State TX County Frio ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------------- CENSUS YR: 1880 STATE: TX COUNTY: Frio REEL NO: T9-1304 REFERENCE: Precinct No 59, 1 June 1880 ============================================================ ============================================================ ================= Pg# Dw# Fm# Last Name First Name Race Sex Age Born Relationship Occupation Birthpl Father Mother Remarks (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (13) (24) (25) (26) ============================================================ ============================================================ ================= 7 61 62 Rudy William A. Sr. w m 49 . . Farmer SC SC SC . 7 61 62 Rudy Nancy A. w f 45 . wife Keeping House MS TN TN . 7 61 62 Rudy William A. Jr. w m 24 . son Farmer AR SC MS . CENSUS YR: 1880 STATE: TX COUNTY: Frio REEL NO: T9-1304 REFERENCE: Supervisor’s Dist 6, Enumeration Dist 59, 4 June 1880 ============================================================ ============================================================ ================= Pg# Dw# Fm# Last Name First Name Race Sex Age Born Relationship Occupation Birthpl Father Mother Remarks (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (13) (24) (25) (26) ============================================================ ============================================================ ================= 8 61 62 Rudy Postell w f 12 . dau at school AR SC MS . 8 61 62 Rudy Leroy S. w m 9 . son . AR SC MS . 8 61 62 Rudy Adolphus E. w m 3 . son . AR SC MS . 8 61 62 Ludwick James H. w m 20 . . Laborer Il IA IL . ============================================================ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+85745598016+F Frio County, TX 1880 Federal Census (INDEX) This Census was transcribed by Elerie Ann Shoemake Bowman for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1999 by Elerie Ann Shoemake Bowman Please see transcriber's notes in the file "notes.txt" ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ THIS IS AN INDEX SORTED BY LAST NAME. FOR THE COMPLETE CENSUS INFORMATION, OPEN THE FILE IN THE FILE NAME COLUMN. ============================================================ Pg# Last Name First Name Age Birthpl File Name ============================================================ 8 Ludwick James H. 20 Il 1pg0001.txt ============================================================ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+109950419606+ F Hamilton County TX 1937 Voting PrecinctsSubmitted by Elreeta Weathers ***************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***************************************************************** HAMILTON COUNTY, TEXAS 1937 VOTING PRECINCTS From: "Hamilton County [TX] Business Guide and Directory" First Edition, August 1, 1937 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 1....HAMILTON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 2...GENTRY'S MILL 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 3...EVERGREEN 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 4...JONESBORO 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 5...LANHAM 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 6...FAIRY 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 7....HICO 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 8...OHIO 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 9...SHIVE 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 10...FAIRVIEW 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 11...McGIRK 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 12...ALEMAN 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 13...INDIAN GAP 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 14...POTTSVILLE 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 15...CARLTON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 16...GOAR 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 17...EVANT 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 18...LEON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 19...OLIN 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 20...WEST POINT 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 21...ROCK HOUSE 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 22....HAMILTON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO.22....HAMILTON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 23....HAMILTON 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 24...MUSTANG 1937 VOTING PRECINCT NO. 25...MT. VIEW - ---------------------------------------- Kuykendall, John, Farmer, Hamilton, R2, Voting Precinct No. 11...McGirk Kuykendall, O. W. Farmer, Hamilton, Voting Precinct No. 1....Hamilton Kuykendall, Susie, Hamilton, R2, Voting Precinct No. 9...Shive Ludwick, J., Farmer, Jonesboro, R1, Voting Precinct No. 25,...Mt. View Mayfield, Mr. N. E., Indian Gap, Voting Precinct No. 13...Indian Gap Mayfield, Truett, R2, Hamilton, Voting Precinct No.23....Hamilton Mitchell, E. P., Farmer, Indian Gap, Voting Precinct No. 13...Indian Gap Mitchell, F. M., Farmer, Indian Gap, Voting Precinct No. 13...Indian Gap Mitchell, J. C., Farmer, Indian Gap, Voting Precinct No. 13...Indian Gap Mitchell, M. D., Farmer, Goldthwaite, R3, Voting Precinct No. 10...Fairview Mitchell, Mrs. Mattie, Indian Gap, Voting Precinct No. 13...Indian Gap Mitchell, W. W., Farmer, Hico, R6, Voting Precinct No. 19...Olin

Is anyone researching the WARE family in Bell County? I know I've run across the name in the archives and, I think, on the list, too. While looking through some old family photos I ran across one of 2 little boys on which my great-grandmother had written along the side: Fred Shine Jr, 14 mos and Marshall D. Ware--"Little Playmates" Marshall Ware appears to be 2 or 3 years old. I think this child must have been a neighbor. The photo was taken at the Austin family home in Belton in late July or early August 1917. Anyway, I'll be glad to scan and e-mail a copy of the photo to anyone interested. Lisa Researching SHINE and AUSTIN families of Bell County.

Just posted this biography. It is very interesting if you have time to check it out. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/BellBios? Ann

BARNES: I did a search at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm and found 242 matches to the name in Texas. Might want to check them out. And do the same thing for OK. Ann -----Original Message----- From: Marlene Trewin <trewin@flash.net> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 8:21 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Barnes |I am looking for information on my g-grandfather Ross Barnes. What I |know: died in 1940, buried in Lake Reed Ceme. |lived in Okla. at one time. |said to be from Rogers, Bell Co. |married to Mrs. Julie Walker. |had two daughters Katie and ? at least one son. | |Marlene Ellis Trewin trewin@flash.net | | |==== 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 |

I am looking for information on my g-grandfather Ross Barnes. What I know: died in 1940, buried in Lake Reed Ceme. lived in Okla. at one time. said to be from Rogers, Bell Co. married to Mrs. Julie Walker. had two daughters Katie and ? at least one son. Marlene Ellis Trewin trewin@flash.net

I have a picture of 2 young boys named Floyd and Jack Parten. taken at Chandler, EXtra Finish, Belton, Tx, dated July the 30 1893. I do not know of the boys, If anyone would like to have the picture let me know. Marlene Ellis Trewin trewin@flash.net

Your treasure hunt for the cemeteries is very interesting. Has anyone run across a "Peppers" buried in Bell County near Peppers Creek just outside Belton? My gr gr grandfather William M. Peppers and wife Eveline Kincheloe settled on Peppers Creek. Well, they left ARK when Mary Jane, their dau was only one year old.(1842) In 1850, Mary Jane was still the only child and that seems very unusual as they did have several children after leaving Bell Co. for Uvalde Co. TX.abt 1855. Dorice in Austin

Wow! Good information guys! You two shall be awarded our StealthSearcher award...I think that consists of scraps of paper, envelopes and receipts and candy wrappers and a stubby pencil with very little point and no eraser!!!...or maybe that was a pen about to run out of ink??? Anyway, cool searching! I would like to thank those of you who add biographies to the bio-page...with hundreds before me yet to key, I take time to celebrate wildly when someone adds one! I pop the "cork" on my jug of Crystal Light and do wheelies in my chair and just celebrate wildly with my two cats, Simon David Abraham Hinklefarb and Smokey B. Bear. Don't take this that I am unhappy with my task at hand...I volunteered for it but then I can see 1051 pages instead of 1052 pages! Thank you! Thank you! Would anyone like to type the Temple part? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? I have gotten almost to the end twice and it turns to mush. It is cursed for me, I am certain, as this has not happened to anything else I have done from this text. That town does not like me...even when I go to the library, several cars will almost run into me or back into me...no drivers, just cars. Right now, I am beginning my third try with Temple and I would much rather lick chocolate from moving mixer blades!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 9:21 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Fwd: Rock Hollow Cemetery (I think Joe was estimating at one time there were between 30,000 and 50,000 burials in Bell County, | ===================== Yes, there are and I believe that many of the ones you think are lost are, actually, just hiding. Haven't you ever been out on the side of the road or in the middle of a pasture (cleaning bovine excrement from your shoes) and seemed to hear distant laughter buzzing about your ears? Well, I am here to tell you that *I* believe that to be a pleathora of ancestors hiding out among the weed blades, behind the rocks and pebbles and among the thistles and grass burrs laughing at us as we try to find them! I also believe they take the form of ticks and fleas, flies and mosquitoes, red bugs and chiggers to make our searches as difficult as possible. I think they are also body-snatchers and take over the bodies of the map-makers and add in creeks and roads that never existed...and we wont even get into the illicit erasing that goes on while they are in those bodies!!!! - -------------------------------------------------- |Also, your information is helping to clarify some points about cemetery |names in the county. ======================== Speaking of which, Bill...I was told that there was a cemetery west of Holland that was plowed under by the land owner when he purchased the land. It was reported to me that he thought it to be a "...waste of good growing space and money to leave it...". My cousin and I have been trying to find someone in Holland that knows about it...location and who might have been buried there...but so far all we have found is a group of people that have knowledge from older family and friends that one existed and was plowed under by the owner of the land...and that it was somewhere west of Holland.

MaryAnn, >>>I would like to thank those of you who add biographies to the >>>bio-page...with hundreds before me yet to key, I take time to celebrate >>>wildly when someone adds one<<< I have seen references to this 'bio-page' before, and I guess I don't know what it is. Could you enlighten me? >>>I pop the "cork" on my jug of Crystal Light and do wheelies in my >>>chair<<< I also know you have mentioned your chair before, have you been in an accident? >>>Would anyone like to type the Temple part? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?<<< I am a reasonably good typist, is it something I can do from my home? >>>I would much rather lick chocolate from moving mixer blades!!!!!<<< You sound like someone I could really get along with. I bet we could be friends....cyber friends, or actual LIVE, breathing friends. Thanks again for all you do. Jodi Salt Lake City, UT _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Howdy TXBELL Listers.. Randy and Gena Traylor have provided some more-detailed directions for finding Rock Hollow Cemetery, as shown below. I think it's terrific they've shared that info, which will help greatly with updating that cemetery. It will also help the BCHC folks (Joe and Dorothy Button), who are the BCHC unofficial cemetery database developers. (I think Joe was estimating at one time there were between 30,000 and 50,000 burials in Bell County, and I think many are now lost or otherwise unaccounted for, because the burial sites were not originally well-indexed.... ). We'll get the TRAYLOR name change in with the next update of that cemetery, to show TRAYLER. Those of you submitting biographies and obituaries to the Bios and Obits Boards at the TXBELL web page are also helping the cemetery locating process. Sometimes by finding names in a cemetery, by an on-the-ground visit, that is otherwise not clearly identified (perhaps on a map or by vague directions), we can deduce the cemetery name because that's the cemetery list in which the names appear. Also, your information is helping to clarify some points about cemetery names in the county. I've found what I was calling Czech National (on a USGS map shown immediately south of Seaton Cemetery) is the one just SW of Holland. That's to be fixed in the BCHC Album page as soon as I can. By sharing information about what we know, or think we know, about Bell County locales and people, we can work towards a body of knowledge about which we can have a high confidence of accuracy, and continue to update that knowledge with the most current information, while preserving information that may otherwise become lost. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Gena Traylor <genatraylor@earthlink.net> To: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Rock Hollow Cemeter Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:12:48 -0700 Bill- We were able to find it tonight. We just went out and looked around and asked people. Here are the directions, in case you want to post them for anyone else who might be looking for it. It is very very hard to find, but here goes: Northbound IH 35 from Salado. Take the 289A Exit, then take the first right you come to, this should be Old US 81 (Toll Bridge Road). Stay on old US 81 and go through the intersection of 81(Toll Bridge Road) and Elmer King Road, you'll cross an old bridge made of wood at the Lampasas River. Go approximately 1/2 mile past the bridge until you come to a house ( on the right- east) approximately 15 yards off the roadway. There are two gates in front of the house. Go through the southern most gate (it runs beside the house) and follow the dirt road. There are two trailer houses about 100 yards down the dirt road, you'll have to drive around them to the right ( there really is no road to follow around them). The cemetery is about 50 yards past the trailer houses. It is fenced and pretty well kept up. I hope this will help anyone else out there looking for it. It is truly a treasure hunt. Also, I wanted to let you know that on the website, the listing for Rock Hollow shows a James T. and Matilda Traylor and on the stone it is Trayler. Randy and Gena Traylor _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Howdy TXBELL Listers.. Beverly (not a subscriber) had this question, and it's passed to the TXBELL list in the event someone can help her with information. Please reply to her at her email address, shown below, and to the list, if you'd like, to share where you find any info. (I'll also post her query to the Bell County Query Board.) Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner ----Original Message Follows---- From: Beverly Lazo <kismet@maui.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 02:09:57 -1000 I frequent the site as a lot of my ancestors are from Bell cty. Many reside at North Belton Cemetery. I was just wondering if you are familiar with the old cemeteries around the area I am listing below...possibly a name or two I could check out as I have reason to believe that possibly a lady named Sarah (maybe Jane)STAFFORD ROBINSON is buried in a cemetery in Bell Cty. She is probably my GGGgrandmother who married William ROBINSON Sr. and I am the granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin ROBINSON and Ollie Gertrude KING who both lived and worked for sixty years or more of their lives in Belton, Bell Cty, TX. info I received reads as: Sarah STAFFORD married William ROBINSON on 5JUL1814 in Dickson Co TN Sarah was born 2JAN1798 where? and died 11JAN1881 in Bell Co TX and is buried near Salado and Belton Road near Lampasas Creek, Bell Co, TX. Any help you might be able to give me would be greatly appreciated. Beverly Robinson Lazo kismet@maui.net _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Just called for you...not a ld for me...a certified copy is $3 and a "plain one" is $1. Ann Bartlett -----Original Message----- From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com <BADOVINAC3@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Marriage Certificates |Anita, | |The address for the Bell County Clerk is: | |PO Box 480 |Belton, TX 76513 |Phone (254) 933-5165 | |I obtained a copy of a marriage certificate from 1871 not too long ago, but, |don't recall the cost, you'll have to call the number above. | |Rose Mary | | |==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== |Please Help Keep Discussions Related To Bell County Genealogy | And History!! |

Anita, The address for the Bell County Clerk is: PO Box 480 Belton, TX 76513 Phone (254) 933-5165 I obtained a copy of a marriage certificate from 1871 not too long ago, but, don't recall the cost, you'll have to call the number above. Rose Mary