Does anyone connect with this Sims line, in Bell Co? She is the sister to My JJ Preston Sims. Thanks Glitz > First & Last Name: Rilla Odell Sims > Birth Date/Place: 9 Mar 1892 Bell County Texas > Death Date/Place: 8 Apr 1977 Gatesville, Texas Coryell Ct., Restland Cemetery > Marriage Date/Place: 5 Jun 1918 Killen, Texas at Rilla's home by Rev. Sims > Parents: Benjamin Franklin Sims & Malissa Graves > Spouse: Benjamin Caleb Palmer >

I am seeking information on Mary E HALPAIN, daughter of St Clair Halpain. Mary married a WHITLOCK. They had five children: Molly, James, Rosa, Jessie and Evaline. The 1900 census of Cauthron township, Scott Co AR states that the widowed Mary was born in AR. Two of the children were born in TX, two were born in AR. The father of these children was born in TN. The oldest child had already left by 1900. I don't know where she was born. Georgia

Good idea! Elry Ames Raney (my gGrandfather) b 25 Feb 1869, married Mary Ellen Hartin in Bell Cnty, TX 30 Oct 1895. He died 13 July 1930 in Killeen, TX. ANYTHING about him or his family would put a HUGE smile on my face! His son James Curtis Raney is my Grandfather and he was born in Brookhaven, TX 18 Feb 1897. Jodi >From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXBELL-L] Surnames of Interest From Bell County >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:33:36 CDT > >>From the Listowner.. > >It probably IS a good time to ask those of you who are new to the list to >post your surnames of interest and/or your general areas of interest about >Bell County. If it's been a while since you've posted your surname >interests, please do so again, if you'd like, and/or your County history or >genealogy areas of interest. > >Bill Bost >TXBELL Listowner > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > >==== 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 > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

My Beeman information was complete and I thank you. Vickie

I beg forgiveness from the list I meant to send the Sims site privately. Sorry. Glitz

Anne--here is a site database you might want to see. Glitz http://people.ne.mediaone.net/lsimms/roger.html

Hi, everyone. I'm new to the list and I'm a 5th generation Bell Countian. I started doing genealogy research over 20 years ago and now have over 6,000 names in Personal Ancestry File. My ancestry list and history: Adeline Elizabeth Branham Moore, my great, great grandmother and widow of Nathaniel Wiley Moore, came to Bell Co. in the 1870's from Randolph Co., Alabama. She is buried at Salado cemetery with several children and grandchildren. Her children married Calhoun, Cosper, Sims, French. Amanda Sara Johnson Thornton Fletcher, great great grandmother and widow, came to Bell Co. in the 1870's from Alabama. She is buried at Sharp Cemetery, Rock Creek Baptist Church, on the Lampasas River, south of Youngsport with some children and grandchildren. (Her 1902 obit is posted on the Bell Co.genweb) William Norton and Henrietta Ellen Thorp Young, my great great grandparents, came to Bell Co. in the 1860's from Chickasaw Co.Mississippi. They are buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery in Nolanville with some children. I've traced the Thorp family back to 1700 in Virginia. John Henry and Charlotte Sophia Kamman Vieregge, my great great grandparents arrived in Galveston, Texas from Hanover, Germany in 1865. They are buried in Henderson Co., but lived in Bell Co. for awhile. I've lived in Belton almost all my life and graduated from Belton High in 1967 and UMHB in 1971. I'm enjoying the mail and it's great to meet others of you with roots in Bell Co. Ann Meade with roots in Bell Co.=20 Ann Meade =20

Hello Everyone, My folks have been in Bell and Coryell Cos. for quite some time now. I have quite a bit of info on Joseph DENNIS since he was pretty high profile. Burrell HUGGINS ran/owned a general store at one point but I don't have much more on him. The rest of my folks seemed to be pretty quiet. Probably just getting on with the business of surviving. So, if anyone has any additional info, I would certainly appreciate it. MaryAnn: I have access the Bell Co books at the Dallas library and have looked at them pretty extensively. Maybe I missed something? Thanks to all, Sharon Dorman Subject: [TXBELL-L] BOONE, GLOVER, WRIGHT, DENNIS, NEAL, THORNTON, Hargrove Richmond Pearson Boone b 1803 KY came to TX in 1851 from AR. He had a mill on the Lampasas at Youngsport and is buried in the Boone?Hamlin cemetery at Younsport. Joseph Dennis , his family and his widowed sister's family Hannah Neal came to Bell co from Warren co TN . John Thornton b NC came to TX in 1860's as far as I can find out . A son Bedford Forrest Thornton was born in Lavaca co 1865, married Hannah Etta Neal. They are buried in the Hodge cemetery In Temple. Andrew J. Glover was born in 1827 Pope co IL, went to St francis co AR where he married Zina Boone, daughter of Richmond Pearson Boone. They came to Bell co with the Boones in 1851. Their descendants still live around Florence Williamson co. The Hargroves came from Giles co TN and Limestone co AL around 1900 . the oldest member to come was Jesse Austin Hargrove b 1836 d 1929 buried Roberts cem Troy. A grandson William Jesse Hargrove married Nora Thornton daughter of Bedford Forrest and Hannah Etta Neal Thornton. Many Hargroves live around Troy I believe . I will gladly exchange any information on the above families that I have . Thanks, Pat in Lawton, OK _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Also have info on Mewhinney, Wilkerson, Bond and many others, mostly from around the Holland area. Rich Grimes McAllen, Texas

Rich, My gGrandmother is Amy D Bonds b 24 Oct 1849 m John Young Stewart when? and d 12 Feb 1918. I believe there could be a tie to Bell County as quite a bit of my family lived in Texas in general, and some in Bell County in general. Any bells ringing? Jodi >From: Richard Grimes <richgrim@swbell.net> >Reply-To: richgrim@swbell.net >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXBELL-L] ROLL CALL - COX, HAYDON, WHEAT, POWERS >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:26:51 -0500 > >Also have info on Mewhinney, Wilkerson, Bond and many others, mostly >from around the Holland area. > >Rich Grimes >McAllen, Texas > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Supports GenConnect >Help Support RootsWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Hello, For those new to the list... I'm researching the families of Thomas Dick Herring and wife Mary Albertine Lee. Thomas and Mary were born in TN, as was their oldest son, Virgil. They also had two daughters, Anna Belle and Maude. Virgil Lee Herring md. Mary Garner (my grandparents). Mary was the daughter of James Knox Polk Garner and Nancy Scott Whiteley. James was the son of William L. and Sarah Curry Garner. Nancy was the daughter of James Clark Whiteley and Malinda Burks. Anna Belle Herring md. Robert L. Thompson Maude Herring md. Don Marable. Thanks, Rose Mary

Does anyone have any documents, bible pages, pictures or obituaries for any of these families and there children and grandchildren etc. All lived in Bell Co. Benjamin F. Ellis --his second wife was Mary Ann White, I do not know who his first wife was. I have a picture of Benjamin and Mary and of her mother George Daniel Richard and his wife Amanda G. Ellis Nathaniel Halpain and his wife Mary Elizabeth "Betsey" Stokes. (Have picture of them) Calvin

I am new to the list, so I thought I would give you my surnames. ROBERTS---Nolanville SUTTON----Nolanville SOUTHERLAND---Moffat CROSS-----Moffat and Flat HALE--------around Flat HARDIN-------around Flat I love meeting new cousins. Vickie Roberts Lindsey Lindseyce@aol.com

Howdy Val.. If you haven't already done so, would you mind if I also posted your query to the Bell County Query Board? Sometimes a different population see things there that are not subscribers to the TXBELL list. Bill Bost Bell County Coordinator ----Original Message Follows---- From: ValTinerTx@aol.com Reply-To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Bell Co. Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:08:05 EDT I too am new to site. I don't have a problem with deleting the chatter but sure wish there was more genealogy information listed. Researching the Allen family. Joseph was married to Adah Rensimer. It is believed Adah's father James Rensimer is buried in Bell Co. Maybe Pleasant Hill? They had 4 daughters Charlie (Dollie) she married R E Sutton, Annie mar Ben McIntrye, Genevieve mar John O'Conner and Sarah ( Sallie ) mar Grover Price. I remember my great aunt Genny visiting her sister Dollie in Belton, I believe they both died in Bell Co. in the mid 1960's. Also my great aunt Genny used to talk about using a ferry at Nolansville. Has anyone heard of that? The girls were born in the late 1880's to 1890's. Does anyone connect? Thanks Val ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== RootsWeb Supports GenConnect Help Support RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

>From the Listowner.. It probably IS a good time to ask those of you who are new to the list to post your surnames of interest and/or your general areas of interest about Bell County. If it's been a while since you've posted your surname interests, please do so again, if you'd like, and/or your County history or genealogy areas of interest. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Howdy TXBELL Listers! For your information: The Bell County Sesquicentennial Committee web page is running at: www.vvm.com/sqc BE SURE to visit it! (I'll be adding a hyperlink to it to the Bell County web pages I webmaster, too.) The next meeting of the Sesquicentennial Committee is Thursday, July 1st, 6:30 PM, in the Commissioner's Court area of the Bell County Courthouse Annex in Belton. Bill Bost Bell County Coordinator _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Hi, I checked and don't see any Stewarts, Stuarts, or Francis' in Salado. The list for the newer sections of the cemetery are not alphabetized and I haven't typed them in yet. I could have overlooked a Stewart or Francis. I'll let you know if I come across one. Laurel -----Original Message----- From: Lyn Rose <rosebud8@jps.net> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 8:33 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Stewart's and Francis' in Bell Co., TX >Laurel, >How about Stewart's and Francis' in that Saludo Cemetery?? > >William Pemberton Jr.3 STEWART (William Pemberton Sr,2 Lazarus1) He was born >on Nov 14, 1831 in Hardeman Co., TN, and died Jan 20, 1913 in Temple, Bell >Co., TX. He married Oct 7, 1849 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., TN to >Caroline Minerva DEVASIER. She was born Jan 1, 1833 Giles Co., TN., and she >died Jan 7, 1913 in Bell Co., TX. Their marriage bond was taken out on Sept >24, 1849 in Giles Co., TN, and James Carrell gave surety. They came to Bell >Co., TX abt 1880 to the area along the Leon River, called Tennessee Valley, >TX. They are both buried side by side in the N. Belton Cemetery, Belton, >Bell Co., TX. > > The children of William Pemberton and Caroline Minerva are: >+ 22 i. Martha Jane b Aug 12, 1850 Lawrence Co, TN, m Sept 2, 1869 to John >B. FRANCIS > 23 ii. Drucilla b Nov 12, 1852 Lawrenceburg, TN, d Jan 16, 1853 in >Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., TN >+ 24 iii. William Riley b Dec 19, 1853 Lawrenceburg, TN, m (1) Sallie E. ? >+ 25 iv. Lazarus Bugg b April 3, 1856 Lawrenceburg, TN, m Margaret E. >(Mattie) STEWART >+ 26 v. Rhoda Emeline b Feb 6, 1860 Green Hill, Alabama?, m James GILBERT & >John HOUGHTON > 27 vi. Lizzie D. Annie b Feb 8, 1863 Green Hill, Alabama?, m Samuel >SALISBURY > 28 vii. James Tebedee b April 27, 1865 Lawrenceburg, TN >+ 29 viii. Thomas Major b Aug 27, 1868 Giles Co., TN, m Mary Eugenia LANIER > 30 ix. Mary Molly Short b June 2, 1871 Mooresville, Marshall Co., TN, m >Edward REED >+ 31 x. John Garrison (ARK) b Oct 7, 1875 Crockett's Bluff, Arkansas Co., >Arkansas, m Sarah LOWRY & Amanda Elizabeth WILLINGHAM > > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy >Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

Howdy Listers! As Listowner I have the pleasure/duty/responsibility/chore/task/privilege/misery (choose one or more) of running the TXBELL mailing list. (It's been a pleasure, so far!) If you are familiar with mailing list operations, you know the listowner has absolute control of the list and what goes into it. He/she can unsubscribe members without notice, reject mailing addresses, add subscribers, delete posts from the archives, and all sorts of other things. I haven't seen anything on the list recently that as yet warrants my intervention. Ya'll just be sure to play nicely and there won't be any callouts outside the saloon. Let's get on with sharing Bell County's history and genealogy. If you've got something about the County history or genealogy you think would be interesting to the list, please post it, especially given that the County's 150th anniversary of founding is upcoming next year. (There is to be a new web page, perhaps operational today, at www.vvm.com/sqc I think.) I, for one, am NOT a Bell County history or genealogy expert... but am enjoying the things you share about it. You folks are where much of this sort of info is held. If you aren't sure about the appropriateness of a post, send it to me first and I'll give you an opinion (it's one of my functions). If you have a problem with what's presently on the different web pages I webmaster (a function I've not done before) that's okay.... it's slow work, and developing better working concepts takes time.... we've all got other things we do that either are what pays our salary (our job) or are other things for which we volunteer to help (not everyone lives and breathes only genealogy). So, patience is appreciated. There are several of you who have offered to assist in inputting text, or updating history or cemetery information, or making suggestions about how to make the Bell County pages better. Thanks.. It's about time to fall back a couple of days and re-group to see where time is next best spent. Bill Bost Bell County Coordinator Bell County Listowner Bell County Genealogy & History webmaster Bell County Historical Commission webmaster West Bell Genealogical Society webmaster Bell County Museum current webmaster BCHC Cemetery Recording fieldworker (chigger collector) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Bill L., I too am sorry if we offended you. I'm typing on the Salado list as fast as my work and life allow. If you will send me your other names, I'll be happy to send you the information. LOVE Anna B. 1880 1945 LOVE John B. 1869 1939 LOVE Lucy C. 1869 1960 LOVE Roxie L. 1890 1900 LOVE J. W. 1843 1912 LOVE Sarah B. 1844 1927 LOVE John B. 1902 Inf. LOVE Walter 1878 Inf. I know that this group has some very dedicated and hard working people --Bill Bost and Anne Bartlett I know put in lots of effort. I'm sure there are others I don't know of, too. By being able to type in a few non-related genealogy items once in a while it helps us get to know the other people helping. If we didn't, the poor volunteers would just type and type and never get to smile. This list is definitely one of the nicest ones I've seen. Laurel Burns -----Original Message----- From: Billuv@aol.com <Billuv@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] CHATTER >Ma Bartlett: Thanks for the sermon. I am a very happy 71 year old, and do >not take being sermonized at seriously. Sorry I offended your sensibilities >by asking to be unsubscribed. Where do I do that? Incidentally, I have >gr-gr-grandparents, gr-grandparents (two sets), grandparents and aunts and >uncles buried at the Salado Cemetary. I have yet to see any of their names >on TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com. Bill Love. > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

Laurel, How about Stewart's and Francis' in that Saludo Cemetery?? William Pemberton Jr.3 STEWART (William Pemberton Sr,2 Lazarus1) He was born on Nov 14, 1831 in Hardeman Co., TN, and died Jan 20, 1913 in Temple, Bell Co., TX. He married Oct 7, 1849 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., TN to Caroline Minerva DEVASIER. She was born Jan 1, 1833 Giles Co., TN., and she died Jan 7, 1913 in Bell Co., TX. Their marriage bond was taken out on Sept 24, 1849 in Giles Co., TN, and James Carrell gave surety. They came to Bell Co., TX abt 1880 to the area along the Leon River, called Tennessee Valley, TX. They are both buried side by side in the N. Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Co., TX. The children of William Pemberton and Caroline Minerva are: + 22 i. Martha Jane b Aug 12, 1850 Lawrence Co, TN, m Sept 2, 1869 to John B. FRANCIS 23 ii. Drucilla b Nov 12, 1852 Lawrenceburg, TN, d Jan 16, 1853 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., TN + 24 iii. William Riley b Dec 19, 1853 Lawrenceburg, TN, m (1) Sallie E. ? + 25 iv. Lazarus Bugg b April 3, 1856 Lawrenceburg, TN, m Margaret E. (Mattie) STEWART + 26 v. Rhoda Emeline b Feb 6, 1860 Green Hill, Alabama?, m James GILBERT & John HOUGHTON 27 vi. Lizzie D. Annie b Feb 8, 1863 Green Hill, Alabama?, m Samuel SALISBURY 28 vii. James Tebedee b April 27, 1865 Lawrenceburg, TN + 29 viii. Thomas Major b Aug 27, 1868 Giles Co., TN, m Mary Eugenia LANIER 30 ix. Mary Molly Short b June 2, 1871 Mooresville, Marshall Co., TN, m Edward REED + 31 x. John Garrison (ARK) b Oct 7, 1875 Crockett's Bluff, Arkansas Co., Arkansas, m Sarah LOWRY & Amanda Elizabeth WILLINGHAM