Howdy All... I'm forwarding this message to the list, on the chance that your surname, from Bell County, may be represented, and because of the genealogy implications. I had asked the sender to clarify the Bell County connection, and I think that's been done. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >Text: >There is a CROSSLAND FAMILY REUNION >The branches of our maternal family migrated from GA and paternal >lines from TN to settle in Central Texas in the Counties of Bell, >Falls, McLennan, and Limestone between 1835 and 1890. Invitation is >extended to family lines including: >Maternal lines of James Burns Clements / Sarah Edocie Lucas / >Marietta Hogg and paternal lines of William C. Crossland, Nancy >Elliot / McCollough and others). > >In 1960, Oscar Reuben and Ira Pearl Crossland were honored by Bell >County for helping build the population with 10 children, and over >80 Grand and Great Grandchildren. These Crosslands lived in Lott and >then Temple, where many descendants live today. > >The reunion will be hosted by Crosslands descendants of Central Texas >and held in Temple, (Bell County), Texas at Belton Lake on May 29-31, >1999. >The reunion pavilion site is near Temple, Texas at Belton Lake. It is >really pretty setting and there are very nice trailer/RV/tent >camping sites nearby (for those who like to camp). It is also easy >to get to and hotel reservations are available close to Temple for >those who wish to drive. Traditional cookout is on the last weekend >in May 1999 scheduled all day Sunday, May 30. > >There are also two camp sites reserved within walking distance for >May 29-31 (All day Saturday and Sunday, Saturday and Sunday nights >and leave Monday ) use. If any of you wish to camp also, let Rita >Kelley know, E-mail address below. She will send the info on making >required campsite reservations. It is NOT too early to go ahead and >do that. The pavilion has lots of parking space, lots of shade from >the Texas sun and electricity. It also is equipped with a sand >volley ball court and net, a washer court and horseshoe court. There >is plenty of room for kids to run and play. There is a fishing area >and a place to put in a boat nearby. > >Please pass the word out ASAP to all family members, especially >those who will need to travel to get here. Reunion attendance is >always over 200, with previous participants from Texas, VA, GA.and >CA. family branches. There will also be people collecting and sharing >family history information for inclusion in our growing computer >database. > >Your help is appreciated. Also, please send names and addresses >(email and street, phone) for contacting. Written announcement have >gone out to known family members, but it's never to late to join us. > >The CROSSLAND FAMILY REUNION >(Clements/Elliot/Hogg/Lucas/ McCollough) >in TEXAS on May 29-31, 1999 > >For more information on attending: contact reunion co-ordinator: >Rita Kelley- rkelley@n-link.com. > >For queries and family information Contact: >Harold Watson- benchmarkstudios@worldnet.att.net >or Jerry Clements- JDEANC@aol.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Just a reminder... previous messages to the list can be found, and retrieved, from the list archives. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >From: Billuv@aol.com >Reply-To: Billuv@aol.com >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Bell County Original Land Owners >Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:10:56 EDT > >Ann: I am sure you put the info on Chalk's up because I saw it. I can >retrieve it from my email files I have already looked at if necessary. Bill >Love. > > >==== 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

Hello everyone, We have added Volo Cemetery to the TX Bell County Archives. Lets keep sending in that information and fill our Bell County pages up! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm Thanks Debbie

Mary Ann you sent this on the Chalk family on the 27th... Debbie ---------- Pg. 386 Robert Lewis Chalk Robert Lewis Chalk, son of William Roscoe Chalk and Frances Omsgy Blackburn, was born August 25, 1841, Maury County, Tennessee. He came to Bell County with his parents in 1851. On November 18, 1861, he enlisted for Civil War service at Belton as a private in Company F, 6th Texas Infantry, under Captain H.E. Bradford. Later, he was promoted to corporal and then to sergent. A regiment was organized at Victoria, with Colonel R.R. Garland in command. In spring 1862 the company marched to Arkansas Post, Arkansas and arrived about September 1. He fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post and was captured January 11, 1863, when the Confederate forces were defeated. He was taken to Camp Butler Prison, near Springfield, Illinois, but escaped and joined the Missouri Volunteers, North Missouri, and was first lieutenant in Captain Marion West's company. After the war, Chalk received a law degree at Lebanon, Tennessee. On August 3, 1870, he married Anne Margaret Butcher in Comanche, Iowas, where she had been born on August 16, 1851. Her family moved there from Randolph County, West Virginia. Her parents were Edward G. Butcher and Sarah Ann Wilson of Virginia. They were descendants of Honorable John Hart, who signed the Declaration of Independence; Sir Warham St. Leger, a member of Virginia House of Burgesses in 1609; and Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. After their marriage, Robert Lewis Chalk practiced law in Belton for many years. He was a Mason and the family were members of the Methodist Church. Children of this marriage were: Sarah Minna who married William Thomas Scott II, then Harry Hyman; George Otis who married Mary Elizabeth Nunn; Robert Lee; William Edward; and Lelia Blanche who married Robert Lee Dalton. Mrs. Anne Butcher Chalk died December 25, 1891 and her marked grave is in South Belton Cemetery. On January 21, 1897, at Killeen, Chalk married Mrs. Sophia Walker Manning, born January 22, 1862, in Bastrop. After their marriage, Chalk was mayor of Killeen for several years. One daughter, Nora Ethel, was born of this union. She married William Frederick Page. Chalk died July 7, 1914, in San Antonio and his marked grave is in South Belton Cemetery. The second wife, Sophia Manning Chalk, died in Killeen. By her previous marriage she had one daughter, Dell, who married J.M. Gray at Killeen on February 14, 1916. Pgs. 386 - 387 <Picture: "Major Whitfield Chalk served as the first sheriff of Williamson County and in 1848 built the first mill on Salado Creek."> Whitfield Chalk Major Whitfield Chalk, son of William Chalk and Elizabeth Williams, was born April 2, 18ll, Hertford County, North Carolina. After being ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, he immigrated to Texas in 1833. By 1842 he was a resident of the municipality of Milam. While living here he served as a lieutenant in J.G.W. Fisher's company which repulsed Adrian Woll"s invasion of San Antonio. On October 17, 1842, he enlisted for the Somervell Expedition and was commissioned a major. He was a member of Mier Expedition and was among those captured; however, he escaped with Caleb St. Clair from Mier on the evening the Texans capitulated, December 25, 1842. They hid under stacks of cane and, after terrible hardships, finally returned home. Whitfield was commissioned a major on August 5, 1844, in Second Regiment, First Brigade, Republic of Texas Militia, by General Sam Houston, President of the Republic. While holding this office, Chalk married Mary Fleming on August 9, 1847. For services rendered to the Republic of Texas, Chalk received a grant of 320 acres of land in Milam County. Evidently, after their marriage, the Chalks resided in the western part of Milam County, which was later divided into Williamson and Bell Counties. After Williamson County was created March 13, 1848, Major Chalk became the first sheriff of the new county. Whe the census of 1850 was taken, Whitfield Chalk and family were listed in Milam County, probably in that part which became Bell County on January 22, 1850. He gave his occupation as millwright. He and his brother, Ira, had built the first mill on Salado Creek. The family was living in Bell County in 1860 and he gave his occupation as milling. Later, this family lived in Brenham, Texas, and by 1873 were residents of Lampasas County. He died May 19, 1902, in that county and his wife died there on January 1, 1903. In 1944 the federal government erected a marble marker at his grave commemorating his service in the Mexican War. Major and Mrs. Chalk were the parents of nine children. Page 387 William Roscoe Chalk William Roscoe Chalk, son of William Chalk and Elizabeth Williams, was born August 28, 1816, Hertford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. William Williams and Catherine Elizabeth Roscoe, who pioneered from Tidewater, Virginia. The Chalks moved from North Carolina to Maury County, Tennessee, when our subject was a child and later he owned 502 acres of land at the head of Cathey's Creek, District No. 1, Tenneessee. Here, he was ordanined a Methodist Episcopal minister. Frances Omsby Blackburn and W.R. Chalk were married September 27, 1838, Maury County, Tennessee. She was born there February 21, 1821, daughter of Captain John Porter Blackburn and Nancy Churchwell. He fought with General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. She was the granddaughter of Captain Ambrose Blackburn of Revolutionary fame and whose ancestor was Colonel Thomas Blackburn of Rippon Lodge, Virginia, eight miles from Mt. Vernon, where Colonel Blackburn was buried in 1758. Two of his daughters married nephews of Colonel George Washington and are buried at Mt. Vernon by Washington's Tomb. This Chalk family moved to Bell County, Texas, in 1851. In the 1860 census he was listed as a carpenter. During the Civil War he was appointed in 1864 to the Home Guard. In the 1870 census he gave his occupation as farming. W.R. Chalk, a Master Mason, died March 4, 1893 in Belton, Texas and his wife died there on April 25, 1875. Their marked graves are in South Belton Cemetery. Their family included the following children: Robert Lewis; John William Douglas who married Jennie Geneva Bell; Nancy Elizabeth; Virginia Octavene who married William Taylor Lee; Ellis Blackburn who married Mrs. W. Bell; Mary Frances; Valera Katherine; and Florence Itaska who married John David Earnest. ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings.

Oh, no! I cannot find copies of the CHALK family and I know I put them up yesterday...or Saturday...I remember the picture of Major Whitfield Chalk. There was: Robert Lewis Chalk; Whitfield Chalk; William Roscoe Chalk. If no one can find them, I will transcribe them again and then I am doing Rountree and Lindemann Ann -----Original Message----- From: Judyap@aol.com <Judyap@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:14 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Bell County Original Land Owners |Hi, |in Vol.99 Issue 31 of the TxBELL list Mary Ann Bartlett submitted there is a |John W. MIDDLETON listed And J. M. MIDDLETON as Grantee. These are my 3rd |and 4th Great Grandfathers. Does anyone have any more information on them? | |John W. MIDDLETON married Mary Ann CHALK. Her father was Rev. William CHALK, |Mother, Elizabeth (WILLIAMS) CHALK. | |any help would be appreciated. | |Thank You, Judy Peitsmeyer |judyap@aol.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 |

I think I put the CHALK information up yesterday...I think. I am trying to put up the names I find from The Story of Bell County that some of you sent to the Bell County List. In some cases you may see information for another family but read through it anyway because I sometimes run across your name as the bride or groom of an offspring. This is not the only source available in Bell County...right now I am more or less confined to the house and this is all I have to refer to until next week. I have a friend that helps me go out and lift and carry record books and climb the hills and jump the gullies I no long can....but I am working hard to find what I can. Some of your people are also listed in Williamson Co....I am pretty sure Chalk is. When I get out next week I will try to find the location of the Mill in Salado and get pictures...and I am working on a friend to help me scan pictures from SOBCT...I am just being slow right now. Ann -----Original Message----- From: Judyap@aol.com <Judyap@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:14 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Bell County Original Land Owners |Hi, |in Vol.99 Issue 31 of the TxBELL list Mary Ann Bartlett submitted there is a |John W. MIDDLETON listed And J. M. MIDDLETON as Grantee. These are my 3rd |and 4th Great Grandfathers. Does anyone have any more information on them? | |John W. MIDDLETON married Mary Ann CHALK. Her father was Rev. William CHALK, |Mother, Elizabeth (WILLIAMS) CHALK. | |any help would be appreciated. | |Thank You, Judy Peitsmeyer |judyap@aol.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 |

Ann: I am sure you put the info on Chalk's up because I saw it. I can retrieve it from my email files I have already looked at if necessary. Bill Love.

Hi, in Vol.99 Issue 31 of the TxBELL list Mary Ann Bartlett submitted there is a John W. MIDDLETON listed And J. M. MIDDLETON as Grantee. These are my 3rd and 4th Great Grandfathers. Does anyone have any more information on them? John W. MIDDLETON married Mary Ann CHALK. Her father was Rev. William CHALK, Mother, Elizabeth (WILLIAMS) CHALK. any help would be appreciated. Thank You, Judy Peitsmeyer judyap@aol.com

Pg. 386 Robert Lewis Chalk Robert Lewis Chalk, son of William Roscoe Chalk and Frances Omsgy Blackburn, was born August 25, 1841, Maury County, Tennessee. He came to Bell County with his parents in 1851. On November 18, 1861, he enlisted for Civil War service at Belton as a private in Company F, 6th Texas Infantry, under Captain H.E. Bradford. Later, he was promoted to corporal and then to sergent. A regiment was organized at Victoria, with Colonel R.R. Garland in command. In spring 1862 the company marched to Arkansas Post, Arkansas and arrived about September 1. He fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post and was captured January 11, 1863, when the Confederate forces were defeated. He was taken to Camp Butler Prison, near Springfield, Illinois, but escaped and joined the Missouri Volunteers, North Missouri, and was first lieutenant in Captain Marion West's company. After the war, Chalk received a law degree at Lebanon, Tennessee. On August 3, 1870, he married Anne Margaret Butcher in Comanche, Iowas, where she had been born on August 16, 1851. Her family moved there from Randolph County, West Virginia. Her parents were Edward G. Butcher and Sarah Ann Wilson of Virginia. They were descendants of Honorable John Hart, who signed the Declaration of Independence; Sir Warham St. Leger, a member of Virginia House of Burgesses in 1609; and Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. After their marriage, Robert Lewis Chalk practiced law in Belton for many years. He was a Mason and the family were members of the Methodist Church. Children of this marriage were: Sarah Minna who married William Thomas Scott II, then Harry Hyman; George Otis who married Mary Elizabeth Nunn; Robert Lee; William Edward; and Lelia Blanche who married Robert Lee Dalton. Mrs. Anne Butcher Chalk died December 25, 1891 and her marked grave is in South Belton Cemetery. On January 21, 1897, at Killeen, Chalk married Mrs. Sophia Walker Manning, born January 22, 1862, in Bastrop. After their marriage, Chalk was mayor of Killeen for several years. One daughter, Nora Ethel, was born of this union. She married William Frederick Page. Chalk died July 7, 1914, in San Antonio and his marked grave is in South Belton Cemetery. The second wife, Sophia Manning Chalk, died in Killeen. By her previous marriage she had one daughter, Dell, who married J.M. Gray at Killeen on February 14, 1916. Pgs. 386 - 387 <Picture: "Major Whitfield Chalk served as the first sheriff of Williamson County and in 1848 built the first mill on Salado Creek."> Whitfield Chalk Major Whitfield Chalk, son of William Chalk and Elizabeth Williams, was born April 2, 18ll, Hertford County, North Carolina. After being ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, he immigrated to Texas in 1833. By 1842 he was a resident of the municipality of Milam. While living here he served as a lieutenant in J.G.W. Fisher's company which repulsed Adrian Woll"s invasion of San Antonio. On October 17, 1842, he enlisted for the Somervell Expedition and was commissioned a major. He was a member of Mier Expedition and was among those captured; however, he escaped with Caleb St. Clair from Mier on the evening the Texans capitulated, December 25, 1842. They hid under stacks of cane and, after terrible hardships, finally returned home. Whitfield was commissioned a major on August 5, 1844, in Second Regiment, First Brigade, Republic of Texas Militia, by General Sam Houston, President of the Republic. While holding this office, Chalk married Mary Fleming on August 9, 1847. For services rendered to the Republic of Texas, Chalk received a grant of 320 acres of land in Milam County. Evidently, after their marriage, the Chalks resided in the western part of Milam County, which was later divided into Williamson and Bell Counties. After Williamson County was created March 13, 1848, Major Chalk became the first sheriff of the new county. Whe the census of 1850 was taken, Whitfield Chalk and family were listed in Milam County, probably in that part which became Bell County on January 22, 1850. He gave his occupation as millwright. He and his brother, Ira, had built the first mill on Salado Creek. The family was living in Bell County in 1860 and he gave his occupation as milling. Later, this family lived in Brenham, Texas, and by 1873 were residents of Lampasas County. He died May 19, 1902, in that county and his wife died there on January 1, 1903. In 1944 the federal government erected a marble marker at his grave commemorating his service in the Mexican War. Major and Mrs. Chalk were the parents of nine children. Page 387 William Roscoe Chalk William Roscoe Chalk, son of William Chalk and Elizabeth Williams, was born August 28, 1816, Hertford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. William Williams and Catherine Elizabeth Roscoe, who pioneered from Tidewater, Virginia. The Chalks moved from North Carolina to Maury County, Tennessee, when our subject was a child and later he owned 502 acres of land at the head of Cathey's Creek, District No. 1, Tenneessee. Here, he was ordanined a Methodist Episcopal minister. Frances Omsby Blackburn and W.R. Chalk were married September 27, 1838, Maury County, Tennessee. She was born there February 21, 1821, daughter of Captain John Porter Blackburn and Nancy Churchwell. He fought with General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. She was the granddaughter of Captain Ambrose Blackburn of Revolutionary fame and whose ancestor was Colonel Thomas Blackburn of Rippon Lodge, Virginia, eight miles from Mt. Vernon, where Colonel Blackburn was buried in 1758. Two of his daughters married nephews of Colonel George Washington and are buried at Mt. Vernon by Washington's Tomb. This Chalk family moved to Bell County, Texas, in 1851. In the 1860 census he was listed as a carpenter. During the Civil War he was appointed in 1864 to the Home Guard. In the 1870 census he gave his occupation as farming. W.R. Chalk, a Master Mason, died March 4, 1893 in Belton, Texas and his wife died there on April 25, 1875. Their marked graves are in South Belton Cemetery. Their family included the following children: Robert Lewis; John William Douglas who married Jennie Geneva Bell; Nancy Elizabeth; Virginia Octavene who married William Taylor Lee; Ellis Blackburn who married Mrs. W. Bell; Mary Frances; Valera Katherine; and Florence Itaska who married John David Earnest.

I did a search in LA for these ALLENs since it mentioned they were from there. I found 1,839 matches. In one of the matches I found the following: Index Name: ALLEN, Moses A. Reel: CP1.2 Microdex: 4.000000 Microdex: 1.000000 Pages: 7.000000 Target: Allen, Moses LA Confederate Pension Application Record: Index Donated by LA State Archives That is as far as I got and then had to shut down and wait out a thunderstorm. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm I entered the surname: ALLEN I chose the state: LA The problem with the name ALLEN is that it will show up a lot in all states in which you search because it is a common first name as well as a common last name. In TX, you will want to search in: Orange Co., Milam Co., Jefferson Co., Coryell Co., Bell Co., Williamson Co. and maybe Jefferson Co.

I think all I have found so far are mentions of the BEARD name in the Williamson County Source I have, Land of Good Water by Scarborough. I will search through the sources I have at home and then when I can get out again, I will try at the Belton Library and the Bell County Courthous Annex. For those of you who may be able to come to Bell County, the records have been recently moved to the new "temporary" Annex and are in a huge room and accessable to anyone. Everything was moved from the first floor level and from the basement and any other place they had used to store this information. If you live near a library, you might check with them about interlibrary loans....Temple Library has a copy of The Story of Bell County, Texas...the one sponsored by the Bell County Historical Commission and The History of Bell County by George Tyler....and one called, I think, Revisiting Bell County. This last was someone's Master's Thesis as I remember and is not indexed. I believe this is the one that someone did an index on and it is under separate cover. Just some things to consider. Ann -----Original Message----- From: BevBeard <beards@gulfsurf.infi.net> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:54 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] EPPERSON/BRISCOE | > Searching to no avail for information on my grandmother and |her | > family. | | > Maude Adell Epperson b. February 19, 1882 in Bell County or |Twnship, | > Grayson County,Texas, d. January 7, 1967 in Birmingham, Al. |She | > married in 1898 to William Polk Briscoe who was b. December 30, |1868 in | > Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama. Believe she had three |sisters: | > Essie Epperson, Jessie Epperson Orick Keithly (who married 2X |and moved | > to Naples, Fl. many years ago and died there) and Minnie |Epperson. No | > further information. | | > William Polk Briscoe was a Texas minor league ball player and |that is | > how he met Maude. He had a brother, Thomas Graham Briscoe, who |moved to | > Sherman, Texas and we believe he stayed there until his death. |No info | > on his family or death, etc. We have the name Nellie Kitchens |and we | > think that she may have been a daughter of Thomas Graham |Briscoe. Her | > last known address was in Jackson, MS. | | > Any information you may have will be appreciated. | | > Beverly in Florida | | | | |==== 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 |

Howdy All.. If you are new to the TXBELL list, please let us know something about the Bell County ancestors in which you have an interest, maybe something about research resources you would be willing to share, what part of the County history interests you,.. things like that.. maybe the surnames of particular interest, and so forth.... Some of the TXBELL list folks are working on a variety of projects to create uploads to places like the TexGenWeb Archives, the Bell County Historical Commission web page, the Bell County Genealogy & History web page, the Bell County Museum web page, the West Bell Genealogical Society web page, and the Sesquicentennial Committee project. A. We've transcribed and uploaded to the TexGenWeb Archives cemetery lists for Rock Hollow, Pleasant Hill, and Donahoe Cemeteries, and one for Resthaven was just sent today. B. Chapters of the Story of Bell County are being computer-entered and are beginning to be put on the BCHC web page (will have the Table Of Contents from this 2-vol set, probably with hyperlinks to the individual chapters). They'll be uploaded to RootsWeb even though somewhat rough, so people can get at them. C. Family Histories (biographies) for the Family Histories in the Story of Bell County are going to the Biographies Board of the Bell County Genealogy and History page.. just a few to start, but more will follow. D. One of the TXBELL list members is doing historical research in support of the Bell County Sesquicentennial Committee project celebrating Bell County's 150th birthday next year. E. Several of the TXBELL and BCHC members continue to work hard at developing cemetery information for ones there don't seem to be lists for, and we hope to have some digital camera photos in future. Just a little of what's going on in Bell County! Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

> Searching to no avail for information on my grandmother and her > family. > Maude Adell Epperson b. February 19, 1882 in Bell County or Twnship, > Grayson County,Texas, d. January 7, 1967 in Birmingham, Al. She > married in 1898 to William Polk Briscoe who was b. December 30, 1868 in > Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama. Believe she had three sisters: > Essie Epperson, Jessie Epperson Orick Keithly (who married 2X and moved > to Naples, Fl. many years ago and died there) and Minnie Epperson. No > further information. > William Polk Briscoe was a Texas minor league ball player and that is > how he met Maude. He had a brother, Thomas Graham Briscoe, who moved to > Sherman, Texas and we believe he stayed there until his death. No info > on his family or death, etc. We have the name Nellie Kitchens and we > think that she may have been a daughter of Thomas Graham Briscoe. Her > last known address was in Jackson, MS. > Any information you may have will be appreciated. > Beverly in Florida

Not a thing. Did you get the one on Moses Allen, too? And do you want the information on the other ALLENs? Ann -----Original Message----- From: DeWayne Wallace <dewayne@apex2000.net> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] SOBCT: ALLEN, Elisha; Page 284 |MaryAnn; | |My address is 617 North Avenue B, Kermit, TX 79745. Thank you for the |information and the pictures. Please let me know how much I need to |reimburse you for the pictures and postage. | |DeWayne |-----Original Message----- |From: MaryAnn Bartlett <bartlett@vvm.com> |To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> |Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 7:12 AM |Subject: [TXBELL-L] SOBCT: ALLEN, Elisha; Page 284 | | |>Pg. 284 |><Picture just above "Elisha Allen": "William Edward and Mary Melvin |Allen |>Laughlin. Mrs. Laughlin was the daughter of Elisha Allen."> |> |>Elisha Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was |born in |>St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1813, to William and |Hannah |>Pride Allen. In 1827 William Allen moved his family to Texas and |settled on |>Cow Bayou, near Sabine Bay, in what is now Orange County. |> |>When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, Elisha Allen volunteered his |>services from November 18, 1835 to January 2, 1836. From December |5 - 9, |>1835, he participated in the Siege of Bexasr, which was led by |Benjamin Rush |>Milam and Francis W. Johnson, who with about 300 troops, attacked San |>Antonio de Bexar then held by the Mexican Army of 1200 men under |Martin |>Perfecto de Cos. When Elisha was discharged he returned home to |Orange |>County and worked for his brother-in-law, George A. Pattillo, who |owned the |>only mill in that part of the Republic. For his military service he |>received bounty and donation land grants from the State of Texas in |1858. |> |>In 1849 Elisha Allen married Margaret Wood, a daughter of William and |Sallie |>Frazier Wood. She was born in Mississippi on October 28, 1830, and |came to |>Texas in 1840 or 1841. The Allens were probably married in Jefferson |>County, because the 1850 Census shows them living there where he was |a |>shoemaker. |> |>In the early 1850s the Allens were among the first pioneers to settle |in |>Williamson County where he engaged in farming and raising stock. |They |>remained there until the early 1870s when he moved to a farm |purchased |>from his brother, Moses Allen, on Indian Creek in Bell County. At |this time |>the land was undeveloped and only two or three families lived between |there |>and Belton. His home became a landmark in this section. The heavy |>materials and doors of this house were made of cedar hauled overland |by ox |>wagons from Jefferson, Texas, a distance of over 200 miles. He built |the |>first neighborhood church and school house in his pasture and the |little |>church was presided over in later years by Rev. J.M. Robinson. The |first |>teacher of the school was Susan Roberson, who later married a son of |the |>donor of the building. The student body of this school was made up |of |>Allens, Gillilands and Stocktons. |> |>Elisha Allen died on March 6, 1893, and his wife, Margaret E. Allen |died on |>July 10, 1904. Their graves in the Old Bartlett Cemetery are marked |and |>fenced. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of seven children: |George A. |>Allen, who married Susan Roberson; Elijah M. Allen, who married |Jennie |>Mitchell; Sarah A. Allen, who married Thomas J. Denson; William B. |Allen, |>who married Nannie Parnell; Mary Melvin Allen, who married William |Edward |>Laughlin; John M. Allen; Samuel O. Allen; and Rachel D. Allen, who |>married J.D. Phillips. |> |>An official Texas Historical Grave Marker honoring Elisha and |Margaret Allen |>was unveiled and dedicated at a program held at their graves in the |Old |>Bartlett Cemetery on May 1, 1977. |> |>Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. |>====================================== |>Pg. 286 |> |><Picture: "William Gilliland and his wife, the former Rachael E. |Allen. |>She was the daughter of Moses and Nancy Williams Allen." |> |>Moses Allen |> |>Moses Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was |born in |>St. Helena Parish, Louisiana on December 14, 1808, to William and |Hannah |>Pride Allen. He moved with his parents to Texas in 1827 and settled |on Cow |>Bayou near Sabine Bay in an area later to become part of Orange |County. By |>1835 Moses Allen was married to Nancy Williams, a native of |Wouisiana. She |>was a daughter of Hezekiah Williams and a sister to Mrs. William |McFaddin. |> |>When the combat for Texas Independence began, Moses All became active |in the |>campaign. His first service in the war was from November 18, 1835, |to |>December 13, 1835. During this period he participated in the Siege |of |>Bexar. His next period of enlistment was from June 6, 1836, to |September 6, |>1836. |> |>The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas lists the following: Moses |Allen, |>1 Pole, 38 cattle, 1 wood clock, Jerfferson County, Texas. |> |>In recognition of his allegiance to Texas during the struggle for |>independence, he received several grants of land. On January 1, |1842, he |>was awarded a bounty warrant for 320 acres in Tyler County, from the |>secretary of war. On June 5, 1847, he received another grant for 320 |acres |>in Coryell County from the adjutant general for his participation in |the |>Siege of Bexar, where he served as a private in Capt. Martin B. |Lewis' |>Company. The original muster roll for this company is in the texas |State |>Archives, Austin. |> |>When the 1850 Census for the State of Texas was taken Moses Allen, a |farmer |>with real estate valued at $2000, was a resident of Milam County. |His |>household consisted of the following: Moses Allen, 41 years; Nancy |Allen, |>36 years; Emily A. Allen, 14 years; Rachel E. Allen, 12 years; Elisha |W. |>Allen, 10 years; and Marion William, 20 years. |> |>On January 22, 1850, Bell County was created from Milan County by an |act of |>the state legislature. On October 16, 1850, a patent for 640 acres |of land |>was granted to Moses Allen in the new county. He received the |Donation |>Certificate for the land on December 22, 1848, from the adjutant |general for |>his services at the Siege of Bexar. After receiving this land he |became a |>resident of Bell County. The name of Moses Allen appeared on the |first |>official "Jury List" for Bell County, which was made up by the |Commissioners |>Court on February 18, 1851. |> |>The family was listed in the 1860 Census for Bell County. At that |time |>Elisha was the only child still living in the household, and they had |an |>H.M. Lewis, an 18-year-old female guest in the home. |> |>Moses Allen was dead by June 22, 1869, when his heirs sold their |land, which |>was located west of Bartlett on Indian Creek and in the vicinity of |the |>Stockton Family Cemetery, an existing landmark. On this date they |sold 1466 |>acres for $1590.17 in gold to John Q. and Eliza A. Adams. The |sellers of |>the property included William Gilliland, Rachael E. Gilliland, O.C. |Felton, |>E.A. Felton and Nancy Allen. |> |>Mrs. Nancy A. Allen, the widow of Moses Allen, died on May 2, 1889. |Her |>grave in the Old Bartlett Cemetery is marked. The burial place of |her |>husband has not been determined. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Allen |included |>the following children: Emily A. Allen, who married Daniel |Gilliland, Jr. |>and later O.C. Felton; Rachael E. Allen, who married William |Gilliland; and |>Elisha W. Allen, who died between the time the 1860 census was taken |and |>before his father's estate was settled on June 22, 1869. |> |>Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and William Gilliland, brothers, who married |Emily and |>Rachael Allen, were sons of Daniel and Precilla Boutright Gilliland. |Daniel |>Gilliland, Sr., with horses, cattle and farming tools, was among the |>original settlers in the Colorado District of the Austin Colony. He |settled |>his family down stream from the Brazos Ferry location on December 31, |1821. |>The Gilliland family Bible confirms that William Gilliland and Rachel |E. |>Allen were married on December 3, 1851, and Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and |Emily |>Allen were married July 25, 1854 in Milam County. |> |>Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. |> |>(Note: I have photographs of the Allen sites in the Old Bartlett |Cemetery |>for DeWayne Wallace...I just need your snail mail address again, |please. |>mab) |> |> |> |> |>==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== |>RootsWeb Supports GenConnect |>Help Support RootsWeb |>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html |> |> | | | |==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== |Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often |Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Resources There. |

MaryAnn; My address is 617 North Avenue B, Kermit, TX 79745. Thank you for the information and the pictures. Please let me know how much I need to reimburse you for the pictures and postage. DeWayne -----Original Message----- From: MaryAnn Bartlett <bartlett@vvm.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 7:12 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] SOBCT: ALLEN, Elisha; Page 284 >Pg. 284 ><Picture just above "Elisha Allen": "William Edward and Mary Melvin Allen >Laughlin. Mrs. Laughlin was the daughter of Elisha Allen."> > >Elisha Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in >St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1813, to William and Hannah >Pride Allen. In 1827 William Allen moved his family to Texas and settled on >Cow Bayou, near Sabine Bay, in what is now Orange County. > >When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, Elisha Allen volunteered his >services from November 18, 1835 to January 2, 1836. From December 5 - 9, >1835, he participated in the Siege of Bexasr, which was led by Benjamin Rush >Milam and Francis W. Johnson, who with about 300 troops, attacked San >Antonio de Bexar then held by the Mexican Army of 1200 men under Martin >Perfecto de Cos. When Elisha was discharged he returned home to Orange >County and worked for his brother-in-law, George A. Pattillo, who owned the >only mill in that part of the Republic. For his military service he >received bounty and donation land grants from the State of Texas in 1858. > >In 1849 Elisha Allen married Margaret Wood, a daughter of William and Sallie >Frazier Wood. She was born in Mississippi on October 28, 1830, and came to >Texas in 1840 or 1841. The Allens were probably married in Jefferson >County, because the 1850 Census shows them living there where he was a >shoemaker. > >In the early 1850s the Allens were among the first pioneers to settle in >Williamson County where he engaged in farming and raising stock. They >remained there until the early 1870s when he moved to a farm purchased >from his brother, Moses Allen, on Indian Creek in Bell County. At this time >the land was undeveloped and only two or three families lived between there >and Belton. His home became a landmark in this section. The heavy >materials and doors of this house were made of cedar hauled overland by ox >wagons from Jefferson, Texas, a distance of over 200 miles. He built the >first neighborhood church and school house in his pasture and the little >church was presided over in later years by Rev. J.M. Robinson. The first >teacher of the school was Susan Roberson, who later married a son of the >donor of the building. The student body of this school was made up of >Allens, Gillilands and Stocktons. > >Elisha Allen died on March 6, 1893, and his wife, Margaret E. Allen died on >July 10, 1904. Their graves in the Old Bartlett Cemetery are marked and >fenced. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of seven children: George A. >Allen, who married Susan Roberson; Elijah M. Allen, who married Jennie >Mitchell; Sarah A. Allen, who married Thomas J. Denson; William B. Allen, >who married Nannie Parnell; Mary Melvin Allen, who married William Edward >Laughlin; John M. Allen; Samuel O. Allen; and Rachel D. Allen, who >married J.D. Phillips. > >An official Texas Historical Grave Marker honoring Elisha and Margaret Allen >was unveiled and dedicated at a program held at their graves in the Old >Bartlett Cemetery on May 1, 1977. > >Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. >====================================== >Pg. 286 > ><Picture: "William Gilliland and his wife, the former Rachael E. Allen. >She was the daughter of Moses and Nancy Williams Allen." > >Moses Allen > >Moses Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in >St. Helena Parish, Louisiana on December 14, 1808, to William and Hannah >Pride Allen. He moved with his parents to Texas in 1827 and settled on Cow >Bayou near Sabine Bay in an area later to become part of Orange County. By >1835 Moses Allen was married to Nancy Williams, a native of Wouisiana. She >was a daughter of Hezekiah Williams and a sister to Mrs. William McFaddin. > >When the combat for Texas Independence began, Moses All became active in the >campaign. His first service in the war was from November 18, 1835, to >December 13, 1835. During this period he participated in the Siege of >Bexar. His next period of enlistment was from June 6, 1836, to September 6, >1836. > >The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas lists the following: Moses Allen, >1 Pole, 38 cattle, 1 wood clock, Jerfferson County, Texas. > >In recognition of his allegiance to Texas during the struggle for >independence, he received several grants of land. On January 1, 1842, he >was awarded a bounty warrant for 320 acres in Tyler County, from the >secretary of war. On June 5, 1847, he received another grant for 320 acres >in Coryell County from the adjutant general for his participation in the >Siege of Bexar, where he served as a private in Capt. Martin B. Lewis' >Company. The original muster roll for this company is in the texas State >Archives, Austin. > >When the 1850 Census for the State of Texas was taken Moses Allen, a farmer >with real estate valued at $2000, was a resident of Milam County. His >household consisted of the following: Moses Allen, 41 years; Nancy Allen, >36 years; Emily A. Allen, 14 years; Rachel E. Allen, 12 years; Elisha W. >Allen, 10 years; and Marion William, 20 years. > >On January 22, 1850, Bell County was created from Milan County by an act of >the state legislature. On October 16, 1850, a patent for 640 acres of land >was granted to Moses Allen in the new county. He received the Donation >Certificate for the land on December 22, 1848, from the adjutant general for >his services at the Siege of Bexar. After receiving this land he became a >resident of Bell County. The name of Moses Allen appeared on the first >official "Jury List" for Bell County, which was made up by the Commissioners >Court on February 18, 1851. > >The family was listed in the 1860 Census for Bell County. At that time >Elisha was the only child still living in the household, and they had an >H.M. Lewis, an 18-year-old female guest in the home. > >Moses Allen was dead by June 22, 1869, when his heirs sold their land, which >was located west of Bartlett on Indian Creek and in the vicinity of the >Stockton Family Cemetery, an existing landmark. On this date they sold 1466 >acres for $1590.17 in gold to John Q. and Eliza A. Adams. The sellers of >the property included William Gilliland, Rachael E. Gilliland, O.C. Felton, >E.A. Felton and Nancy Allen. > >Mrs. Nancy A. Allen, the widow of Moses Allen, died on May 2, 1889. Her >grave in the Old Bartlett Cemetery is marked. The burial place of her >husband has not been determined. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Allen included >the following children: Emily A. Allen, who married Daniel Gilliland, Jr. >and later O.C. Felton; Rachael E. Allen, who married William Gilliland; and >Elisha W. Allen, who died between the time the 1860 census was taken and >before his father's estate was settled on June 22, 1869. > >Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and William Gilliland, brothers, who married Emily and >Rachael Allen, were sons of Daniel and Precilla Boutright Gilliland. Daniel >Gilliland, Sr., with horses, cattle and farming tools, was among the >original settlers in the Colorado District of the Austin Colony. He settled >his family down stream from the Brazos Ferry location on December 31, 1821. >The Gilliland family Bible confirms that William Gilliland and Rachel E. >Allen were married on December 3, 1851, and Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and Emily >Allen were married July 25, 1854 in Milam County. > >Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. > >(Note: I have photographs of the Allen sites in the Old Bartlett Cemetery >for DeWayne Wallace...I just need your snail mail address again, please. >mab) > > > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Supports GenConnect >Help Support RootsWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

I have a copyright attorney in Washington, D.C. that has given me the correct thing to do for citing information. I can also give you all the site I use a lot to do a general search: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Just enter your surname and choose a state. Ann

From: Bell County Original Land Owners ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/bell.tx or: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Enter *SURNAME* and choose state. No "Transcriber" listed. 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 = 4428 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ Page 1: John W. Middleton J.M. Middleton 553 Page 2: Byrd Pierce B. Pierce 650 Simon Kuykendall S. Kuykendall 495 Page 3: James J. Allen J.J. Allen 29 GC&SF RR CO N.S. Garner 4 1260 Page 4: Burrell Ware B. Ware 1291 Byrd Pierce B. Pierce 1351 Moses Allen M. Allen 39 Page 6: Joseph L. Hood 4 J.L. Hood L 11 Page 7: Thornton Stone 6 T. Stone L 733 CC Allen C.C. Allen 1100 Page 8: George Allen G. Allen 43 William C Sparks M. Griffin 1 999999 Page10: William Allen 5 W. Allen L 5 24 OM Hood, Sr O. Hood 1317 AG Allison G. W. Allison 52 FN McBryde F. McBryde 1281 Page 11: William C Sparks M. Griffin 1 999999 FN McBryde F. McBryde 1280 Page12: William Allen 5 W. Allen L 5 24 William C Sparks M. Griffin 1 999999 Page 13: Hezekiah Williams H. Williams 54 915 Page 14: JM Story J.M. Storey 1290 GC&SF RR CO F.N. McBryde 2 1279 GC&SF RR CO F.N. McBryde 2 1251 GC&SF RR CO F.N. McBryde 2 1382 John Fulcher 10 J. Fulcher L 10 SM Kuykendall S.M. Kuykendall 961 William Denson W. Denson 279 Claud McBryde C. McBryde 1367 Page 15: JH Gilliland J.M. Gilliland 1235 WR Denson W.R. Denson 1074 GE Denson G.E. Denson 1249 Page 16: Samuel Allen S. Allen 21 31 John D Shole G. Allen 42 Josiah Chalk J. Chalk 184 Moses Allen M. Allen 23 Edward B Wood E.B. Wood 903

Pg. 284 <Picture just above "Elisha Allen": "William Edward and Mary Melvin Allen Laughlin. Mrs. Laughlin was the daughter of Elisha Allen."> Elisha Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1813, to William and Hannah Pride Allen. In 1827 William Allen moved his family to Texas and settled on Cow Bayou, near Sabine Bay, in what is now Orange County. When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, Elisha Allen volunteered his services from November 18, 1835 to January 2, 1836. From December 5 - 9, 1835, he participated in the Siege of Bexasr, which was led by Benjamin Rush Milam and Francis W. Johnson, who with about 300 troops, attacked San Antonio de Bexar then held by the Mexican Army of 1200 men under Martin Perfecto de Cos. When Elisha was discharged he returned home to Orange County and worked for his brother-in-law, George A. Pattillo, who owned the only mill in that part of the Republic. For his military service he received bounty and donation land grants from the State of Texas in 1858. In 1849 Elisha Allen married Margaret Wood, a daughter of William and Sallie Frazier Wood. She was born in Mississippi on October 28, 1830, and came to Texas in 1840 or 1841. The Allens were probably married in Jefferson County, because the 1850 Census shows them living there where he was a shoemaker. In the early 1850s the Allens were among the first pioneers to settle in Williamson County where he engaged in farming and raising stock. They remained there until the early 1870s when he moved to a farm purchased from his brother, Moses Allen, on Indian Creek in Bell County. At this time the land was undeveloped and only two or three families lived between there and Belton. His home became a landmark in this section. The heavy materials and doors of this house were made of cedar hauled overland by ox wagons from Jefferson, Texas, a distance of over 200 miles. He built the first neighborhood church and school house in his pasture and the little church was presided over in later years by Rev. J.M. Robinson. The first teacher of the school was Susan Roberson, who later married a son of the donor of the building. The student body of this school was made up of Allens, Gillilands and Stocktons. Elisha Allen died on March 6, 1893, and his wife, Margaret E. Allen died on July 10, 1904. Their graves in the Old Bartlett Cemetery are marked and fenced. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of seven children: George A. Allen, who married Susan Roberson; Elijah M. Allen, who married Jennie Mitchell; Sarah A. Allen, who married Thomas J. Denson; William B. Allen, who married Nannie Parnell; Mary Melvin Allen, who married William Edward Laughlin; John M. Allen; Samuel O. Allen; and Rachel D. Allen, who married J.D. Phillips. An official Texas Historical Grave Marker honoring Elisha and Margaret Allen was unveiled and dedicated at a program held at their graves in the Old Bartlett Cemetery on May 1, 1977. Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. ====================================== Pg. 286 <Picture: "William Gilliland and his wife, the former Rachael E. Allen. She was the daughter of Moses and Nancy Williams Allen." Moses Allen Moses Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana on December 14, 1808, to William and Hannah Pride Allen. He moved with his parents to Texas in 1827 and settled on Cow Bayou near Sabine Bay in an area later to become part of Orange County. By 1835 Moses Allen was married to Nancy Williams, a native of Wouisiana. She was a daughter of Hezekiah Williams and a sister to Mrs. William McFaddin. When the combat for Texas Independence began, Moses All became active in the campaign. His first service in the war was from November 18, 1835, to December 13, 1835. During this period he participated in the Siege of Bexar. His next period of enlistment was from June 6, 1836, to September 6, 1836. The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas lists the following: Moses Allen, 1 Pole, 38 cattle, 1 wood clock, Jerfferson County, Texas. In recognition of his allegiance to Texas during the struggle for independence, he received several grants of land. On January 1, 1842, he was awarded a bounty warrant for 320 acres in Tyler County, from the secretary of war. On June 5, 1847, he received another grant for 320 acres in Coryell County from the adjutant general for his participation in the Siege of Bexar, where he served as a private in Capt. Martin B. Lewis' Company. The original muster roll for this company is in the texas State Archives, Austin. When the 1850 Census for the State of Texas was taken Moses Allen, a farmer with real estate valued at $2000, was a resident of Milam County. His household consisted of the following: Moses Allen, 41 years; Nancy Allen, 36 years; Emily A. Allen, 14 years; Rachel E. Allen, 12 years; Elisha W. Allen, 10 years; and Marion William, 20 years. On January 22, 1850, Bell County was created from Milan County by an act of the state legislature. On October 16, 1850, a patent for 640 acres of land was granted to Moses Allen in the new county. He received the Donation Certificate for the land on December 22, 1848, from the adjutant general for his services at the Siege of Bexar. After receiving this land he became a resident of Bell County. The name of Moses Allen appeared on the first official "Jury List" for Bell County, which was made up by the Commissioners Court on February 18, 1851. The family was listed in the 1860 Census for Bell County. At that time Elisha was the only child still living in the household, and they had an H.M. Lewis, an 18-year-old female guest in the home. Moses Allen was dead by June 22, 1869, when his heirs sold their land, which was located west of Bartlett on Indian Creek and in the vicinity of the Stockton Family Cemetery, an existing landmark. On this date they sold 1466 acres for $1590.17 in gold to John Q. and Eliza A. Adams. The sellers of the property included William Gilliland, Rachael E. Gilliland, O.C. Felton, E.A. Felton and Nancy Allen. Mrs. Nancy A. Allen, the widow of Moses Allen, died on May 2, 1889. Her grave in the Old Bartlett Cemetery is marked. The burial place of her husband has not been determined. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Allen included the following children: Emily A. Allen, who married Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and later O.C. Felton; Rachael E. Allen, who married William Gilliland; and Elisha W. Allen, who died between the time the 1860 census was taken and before his father's estate was settled on June 22, 1869. Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and William Gilliland, brothers, who married Emily and Rachael Allen, were sons of Daniel and Precilla Boutright Gilliland. Daniel Gilliland, Sr., with horses, cattle and farming tools, was among the original settlers in the Colorado District of the Austin Colony. He settled his family down stream from the Brazos Ferry location on December 31, 1821. The Gilliland family Bible confirms that William Gilliland and Rachel E. Allen were married on December 3, 1851, and Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and Emily Allen were married July 25, 1854 in Milam County. Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. (Note: I have photographs of the Allen sites in the Old Bartlett Cemetery for DeWayne Wallace...I just need your snail mail address again, please. mab)

These are the ALLENs buried in the Newer Part of the Bartlett City Cemetery: Arthur G. Allen 42 Eugene D. Allen 41 John M. Allen 42 Lucy K. Allen 41 Mary Jane Allen 42 Mayme B. Allen 42 Mercer C. Allen 42 Ouida Allen 42 Ray son of Stanton & Lucy 41 Stanton Allen 41 Nancy Allen, wife of Moses Allen is buried in the Old Bartlett Cemetery among other Allens. The location of her husband's, Moses Allen, burial site is unknown at this time. Alvin Elias Allen, Sr. Pgs. 283 & 284 Alvin Elias Allen, Sr., school teacher and community leader, was born July 16, 1876, in Logan Creek (now Ellington), Reynolds County, Missouri. He was the son of John Wiley and Julia Maria (Thornton) Allen. John Wiley Allen was a Methodist minister, school teacher, merchant and a veteran of the Civil War. Alvin was six weeks old when his parents left Missouri with a wagon train and moved to Texas. They settled on the Lampasas River about 15 miles west of Belton in the Cedar Knob community. He spent most of his life in Bell County. He attended school at Cedar Knob, Teague Branch, Union Grove, and graduated from Thomas arnold High School in salado with the class of 1901. Allen taught for 35 years in various Bell County schools, including Little River, Youngsport, Phoenix, Littl Nolan, Mountain View, Cedar Knob and Union Grove. He also taught in a number of schools in south Texas. He was a devout Christian, a deacon in the Southern Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher. He was also active in community affairs. On July 24, 1904, A.E. Allen , Sr. married Julia Clarke Sinclair, a native of Mississippi, in a ceremony performed by Rev. R.L. Walker in Bartlett. To this union six children were born. They were: Wilbur David, (March 21, 1905 - 1913); Cecil Lewis, (January 16, 1907 - November 21, 1964), who married Leone Patterson. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress, California; Lorena Mabel (August 8, 1909 - October 2, 1979, who married Roy L. Leyrer and is buried in the Porterville, California Cemetery; Madeline Julia, who married Frank Joseph Durda; Alvin Elias Jr., who married Mayo Coppin; and Elizabeth Sinclair, who married Norman McLeod. Julia Clarke Allen died October 31, 1957, and Allen, Sr. died December 3, 1965. Their marked graves are in Cedar Knob Cemetery. Submitted by: A. E. Allen, Jr. ======================== Next: Elisha Allen

THOMAS DUNCAN pgs. 481 - 482 When Thomas Duncan and his young family took their place among other early settlers of Bell County about 1847. He was a seasoned veteran of a decade at the cutting edge of the taming of a wilderness. Reflecting on the events of that decade he must have felt a degree of relief in the knowledge that the constant threat of hostile Indians and the danger of invasion by Mexican armies had been overcome, new arrivals had swelled the ranks of original defenders, and the availability of resources provided the newly acquired statehood. It was then time to devote more of his attention to seizing opportunities that would benefit his family and their future. Born February 21, 1821, he was the second child of Robert and Mahala O'Barr Duncan. His father died October 31, 1828, in Madison County, Tennessee, leaving his wife a widow at age 27 with five children, all sons, the eldest not yet 10. The so-called "years of pleasure" between early childhood and responsibility associated with adulthood had ended for Thomas just prior to his eighth birthday. From this time forward until his marriage, he would bear increasing responsibility for the sustenance and protection of the family. His mother assumed the added role of head of household and would continue to shepherd her family for the remainder of her life. In 1835 when a group of families and individuals gathered and began preparations for a journey to the Mexican state of Coahuila-Texas the Duncan family consisted of Mahala, age 34; Charles, 16; Thomas, 14; Green Berry, 20; Newton C., 9; and William S., 7. Thomas, his mother and his four brothers joined the group. The journey began in fall 1835 at a point near Jackson in Madison County, Tennessee, and by mid-November reached Memphis where the mother was provided a letter of introduction by George P. Shepherd addressed to Thomas J. Chambers requesting him to aid the family. The Mississippi River was crossed by ferry near Memphis with Little Rock, Arkansas, the next major objective. While in the Mississippi bottomlands, the group was passed by a squad of men under Daniel Madden enroute to join the Texas Army. The Arkansas River was crossed at Little Rock and the Red River at Fort Towson. As the group was crossing the Sulphur Fork of the Red River on rafts, David Crockett and two companions joined them and traveled with them as far as Nacogdoches. From there the Duncans traveled to the falls of the Brazos River, a location also referred to as Viesca and Fort Marlin. The family hardly had time to prepare crude shelter and examine their situation before forced to flee from the threat of the Mexican army to which Fannin and the Alamo had fallen and which was to pursue Sam Houston and his small army of defenders. The Duncans retreated as far as present-day Grimes County in what became known as the First Ruaway Scrape. News of Sam Houston's victory at San Jacinto spread rapidly and the family soon began retracing its steps to the falls of the Brazos to resume their struggle to establish a home in this new land. In September 1836 older brother Charles enlisted in the Mounted Rangers and was followed in October by younger brother Green Berry. Thomas and the remaining family members were thus forced to accept additional responsibilities. The situation of these people at this time was desperate and hazardous. The falls was the northernmost outpost of settlement with only six to eight families and a camp of soldiers nearby. Souts, called spies, were sent out daily to watch for signs of Indians and when possible, these scouts met with those sent out from neighboring areas and exchanged news and observations. Provisions, including powder and lead, were scarce and when obtainable had to be transported acrossed unbridged rivers through a wilderness in which hostile Indians were at home. When away from the safety of numbers, children as young as 11 bore arms and at night lay down with a shot-bag around their neck and gun-locks under their blankets to keep the powder dry. Guards were posted to protect workers in the fields planting corn to be made into bread. Wild game and at times wild cattle could be taken for food but done so at great risk to the hunter. The Duncan family account with Z.N. Morrell, Baptist minister, impromtu merchant at the falls and in later years author, covers a period ending with final settlement on July 26, 1837. The most costly charges were a $20 cash advance and $15 for a gun. Food purchases were paid for with corn. In January 1837, a few days before he was 13, Green Berry was honorably discharged from the Mounted Rangers as the result of an act which required members to be at least 17. The following September, Charles completed his enlistment in the Mounted Rangers and returned home. Raids by hostile Indians began increasing toward the close of 1836 and in 1837 became so intense that people in the isolated areas were forced to flee. Settlement on the account with Morrell signaled preparation for the family to join the fight later referred to as the Second Ruaway Scrape. The Duncans found relative safety in the vicinity of Dunn's Fort and the village of Wheelock and there the family seat would remain. In February 1838 the headright certificates for Thomas' mother and brothers Charles and Green Berry were issued at Franklin in the newly-organized Robertson County. Thomas apparently did not apply for his until a later date. One Thomas Duncan is listed as a member of the force of Robertson County men at the Battle of Horn Hill, also known as Bryant's defeat, which took place in January 1939 (I assume this is a typo and they meant 1839.mab), but it is not proven that he was the son of Mahala. Thomas and Charles enlisted together in Capt. J.D. Matthews Mounted Rangers and served from March 8, 1839 to June 8, 1839. Conditional headright certificate No. 73 for 320 acres of land was issued to Thomas Duncan on September 12, 1839 at franklin in Robertson County. The condition was that the individual reside in the Republic and perform all the duties required of a citizen for three years. Following this an unconditional certificate would be issued. His unconditional certificate was No. 1 issued in Bell County, February 17, 1852. The land was surveyed in Ellis County on the waters of Richland Creek about 20 miles southwest of Waxahachie and letter patent No. 158 signed by Governor P.H. Bell was issued March 5, 1853. By about 1840, the Duncans were located just South of the Old San Antonio Road, the southern boundary of Robertson County, within a few miles of Wheelock their nearest source for trade and commerce. At this time the Republic was on the verge of bankruptcy. Members of the army had been placed on furlough and some units such as the Mounted Rangers disbanded because of lack of funds to pay them. The burden for their defense fell upon the citizens and the Minute Men were organized for this purpose. During 1841 Thomas and his brother Green Berry served as such under the command of Captain Eli Chandler. In 1841 the area in which the family resided fell within the bounds of newly formed Navasota County, later renamed Brazos, and for a time family members appear in the records of both counties. Thomas, his mother, and three of his brothers appear on the first tax rolls and are listed as original settlers of the new county. At the same time they are listed on the tax rolls of Robertson County. The Duncan family account with S.W. Kellogg, merchant at Wheelock, covering the period February 3, 1842, to June 9, 1843, indicates the family group is still intact (Thomas, Charles and Newton are involved) and that a much wider selection of merchandise was available (cloth material, starch and medicine for example). Credits to the account included cash, deerskins, port, eggs, etc. Thomas Duncan married Mary Ann Griffin, daughter of Moses and Barzella Curry Griffin, on December 18, 1845, and this marked the dispersal of the Duncan family group. Thomas probably moved to Bell County about 1847, although he appears on tax records of Robertson County as late as 1848. In 1850 Thomas and his family were in the eastern part of the newly-organized Falls County. Those listed in his household were: Mary Ann; Francis C., 4; Mahala, 2; Martha Williams, 14; and brother William S. Duncan. No doubt he returned to Bell County by February 1852 when his unconditional headright certificate was issued there. He and Mary Ann were parents of three daughters: Francis Caroline (b. Dec. 6, 1846) who married W.T.J. Hartrick on February 26, 1866; Mahala (b.abt 1848) who married C.N.J. Paul on April 18, 1867; and Cora C. who married Hugh Smith on September 16, 1869. Thomas Duncan was a victim of the political upheaval and lawlessness spawned by the issues and aftermath of the Civil War. He was murdered in Bell County in 1865. Mary Ann Griffin Duncan died in Bell County on June 28, 1869. William Smith Duncan moved to California about 1850 and died near Lost Angeles on January 11, 1871. Green Berry Duncan married Rebecca Ann Curry and eventually settled in Limestone County where he died January 30, 1881. Charles Duncan moved first to California about 1850 and later to Phoenix, Arizona where he died January 4, 1893. Newton C. Duncan died in Robertson County on November 12, 1916. Mahala O'Barr Duncan (b. Dec. 26, 1801), born in South Carolina, died in Robertson County on June 2, 1874. Submitted by: M. L. Jamison Duncans buried in the Bartlett City Cemetery are: Allen Duncan, Sr. 56 Bryan Duncan 56 John B. Duncan 38 Lorena V. Duncan 38 Mary Lou wife of W.W.56 Narcissa Ann 56 Sarah Duncan 56 Susan wife of A. Duncan 56 William Bryant 56 William Wynne 56 Griffins buried in the Bartlett City Cemetery: Aloise W. Griffin 389 Alvin Leath Griffin 362 James D. Griffin 389 Lorrine Schubert Griffin 274 Rose Christine Griffin 184 Ruth Laughlin Griffin 362 Pages 9, ll, 12 of: CITY OF BARTLETT, TEXAS CEMETERY LOCATOR. Compiled: 1992: Harry Perkins and Pat Goode of Bartlett, Texas Compiled: 1999: (Feb.28) Dock R. (Bud) and Joyce Peschel Cowsert of Austin, Texas. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cowsert were originally from Bartlett, Texas. ============================ Tune in later for the ALLEN Family! MA Bartlett