Joe, Thank you for all your work. Mary Duke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe D. Deaver" <ancestry@deaver.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: [TXBELL] Website Updates > > There have been a number of updates to the Bell County website today: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/whatsnew.htm > > Most of these were cemetery resource additions, thanks to Mary Duke! > > Joe D. Deaver > TXBELL Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Clear Off-Topic Posts With The Webmaster FIRST! The List Archives > Are At: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TXBELL > >

There have been a number of updates to the Bell County website today: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/whatsnew.htm Most of these were cemetery resource additions, thanks to Mary Duke! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Thank you Mary. You are such a wonderful asset to Bell County . Thank you. Gayle Gayle Clemons Newkirk We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath

Yes, they are on microfilm. I got mine thru my local LDS Family History Center for $3 - $4. Libraries should be able to get them also. I believe that the roll number is on the Index page. Gaylenewk@aol.com wrote: Are the Bell County Probate Records on Microfilm? I've not ordered any of this type of record before and need to know how I would go about obtaining copies of some of the records identified by the index? Your help is appreciated. Thank you, Gayle Gayle Clemons Newkirk We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Info. Bell County Resources: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2310.1.1 Message Board Post: Appreciate the information Nancy ... Thanks! Will have to write to them and see if they can help. I did write to the library but never got a response back from them. Again thanks for taking the time to pass along that information. RAOGKJim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2310.1 Message Board Post: The Bell County Historical Commission has a collection of obits. You may email them at this address: hist.comm@co.bell.tx.us

You may contact the Bell County Clerks office, give them the information you are looking for and they will make copies. They charge $1.00 per page http://www.bellcountytx.com/countyclerk/index.htm Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gaylenewk@aol.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Probate Records > > > Are the Bell County Probate Records on Microfilm? > > I've not ordered any of this type of record before and need to know how I > would go about obtaining copies of some of the records identified by the > index? > > > > > Your help is appreciated. Thank you, Gayle > > Gayle Clemons Newkirk > We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. > Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take > our breath > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often > Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Info. Bell County Resources: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/resource.htm > >

Are the Bell County Probate Records on Microfilm? I've not ordered any of this type of record before and need to know how I would go about obtaining copies of some of the records identified by the index? Your help is appreciated. Thank you, Gayle Gayle Clemons Newkirk We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath

Thank you mld71124. I'll check it out. Lee Anne Humm. Thanks. Lee Anne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2310 Message Board Post: Looking for some help in locating either or both of the following 2 obituaries: WEST, Hattie - died Bell Co. on Apr 8, 1947 WEST, Thomas: died Bell Co. on Oct 24, 1955 Both Thomas West, wife Annie Kaltenback along with Christina are alll buried in North Belton Cemetery. Have no idea when daughter Christina died but her parents were both listed in the Texas Death Index and I have obtained copies of there DC's. DC for Thomas West listed his occupation as that of a Minister but have no knowledge of what church he maight have been a member of. Hoping some kind person might be able to help in obtaining any possible obituaries that might prove helpful. I am willing to return the favor if anyone is in need of some assistance from down here in Bexar Co.. Thanks ..... Jim Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Bexar Co. TX http://www.raogk.org "Little Act of Kindness"

I will try. Let me get with my Aunts and Uncles who keep the cemetery for more information. I believe that is a different group of Lewallen's. Depending on who you talk to in the family it could be spelled Lewellen instead f Lewallen. Moses Alexander Lewallen (Lewellen) started a family cemetery on his farm in the Bottoms community about 9 miles northeast of Temple. His wife was Margaret Elizabeth Rainwater. Joseph Arthur married their daughter Fannie Lewallen. It is mostly used by family, but on occasion they have let close friends buried their folks there. For the longest not a blade of grass was allowed to grow there. Any grass or weed was quickly removed. As my mother and her siblings have gotten older they have planted grass there for easier upkeep and to minimize erosion. I am also a little worried about the risk to the cemetery by the Trans-corridor-highway being planned. Families related are: Lewallen Rainwater Hemphill Burns Thompson Joe Burns -----Original Message----- From: Joe D. Deaver [mailto:ancestry@deaver.com] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:14 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXBELL] RE: New Cemetery Page - Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery Hey Joe, if you would like to provide some historical background on the cemetery or those buried there, I think people would be interested in seeing it on the cemetery page. Isn't Lewallen Cemetery a different location? ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/lewallen.txt Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell -----Original Message----- From: Joe [mailto:jburns3@hot.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:44 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL] RE: New Cemetery Page - Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery It's interesting to see the family cemetery on the web. At one time I thought about doing this but my mother was adamemt about me not. I spent many a time growing up cleaning this cemetery. It was originally started by Moses Lewallen and was called the LEWALLEN cemetery for a long time. It has been in the Arthur family for the past three generations, and the name was changed to Arthur Cemetery when the 911 system changed the rural addressing. I know of one person who has been moved from the cemetery. Also I believe there are some unmarked graves on the far end of the cemetery. Joe

Does anyone on the list have an index to Bell County and Travis County that would list land indentures/sales? Does anyone on the list have a probate/administration list for Bell County or Travis County TX that would list William Lumpkin/Lumpkins (or variant spelling). I'm looking for 1880 - 1915 or 16 land sales by William Lumpkin/Lumpkins/Lumkin/Lumkins, Irena T. (Lumpkin) Center, and sons Richard Austin Center and John A. Center. The Bell County sales would have been in or around Killeen, most likely. I'm also looking for probate/administration for William Lumpkin after 1880 and by 1890 or so. I'm also wondering if there is a sale for Edward R. Center (Irena's husband) as part of a probate after his Civil War death 1 Sept. 1864. Lee Anne

The is a list of Probate Records for Bell County Please see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/land.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Anne Center" <lacenter@comcast.net> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: [TXBELL] Land Sales Index - William Lumpkin/s, Irena T. (Lumpkin/s) Center, Richard Austin Center, and John A. Center > Does anyone on the list have an index to Bell County and Travis County > that > would list land indentures/sales? > > Does anyone on the list have a probate/administration list for Bell County > or Travis County TX that would list William Lumpkin/Lumpkins (or variant > spelling). > > I'm looking for 1880 - 1915 or 16 land sales by William > Lumpkin/Lumpkins/Lumkin/Lumkins, Irena T. (Lumpkin) Center, and sons > Richard > Austin Center and John A. Center. The Bell County sales would have been in > or around Killeen, most likely. I'm also looking for > probate/administration > for William Lumpkin after 1880 and by 1890 or so. I'm also wondering if > there is a sale for Edward R. Center (Irena's husband) as part of a > probate > after his Civil War death 1 Sept. 1864. > > Lee Anne > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or > History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. > >

Great job Joe, Thank you. Gayle Gayle Clemons Newkirk We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath

Joe, Could you add BEARD to that Surname list. My BEARD line lived in Granger which is only a few miles from Bartlett in Bell County. I can't say that any of them lived in Bell County but it isn't impossible since they were so close. Thanks, Jackie "Joe D. Deaver" <ancestry@deaver.com> wrote: Ok, I should have all the surname page update requests completed now. Please review your entries to confirm accuracy. E-mail a note to me privately with any corrections. Any additions need to be surnames from Bell County, TX only. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/surname.htm Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Our census project is growing in Bell County! http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/census.htm --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com

Ok, I should have all the surname page update requests completed now. Please review your entries to confirm accuracy. E-mail a note to me privately with any corrections. Any additions need to be surnames from Bell County, TX only. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/surname.htm Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Hey Joe, if you would like to provide some historical background on the cemetery or those buried there, I think people would be interested in seeing it on the cemetery page. Isn't Lewallen Cemetery a different location? ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/lewallen.txt Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell -----Original Message----- From: Joe [mailto:jburns3@hot.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:44 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL] RE: New Cemetery Page - Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery It's interesting to see the family cemetery on the web. At one time I thought about doing this but my mother was adamemt about me not. I spent many a time growing up cleaning this cemetery. It was originally started by Moses Lewallen and was called the LEWALLEN cemetery for a long time. It has been in the Arthur family for the past three generations, and the name was changed to Arthur Cemetery when the 911 system changed the rural addressing. I know of one person who has been moved from the cemetery. Also I believe there are some unmarked graves on the far end of the cemetery. Joe

It's interesting to see the family cemetery on the web. At one time I thought about doing this but my mother was adamemt about me not. I spent many a time growing up cleaning this cemetery. It was originally started by Moses Lewallen and was called the LEWALLEN cemetery for a long time. It has been in the Arthur family for the past three generations, and the name was changed to Arthur Cemetery when the 911 system changed the rural addressing. I know of one person who has been moved from the cemetery. Also I believe there are some unmarked graves on the far end of the cemetery. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Joe D. Deaver [mailto:ancestry@deaver.com] Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:47 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: New Cemetery Page - Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery Thanks to Mary Duke, we now have a page for Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery, near BelFalls and Troy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/bottoms/ Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Thanks Joe, It looks great. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe D. Deaver" <ancestry@deaver.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:47 PM Subject: [TXBELL] New Cemetery Page - Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery > > Thanks to Mary Duke, we now have a page for Bottoms/Arthur Cemetery, near > BelFalls and Troy: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/bottoms/ > > Thanks! > > Joe D. Deaver > TXBELL Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2308.3.1 Message Board Post: thanks again for the infornation. I did not know of that site. Ed Thompson