This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillard, Cowan, Herring, Garner, Estes, McDowell, Stokes, Edwards, Jackson, Trousdale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1998.2 Message Board Post: Cindy, I was reading through the book about the History of McLennan, Bell, Falls and Coryell Counties. In the Bell County section it referred to the voting places as Beat 1, 2 etc. All of these Beats were usually at someone's residence where voters went to cast their ballots when the county first incorporated. I will go back and read it again and see if I can find Beat 5 listed. Jody Dillard