I found a Stringtown just across the county line east of Heidenheimer, and a little south of Highway 53 near Seaton. String was probably short for Stringtown. I have not found it on a map, but it's on my DeLorme Atlas program. On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:06:30 -0700 (PDT) Bill & Gayle Cloud <[email protected]> writes: > Here are two examples from a neat site: http://theoldentimes.com > > 1) "The Dallas Morning News", November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - Ten > citizens of Bell County met here and formed a party that departed > for Brazoria County, where two weeks will be spent hunting big game > in the thickets. Those in the crowd were W.A. Harkey of Temple, > Luther Moore of Rogers, Deb and Dock Simmons of Oenaville, H.H. and > Hull Hargrove of Heidenheimer, John McLain of Oscar, Ed Baugh and > John L. McGlasson of String and B. F. Wilson of Little River. The > same party has made this annual hunt for the past fifteen years." > > 2) ibid, November 2, 1912: "Temple, Tex. - The Grand Jury for the > November term of the Bell County District Court has been drawn and > is composed of the following well-known citizens: D. R. Walton, > Sparta; J. W. Dice, S. M. Ray, W. C. Polk, Belton; W. O. Sypert, > Troy; J. A. Talley, J. K. Campbell, J. C. Mitchell, E. W. Moore, > Temple; R. L. Vick, Youngsport; J. W. Sellers, Holland; Hugh Smith, > Killeen; R. F. Johnson, Salado; J. J. Crouch, Rogers; J. K. Knight, > Bartlett. The jury will empanel and formally organize on Nov. 8." > > Where was String in Bell County? > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or > History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. > > >