I have no PATE's in my family, but I do have a John Boles/Bowles/Boley b TN. We have not been able to locate him. Is there a time frame on this Indian Raid? Thank you, Rayedene Searching for Fritz, Frits, Cooksey, Connorty in Bell Co. -----Original Message----- From: Mysaxsjan@aol.com <Mysaxsjan@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Pate Cem: >I was just reading your e-mail regarding the PATE family. I do not know of >this family, but I have a little book, "The Life and Diary of Reading W. >Black" A History of Early Uvalde. Arranged by Ike Moore. Privately printed >for THE PROGRESO MEMORIAL LIBRARY, Uvalde, TX >In this book on pg 23, the author states that John Bowles and John Davenport >were killed in an Indian raid on the Sabinal river area. John Davenport was >the gr grandfather of a cousin of mine that lives in Utopia, TX. She just >recently found John Davenports grave on a hillside. There is another mention >of John Bowles on pg 87, saying that his decendants still live in Uvalde. >Maybe you know all this, but I just couldn't help but let you know. My gr gr >grandfather, William M. Peppers, b. 1817, TN, m. Eveline Kincheloe, b. 1822, >Blount Co. AL. They moved to Benton Co. or Washington Co. AR. then on to >Milam/Bell Co. in 1842 when their dau, my gr grandmother was one year old. >They settled on Peppers creek, named for them. They were the first white >settlers on Peppers Creek. The family later moved to Uvalde, TX where their >dau, Mary Jane Peppers, and Henry Jefferson Dawson were married. in 1857. >William M. Peppers is also in this little book, as being an "Indian fighter". >I hope you can get some sense out of this rambling on. >If you would like for me to copy the pages and send to you I will be glad to. > I have a scanner but haven't learned to use it yet. I must take time out and >'read the book' as my son would say! >Dorice Jeffries >Austin, TX > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy >Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >