Howdy Jody! You've got quite a bit of connection with Bell County... I'll copy your query also over to the Query Board of the Bell County Genealogy page, as those are indexed differently than messages on this list, and you might get some different responses. Would you like to be subscribed to the TXBELL list? I haven't found other places for Bell County local history books, but there are some at the Bell County Museum. (I did a quick check of amazon.com and they did have one of the Bell County history books, although I've forgotten which one.) Check the Bookstore page of the Museum website at http://www.vvm.com/~museum Stephanie Turnham, the Director, has several different titles that are of value for Bell County local history. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >From: Jody Dillard <okielady@postoffice.att.net> >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: {not a subscriber} Belton Early Families >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:21:44 -0800 (PST) > > >Hi, > I am a direct descendent of the COWAN, McDOWELL, DILLARD, & JACKSON >families of Bell County. Would like to know if anyone has the names of the >parents of William and Mary Margaret McDowell of Ireland who now rest in >the McDowell cemetery. > I also am related to BARRON, BIGHAM, HERRING, PITTMAN, GARNER, STOKES, >DUKE, EDWARDS, ESTES and many more. A new country estates is being built >on the very spot where my father, Jack Dillard was born at the family farm. > I think the name of the development is either Country Ridge or Hunters >Ridge. Something like that. But the two huge trees that my father played >under as a small boy are still at the entry to the complex. It was quite a >thrill to be able to visit the area last month and see so much of the place >my father and uncles often told me about. > > Is there any place I can buy a copy of the book "The History of Bell >County"? >Thanks, >Jody Dillard Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com