Great! Kim -----Original Message----- This is perfect, Kimberly. Thank you. Becky

Here's what I've done, so far, to Brown County: (only the index page as yet) http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ Please take a look and let me know what else I need to add or what you'd like to see there. And PLEASE send me info!! Need Brown Co. info - people and places. Thank you, ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Becky north Idaho *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* My personal genealogy site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ouryorks A YORK resource site for all YORK lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allyorks Jefferson County, OK CC & listmom http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjeffer/ Brown County, TX CC & listmom http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

This is perfect, Kimberly. Thank you. Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly Ritchie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [TXBROWN] The Name of Brown County > maybe this is a beginning............ > > http://www.ibitexas.com/centexmp.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. > > Now for a good map! > > Becky

maybe this is a beginning............ http://www.ibitexas.com/centexmp.htm -----Original Message----- Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. Now for a good map! Becky

Becky You can find your Information here under BROWN COUNTY Try BROWN WOOD , TOO ! <A HREF="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/B.html">Click here: The Handbook of Texas Online -- Browse B</A> http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/B.html

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. Now for a good map! Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > Becky You can find your Information here under BROWN COUNTY > Try BROWN WOOD , TOO ! > <A HREF="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/B.html">Click here: The Handbook of Texas Online -- Browse B</A> > > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/B.html

Hello, I'm working on Brown Co. index page today and would like to know where I can find the history of Brown Co. Where'd the name come from, etc. Also, looking for a map with just Brown Co. highlighted. Anything else that should be there, please let me know. Thank you. ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Becky north Idaho *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* My personal genealogy site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ouryorks A YORK resource site for all YORK lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allyorks Jefferson County, OK CC & listmom http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjeffer/ Brown County, TX CC & listmom http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Dona, Will you please email me regarding the STEWART line. [email protected] Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 7:41 AM Subject: [TXBROWN] Re: J. K. Whitley > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Howard, Sipes, Stewart, Green, Parker > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/750.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Dona, > I looked in a book called "Rural Cemetery Inscriptions of Brown County, TX". > There is no J. K. Whitley listed with a burial site. There is a W. Horace Whitely and wife Addie Mae Whitley buried in Bangs Cemetery. > I also looked under some variations of the spelling, and still no J K Whitely. > Good Luck! > Susan > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GREGORY, COURTNEY, SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/230.1.1 Message Board Post: I thank you so much for your information and apoligize for not saying so earlier. Between myself and my cousin, we have been frantically working these names and have uncovered what is most likely our family. Your lead led us to other cousins. Thank you.

Dona, I saw your message and decided to look in my Brown County Cemetery Transcription book. I did not find any Whitley in Zepher Cemetery. I did find one in Bangs, a Addie Mae. That was the only one listed in the book. If I can be of further help, let me know. I have one of the Funeral Homes and will look in it for you also. Maybe that might give a clue. Ruth Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] J. K. Whitley > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Whitley, Farquhar > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/750 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for the grave site or any other information on J. K. Whitley, aka James K. Polk Whitley. According to his Confederate Pension information, he was born March 14, 1803 in Georgia and died September 3, 1913, Brown County, TX. According to the records, his place of residence at the time of his death was Rural Rte 1, Zephyr, TX. His wife, who survived him, was Martha Adella Farquhar Whitley. She died 17 years later in Robertson County and is buried there, but since that is such a long distance from Brown County, I am guessing J. K. Whitley (my husband's great grandfather) is buried near Zephyr. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dona > Dona Vaughn > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howard, Sipes, Stewart, Green, Parker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/750.1 Message Board Post: Dona, I looked in a book called "Rural Cemetery Inscriptions of Brown County, TX". There is no J. K. Whitley listed with a burial site. There is a W. Horace Whitely and wife Addie Mae Whitley buried in Bangs Cemetery. I also looked under some variations of the spelling, and still no J K Whitely. Good Luck! Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitley, Farquhar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/750 Message Board Post: I am looking for the grave site or any other information on J. K. Whitley, aka James K. Polk Whitley. According to his Confederate Pension information, he was born March 14, 1803 in Georgia and died September 3, 1913, Brown County, TX. According to the records, his place of residence at the time of his death was Rural Rte 1, Zephyr, TX. His wife, who survived him, was Martha Adella Farquhar Whitley. She died 17 years later in Robertson County and is buried there, but since that is such a long distance from Brown County, I am guessing J. K. Whitley (my husband's great grandfather) is buried near Zephyr. Thanks for any help. Dona Dona Vaughn

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/DhB.2ACE/721.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Fords that run the blacksmith shop in May are my line of Fords. My Ford bunch came to Texas by way of Kentucky until Ancil Roe who was born in May. I've not made any other connection because Ancil Roe is where my proven sources run dry. John Braud Ford was his father who brought the family to May. He was nicknamed Jack. Edith Ford who lives in May still, married one of Ancil's brothers. If you have anything at all that might assist me further, I would certainly appreciate it. Meanwhile, I'll be looking for your bunch, too. I figure they must be distant cousins to have wound up in such a small community together. I'll keep trailing, I guess. Thanks for your responses.

Hello! I do not have information on your family line but since you live in May, I would think that you might know Dorothy Thomas. Her mother, Flossie Jones Thomas Boyd, was my grandfather's sister. I am doing the JONES family history on that family. Most of my ancestors came from Brown Co., many of them are buried at Lost Creek. In fact Nelson Gabbert, who is buried at Lost Creek, was one of the early settlers in Brown Co. He was my great great great grandfather. Happy Ancester Hunting, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:31 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] Re: Ford settlers of May, Texas late 1800s > > 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/DhB.2ACE/721.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I live in May, grew up in Wolf Valley. Mrs. James Reppy Bailey(Roxanna Roe) had a daughter named Bell.She married Jim Spence my mothers brother,and had a son named Ancel Roe. . My fathers sister, May Hardy, married Ben Ford and they had a son named Roe. Can you tell me what Ford married a Roe? There is another Roe but skips my mind now. Thanks > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

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/DhB.2ACE/721.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have: Simon Ford @1745 mar Winnie Morgan-Hanover Co Va Eli Ford 1806-1827 mar Zepriah Stroder-Mills Brown Cem Arlington, Tx. Wesley Swift Ford 1835- 1912-mar Ellen thomas 1842-1905 Wolf Valley Cem. Benjamine Ford 1877-1947 mar Annie Mae Hardy 1881-1935 Wolf Valley Cem. Children Wesley Roe, Thomas Dow, Loyne, Jewell (Male) The Frds that run the blacksmith in May, I will have to connect them. I just never thought they were the same.Allyne

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/DhB.2ACE/721.1.2.1 Message Board Post: My great-grandfather was Ancil Roe Ford who married Clare Renda Isabelle Jones. I suspect Ancil Roe Ford got his middle name from his mother's side, somehow. She was a Watson before she married John Braud Ford. Really I have nothing that definitively connects him to the Roes, but a lady in the May area had suggested it as a possibility because of the naming pattern back in the day. If you have any information to share, I would be most appreciative. I think the Ben you mentioned may have been a cousin to my line of Fords, but I've not trailed that side, yet.

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/DhB.2ACE/721.1.2 Message Board Post: I live in May, grew up in Wolf Valley. Mrs. James Reppy Bailey(Roxanna Roe) had a daughter named Bell.She married Jim Spence my mothers brother,and had a son named Ancel Roe. . My fathers sister, May Hardy, married Ben Ford and they had a son named Roe. Can you tell me what Ford married a Roe? There is another Roe but skips my mind now. Thanks

Hi Becky & Patsy; Both of you were so nice to respond. So far I don't recognize either of your LEE family from my family names. I have copied parts of a book called Free Masonry in Brownwood, TX. It's a great resource for early Brownwood residents. When I went through Brownwood 20 years ago, I was able to visit my LEE family's cemetery out at the old Lee ranch. There were lots of other Lees there that I DIDN'T recognize. I am descended from Ephraim Lee b. 1787 in Greene Co., TN and had 7 children: Henry, George Lilburn, Gresham, Naomi Williams, Brooks Williams, Lucinda and James Young. I am descended from James. From what I can tell all the children emigrated to the Navarro/Brownwood area. Gresham and Brooks W. were instrumental in settling Brownwood. I know very little of my James Young Lee and am looking for any information on him. He m. Matilda Bowman. Thank you for your help. ---Lorraine Hellow Lorraine! Yes, I am looking for LEEs in that area.   My John LEE married Elizabeth COLEY/COLLEY in Robertson Co. abt 1872 (that is when the marriage applic. was obtained - when they were actually marr. I don't know)  .  "Lizzie" was born abt 1847 and I don't know when John was born.  I've been told that John had 3/4 Indian blood - but others think it came from Lizzie - this from a LEE/SMART researcher.   known children of the above: Robert Kenneth LEE born 1885 Brown Co. marr. Leona "Ona" TUNSALL b. 1885 - they were marr. in Brown Co. in 1902.  (Robert was a barber and owned a business in Kern Co., CA after 1918)  Ona's mothers maiden name was COUCH.    Mollie LEE marr. a TUNSTALL also. 3 other LEE sisters married SMART men.  Anything sound connectable?   Becky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Since I have a Lee family connection, I will send you what I have. However if we don't connect I will be glad to do some lookups for you on your family if you will send me some information.  I live in Brown Co., and go to the courthouse and Library quite often.  We also have an LDS Family Center here.  I haven't really done any research on the Lee side of this family because I am connected to the Harris family that married into this Lee family. The Lee that I have is Angus Nicholas Lee (haven't even gotten his birth and death date yet), married Hannah Bell Harris 7 July 1901, d/o Marcus Lafayette Harris and Zillah Bee Pittman, in I assume Brown County.  They both are buried at Mt.Olive Primitive Baptist Church cemetery in Mills County.  Their children were: Tulley Peter, 1902; Angus Paul, 1905; Hannah Arabella, 1907;  Willie Drusilla, 1909 (still living);  Marcus Joseph,1913; Malcomb Jacob, 1913 (twins).  Have pictures of most of the families. This is my mothers family and I haven't done much research into it.  I have been concentrating on my husband's family. Hope to hear from you again and good searching,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Patsy Johnson in Brownwood

http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/brown.html Brown Co., TX listings Jim Wheat's Postmasters and Postoffices of Texas, 1846 - 1930 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Becky north Idaho *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* My personal genealogy site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ouryorks A YORK resource site for all YORK lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allyorks Jefferson County CC & listadm. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ Brown County CC & listadm. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjeffer/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The reason why I joined the Brown Co., Texas list is for my LEE family research, and up till now had found no one researching this family. What Lee family research is being done in this county? Can we share info? ---Lorraine