This short story of Byrd's Store can be found in the book "Early communities of Lake Brownwood". There are four of five more pages of children, marriage, death and birth dates, genealogy info at best, is anyone is doing family history on the decendants of the Bryd Children. James Byrd moved his family from Tennessee to Missouri. From Missouri, the children wound up in Texas, and finally in Brown county in 1866. There were four boys: Charles, William, Jessie and Martin, and one daughter, Harriett McPeters. Harriet and her husband, John, along with two other members of the McPeters family, came to Brown county with the same wagon train which brought the Byrd Brothers. Descendants of these pioneers relate that at least one skirmish with the Indians occurred. It seems that as the oxen were pulling the wagons and the men were riding horseback, a small group of indians attacked them. The indians tried to rope one of the men on horseback, almost succeeding, but only snagged his hat. It is said that the youngest of the Byrd brothers, Martin, had an indian trading post for a short time about four miles northeast of where Byrds Store was later located. There were very few settlers in the vacinity at that time, so he would trade things to the indians for their hides and furs, and them take them to a larger trading post to exchange for necessary supplies for the settlers. Martin soon decided to move the store to where there were more settlers. He located it on the Bayou, near where Hogg Creek (Lost Creek) runs into the Bayou. This is a very lovely place. The grass is green, thick and luscious, and the pecan trees are big and beautiful. These trees made a perfect place for the camp meetings which were to come later. The citizens of Brownwood considered moving Brownwood, the county seat, to this location, but the election was lost by one vote. They did soon get a post office, which was located in the store, and it officially became Byrd's Store. David and Pency Baugh were some of the first settlers to come to Brown County and settle on the east side of the Bayou. Their last child was born in Brown Co., 1859. If you will let me know which people you are interested in I will be glad to do a look up for you. There is a great deal of family history in the book. The Williams and Johnson families came about 1863. There were Lovells, Weedons, Earp, Purcells, Ashcraft, Roberts, Mathews, Runnels, Keesee,Harris, Harper, Parrock, Copeland,McInnis,Van Huss, Eaton, and Nichols to name just a few. There are cemetery records as well. This book was written by Pattie Lee Cross Weedon, this is revised edition 1980. Sent to the list by Patsy Johnson,,,,,,,Brownwood, Tx.,,,,,[email protected]

Hi, Could someone please check the book index for the surnames BROOKS and PHARES? Thanks in advance. Jim Phares <[email protected]> At 09:27 PM 5/8/2001 -0500, you wrote: >This short story of Byrd's Store can be found in the book "Early >communities of Lake Brownwood". >There are four of five more pages of children, marriage, death and birth >dates, genealogy info at best, is anyone is doing family history on the >decendants of the Bryd Children. > > James Byrd moved his family from Tennessee to Missouri. From >Missouri, the children wound up in Texas, and finally in Brown county in >1866. > > There were four boys: Charles, William, Jessie and Martin, and one >daughter, Harriett McPeters. Harriet and her husband, John, along with >two other members of the McPeters family, came to Brown county with the >same wagon train which brought the Byrd Brothers. > > Descendants of these pioneers relate that at least one skirmish with >the Indians occurred. It seems that as the oxen were pulling the wagons >and the men were riding horseback, a small group of indians attacked >them. The indians tried to rope one of the men on horseback, almost >succeeding, but only snagged his hat. > > It is said that the youngest of the Byrd brothers, Martin, had an >indian trading post for a short time about four miles northeast of where >Byrds Store was later located. There were very few settlers in the >vacinity at that time, so he would trade things to the indians for their >hides and furs, and them take them to a larger trading post to exchange >for necessary supplies for the settlers. > > Martin soon decided to move the store to where there were more >settlers. He located it on the Bayou, near where Hogg Creek (Lost Creek) >runs into the Bayou. This is a very lovely place. The grass is green, >thick and luscious, and the pecan trees are big and beautiful. These >trees made a >perfect place for the camp meetings which were to come later. The >citizens of Brownwood considered moving Brownwood, the county seat, to >this location, but the election was lost by one vote. They did soon get >a post office, which was located in the store, and it officially became >Byrd's Store. > > David and Pency Baugh were some of the first settlers to come to >Brown County and settle on the east side of the Bayou. Their last child >was born in Brown Co., 1859. If you will let me know which people you >are interested in I will be glad to do a look up for you. There is a >great deal of family history in the book. The Williams and Johnson >families came about 1863. There were Lovells, Weedons, Earp, Purcells, >Ashcraft, Roberts, Mathews, Runnels, Keesee,Harris, Harper, Parrock, >Copeland,McInnis,Van Huss, Eaton, and Nichols to name just a few. There >are cemetery records as well. > >This book was written by Pattie Lee Cross Weedon, this is revised edition >1980. > > Sent to the list by Patsy Johnson,,,,,,,Brownwood, >Tx.,,,,,[email protected] > > >==== 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 > >