This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1090 Message Board Post: I am searching for a female that was born between 1955 & 1956 in Robert Lee Texas. Do not know name of birth mother and child may or may not know who her father is (might possibly have been adopted out). Her mother should have been born around 1937 plus or minus a couple of years. Father was only 16 and visiting relatives from Florida. Birth Father's name was Van Lee Holley. Is there anyone in Robert Lee that could do newspaper lookups for birth records? Thanks, Chris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1089 Message Board Post: I am needing some help finding any information on a william R.V. ballard, I dont know much about him aside from he was breifly married to patricia ann briant and had a son Dusty Lynn ballard who was born in abilene tx 5/2/1959. Dusty is my young son's biological father. Iam trying to resarch the side of the family that he knows nothing about in hopes of finding any clues to my own childs disabilities. As dusty and I are no linger together he is not helping in my quest any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HODGE, LEMONS, HARE/HAIR, EPPS, SIMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1088 Message Board Post: I've gotten two responses to my original query. I would like to know if anyone has visited the courthouse in Linden and what the proceudres are to visit and search through old records. I know the documents are old and probably not in any alphabetical setting, rather in a books by years. I'm particularly looking for "Bills of Sale" - before and after 1860. That seems like a good place to start or even earlier. I have a cousin who can go to the Linden courthouse, and would like to prepare him for the visit with what you can and cannot do; how far along in his search will depend upon the circumstances of search. Thanks for any help. You all are great! CD

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1085.1 Message Board Post: I AM NOT RELATED TO THESE FAMILIES 1880 Federal US Census record from the LDS website http://www.familysearch.org 1880 Precinct 7, Cass, Texas Family History Library Film 1255295 NA Film Number T9-1295 Page Number 222B Harrison CRAIN Self 46 SC Blacksmith SC SC Eliza A. CRAIN Wife 36 AL Keeping House GA GA William CRAIN Son 18 AR Grocer James CRAIN Son 16 AR Laborer John CRAIN Son 14 AR Laborer On Farm Jessee CRAIN Son 13 AR Works In House Metta CRAIN Dau 3 TX Frank CRAIN Son 1 TX 4 June 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Cass, Texas; Roll: T623 1618; Page: 3B J D Crain, - -/1870, 30, married 10 yrs, born TX, parents AL, machinist Mrs. J D Crain, 2/1874, 26, 4 children born, 3 living, b. TX, parents GA Clinton, 8/1892, 7 Virda, 6/1895, 4 Gracey, 6/1898, 1 Jess and Emma could read/write. 1900 Precinct 1, Cass Harrison Crain, 5/1839, 62, married 10 yrs, SC SC SC Josie A Crain, wife, ?/1865, 2 children born, 1 living, TN TN TN Frank Crain, son, 4/1878, 21, single, TX SC AL Virgil Crain, son, 10/1882, 17, single, TX SC AL Vernon Crain, son, 10/1882, 17, single, TX SC AL Maud Crain, dtr, 6/1886, 13, TX SC AL Jim Dunmoore, stpson, ?/1882, 18, TN TN TN 1900 Precinct 7, Cass Elijah Perdue, 10/1840, 59, married 35 yrs, GA MD SC Mariatta? Perdue, 2/1842, 58, 5 children born, 4 living, GA GA GA Lenora Perdue, dtr, 12/1866, 34, single, TX 1900 Precinct 5, Cass Mary Perdue, 1875, 25, widow, LA GA GA Allen T Perdue, son, 1893, TX GA LA Clifford F Perdue, son, 1896, TX GA LA Annie E Turner, mother, 1838, 61, GA NC GA 1900 Precinct 6, Cass Henry Polk, 1860, NC Dixie Polk, 1868, TX GA GA Winnie Polk, 1899, TX James H Perdue, father in law, 1831, GA GA GA Lizzie T Perdue, mother in law, 1837, GA GA GA, 9 children born, 3 living 1900 Precinct 3, Cass Ed Perdue, 1869, TX GA GA Eleanor Perdue, 1872, TX GA GA Lora and Lona, twins, 1892; Ray, 1895 Ed Perdue appears to be brother of Dixie. This Perdue family was in Davis County in 1870. The only Perdue family that appears in the 1880 census in Cass County was a J K Perdue, age 47, b. GA, father MD, mother SC who seems to be related to Elijah Perdue from the 1900 census. ...this family listed by initials only. If Emma's parents were born in Georgia there must be a connection to the Perdue families in the 1900 record. The 1890 census was burned. 1850, Eastern Division, Pickens, South Carolina Page:473 Roll: M432_857 Jesse Crane, 37, blacksmith, SC Cynthia Crane, 37, SC William Crane, 17, SC Adaline Crane, 17, SC Harrison Crane, 13, SC Rodah Crane, 11, SC Millie Crane, 10, SC Catharine Crane, 8, SC Mary E Crane, 5, SC Arssy? Crane, female, 3 mos, SC Total of 32 Crane's in Pickens, Eastern Div in 1850 with Coleby Crane the oldest, born circa 1799, CS. H Crane, age 22, b. SC and wife Eliza Crane, 17, b. AL are in Cornie, Union Co, AR in 1860 along with his parents and siblings. It appears this family left SC shortly after the census was taken in 1850 as Jesse and Cynthia show additional sons; Joab, b. circa 1851 in AL and Jessee b. circa 1858 in AR. Did not find the Crain family in the 1870 record. Harrison Crain was still in Cass County, 1910. Elijah and James H Perdue families still in Cass County, 1910. Emma Crane is shown as widowed by 1910 and still shows her parents to be born in Georgia with 6 children shown to be born and living; Clinton, 17; Verda, 15; Grace, 12; Minnie, 9; Loraine, 7; Clayton, 5. Texas officially began recording deaths in 1903. The certificates are supposed to list the names of the parents and where they were from. I would suggest obtaining their records to get clarification on where Jess Crain was born. Here is a link to Cass County that may give further information. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcass/

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/JhB.2ACE/341.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have much after Harris and Mary...I just recently started this search to help my inlaws in finding more of there family history off of some history papers they gave me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Simmons Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/341.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the response. From what I gather, your father-in-law is the great-grandson of Bennett W. Johnson. Bennett W. Johnson is the brother of my great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Johnson b. 1825 Marion Co., GA d. before 1864..most likely in Bullock Co., AL. The parents of Bennett and Sarah are Harris and Mary (Polly) Simmons Johnson. I have been searching for the parents of Harris and Mary for a long time.....perhaps you have some clues?? I will gladly share what I have. Thanks again! Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HODGE/HODGES(s), LEMONS/LEMMONS/LEMON, HAIR/HARE, EPPS, PEACE, CRUTCHFIELD, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1087 Message Board Post: Just found out through oral history that my gg grandmother Jane LEMON(s) HODGE was sold in Linden. This is a good piece of news, since we originally thought she might have been sold in MIssouri, state of her birth. I would like to gain any additional information about the slave auctions in Linden, could be called LInden Square today. If anyone has any resources I can follow for leads, I'd appreciate some help. Thank you, CDoutherd

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Duson/Willis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/416.428 Message Board Post: Twice in two days I have been given your name in reference to my ancestors. I have found some information that may help you with the Nickleberry surname. My ggf was Oliver Duson and my ggm was Beulah Willis. The information I have is that Beulah's mother is Delia and her mother is Caroline. I think you have given me the missing information in the Warren-McCrumby names. I received information from my Aunt Rochelle, g-daughter of Oliver and from cousin Thelma Duson that you were in need of information. I just received your address but would love to call and talk with you. can you please forward me your phone number. Also on the African American geneology form of ancestry roots, I found alot of information about the Nickleberry family line and relatives are still alive with that name in Linden, Houston and several other areas in Texas. Hope to hear from you soon. Stephanie Johnson-Gay

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Booker Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1086 Message Board Post: Can some one please see if they can find an obituary for: John W Booker b 26 Dec 1856 d 19 Feb 1950 Hughes Springs, Cass Co, TX buried Hughes Springs Cemetery

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/JhB.2ACE/118.1 Message Board Post: Hi Denise. Fleming Jones was my g-g-grandfather. His daughter Susan married Forrester Upshaw 3/18/1869. They had 5 children - Susan Belle (my grandmother), Mary Estella, Foy (Forest), Idella, and Middleton. I would love to share info! I do not have much on the Jones family, but have quite a lot on the Upshaws.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmes, Morris, McAdams, Crow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/160.216.225 Message Board Post: I am responding to a message you posted in 1999 on Ancestry.com message board about an ancestor of mine, Curtis Lafayette Morris. I have no idea if you still are at the same address, so please let me know if you receive this. My wife and I are new at the genealogy search game, and dont have much to share. We know only that Curtis and his wife Mary Crow were my g-g-g-g grandparents. I am descended from Curtis Morris and Mary Crow via their daughter Mahala (born 1811, died ca. 1875), who married Bryant Holmes (born ca. 1806, died Aug 1838) on May 18, 1825 in Monroe, Arkansas territory. They had six known children in Lafayette County, Arkansas, before they moved to the town of Nash, in Bowie County, Texas as part of one of Stephen F. Austin's original 100 settlers. From the map I have, their property was about thirty miles WNW of Texarkana. The six children were Andrew, Charles, Curtis Morris, Noreddon, Emily F., and Bryant II. Bryant II married Amanda Dialthia McAdams in Bowie County, and they had seven children, Charles William, Joseph Oscar, Nancy Adelia, Amanda Melvina, Bryant III, Morris Noreddon, and Mary Susan. Morris Noreddon Holmes was my great grandfather, and he lived and died in Bowie County. I knew him as a child, and he died in 1972. His son, Paul, recently passed away this past year in Lubbock, Texas. I would love to hear from you as to what information you may have on any branches of this family, and particularly on Curtis Lafayette Holmes and his predecessors. We can find little on the ancestral Holmeses before him. Thank you Gary Holmes

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Ball, Morris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/341.1.1 Message Board Post: Addendum to previous : Jacob D Johnson was his fathers father and Bennett W Johnson was Jacobs father. Jacob married Nancy E Ball who's parents were James Atward Ball and Martha Jane Morris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Wall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/341.1 Message Board Post: My father in laws father was Jacob David Johnson and his father was Bennett Wilkins Johnson who married Frances Wall.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hampton-Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/880.3 Message Board Post: Hampton is my surname. I have few.Would like to know what you have on Hampton. Mine is Alford and Christina (Anderson) Hampton.In Cass County then in Upshur County Texas then in Bechham County Oklahoma. Thank you Greg Anderson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1085 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Jess Drayton Crain (b. November 09, 1870 in Cass Co. Tx) and Emma Willis Perdue (b. February 17, 1874 in Cass Co. Tx)

In response to a posting concerning officers who served in the 19th Texas. My ancestor was a sister to Capt. John Joseph Bradley of the 19th. Bradley's brother-in-law William Allen (my ggggrandfather) was a private. William Allen is buried in the Barber Cemetery in Cass co. TX. John J. Bradley may be buried here also but is more likely buried in the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott AZ Suggest looking at these sites if you haven't already. _http://www.nps.gov/vick/vcmpgn/la_bttl/mlknsbnd.htm_ (http://www.nps.gov/vick/vcmpgn/la_bttl/mlknsbnd.htm) _http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page56.html_ (http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page56.html) Susan Holman Dallas disdsh@aol.com

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/JhB.2ACE/1083 Message Board Post: I am searching for the above J. W. Hill. I know he died in Lufkin or Clawson, Texas and was buried at the Dunn-Aldridge Cemetery there December 21, 1920 alongside other Hill family members including May Hill b May 1, 1882 and died February 4, 1929, Robert W. Hill b. January 7, 1906 and died March 11, 1910, as well as Althea (Altha) Jane Hill Guffey who was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas (Cass County) July 14, 1883 and died in Lufkin, Texas March 6, 1970. Altha Jane Hill married Samuel Columbus Guffey in Titus County, Texas 22nd July, 1899, but moved to Lufkin afterward. I know very little about the Hill family, but I have learned that there are a lot of Hills in Cass County. I would appreciate any information on this family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradley, Marshall, Rountree, Scarborough, Davis, Henderson, Lee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1082 Message Board Post: I am doing research for a regimental history of the 19th Texas. The following men and officers lived in Cass County in 1860. John J. Bradley and Clem L. Marshall, Captains W. B. Rountree, Lt. David Scarborough, Sgt. James H. Davis, J. C. Henderson, and M. P. Lee, Privates I am interested in locating letters, diaries or other information related to their service in the 19th.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/27.1.1 Message Board Post: I 'm really limited on info concerning, Lamar Yancey. What info I do have, is his family lived in DeLand , Fl. for sometime.He passed away in southern FL .