The county name was changed to Davis during the Civil War to honor Jefferson Davis. Jeff R. Shaddix > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: A Elizabeth <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:58 PM >Subject: Fw: [TXCASS-L] Fw: CassFeedback > > >> For a few years Cass County was renamed "Davis County" to honor >> a famous person, I believe. However, before 1880 the name of >> the county was changed back to "Cass County." So your relative >> found in Davis County was really in Cass County as well. Hope >> this helps. As for the child, I believe the child was alive or would >> not have been listed as being in that household. Whether the >> DEC stood for December or not I cannot say. I think it might >> be a little unusual go give the date of birth that way. I think the >> census was mostly taken in the summer months (I'm not sure) >> so it could possibly be the month of birth. Elizabeth >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dana Thomas <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 6:27 PM >> Subject: [TXCASS-L] Fw: CassFeedback >> >> >> > >> > Anyone want to take this one???? >> > Dana >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Amy >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:30 AM >> > Subject: CassFeedback >> > >> > >> > Hi! >> > I have a question. Upon clicking on the census links for Cass Co., I >> found >> > that most of the links take you to Davis Co., TX census records, rather >> than >> > Cass. I did find my ancestor on one of them; is it Cass, or is it >really >> > Davis? >> > >> > Also, one of the census records states "DEC" for a child of 6 months >age. >> > Is this referring to the month of December, or does it mean deceased? >> > >> > thanks! >> > Amy Dyer >> > [email protected] >> > >> > >> > ==== TXCASS Mailing List ==== >> > Please send me your Cass County family info: [email protected] >> > for submission to the Cass County, TXGenWeb page. If it's Cass County, >> genealogy or history related and NOT copywrited then I'll put it up! >> > >> > >> > > >==== TXCASS Mailing List ==== >Do you have a success story for the success page? Please send it to me at: [email protected] > >