Is it still there? Do you know why it's called Parker? Any cemeteries there? I have a Parker family in Collin County about the mid 1870's and on. I'm trying to find out if maybe they lived there. I'm planning on a road trip to come and see it. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573 ----- Original Message ----- From: <hitt@flash.net> To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] Parker, TX What do you want to know? Tonya Harris wrote: > > Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX? > > Tonya Aultman-Harris > mtharris@ev1.net > > Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573

What do you want to know? Tonya Harris wrote: > > Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX? > > Tonya Aultman-Harris > mtharris@ev1.net > > Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573

Alice, the St. Paul Community has always been in Collin County and is still a community in the SE section of the county near the East Fork of the Trinity River. For a blurb see "Churches" on the <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4167 ">GENEALOGY FRIENDS </A> web site for an article on St. Paul Catholic Church, formed in 1857. The church also had a cemetery. It is still active today. My families are from that area but I am not familiar with your surnames. Good luck. Brenda Kellow, CG, CGI <A HREF="http://www.virtualtexan.com/roots.htm">Tracing Our Roots:Ft. Worth Star Telegram Virtual Texan genealogy column</A> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/genfriendsghl">Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.</A>

Hello Listers: Can anyone tell me if St. Paul, Texas was located in Collin county in 1888? I have a letter from my great-great uncle James McQuade and it starts out St. Paul, Texas, Sept. 1888. I am also looking for researchers of James and Quintiller Scudder McQuaid/McQuade. He was a doctor and a farmer. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Alice in Arizona

Can anyone tell me where this is located? I've already checked out the Handbook of Texas online. My mom-in-law's mother was a Hickman. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573

Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >< Jim, I have Aaron's wife as Elizabeth MANTOOTH born abt 1818. Pam -----Original Message----- From: JNMALO <JNMALO@compuserve.com> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] New Collin Co. Tx Query Forum Post >Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >>Jim, > >By any chance did your Aaron BRYANT come from TN? And who were his >parents? > >I have a Mary Lavina BRYANT who married Felix G LEWIS in TN and moved to >McKinney after the Civil War.< > > yes arron bryant was born Cocke Co. TN. I am interested in his >mother in law and wife ,of course, since the mother inlaw may be my >GGGrandmother. I will look up all I have on Arron and send to you. >Regards; >Jim The Arron Bryant you mention and his wife Elizabeth are listed in the 1860 census in Cocke Co. TN and in the 1870 census in Collin Co. The Arron of my interest is listed at age 9. The Democrat of 8/23/1900 states "Mrs McMahan age 77 died at the home of her son-in-law Arron Bryant ---- buried in Pecon Grove Cemetery". My Great Grandfather Joseph Manning McMahan is buried not far from Arron Bryant's marker. I think the Mrs McMahan may be the mother of Joseph Manning McMahan. Prior researchers, however, assure me the mother of Joseph Manning McMahan never came to Texas and they have no record of a sister, only brothers of Joseph Manning Mcmahan. Can any one tell me if cemetery records exist for this time period? There is room for several unmarked graves near the present day markers for Arron, Joseph Manning his wife and son William.

Hi, Thanks for checking. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: GOUGH JOY <jfarrgo@home.com> To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] "The History Of Leonard, Texas 1880-1980" > Sorry for the delay. The museum isn't open in the wintertime except on > the first Saturday of the month, excluding January. There is no writup > on the Yeager family. There might be something in the communities or > churches write ups. > Joy > > Larry and Claudia Cowley wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Is there any information on YEAGER in the book? > > Thanks, > > Claudia > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: JOY GOUGH <jfarrgo@home.com> > > To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 1:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] "The History Of Leonard, Texas 1880-1980" > > > > > I bought a copy recently from an antique dealer. If you do not find a > > > copy, I can copy information from it for you. > > > Joy > > > > > > MPaul62436@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > Am interested in obtaining a copy of The History of Leonard, Texas > > > > 1880-1980. > > > > Anyone out there have an extra copy? If so please contact me. The book > > was > > > > published by The Leonard Centennial Commission. > > > > > > > > It has alot of information on my family (surname Fry). Thanks for any > > help. > > > > > > > > Mimi >

I checked there too, :-). I am looking for this family that was in Collin County in mid-1870's, and 1880's. John Parker m.Mary ? Frances (Parker) Aultman m.James Aultman (he's not on the census) Zula and Johnann (Frances' daughters) Aultman. I was thinking they may have lived there. Thanks for your help. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kelki@aol.com> To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] Parker, TX <<Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX?>> This is what I found in the Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ PARKER, TEXAS (Collin County). Parker is on Farm Road 2514 near Maxwell Creek two miles northeast of Plano in south central Collin County. It developed around the gristmill and general store built by T. L. Johnson in the early 1880s. In the mid-1880s the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway surveyed the community and laid out town lots. Later the company decided to run its tracks through Wylie, two miles southeast of Parker. Although bypassed by the railroad Parker continued to serve as a retail point for area farmers. A post office operated there from 1888 to 1901, when the mail sent to Allen, two miles southwest. The population in Parker grew from an estimated twenty in 1960 to 1,098 in 1980, probably a result of the growth of nearby Plano. In 1990 Parker had a population of 1,235. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roy Franklin Hall and Helen Gibbard Hall, Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975). Kim Combs Elkins Denver, CO

Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX? Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573

<<Can anyone tell me about this populated place in Collin County, TX?>> This is what I found in the Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ PARKER, TEXAS (Collin County). Parker is on Farm Road 2514 near Maxwell Creek two miles northeast of Plano in south central Collin County. It developed around the gristmill and general store built by T. L. Johnson in the early 1880s. In the mid-1880s the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway surveyed the community and laid out town lots. Later the company decided to run its tracks through Wylie, two miles southeast of Parker. Although bypassed by the railroad Parker continued to serve as a retail point for area farmers. A post office operated there from 1888 to 1901, when the mail sent to Allen, two miles southwest. The population in Parker grew from an estimated twenty in 1960 to 1,098 in 1980, probably a result of the growth of nearby Plano. In 1990 Parker had a population of 1,235. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roy Franklin Hall and Helen Gibbard Hall, Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975). Kim Combs Elkins Denver, CO

Jim, I have Aaron's wife as Elizabeth MANTOOTH born abt 1818. Pam -----Original Message----- From: JNMALO <JNMALO@compuserve.com> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] New Collin Co. Tx Query Forum Post >Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >>Jim, > >By any chance did your Aaron BRYANT come from TN? And who were his >parents? > >I have a Mary Lavina BRYANT who married Felix G LEWIS in TN and moved to >McKinney after the Civil War.< > > yes arron bryant was born Cocke Co. TN. I am interested in his >mother in law and wife ,of course, since the mother inlaw may be my >GGGrandmother. I will look up all I have on Arron and send to you. >Regards; >Jim > >

Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >Jim, By any chance did your Aaron BRYANT come from TN? And who were his parents? I have a Mary Lavina BRYANT who married Felix G LEWIS in TN and moved to McKinney after the Civil War.< yes arron bryant was born Cocke Co. TN. I am interested in his mother in law and wife ,of course, since the mother inlaw may be my GGGrandmother. I will look up all I have on Arron and send to you. Regards; Jim

Hi, I also have some Bryant's that came from Stewart & Montgomery Co., TN. Could they be related to either of you? Pat McAlpine -----Original Message----- From: GLENN DYKE <lilboss@worldnet.att.net> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] New Collin Co. Tx Query Forum Post >Jim, > >By any chance did your Aaron BRYANT come from TN? And who were his parents? > >I have a Mary Lavina BRYANT who married Felix G LEWIS in TN and moved to >McKinney after the Civil War. > >Look forward to hearing from you. > >Pam >lilboss@worldnet.att.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: JNMALO <JNMALO@compuserve.com> >To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 7:53 PM >Subject: [TXCOLL-N] New Collin Co. Tx Query Forum Post > > >>Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >>>Collin Co. Tx Query Forum >>A new message, "Addie Bryant," was posted by Jana Mixon on Sun, 20 Feb >>2000 It is a response to "ADDIE BRYANT," posted by Reba on Sat, 19 Feb >>2000 >>< >> >> I am very much interested in Arron Bryant who died in Collin Co. >>and is buried Pecan Grfove. His mother in law was a McMahan who died in >>1900 a few years before Arron. If any one has information about the >>connection between the Bryants and McMahans please let me know. >>Jim Maloney >> >> > >

Jim, By any chance did your Aaron BRYANT come from TN? And who were his parents? I have a Mary Lavina BRYANT who married Felix G LEWIS in TN and moved to McKinney after the Civil War. Look forward to hearing from you. Pam lilboss@worldnet.att.net -----Original Message----- From: JNMALO <JNMALO@compuserve.com> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: [TXCOLL-N] New Collin Co. Tx Query Forum Post >Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >>Collin Co. Tx Query Forum >A new message, "Addie Bryant," was posted by Jana Mixon on Sun, 20 Feb >2000 It is a response to "ADDIE BRYANT," posted by Reba on Sat, 19 Feb >2000 >< > > I am very much interested in Arron Bryant who died in Collin Co. >and is buried Pecan Grfove. His mother in law was a McMahan who died in >1900 a few years before Arron. If any one has information about the >connection between the Bryants and McMahans please let me know. >Jim Maloney > >

I noticed that also. Armond Has anyone noticed that so many of the same notices appear on the list at least twice? This sure clutters up the inbox.

Message text written by INTERNET:TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com >Collin Co. Tx Query Forum A new message, "Addie Bryant," was posted by Jana Mixon on Sun, 20 Feb 2000 It is a response to "ADDIE BRYANT," posted by Reba on Sat, 19 Feb 2000 < I am very much interested in Arron Bryant who died in Collin Co. and is buried Pecan Grfove. His mother in law was a McMahan who died in 1900 a few years before Arron. If any one has information about the connection between the Bryants and McMahans please let me know. Jim Maloney

Has anyone noticed that so many of the same notices appear on the list at least twice? This sure clutters up the inbox.

Hello, Does anyone on the list have any Robinson (Snow Hill area) information. I am especially interested in Elisha Robinson from AR who married Matilda Barker in Collin Co. in 1859. Gale

The Chitty Nursery was in Wills Point as recently as three or four years ago, and may still be there. LAFON2RED@aol.com wrote: > > You might check Van Zandt county to check for cousins. There was a Chitty > Nursery there (Wills Point) for many years.

============================================================ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ MIGRATION TRAILS Could you tell me where to find the trails the pioneers took to reach California? I would like to have an idea how my ancestors wound up in Illinois. Norma _____________ Dear Norma, This is a great question and one that I see quite often. There are a number of resources that may be of interest to you. Ancestry has a good collection of maps in the Map Center (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/main.asp) that show various trails. Some of the more notable maps in the collection include: Westward Migration in the US, 1775-1860 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =299 Exploration and Settlement Before 1675 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =641 Exploration and Settlement 1675-1800 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageI D=643> Exploration and Settlement 1800-1820 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =644 Exploration and Settlement 1820-1835 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =645 Exploration and Settlement 1835-1850 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =647 Exploration and Settlement 1850-1890 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =648 Main Post Roads, 1804 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =556 Main Post Roads, 1834 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =557 Railroads in Operation, December 1840 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =550 Railroads in the East, 1827-1850 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =417 Railroads in the West, 1827-1850 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =419 Routes between Fort Laramie and the Great Salt Lake http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =729 There are also some great organizations and Web sites dedicated to migration patterns within the U.S. and the various trails westward. Here are a few of my favorites: The first two have a wealth of historical information on the trails west and include maps, stories, pioneer diaries, photos, and more. They are definitely worth a look, even if you don't have ancestors who followed these trails. Oregon-California Trails Association National Frontier Trails Center 318 W. Pacific (location) P.O. Box 1019 (mail) Independence, MO 64051-0519 Tel: 816-252-2276 Fax: 816-836-0989 E-mail: mailto:octahqts@gvi.net http://www.octa-trails.org/ The Overland Trail http://www.over-land.com/index.html American Migrations Web Site http://members.aol.com/gedsearch/migrate.htm This project records the names and migrations of individuals and groups. Visitors can browse the database and/or submit records. For a more comprehensive list of links see the 12/03/1998 Ancestry Daily News article, "Go West, Young Man" at: http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/12_03_98.htm (Note: This article is over a year old and some of the Web sites may have new addresses or may be no longer available.)