I am a new list member and would like help in locating this family in. Enoch Chesley Watts b.1847 NC or SC m. Martha Holt in .Giles Co TN abt 1869 They are listed on the Giles Co census for 1870 and 1880 They had the following children Mammie Watts b. 1874 Giles TN m. McDonald Robert (Bob) Watts b.1876 Giles Tn m. Belle Zora Watts in TX abt 1895 Albert Watts b.1879 Giles TN Clint Watts Bill Watts b.1884 Giles TN Mary Lue Watts Finisl Watts Susie Watts Baby Watts Robert and Belle Watts(my line) Buster Watts Lloyd Watts Oma Watts John Watts Ruby Watts m. Dewey Ward 1928 OK Olits Watts Rosa Watts b.May 1,1896 M. Ross Mcgill in OK Enoch (Babe)Watts 1906 Farmersville TX m. Lillie May Ward 1929 OK (my line) Looking for someone that knows this line. Barbara Watts Frisby

A company was organized in McKinney, TX in 1898 to fight in the Spanish American War. Does anyone have a roster of this Company? I am looking for M.T.Bailey's name on the roster. Thanks. Claude Freeman

Hello, I'm Janet Shapiro in San Antonio. My Bogard line went to Collin Co from Marshall Co. MS about 1890. There were cousins to my Bogard line in Collin Co as early as 1850. John Travis Bogard b) 1855 Marshall Co MS m) 1880 to Issie Belle Evans d) 1951 Collin Co. TX Seeking info on their descendents - John William Bogard Earl Travis Bogard Alvin Guy Bogard Ella Bogard m) Will Pyron Minnie Bogard m) Thomas Carr Thanks. Janet

Any EVANs that are connected to the BARKER or WHISENANTs in Collin County TX??? Barb bwhiz@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Mark Shapiro <shapiro@stic.net> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 10:08 AM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] EVANS >Hello, > I'm Janet Shapiro and I live in San Antonio, however >I grew up a military brat and never lived in Texas(my mother's home) until >my husband and I moved here 6 years ago - it was a choice between SA and >Chicago, my husband's home. > My EVANS line went to Collin Co from Benton/Tippah >counties of MS. > Arthur EVANS > b) 1864 MS > m) 1885 to Lucy Woodson Pleasants > d) 1925 Collin Co.TX > Junius EVANS (twin) > b) 1865 MS > m) 1889 to Francis Wilson > d) unk > Nathan H. EVANS (twin) > b) 1865 MS > m) 1887 to Jenny Harbin > d) 1941 Collin Co TX > I know where Arthur and Nathan are buried. Looking for death dates & burial >sites of Lucy Evans/ Jenny Evans. > Also looking for descendents to share info with. > Thanks. > Janet >

Hello, I'm Janet Shapiro and I live in San Antonio, however I grew up a military brat and never lived in Texas(my mother's home) until my husband and I moved here 6 years ago - it was a choice between SA and Chicago, my husband's home. My EVANS line went to Collin Co from Benton/Tippah counties of MS. Arthur EVANS b) 1864 MS m) 1885 to Lucy Woodson Pleasants d) 1925 Collin Co.TX Junius EVANS (twin) b) 1865 MS m) 1889 to Francis Wilson d) unk Nathan H. EVANS (twin) b) 1865 MS m) 1887 to Jenny Harbin d) 1941 Collin Co TX I know where Arthur and Nathan are buried. Looking for death dates & burial sites of Lucy Evans/ Jenny Evans. Also looking for descendents to share info with. Thanks. Janet

Mitzi K. Perkins wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; > name="NEWMEM~1.TXT" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="NEWMEM~1.TXT" > > Subject: New member > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:06:23 -0600 > From: "Mitzi K. Perkins" <mperkins@waymark.net> > To: TXCOLL-N-1@rootsweb.com > > Hello listmembers. I am a new Collin List member and a Collin Co. > native. Parts of my family have been in this area for 130 years and in > Texas since about 1800. I have about 1500 names in my family file to > date and I have Native American ancestry as well. If I can be of help > to anyone searching Native families, I'll be glad to try. > My surnames are: > HAMMOND, BROWNING, ERWIN, HOLDER, PARDUE, PILKINGTON, HUMPHRIES, DAVIS, > EMMOND/EMMON, WATTS, JONES, WADE, GENTRY, BIRDSONG, LAIR, STEPHENS, > BAIRD, OCONEE/OCONEA, BRAVEBOY, BRADSHAW, WATERS, ROPER, SMITH, JOHNSON, > NORFLEET/NORTHFLEETE, DILLON, ALEXANDER, DAVIDSON, LOCKE, EGLON, WOOD, > ATHA, PERKINS---to get started. > > My tribes are Lumbee, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Powhatan, Croatan. > Anglo family came from Wales, England, Ireland, Germany and first > settled in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina; then Georgia, > Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma as well as Texas. > > Please let me know if you think we connect. > Mitzi Hammond Perkins > > --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5-- Mitzi, I am searching for information on John Wilson Smith born abt 1813 who married Catherine Magdalene Bible born abt 1817. They went from Greene County,Tennessee to Collin,Texas. They are my 4th great-grandparents and I was told they were full Cherokee native Americans,but I have not been successful in this research. Barbara

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="NEWMEM~1.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="NEWMEM~1.TXT" Subject: New member Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:06:23 -0600 From: "Mitzi K. Perkins" <mperkins@waymark.net> To: TXCOLL-N-1@rootsweb.com Hello listmembers. I am a new Collin List member and a Collin Co. native. Parts of my family have been in this area for 130 years and in Texas since about 1800. I have about 1500 names in my family file to date and I have Native American ancestry as well. If I can be of help to anyone searching Native families, I'll be glad to try. My surnames are: HAMMOND, BROWNING, ERWIN, HOLDER, PARDUE, PILKINGTON, HUMPHRIES, DAVIS, EMMOND/EMMON, WATTS, JONES, WADE, GENTRY, BIRDSONG, LAIR, STEPHENS, BAIRD, OCONEE/OCONEA, BRAVEBOY, BRADSHAW, WATERS, ROPER, SMITH, JOHNSON, NORFLEET/NORTHFLEETE, DILLON, ALEXANDER, DAVIDSON, LOCKE, EGLON, WOOD, ATHA, PERKINS---to get started. My tribes are Lumbee, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Powhatan, Croatan. Anglo family came from Wales, England, Ireland, Germany and first settled in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina; then Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma as well as Texas. Please let me know if you think we connect. Mitzi Hammond Perkins --------------A4938932662CF5ACFD9BD0C5--

I am searching for my grandfathers family. His name was Alvin Melvin Anglin. He was born in McKinney Texas to Samuel Andrew Anglin and Purlina Shipman in 1906. He had 3 brothers and 2 sisters: Jefferson, Arthur, Samuel, Wilcie, and Rose. Both Jefferson and Rose died young. His father Samuel Andrew died in 1925 in Climax and his mother Purlina died in 1932 also in Climax. Need help. I have a lot on Purlina but nothing on Samuel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I just received my Genealogy Bulletin from Heritage Quest and thought I would pass this little tid bit along for all to see. We all know Texas became a state in 1845 so the first federal census was in 1850 right? Wrong There was Miller County Arkansas Territory enumerated in 1820 and again in 1830 which was within an area that is now part of North Eastern Texas. The 1820 census was taken for people living on both the north and south sides of the Red River, all within Texas and part of present day Oklahoma. The main settlement there was Pecan Point. In 1828, congress established the line between present day Arkansas and Oklahoma as the Eastern boundary of the Indian Territory. At that time any white settlers north of the Red River were removed to areas south of the River. By the time of the 1830 census several thousand people were living just south of the Red River and completely within the present state of Texas.... but they thought they were in Miller County, Arkansas Territory. It was not until 1841 that a new survey revealed the error and the treaty line between Texas and Louisiana and Texas and Arkansas was marked properly on the ground. The area of present day Miller County, Arkansas has only a small 4 to 5 mile wide stripe of land that was in the original area of old Miller Co.. Texas also had a Greer Co. till Oklahoma took it away from them. It functioned as a county for ten years with representatives to Austin. but in 1890 the government refused to acknowledge Greer Co. thus putting Greer Co. in Oklahoma. For the period 1886-1896 people living in Greer Co., Texas/Oklahoma may have left marks in both states. I thought this might be of interest to those of us doing research in Texas. "Let's keep Genealogy free on the Internet" Lesley lesley@eznet.net Batavia, New York. Used to be Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County) http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LesleysWorld/index.html Lesley's Family Tree: census's, births, deaths, marriages, cemetery's,churches,will Index, Surnames I'm researching ( Adams, Baird, Barnett, Brumley, DeMars, Fitzgerald, Lammendola, Lang , Lassiter, Macaluso,McGrath, Pallidino,Stone and more.)

>From TXCOLL-N-L-request@rootsweb.com Sun Feb 14 06:20:57 1999 > Texas also had a Greer Co. till Oklahoma took it away from them. It functioned as a county for ten years with representatives to Austin. but in >1890 the government refused to acknowledge Greer Co. thus putting Greer Co. >in Oklahoma. For the period 1886-1896 people living in Greer Co.,>Texas/Oklahoma may have left marks in both states. > I thought this might be of interest to those of us doing research in>Texas. > > Lesley, Be it clear that the Supreme Court decision that made Greer County TX part of Oklahoma Territory was United States v. State of Texas, not OK v. TX <grin> The question of where it belonged went back to whether the North Fork of the Red River or the main stream of the Red River went to the headwaters. Also, many Texans from other areas migrated to Greer County OT before OK statehood, as did both my grandparental families. I used to say that was almost a Texan until someone informed me that one cannot be almost a Texan, its all or none! In any case, Thanks for the post; its good information. Lewis Browder ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Does anyone know how the Leach-Thomas Cemetery is surviving with the construction going on around it. >From Allen, Texas, go south on Jupiter Road. About 200 yards south of Chaparral Road and 100 yards West of Jupiter Road is a clump of trees. Leach - Thomas Cemetery is in that clump of trees. There are only three graves still marked with tombstones and one tomestone leaning against a tree. The marked graves were protected from the cows, when Roy Leach and his son James surrounded them with the pipe fences. Ken Leach kenleach@cooke.net

Joseph SLATER (SCHLUTER) b. Prussia @1798. Served in TX Army of Republic from 11 NOV 1839-1 MAR 1841. Received bounty land in Collin Co, TX near Anna. Buried there at Slater Cemetery in 1851. married 9 FEB 1845 Fannin County, TX (supposedly) to Barbary MOUSER b@1824 in Missour. (Supposed) daughter of Henry MOUSER Sr. of Fannin Co., TX (b. Lincoln Co, NC > Madison Co, MO) CHILDREN: William J b@1846 TX (m) Eliza J. SUTTON Collin Co, 22 FEB 1872 John H. b@1848 TX Collin M. b JUN 1850 TX (m) Mary E.------ Margaret C. b@1852 TX (m) W.D. BALDWIN Collin Co, 22 FEB 1871 Sarila Jane b@1853 TX Sarila Jane SLATER (m) b@1853 Collin Co., TX, died 19 JAN 1923. married 27 OCT 1872 in Collin County, TX to: Obadiah McWHORTER Jr. of Grayson County, TX (b. ILL 22 JUL 1851) --this family moved to Tom Green County, TX Would appreciate any connections. Thanks! andrea w.

Preston Lawrence Leach and Nancy Elizabeth Atkins came from Anderson County TN to Collin County TX in about 1859 with 11 children. They had three children after arriving. Eleven of the children produced lines existing today. For information on the ancestors and descendants: kenleach@cooke.net Preston is buried in the Leach-Thomas Cemetery. Nancy is buried in the Allen Cemetery. We are always looking for additional information on the family. Ken Leach Gainesville TX

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------EEA246A1942E7697494DC3FC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Volunteers at the McKinney Memorial Public Library have abstracted obits from 1884 thru 1940s. Although I don't see a listing for William Driggers who died in 1896, there is an obit for : "Driggers, whose obit is published in the "Democrat" on Feb 07 1918 on pg 6. These volumes are available for purchase at the Library (972-547-7323.) Bill & Lee Driggers wrote: > > Does anyone know if the McKinney newspaper goes back to 1895-6. My > ggrandfather died in Bailey Texas. One of his granddaughters use to > write for the McKinney paper..Rosa Lee Driggers Calhoun. William > Driggers died in 1896. I would like to find a obit for him. > > Any info would be appreciated. --------------EEA246A1942E7697494DC3FC Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mchamp.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Minnie Pitts Champ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mchamp.vcf" begin:vcard n:Champ;Minnie Pitts x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.collincountybooks.com org:Collin County Book Co.;"www.collincountybooks.com" version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net adr;quoted-printable:;;3000 Teal Ln. =0D=0A;McKinney, ;TX;75070-4187; x-mozilla-cpt:;14144 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------EEA246A1942E7697494DC3FC--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------ADC684FCB6C7974B4286FB26 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Volunteers at the McKinney Memorial Public Library has been abstracting obits from the old newspaper microfilm. I have the one that covers 1920-1929, if you will give me the name. DBrooks466@aol.com wrote: > > Could someone please tell me if there are newspaper archives from Westminster > in 1927? I'm looking for an obituary of a person who died in 1927 in > Westminster. If not, where would be the next best newspaper to find an > obituary for this person. Many thanks. > > Duston Brooks --------------ADC684FCB6C7974B4286FB26 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mchamp.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Minnie Pitts Champ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mchamp.vcf" begin:vcard n:Champ;Minnie Pitts x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.collincountybooks.com org:Collin County Book Co.;"www.collincountybooks.com" version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net adr;quoted-printable:;;3000 Teal Ln. =0D=0A;McKinney, ;TX;75070-4187; x-mozilla-cpt:;14144 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------ADC684FCB6C7974B4286FB26--

Johnny P. O'Rourke wrote: > > I'm new to this list. > > Are there any McAdams / Jefcoat researchers in this list? > > Thanks, > Johnny P. O'Rourke > > Researching SURNAMES: > Zvonek - Falls & Polk County, TX & Ratabori, Czech > Zbranek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech > Vitek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech > Malucky - Ratabori, Czech > McAdams - Pike Co, Al & Collin Co, Tx > Williamson & Jefcoat/Jeffcoat - San Jacinto Co, Tx & Pike County, AL & SC > Welsh - San Jacinto Co, TX , Union Co, LA, & AL > Wyatt - Georgia - AL I have a Sallie M. Bailey that md. William Jeffcoat, January 09, 1879 in Collin Co., TX. Is this part of your Jeffcoat line? Claude Freeman freeman6@flash.net

Hi Johnny; The JEFFCOAT line has a history of marrying McAdams Sarah A.M. McAdams married to George Urvin Richardson Jeffcoat April 19, 1856 Elizabeth J. McAdams married to Elijah Jeffcoat 1818 Both Sarah and George died in Collin County and are buried in Snow Hill Cemetery in Collin County, Texas. I have more if you'd like it ... Tami Ramsey Dublin, VA -----Original Message----- From: Johnny P. O'Rourke <jorourke@severnapark.com> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 10:25 PM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] Elizabeth McAdams Jefcoat >I'm new to this list. > >Are there any McAdams / Jefcoat researchers in this list? > >Thanks, >Johnny P. O'Rourke > >Researching SURNAMES: >Zvonek - Falls & Polk County, TX & Ratabori, Czech >Zbranek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech >Vitek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech >Malucky - Ratabori, Czech >McAdams - Pike Co, Al & Collin Co, Tx >Williamson & Jefcoat/Jeffcoat - San Jacinto Co, Tx & Pike County, AL & SC >Welsh - San Jacinto Co, TX , Union Co, LA, & AL >Wyatt - Georgia - AL >

I'm new to this list. Are there any McAdams / Jefcoat researchers in this list? Thanks, Johnny P. O'Rourke Researching SURNAMES: Zvonek - Falls & Polk County, TX & Ratabori, Czech Zbranek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech Vitek - Falls County, TX & Vsetin, Czech Malucky - Ratabori, Czech McAdams - Pike Co, Al & Collin Co, Tx Williamson & Jefcoat/Jeffcoat - San Jacinto Co, Tx & Pike County, AL & SC Welsh - San Jacinto Co, TX , Union Co, LA, & AL Wyatt - Georgia - AL

I am french. I have recently learned that I am Franco-American. My name is Claude Richard and I live in the southern part of France. The circumstances surrounding my birth were concealed from me until recently. My father is Richard Gray and this is what I know about him:        1. He was in Oran, Algeria, during few months until end November, 1943 .        2. He may well have been in the US Army. His provisional camp was not near the harbor or the airport.        3. He was almost 6 feet, with light brown hair, and blue eyes.        4. His military base was situated southeast of Oran, between the Choupot area and the Cuvelier area (near Cite Petit). A road separated the base from a big Algerian market hall.        5. His dress uniform was a khaki jacket made of silky cloth. He had a cap and wore high shoes and gaiters. 6. My father was an "MP" (military police).        7. His friends called him Dick and he had a friend called Mike.        8. He apparently came back to the States, it seems before the end of the war. 9. He was in Oran until around 15 November - beginning December 1943. He came back in Oran : he had a few days'leave at the end of December 1943. Last day I saw my uncle (my mother's brother) and he has remembered that, in Oran at that time, rolling stock (jeep, truck, motor-driven, etc..except tank or plane) were unloaded in Oran (Oran harbor or Mers El Kebir harbor) then conveyed to the camp where was my father in Oran. This rolling stock were conveyed (by boat) from US in separate pieces. In this camp, there was a very large shed (named Les Halles) where american soldiers and french men re-assembled rolling stock. In my uncle's opinion, they were around 4.000 - 5.000 soldiers in this camp. My father was MP in this camp. I have tried to find my father without success. The results of my research are condensed below. In the fall of 1943, an American soldier named Richard Gray, between 19 and 23, was based at Oran in Algeria. There he met a young woman, my mother Lucienne Martin, 17 years old. They became very fond of each other and planned to be married. Richard received wedding dress photos from his sister who lived in the U.S. At the end of 1943 (end november or beginning december) Richard Gray was transfered to another, unknown to me, place to continue the war. He should have been informed by mail of my birth, probably in September, 1944. This story might be common place, but some troubling, complicating events intervened in this love story. Richard wrote often to my mother during the war and after he returned to the US. He said that he wanted to marry her; he expressed it in his letters. Unfortunately, my grandmother intercepted and destroyed all of his letters. She did not want this marriage to take place - it would mean that her daughter and grandson would move to the USA. I recently learned in March, 1998, from my mother the circumstances surrounding my birth. During this 54 year period, my mother thought she had been deserted, in a cowardly manner, by her fiance . To be deserted pregnant at a tender age was very difficult. I made several inquiries in my family in 1998 and I began to learn several things from an aunt. Before her death in 1977, my grandmother confided to my aunt that she had destroyed all correspondence between them as well as a few papers belonging to my mother. While she never knew Richard Gray, the account of my aunt was a good one and all of her explanations were later verified. In September, 1998 I finally learned the truth to my mother (the destroying of letters). The burdening facts that she was a deserted woman and an unmarried mother were out and, at that time, she told me my father's name. The passing years and the efforts to forget have resulted in fading memories. I have created this site, attempting to look for my father. Here I have placed a photo of my mother at that time. I have written lot of emails to Gray Families who have adress email on the web. I continue to use all the opportunities of the internet in my search. The surname Gray is a very common one in the US. If Richard Gray can be located, if he wishes, he will be able to contact me. I only want to know if he is alive, any details of my American family, and if he has been informed of my search. It's VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW the name of his Army. Is there a veteran who was in Oran during the WWW II and would answer me ? Please excuse me for any improprieties. I would like very much to find him still living If you have no knowledge of my father, if you could forward this request to veterans , and ask them to do the same, Thank you very much for all your help. Yours sincerely, Mr. Claude Richard PAEZ Allee du Vent d'Est - Les Vautes N° 7 83320 - Carqueiranne - FRANCE phone : +33 4 94 58 75 09 My Story site : http://aa-ienet.com/RICHARD.htm e-mail : marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr ******************************************************* Thank you your help. WHAT I HAVE MADE I subscribe to lot of veterans web site, missing persons, forums, genealogics sites, all sites Army, news, shows, etc .. I or lot of people have inserted my letter to all sites. Without my father birth date, it's difficult to write from the all families who have an Richard Gray dead. I don't have more informations about my father. COULD YOU HELP ME ? Only : I ask you to forward my letter to people you know, and ask them to do the same, it is possible that this message will eventually reach some one with knowledge of my father I have tried all the solutions, it is the last attempt to find my father or my Gray family ***************************************************************

I have just finished the 1850 Census for Cooke Co. if your interested click here http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LesleysWorld/index.html and go to links at the bottom. "Let's keep Genealogy free on the Internet" Lesley lesley@eznet.net Batavia, New York (NEW) Mail List FITZGERALD-L-request@rootsweb.com NEW)Mail list MSKEMPER-L-request@rootsweb.com http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LesleysWorld/index.html Lesley's Family Tree: census's, births, deaths, marriages, cemetery's,churches,will Index, Surnames I'm researching ( Adams, Baird, Barnett, Brumley, DeMars, Fitzgerald, Lammendola, Lang , Lassiter, Macaluso,McGrath, Pallidino,Stone and more.)