This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B2268A538673DEB2DD7E0B88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Traceroots@aol.com wrote: > > The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., will do an obit search of the > newspapers for a nominal donation fee. They are 501 c 3 tax exempt. They will > be happy to do a search of any available indexes, but do not take the > responsibility of compiled genealogies. I'll bet one of them will even try and > locate lot one in the Honaker Cemetery located about 2 1/2 miles NE of > Farmersville on the east end of County Road 1027. If you are interested, > contact Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., PO Box 860477, Plano, TX > 75086-0477. They have a web page at > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/4167. > > Brenda Kellow > Certified Genealogist > Certified Genealogical Instructor > President, Genealogy Friends > PS: I don't do research at this time. Hi, Brenda, I'm sorry I missed your presentation on Nov. 21st. I left that morning for Kansas. I had responded to the Honaker/Twin inquiry, giving her the information from Mom's book. --------------B2268A538673DEB2DD7E0B88 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 org:Collin County Book Co. adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net title:http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html x-mozilla-cpt:;-144 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------B2268A538673DEB2DD7E0B88--

The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., will do an obit search of the newspapers for a nominal donation fee. They are 501 c 3 tax exempt. They will be happy to do a search of any available indexes, but do not take the responsibility of compiled genealogies. I'll bet one of them will even try and locate lot one in the Honaker Cemetery located about 2 1/2 miles NE of Farmersville on the east end of County Road 1027. If you are interested, contact Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., PO Box 860477, Plano, TX 75086-0477. They have a web page at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/4167. Brenda Kellow Certified Genealogist Certified Genealogical Instructor President, Genealogy Friends PS: I don't do research at this time.

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Hi -- I'm new to the list. Am going to be searching the above cemetery on December 7, for my gr grandmother, Martha Ann Williams Bryant, who died in 1899. She is buried in Lot 1. Does anyone know the layout of the cemetery -- and could anyone tell me where Lot 1 would be? I'm also interested in finding a newspaper obit for her -- any suggestions? Thanks -- Mary Bryant Park crosstich@webtv.net

I missed the post listing the cem. name. Barb -----Original Message----- From: Denise Maddox <dmaddox@swbell.net> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 1:18 PM Subject: [Fwd: [TXCOLL-N-L] Cemetery Location] >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Can someone help Geneva? Is the cemetery accessible? > >Denise >Your Listowner >--------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66 >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <MWOOD404@aol.com> >Received: from mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.102]) > by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA14894 > for <dmaddox@mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:36:24 -0600 (CST) >From: MWOOD404@aol.com >Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) > by mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA01158 > for <dmaddox@swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:36:23 -0600 (CST) >Received: from MWOOD404@aol.com > by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id 2EHVa02366 > for <dmaddox@swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:36:19 +1900 (EST) >Message-ID: <3ccd86ec.36564343@aol.com> >Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:36:19 EST >To: dmaddox@swbell.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N-L] Cemetery Location >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 226 > >Hi Denise >Thank you so much for looking this up for me. I plan to get down there in the >near future do you happen to know if this cemetery is accessible to the public >? I would like to visit it if possible. Thanks again. >Geneva > > >--------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66-- >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can someone help Geneva? Is the cemetery accessible? Denise Your Listowner --------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MWOOD404@aol.com> Received: from mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.102]) by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA14894 for <dmaddox@mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:36:24 -0600 (CST) From: MWOOD404@aol.com Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) by mail-gw2adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA01158 for <dmaddox@swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:36:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from MWOOD404@aol.com by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id 2EHVa02366 for <dmaddox@swbell.net>; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:36:19 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <3ccd86ec.36564343@aol.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:36:19 EST To: dmaddox@swbell.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N-L] Cemetery Location Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 226 Hi Denise Thank you so much for looking this up for me. I plan to get down there in the near future do you happen to know if this cemetery is accessible to the public ? I would like to visit it if possible. Thanks again. Geneva --------------6CBE2CD8A6E30EF210B37C66--

Hi Barb I am looking for the Race -Catlett cem in Collin Co. Need the location of it . I have ancestors buried there. Thanks in advance for any help. Geneva

Geneva: I looked in a book, "Collin County Texas, Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. II by Pitts, O'Roark, & Posey and found: Bolton, Francis Jane (w-E.W.) Aug. 11, 1837 - June 1, 1884 Bolton, Inf dau - of E.W. & F.J. There is also this information: It was not known that a graveyard existed until a few years back that a road was being cut through a plum thicket and the graves were discovered. The road was cut around the cemetery, and Mr. Race who purchased the property put a wrought iron fence around it. He estimates around 25 unmarked graves within the fence. Mr. Race has set-aside one acre to be used as a graveyard and plans to bury his family there. Mr. Race's granddaughter, Jennifer Ann Race was buried in 1967. Hope this has helped... Denise MWOOD404@aol.com wrote: > > Could someone tell me where the Race-Catlett Cemetery is located in Collin > Co.? My ggreat grand mother Francis Jane Bolton is buried there and I believe > some Berryman relatives also. > Geneva

Hi to all! I am looking for info. on a William R. CATO Jr. (born~1852 in GA) and his wife Mary Frances (Ward) Cato (born 1855 in SC). William and his family left GA sometime after the birth of his last child (Edgar) in 1894. His mother's obit. (GA) in Dec. of 1898 stated that William "went West." (I am therefore assuming that he is still alive then in 1898.) On the 1900 Collin Co., TX census, his son (John H., age 24) is shown, widowed and head of family. Mary F., widowed, is listed with son John H., along with sisters Bessie, Pearl, Lula, and youngest brother Edgar. I believe that they are in the Wylie area. It would appear that Wm. R. Cato Jr. died in 1899 or early 1900 and possibly in Collin Co. (He would have only been around 46-48 yrs. old) His oldest son, James J., was married in Collin Co. in 1896 - so, again, I am assuming that everyone is in Collin Co. by this time. Oldest daughter, India, is also married (to Charles Skelton) and living in Collin Co. (There were two other children of William and Mary's - Robert B. and Herbert - but I don't know if they are in Collin Co. or even alive at this time.) On the 1910 census, Mary F. is shown again in Wylie, Collin Co., (on Railroad St) with son Edgar, age 16. If anyone has any info. on any of these, I would be forever grateful! I'm really interested in finding out if William R. Cato Jr. was buried in Collin Co. somewhere, what happened to Mary F. after 1910, and if there's any info. on John H.'s deceased 1st wife. Thanks, Teri Wotipka teepee@flash.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------93439687526B75E5E96AB622 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Larry sent this email to me...he is looking for his grandfather Robert Dickerson, of Collin County. Denise --------------93439687526B75E5E96AB622 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <yob123@swbell.net> Received: from mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.103]) by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA25716 for <dmaddox@mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:16:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from larrydic (ppp-151-164-55-80.eulstx.swbell.net [151.164.55.80]) by mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA02654 for <dmaddox@swbell.net>; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:16:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <36539BA0.1953@swbell.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:16:32 -0600 From: Larry Dickerson <yob123@swbell.net> Reply-To: yob123@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SBXA (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dmaddox@swbell.net Subject: Collin County Roots Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would very much like more information on Collin county. My grandfather, Robert Dickerson, moved from Tennessee (I think) to Collin county in the early to middle 1880's. I believe he is buried in the cemetary just south of town off US 75. He had a farm, or maybe two, in the same general area. Unfortunately my father was quite a bit older than my mother. Dad was Emmitt Wesley Dickerson (or possibly Cornett - according to what my daughter found in the 1900 census records.) Anyway, my Dad passed away before I was really aware of the importance of ancestry. I do wish that I had asked more questions! I would appreciate being placed on any of your mailing lists. You can use the following for my E-mail address: yob123@swbell.net Thank you very much. Larry Dickerson Fort Worth, Texas --------------93439687526B75E5E96AB622--

Does anyone have any information on the following ? Robert Hood TATE b: 1841 m: Elisabeth C. TAYLOR b: 8 Feb. 1839 They were living in Collins Co. in the 1860 census. His parents: John TATE & Cynthia ? TATE John TATE was called Reverend TAYLOR in some records. Siblings of Robert TATE were: Mary b: c 1845 John b: c 1846 Martha b: c 1848 William b: c 1850 David b: c 1854 (information provided to me by John & Ann Bloomquist ) If anyone can help it would be deeply appreciated !

Could someone tell me where the Race-Catlett Cemetery is located in Collin Co.? My ggreat grand mother Francis Jane Bolton is buried there and I believe some Berryman relatives also. Geneva

Any Webb's or Birdwell's in this group? My grandparents were married in Collin Co and cannot find her as a child anywhere. He was from Ark. Peg

Denise, Here is some more information about the formation of Collin County, and this includes some tidbits about my 4th great grandfather, Jack McGarrah, who was one of those instrumental in setting up the initial county government. Some of this information comes from "A History of Collin County Texas" by Stambaugh and Stambaugh. After Texas was admitted to the Union on December 20, 1845, the first Legislature of Texas was convened in Austin on February 16, 1846. During the short period between March 17 and April 11, 1846, Collin County was created, as were the four adjacent counties of Grayson, Dallas, Hunt, and Denton. In the Act which created Collin County, approved on April 3, 1846, the text included wording which appointed Jack McGarrah, J. C. M. Hodge, Thomas Rattan, Ashley McKinney, and Pleasant Wilson as commissioners whose job was to find the geographical center of the newly-established Collin County, select two places within three miles of the center, and hold an election to determine the location of the county seat. Buckner was a trading post and small town about 3 miles northwest of the location of the present McKinney and had grown up around a few cabins starting in 1842. Jack McGarrah ran a blacksmith shop and small store out of his cabin and this was the only place within forty miles where any sort of merchandise could be bought. On July 4, 1846, about 75 persons attended a meeting at Buckner and decided that Buckner should be the county seat. Although no one had any idea as to the location of the county boundaries as land surveyors were not available, Buckner was the only town of any size in the new county and the residents assumed that in all likelihood it was within three miles of the center. On August 1, 1846, Jack McGarrah donated 50 acres of his own land as a town site. The town was laid off in lots of 80 feet square, with a public square in the center for a court house. On September 1 of that year lots were sold at auction, entirely on credit. A log courthouse was erected and on October 18, 1846, Judge John T. Mills of Bonham opened the first district court session in the new county. In November, the U. S. Postmaster established a post office at Buckner with Jack McGarrah as postmaster. Completely ignored was the Act's provision that a vote must be taken between two selected sites. Within a year, when this became known, the Texas Legislature passed another act "establishing more permanently the seat of Justice in Collin County." When the survey was actually made, the center of the county was found to be about three miles southeast of the square of the present day McKinney near the banks of the East Fork of the Trinity. Buckner was not within three miles of this geographical center of the county, and could not be considered. The two locations submitted to the voters were McKinney and Sloan's Grove, three miles south. On the day of the election, high water in the East Fork and in Wilson Creek prevented settlers from the south and east parts of the county from reaching Buckner to cast their votes. As a result, McKinney was selected by a margin of ten to one. Judd Stiff

Thought someone might be able to help this person. Any GEORGE researchers out there?? Barb -----Original Message----- From: E.L. Crocker <ecranch@cvtv.net> To: bwhiz@prodigy.net <bwhiz@prodigy.net> Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 2:20 PM Subject: Re: George >I am researching my ancestors. My grandmother was Donia George b. 1883 Hunt >Co. Texas, her father was John George b. 1830 Lincoln Co. Tenn. He joined >the Civil War in Running Water Tenn, after that he moved to Hunt Co. Tx. >where he married Mary Magdeline Sullivan. I do not know if he was married >before that. I would appreciate any info you have and do hope you have him >in your fole. Thanks Dee Crocker > >

Hi, I'm new to the list and would love to hear from anyone concerning the following families: My husband is the great grandson of Bustemente BOYD (b. 1848 TN, d. in Allen, Collin Co., TX) and married Nancy Mildred STINEBAUGH (b. 1848 MO, d. Farmersville, Collin Co., TX). Bustements BOYD is s/o Joseph BOYD (b. VA) and Hannah ???,(b. KY). Nancy Mildred STINEBAUGH is the d/o Granville STINEBAUGH (b. 1825 in Nevada, Lincoln Co., MO, d.1907 in Collin Co., TX) and Mary "Polly" RUSSELL (b. 1823 Logan Co., KY, d. 1908 Collin CO., TX) Granville STINEBAUGH is the s/o Jacob STINEBAUGH,II (b. 1776 PA, d. 1882 in Collin Co., TX) and Nancy CANNON (b. 1800 Christian Co., KY, d. 1875 in Collin Co., TX). If anyone recognizes these families, I would love to hear from you. Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Donna Walker Eddins dleddins@airmail.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------91EDCE0FA1DF300D4AD49541 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Denise Maddox wrote: > > Hi List! > > I need some help. Can you send me how Collin County got formed? The > year, from which County? and any other interesting information! Was there a man named Collin? I will take the information and post it on the > Collin County site. > > Make sure you reply to the whole list, so everyone can see the > information. > > Your Listowner, > Denise Denise, In response to your query about the formation of Collin County, I offer the following information which is taken from COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FAMILIES, published 1994 by Alice Ellison Pitts and Minnie Pitts Champ. Collin McKinney, born in New Jersey in 1766, moved to Texas to a "point six miles east of the present city of Texarkana. He arrived there September 15, 1824. In 1831 they moved farther west and settled on Hickman's Prairie on the Red River, which was then in Miller County, Arkansas, but is now in Bowie County, Texas." Sometime prior to 1846, he moved his family to a point "near the line of Collin and Grayson counties, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits the remainder of his life. Collin died on September 8, 1861, at the age of ninety-five. He is buried in a marked grave in the cemetery at Van Alstyne, Texas." "When a new county was created from Fannin County in 1846, it was named Collin in his honor. When the county seat was moved from Buckner to a point near the geographical center of the county in 1848, he was still further honored through the naming of the county seat, McKinney, thus perpetuating the memory of his full name." To see a picture of the "old" McKinney Courthouse, circa 1915, visit my web site: "http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html" or the web site for the North Collin County Genealogical Society at "www.kencole.org/nccgs.htm" --------------91EDCE0FA1DF300D4AD49541 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 org:Collin County Book Co. adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net title:http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html x-mozilla-cpt:;-144 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------91EDCE0FA1DF300D4AD49541--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DB7CDC700B2A6FC59613E950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Denise Maddox wrote: > > Hi List! > > I need some help. Can you send me how Collin County got formed? The > year, from which County? and any other interesting information! Was ther > a man named Collin? I will take the information and post it on the > Collin County site. > > Make sure you reply to the whole list, so everyone can see the > information. > > Your Listowner, > Denise Denise, In response to your query about the formation of Collin County, I offer the following information which is taken from COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FAMILIES, published 1994 by Alice Ellison Pitts and Minnie Pitts Champ. Collin McKinney, born in New Jersey in 1766, moved to Texas to a "point six miles east of the present city of Texarkana. He arrived there September 15, 1824. In 1831 they moved farther west and settled on Hickman's Prairie on the Red River, which was then in Miller County, Arkansas, but is now in Bowie County, Texas." Sometime prior to 1846, he moved his family to a point "near the line of Collin and Grayson counties, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits the remainder of his life. Collin died on September 8, 1861, at the age of ninety-five. He is buried in a marked grave in the cemetery at Van Alstyne, Texas." "When a new county was created from Fannin County in 1846, it was named Collin in his honor. When the county seat was moved from Buckner to a point near the geographical center of the county in 1848, he was still further honored through the naming of the county seat, McKinney, thus perpetuating the memory of his full name." To see a picture of the "old" McKinney Courthouse, circa 1915, visit my web site: "http://ccvn.com/ccbc/home.html" or the web site for the North Collin County Genealogical Society at "www.kencole.org/nccgs.htm" --------------DB7CDC700B2A6FC59613E950 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 org:Collin County Book Co. adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net title:http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html x-mozilla-cpt:;-144 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------DB7CDC700B2A6FC59613E950--

It was named after Collin McKinney. In 1838 Fannin County was organized as part of the Republic of Texas and included what is now Collin County. Collin County was formed in 1846. (re: Collin County, Pioneering in North Texas by Capt. Roy Hall). Robert Curry Collin County native -----Original Message----- From: Denise Maddox <dmaddox@swbell.net> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 8:17 PM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] Collin County Formed >Hi List! > >I need some help. Can you send me how Collin County got formed? The >year, from which County? and any other interesting information! Was ther >a man named Collin? I will take the information and post it on the >Collin County site. > >Make sure you reply to the whole list, so everyone can see the >information. > >Your Listowner, >Denise > >______________________________

According to my Texas Almanac Collin County was created from Fannin County and organized in 1846. It was named for pioneer settler Collin McKinney. McKinney is the county seat. Towns in Collin County are Allen, Anna, Blue Ridge, Celina Fairview, Farmersville, Frisco (partly in Denton County), Garland (partly in Dallas County), Josephine (mostly in Hunt County), Lavon, Lowry Crossing, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Murphy, Nevada, New Hope, Parker (partly in Denton County), Plano, Princeton, Prosper, Saint Paul, Westminister, Weston, Wylie. Tami Ramsey tami@i-plus.net -----Original Message----- From: Denise Maddox <dmaddox@swbell.net> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 9:15 PM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] Collin County Formed >Hi List! > >I need some help. Can you send me how Collin County got formed? The >year, from which County? and any other interesting information! Was ther >a man named Collin? I will take the information and post it on the >Collin County site. > >Make sure you reply to the whole list, so everyone can see the >information. > >Your Listowner, >Denise >