This site houses the Collin County Achived records. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/collin/collintoc.htm You may also submit records to Rootsweb, so that other researchers of Collin County may benefit. To find out how, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/timetodo.htm Denise TXCOLL-N listowner

I forgot to put this on. I am working on a home page but, I have my Lair information all entered. Take a look at it if interested. Thanks Lavone (Lair) Goodwin http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4134

Hello, everyone on the list. I just subscribed. My family is Lair. My family is buried in Anna, Texas. They are buried in the Lair Cemetery. I have been ther one time. If anyone is connected to my family or maybe a link to them, I will be happy to hear from you. I have some information I will be glad to share with you. Thank you, Lavone (Lair) Goodwin

Hamilton Douglass and Mary (Gill) Douglass came to Texas in 1859 from Wilson County, Tennessee. They first lived in Grayson County but soon purchased land near Weston in Collin County. Although they spelled the name with a "double-s", their sons soon changed that to a single "s" (Douglas) as did other Douglass families in the area (not related). Three of the 4 sons served in Texas units of the Civil War (Raleigh was too young) and married local girls after the war. The Andrew Jackson Douglass family came to Collin County about the same time...from Tennessee...but are not related by blood to Hamilton's line. However, the two families became related through marriage in three ways: Andrew's son, A.J., Jr., married Emma Franklin (as his 2nd wife). Emma's sister married Hamilton's grandson, Robert "Pat" Douglas. Andrew's Great-granddaughter, Lura Bogan (daughter of his granddaughter, Lizzie Douglas), married Eldon Gill Douglas, Hamilton's grandson. And Andrew Jackson Douglass' wife's grandniece, Nancy Stewart, married Hamilton Douglass, Jr. Here are the children of Hamilton Douglass & Mary Gill Douglass: John Gill Douglas b. 18 Apr 1832 VA d. 14 Jul 1897 TX m. Anna E. Horn (dau of Wm.H.Horn & Martha Carruth) Sarah J. Douglas b. 1836 TN d. bef 1860 TN m. Thomas Calhoun Forbis (son of Rachel Carruth & Arthur Forbis) Mary Douglas b. 1839 TN Elijah Houston Douglas b. 8 Apr 1840 TN d. 19 May 1888 TX m. Amanda A. Wilson (dau of David C. Wilson & Mary Poteet Hamilton Douglas, Jr., b. 11 Apr 1843 TN d. 20 Oct 1907 TX m. Nancy A. Stewart (dau of Joseph Stewart & Lydia A. Wilson Josephine Douglas b. 1845 TN Raleigh White Douglas b. 22 Mar 1847 TN d. 13 Nov 1920 TX m. Charles Emma Lewis (dau of Robert Lewis &_______) Hamilton Douglass is buried at Forbis Cemetery. Mary Gill Douglass is buried at Hackberry Cemetery which is in Grayson County. Shirley Webb shirlwbb@ktc.com

James Madison BURKE and his wife, Sallie DEMING Burke, came to Collin County about 1858. Before making the move to Texas, they lived in Jefferson Co, Arkansas, for 10 years; in Hardeman Co, Tennessee, for 8 years, and in Chatham Co, NC, where they were married in 1834. Sallie Deming Burke bore 14 children and lived to the age of 91 years. She and James are buried in Mugg Cemetery which is near Weston in Collin County. Here are their children: William W. Burke b. 15 May 1835 NC m. Melinda Ann MUNCY Solomon G. Burke b. 5 May 1838 NC m. Malisa____ James F. Burke b. 25 Dec 1839 TN Joseph Calvin Burke b. 29 Nov 1841 TN m. Elizabeth "Anna" ELLIOT Margaret Emily Burke b. 29 Nov 1843 TN m. Wm. W. WATSON Thomas P. Burke b. 28 Dec 1845 TN m. Melinda E. CHASTAIN Levinia Elizabeth Burke b. 14 Nov 1847 AR m. Isaac FRANKLIN Eliza Jane Burke b. 30 Jun 1849 AR m. Samuel S. WATSON John H. Burke b. 22 Mar 1851 AR m. Margaret E. MUNCY Sarah A. Burke b. 28 Nov 1852 m. Mr. KIRBY Marion Monroe Burke b. 8 Jun 1854 AR m. Eleanor C. MUNCY George W. Burke b. 5 Jul 1856 AR m. Josephine FORBIS Charles W. Burke b. 26 Nov 1858 TX m. ____ (name unknown) Mary Caroline Burke b. Jul 1862 TX m. Chas. Andrew GIFFORD. (Sources: Collin Co Marriage Records; Deming Family Bible; Cemetery Inscriptions, Collin & Grayson Co, TX; Obituary of Joe Burke in 1923; Census Records for AR & TX.) Shirley Webb shirlwbb@ktc.com http://www.ktc.com/personal/shirlwbb/

Seeking information on my grandparents, John Brackenridge ADAMS and Minnie Lee THOMPSON. He was born March 1877 in AL, and was enumerated in 1900 Collin Co, TX, census in household of his sister and brother-in-law, Mollie and Sol Howle. He married Minnie Lee THOMPSON, probably in Collin or Grayson County. Minnie born around 1885 in Van Alystyne, Grayson Co, or Collin Co. Their first child, Lonnie Earl Adams, was born in Anna, Collin Co, in 1904. Would like to share information. Jody Davis joadavis@mindspring.com

My Franklin ancestors came to Collin County, Texas, from Arkansas about 1858. Here is this lineage: James S. Franklin b. abt 1805 (Tenn or SC) m. Cynthia____ in 1831. Children: Abner Franklin b. 1832 AR d. 1904 TX m. Peachie R. French 1861 Collin Co TX. Isaac Franklin b. 1834 AR d. 1881 TX m. 1. Leatha Ann Cartwright 1858 Collin Co TX Children: Lorena E. Franklin b. 1854 TX Cynthia Franklin b. 1861 TX m. J.C.Saunders m. 2. Levinia Elizabeth Burke 1867 Collin Co TX Children: James Benjamin Franklin b. 1868 d. 1883 Emma C. Franklin b. 1870 d. aft 1920 m. Andrew Jackson Douglas, Jr. 1889 Mary Lee Franklin b. 1871 m. Isaac J. Tolleson 1888 Sarah Ella Franklin b. 1874 m. Louis Roy Hatfield 1893 Joseph A. Franklin b. 1876 d. aft 1920 (did not marry) Ardie May Franklin b. 1880 d. 1940 m. Robert "Pat" Douglas 1898. All of these marriages took place in Collin County, TX. Isaac Franklin owned land along Honey Creek. The Agricultural Census of 1860 and 1870 showed he raised wheat, Indian corn, sweet potatoes and oats among other things. (Sources for my information: 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census; Marriage records for Collin Co; Family Records.) I'd like to hear from any cousins who also descend from this Franklin line. Shirley Webb shirlwbb@ktc.com

Joy, if you have the 1920-1929 index book for the obits would you look to see if there are any Woody's listed. I had a relative that lived in Col Co and died there in 1921. I have ordered the first 3 index books. Woody is the only ones left in that area in the 4th book. I would appreciate the look up. Lee

Does anyone know how or what I could do to locate an obit for Sep 1962 there in Collin county? Any suggestions welcomed. Teresa

Joy, Most of my kin were in the Collin county area, 1850-1860. Some are buried in the Nelson Grove cemetery in Gainesville, Cooke county. I have a Thomas Bruce, so throw some names my way and maybe something will look familiar. Teresa