Does anyone know the history of the place called Honey Creek in Collin Co., TX? Wondering if the naming was related to my HONEAs that lived in the area? Tamara G. SUTTLE Castle Rock, CO Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BlackOtterK Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7606/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Still looking for any information on A. L. Thomas and Frances "Fannie" Morris Thomas he married in Collin County on March 12, 1888. Fannie was the daughter of James Barnes Morris and Nancy J. Harrison. Have not been able to find out what Mr. A. L. Thomas's given name is or anything about him or what happened to them after they married. Appreciate anything. Shirley Roach King Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BlackOtterK Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7605/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Still looking for any information on A. L. Thomas and Frances "Fannie" Morris Thomas he married in Collin County on March 12, 1888. Fannie was the daughter of James Barnes Morris and Nancy J. Harrison. Have not been able to find out what Mr. A. L. Thomas's given name is or anything about him or what happened to them after they married. Appreciate anything. Shirley Roach King Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thanks, Aurora. I had been in touch with Chester several years ago, but recent e-mails to him bounced. -- joadavis@comcast.net -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Aurora Chancy <achancy@msn.com> > > My book was written in 1992 so I dont know if the info is still accurate. > Chester Howell > > > > > > 3725 N 31st StWaco, TX 76708 > (254) 753-7006 > > > > > > > > > > $10 plus 1.50 postage > > > http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-10770:7 > http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-10788:5 > > > > From: joadavis@comcast.net> To: TXCOLL-N@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 > 12:16:22 +0000> Subject: [TXCOLL-N] A Town Named Anna> > Would appreciate any > help in locating a book called A Town Named Anna, by Chester A. Howell. I'd like > to purchase a copy, and found one on e-bay, but the price of nearly $200.00 was > too high.> > --> joadavis@comcast.net> > -------------------------------> To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXCOLL-N-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXCOLL-N-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

There are copies of this book is six libraries in the U.S. All of them except the U of Wisconsin are in Texas though. Both Dallas and Plano have a copy in the genealogy department. Tad Davis >> From: joadavis@comcast.net> To: TXCOLL-N@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:16:22 +0000> Subject: [TXCOLL-N] A Town Named Anna> > Would appreciate any help in locating a book called A Town Named Anna, by Chester A. Howell. I'd like to purchase a copy, and found one on e-bay, but the price of nearly $200.00 was too high.> > --> joadavis@comcast.net>

My book was written in 1992 so I dont know if the info is still accurate. Chester Howell 3725 N 31st StWaco, TX 76708 (254) 753-7006 $10 plus 1.50 postage http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-10770:7 http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-10788:5 > From: joadavis@comcast.net> To: TXCOLL-N@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:16:22 +0000> Subject: [TXCOLL-N] A Town Named Anna> > Would appreciate any help in locating a book called A Town Named Anna, by Chester A. Howell. I'd like to purchase a copy, and found one on e-bay, but the price of nearly $200.00 was too high.> > --> joadavis@comcast.net> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXCOLL-N-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonnaK1961 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/3990.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MUNCEY MASSACRE Historical marker, 1974. THE MUNCEY MASSACRE (Homesite and graves about 1 mile East) McBAIN JAMESON AND JEREMIAH MUNCEY SETTLED IN THIS VICINITY IN 1840 AND 1842. WHILE HUNTING IN LATE 1844, WILLIAM RICE AND LEONARD SEARCY CAME TO MUNCEYS HUT AND FOUND THE SAVAGELY SLAIN BODIES OF JAMESON, MUNCEY, MRS. MUNCEY, AND A SMALL CHILD, AND RECOGNIZED SIGNS OF AN INDIAN RAID. THE MEN SPED OUT TO THEIR OWN SONS, WHO WERE HUNTING NEARBY. YOUNG SEARCY WAS FOUND SAFE, BUT RICE HAD BEEN KILLED. TWO MUNCEY BOYS DISAPPEARED, NEVER TO BE FOUND. ANOTHER WAS AT THROCKMORTON SETTLEMENT. THAT WAS THE LAST TRAGIC INDIAN RAID IN COLLIN COUNTY. Marker moved from Hwy 5, just south of the Rowlett Creek bridge to the Spring Creek campus of Collin County Community College, 1998 SUPPLEMENT: HISTORICAL MARKER RELOCATED TO THIS SITE IN 1998. THE SITE OF THE MUNCEY HOME AND GRAVES OF THE VICTIMS ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF THIS SITE. THE MUNCEY MASSACRE COLLIN COUNTY'S LAST FATAL INDIAN RAID BURIAL SITE In 1840 and 1842, Texas pioneers McBain Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey settled near this site. They were part of the post-Texas Revolution wave of settlers. As with much of the West during that era, Texas was a wild and often savage place. While hunting in late 1844, two other local settlers, Leonard Searcy and William Rice came to the Muncey hut. They found the brutally massacred bodies of Jameson, Muncey, Mrs. Muncey and their small child. Recognizing the obvious signs of an Indian raid, Searcy and Rice hurriedly left to find their own sons, who were hunting in the area. Searcy's son was safe, but Rice's son had been massacred. The victims are buried at this site. Along with the deaths of the Munceys, two other Muncey boys disappeared, presumed stolen, and were never found. Although Indian raids continued well into the late 1800's, and were fought by Texas Rangers, the Muncey Massacre was the last Indian raid in Collin County. The Texas Historical Commission permanently recognized this site in 1974. The Collin County Historical Association The marker donated by Wm. Stephen Chambless, M. D., 1999 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonnaK1961 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/3990.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: INDIAN MASSACRES Around Christmas of 1842 Wesley Clemmons, and a man named Whistler were clearing land around Honey Creek for farming. The Indians attacked. The men ran to their house for their guns. They were killed before they got there. One of the wives and the wife of Sam Young held the Indians at bay from the house until nightfall when they escaped. The other wife was at the creek at the time of the attack. She hid in the water using a reed to breath until she thought she was safe. All of the women ran toward the Throckmorton settlement for safety. Sam Young was in Bonham at the time of the attack getting supplies. In the fall of 1843 Jeremiah Muncey and his family were massacred by Indians at their home in north Plano between Plano and Jupiter Roads on the south bank of Rowlett Creek. The Indians had camped upstream the night before. As they proceeded down Rowlett Creek, they came upon two boys hunting. The Rice boy was killed and the Searcy boy escaped. The Indians continued down the creek to the Muncey place. The Muncey home was a lean-to that they were using while they constructed their home. Jeremiah Muncey, his wife, a three-year-old child and neighbor McBain Jameson were all killed. Two of Muncey's boys were taken by the Indians and never seen again. The site of the massacre is marked, as well as spot where the Munceys were buried. In 1862 Christian Stelzer was killed east of Celina. Many people attributed it to Indians. It was later revealed that he was killed in an argument over the Civil War. The attacking Indians usually came in from the west and were Comanche. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hortboy749 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7493.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I have a little on the family. RS Drakes' father was also RS Drake. The family came out of Miss. Please contact me at: hortboy749@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryhanson55 Surnames: Mitchell; McDow; Sanders Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7604/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for Thadeus/Thadius C. Mitchell b.in the 1850s who left MS with his mother, Margaret Ann (McDow) Mitchell and other family members after 1870. He had a nephew, Sam Mitchell, who had a blacksmith shop in Fannin Co. who left at the same time. He also had a half brother, William H. MCDow and wife Lucinda Ann(Sanders) McDow in Collin Co TX during this period. He received a summons to return to Monroe Co Ms by Nov 1878 for the settlement of his fathers estate( George Washington Mitchell) who had died in 1862 during the Civil War. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Would appreciate any help in locating a book called A Town Named Anna, by Chester A. Howell. I'd like to purchase a copy, and found one on e-bay, but the price of nearly $200.00 was too high. -- joadavis@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pdsain Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7602.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not related. Check published family trees for possible other information. Find that Lucy / Lucinda Mingus to be dtr of Gideon Mingus and Mary Whipple. Lucy and Alva Ellis are living next to Roswell Whipple family in 1850 census. Otis Ellis, son of James H Ellis and Mary Young died in Mesa Co Colorado in 1971. Name: Alva Eldredge Ellis Gender: male Birth Place: ME Birth Year: 1811 Spouse Name: Lucy Mingus Spouse Birth Year: 1816 Marriage Year: 1839 Marriage State: OH Number Pages: 1 Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. Description: This database contains marriage record information for approximately 1,400,000 individuals from across all 50 United States and 32 different countries around the world between 1560 and 1900. These records, which include information on over 500 years of marriages, were extracted from family group sheets, electronic databases, biographies, wills, and other sources 1850; Census Place: Morgan, Morgan, Ohio; Roll: M432_715; Page: 227; Image: 458 Alva Ellis 1811 Maine Lucy Ellis 1816 NY William Ellis 1841 Ohio Mary A Ellis 1842 Ohio Otis Ellis 1844 Ohio Roswell Ellis 1846 Ohio James Ellis 1848 Ohio William Leon Ellis born 1840 Ohio married 1866 Barbara Ramsey William Leon Ellis born 1840 OH married 1876 Ella E Howard born 1856 NY in the State of MI William J Ellis married Barbara Ramsey 17 June 1866 Lawrence county IL, F/106 # 64 Name: Roswell E. Ellis Gender: male Birth Place: OH Birth Year: 1846 Spouse Name: Elizabeth ??? Spouse Birth Place: IL Spouse Birth Year: 1844 Number Pages: 1 Name: Otis Ellis Gender: male Birth Place: OH Birth Year: 1844 Spouse Name: Nancy Jones Spouse Birth Place: TN Spouse Birth Year: 1842 Marriage Year: 1864 Marriage State: TN Number Pages: 1 1860, Mount Carmel, Wabash, IL William Ellis born Ohio 1841 residing with a Thurgood family Alva, Lucy, William, Mary A, "Odies", Roswell, James, Lucetta and John W ELLIS are listed as "NEWKIRK" in Friendsville, Wabash Co, IL 1860 census. I did not look at the actual page to see how that happened. 1860; Census Place: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois; Roll: M653_234; Page: 0; Image: 44. A E Ellis Newkirk 49 1811 Mass Lucy Newkirk 44 1816 NY William Newkirk 19 1841 OH Mary A Newkirk 18 1842 OH Odies Newkirk 16 1844 OH Roswell Newkirk 14 1846 OH James Newkirk 12 1848 OH Lucetta Newkirk 9 1851 OH John W Newkirk 4 1856 Wabash Co IL 1870 & 1880; Census Place: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois; Roll: T9_256; Family History Film: 1254256; Page: 25.4000; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 0054. Roswell Ellis 35 1845 OH OH OH married Elizabeth J Huffman 17 Nov 1868 Wabash Co Vol A Page 0060 Elizabeth Ellis 32 1848 IL OH OH William Ellis 11 1869 IL Annie Ellis 7 1873 IL John Ellis 2 1878 IL Sadie Irwin 1869 IL niece father IL mother OH in 1880 household Lucetta Ellis born Ohio 1851 in 1870 household as well as in Father's houehold Per family trees, James A Ellis born May 1882 TX dtr Martha J Ellis was born in Texas Apr 1886 to Roswell and Elizabeth. This is true but the family is back in Friendsville by 1900 census. Five of the seven children of Roswell and Elizabeth were living in 1900. 1870, Friendsville, Wabash, IL Alvah Ellis 1811 Maine Lucy Ellis 1814 NY Mary Ellis 1841 OH - Mary A Ellis married Clayton P Price 28 Nov 1874 Wabash Co E/2 # 48 James Ellis 1848 OH - James H Ellis married Mary Young 10 Feb 1876 Wabash Co E/6 # 181 and a James Ellis married Mary Teaman 20 Nov 1879 Wabash Co E/22 # 675 Lucetta Ellis 1851 OH John Ellis 1856 IL 1870, Friendswood, Wabash, IL; Mary Young born Indiana 1852 age 18, father James Young 1829 IN mother Mattie Young 1830 IN. The 1880 census shows wife of J H Ellis as Mary born Indiana 1851, father reported KY, mother IN. 1880; Census Place: District 21, Smith, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1280; Family History Film: 1255280; Page: 54.3000; Enumeration District: 116; Otus Ellis 35 1845 OH ME NY Nancy JONES Ellis 35 1845 TN NC TN W.H. Ellis 14 1866 TN son - found in Carthage, Smith Co TN 1910 as Wm Ellis, father OH mother TN married to Sarah Mary Ellis 13 1867 TN dtr Martha Ellis 7 1873 KY dtr Cora Ellis 6 1874 KY dtr Leonidas Ellis 4 1876 KY son James Ellis 11M 1879 TN Illinois archives link; marriages, births and deaths - http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html Otis Ellis born 16 Apr 1879 registered WW I Draft Mesa Co, CO, found in 1930 census in Grand Junction, Mesa, CO born in Texas married to J. Vivian born Colorado 1888, married when he was 30 and she was 21, James H born CO abt 1911, Jess L abt 1912, Edna M abt 1913, Mary E abt 1925. Otis Ellis born 16 Apr 1879 died Aug 1971 in Grand Junction, Mesa county. Texas Death Certificates - http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dboyd76012 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7603.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the help, I'll look at Blueridge on the map. Maybe my Andrew Reeves is buried in this area. The family moved on to Sherman, Grayson County. Can't find him. Thanks again. dboyd76012@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: aechancy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7603.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: the censuses have a list, but its near Blue Ridge I found A Reaves Mar 12 1851 - Oct 2 1912, wife M A Feb 4 1851 - Jan 19 1895. They are in Chambersville Cem which is not in pct 8. Near neighbors in 1880 George Jeffcoats is buried at Snow Hill which is south of Blue Ridge. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dboyd76012 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7603/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Located my Andrew Jackson Reeves in the 1880 Collin County Census, his family was in Precinct 8, but I need a resource to tell me where that is, in the county. Does such a resource exist? Thank you so much. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasrwebb Surnames: Burns, Barrett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/4703.2.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Just saw photograph today of William Thomas Burns. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewPhoto.aspx?tid=7252328&pid=-1031182100&oid=b00526eb-1484-4566-99a5-40cf2f47588d&idx=2 Has anyone looked at the connection to Marcus Lafayette Barrett? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DADMB Surnames: Ellis, Adkins, Hanifain Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/7602/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for info on Lucy ELLIS and family in 1880 Precinct 1 Collin, Texas. She is living with son J.H. ELLIS and family. Thanks mcboyce@osprey.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tracingroots Surnames: Burns Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/4703.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a Burns line in Collin County, but it is not your line. I wonder, do you have a Sam Burns in your line? He received a [land] patent in SE Collin County. I'm curious to know if you or anyone else is related to him or searching for him. Thank you, Brenda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasrwebb Surnames: Burns, Williams, Webb Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/4703.2.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the information on the connection between Smith Joan Williams Webb and William Thomas Burns. What were the father's names? Regards, Tom Webb Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarrollBurns Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.collin/4703.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the info that you provided. Dr Webb's wife Smithy Joan Williams was a 1st cousin of William Thomas Burns. Their mothers were half-sisters: hers - Margaret "Peggy" Longmire b. about 1805 in Lincoln co, TN; his Ruth Elizabeth Gibson b. about 1820 also in Lincoln co, TN Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.