Several people have asked me about the wagon train that left the Clinton and Wayne Co., KY area about 1900 bound for Texas so I will write the little I have pieced together about this. I have heard of it for over 40 years from my husband and his relatives. My husband's grandparents were George Washington and Martha Ellot (STINSON) BROWN of Clinton Co., KY. George was born in 1874 in Wayne Co., KY to Elijah and Jane (BERTRAM) BROWN. In 1892 he married Martha E. STINSON in Clinton Co., KY, the daughter of Henry and Lavina (RIGNEY) STINSON of Alpha, Clinton Co., KY. By 1900 George and Martha BROWN were in Justice Precinct #2, Collin Co., Texas. They were there with Constant E.W. and Sophronia (OWENS) DAVIS, as well as General S. and Marion E. or Mary E. _______ DAVIS. The two DAVIS couples were also from Clinton Co., KY and were on the 1880 Clinton Co., KY Census in the Piney Woods. Constant and Sophronia DAVIS were the parents of General S. DAVIS. I did not find a marriage for General S. DAVIS and Mary E. ____ in Clinton Co., KY but I am sure they married before migrating to Texas because their first three children are listed as being born in KY and the next two, Sophia and Garland are listed as being born in Texas. This means ! the DAVIS'S were there by 1893 and sometime after October 1889. I cannot prove it yet but think Mary E. ______ DAVIS was a sister to Martha Ellot (STINSON) BROWN. Since George and Martha BROWN married in 1892 the wagon train may have left KY about the time they married. General S. DAVIS and family remained in Texas but George and Martha returned to Clinton Co., KY sometime after 1900 by railroad train because Martha hated the Texas storms. I have been told that George BROWN'S uncle and aunt, Eli H. and Nancy (SMITH) BROWN, sold all they owned in Clinton Co., KY to go too, but went by William GWINN'S house, who was a brother-in-law, and he talked them out of it. It is well known that George Washington BROWN'S brother, Fount BROWN and his wife, Rhoda (STINSON) BROWN went to Texas and remained there the rest of their lives. I had always assumed they went at the same time as George and Martha but they may have gone a little later. Rhoda was a first cousin to Martha Ellot (STINSON) BROWN, and the daughter of Tilman C. and Artema Willa(WESTMORELAND) STINSON. Fount and Rhoda's first child was born in Clinton Co., KY in 1899 but the next one was born in Texas in 1904. In summary . . . there was at least one wagon train that went to Texas from the Clinton Co., KY area because I have heard several reference to it through the years. There may have been two different groups that went out there. The first one could have gone between 1889-1893 and the second one some time between 1899 and 1904. By Dec. 12, 1904 George and Martha BROWN were back in Clinton Co., KY for the birth of their first child. My husband is of the opinion that George and Martha BROWN were only gone about a year so that makes me think they went out about 1899, were enumerated there in 1900, and then hurried back home to Clinton Co., KY. I am sorry I cannot be more specific. Family researchers know that until recent years major relocations were accomplished by groups of people rather than individuals, usually lots of relatives and friends from the same area migrated together. I was taught early when I began to trace my roots to look at the neighbors for clues. If there is a transcription available of the 1900 Collin Co., TX census it probably will show other people from Clinton Co., KY. Hope this helps someone! Sincerely, Anna Bertram [email protected] ==== KYCLINTO Mailing List ==== All responses should be directed to the message poster, not to the KYCLINTO list in general. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx