Searching following surnames in Colorado County, Texas. Brownson Chambless Weisler Griffitts Townsend Pinchback Loughridge Cauthon Will exchange information on what have collected. Geneva McCown Garrett, genmg@web-access.net

Searching: COBLE GOODE YORK Jaunice York

I am researching the following families JOHNSON/WOOLIVER DANIELS/EICHMAN SHIRLEY/WOOLIVER GENTRY/WOOLIVER SCOTT/WOOLIVER TOWNSEND/WOOLIVER FLOURNEY/WOOLIVER EVANS/EICHMAN-DANIELS JONES/DANIELS My grandmother Lillie Pink DANIELS and my grandfather Albert Sidney JOHNSON where both born in Cheetham and I have people from each of the above families buried in Cheetham Cemetery and Myrtle cemetery, and one great-uncle and his wife are buried in Columbus.

Researching: RHODES - came of Colorado County in 1855 - Henry Rhodes died ? March 5, 1866 WICKS - In both Colorado County & Fayette County Marion Cole

Family names are: Breeding, Ware, Peeler, Shaver, They were also in Fayette Co, Tx. Phyllis C. Rummel 11133 Bonham Ranch Road Dripping Springs, Texas 78620, USA Photographer, ECA (Emergency Care Attendant) Hearings Administrative Tech Family Historian Best of all Mother and Grandmother

My ancestors born and raised in Colorado were: Winfree Shortt Russell Reynolds Jane Winfree Beattie Beaumont, TX

My family from Colorado County are Jessie Johnson who married Mary Jane Massie in Frelsburg on 25 Dec 1873. I don't know where they were born except that they were both born slaves. Jessie was the son of an Irish slave owner and a slave. They later moved to LaGrange, Fayette County then to Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Sharon James sljames@sbcglobal.net

Finck Query Seeking descendants of Zadock Augustus Finck, bn Louisiana (possibly Mississippi) 1846. Parents born in New York. Married Martha Ann (Neel ?) bn Mississippi 1848. Children were Martha Ella bn Texas 1868 (married Charles Augustus Fuess), Lydia bn Texas 1870, Ida bn Texas 1871, Edith Eliza bn in Texas 1872 (married Robert Ellsworth Whitten). Lived in Cuervo, Texas . Also had a son, James Finck bn Aug. 1884 Second marriage to Mrs. S. E. Pearce. Lorraine in CA

I'm researching the HEINSOHN, FISCHER & PAGEL families who lived near Frelsburg in Colorado County. Wilhelm and Meta Harfst HEINSOHN immigrated to Colorado County in 1850. Their children were Marie m. Herman RAMTHUN, Dietrich m. Elise WEISHUHN, Heinrich, Gerhardine m. August KASTEN, Wilhelm m. (1)Emma FRERICHS and (2) Emma BRANDT, Friedrich m. Mary SCHROEDER, Ernst Theodore (E. T.) m. Lucy "Jane" (Jennie) TOLIVER, Theresa m. Ernst HENNIGER, and Otto m. Clara Helena SCHROEDER. Anton Heinsohn immigrated to Colorado County in 1847 and married Nancy STOELTJE. Their children were Wilhelm m. Matilda MERTZ, Mary m. Louis PFLUGHAUPT, Charles m. Louisa SCHWEKE, Reinhardt m. Emilie GUMMELT, Helene, Gerhard, Anton m. Margaret FRERICHS, Louisa m. Gustav FRIEDRICH, Meta m. Friedrich ZSCHIESCHE, Augusta m. Alfred SPLITTGERBER, Heinrich, Edward M. Emma ANDREAS, and Adolph m. Mathilda WAGNER. Wilhelmine PAGEL immigrated with her family in 1850. She married Carl "Friedrich" FISCHER. Their children were Caroline who married (1) Charles GAUTEL and (2) Henry WIECHRING, Franz, Emilie m. Friedrich SEBASTIAN, Johanna, Pauline, Wilhelmine m. Henry DREYER, Christine m. Oscar ROSSE, Carl m. Anna ZIMMERMANN, William, Ernst m. Agnes LANGE, and Louise m. Albert SCHULTZ. I'm also researching the various PAGEL families around Frelsburg, looking for a connection to my Gottfried PAGEL of Willow Springs in Fayette County. Rox Ann Johnson <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfayett/">Fayette County, Texas USGENWEB Project</A> <A HREF="http://www.pagelfamily.org/">Pagel Family Web Site</A>

I am researching the Gertson and Wills surname in Colorado County. Also Jordan and Mortensen may have spent some time there. Vicki R Alvin, Texas

Researching surname of Gregory Sandra Gregory sgopl@aol.com

Researching INSALL in Colorado County......... Désirée de Nantes

Jeane Bitterly wrote: "Oh, one thing, I wonder how it would be if we put a picture in a query. I have lots of pictures from the Mentz area of the people I am researching and a lot of them I don't know who they are. I think it would be great to be able to identify them via the internet." I would really like to add something like this to the site. If you have visited the Fayette County site lately you will note that they have several photos to be identified. I would also like to have old pictures from various communities within the county to add to the pages. Remember these these are your pages, I only get to have the fun of putting your ideas into action. Thanks,, Dorothy

Hi! I am Dorothy Albrecht the new coordinator for the Colorado County TXGenWeb pages and the Colorado County Mailing List. I was born and reared in Colorado County where I lived until 1953 when I married and moved next door to Fayette County. My family first came to Colorado County in 1840 and I have a very special place in my heart for it. Please let me hear from you. I want to know what you like and what you might dislike about the web site. Also what you find helpful and what you would like to see added to the site. I have some ideas but will welcome yours. Also, if you have any information that you would like to share on the site, I would be most happy to consider it. Now, since there has not been much activity on the mail list for awhile, let's do a roll call. In a separate email, I will list some of the families that I am researching and hope that you will do the same. Dorothy

Some of the Colorado County family names that I am researching are TAYLOR McMILLAN TANNER WALLACE GOODE SCATES I am also interested in the OSAGE area and the Weimar Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemeteries. Hoping to hear from some of you, Dorothy

If anyone is in a position to be able to photograph two tombstones in Clear Creek Cemetery, Colorado Co., TX please email the terms to: Bill Pierce billp@pstbbs.com Thanks.

Hi All, For the last several years, I've hosted the Colorado County TXGenWeb site and this mail list. It's been fun, but time moves on. I'm delighted to tell you that Dorothy Albrecht is adopting the site and this mail list. I've already added a notice to that effect on the main page of the web site www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora. Thank you, Dorothy! Happy hunting, Gail

Greetings; This is my first time here. I am seeking information on my Büscher line who may have come to Texas in 1853. My ggfather was Ernst Heinrich Büscher born in 1839 in Hustädte, Kreis Wittlage, Hannover.(This village is near Osnaubruck in northwestern Germany). He and his wife Marie came to Cleveland in 1864 and then on to Minnesota in 1868. One of his uncles was named Johann Heinrich Büscher, born 5 Oct 1811 also in Hustädte. Johann alone with his 2nd wife Marie Elisabeth came to America in 1852/53 along with their 4 children. This is the entry from "Germans to America" I am think this is his family - 7 Jun 1853: Arrived at New York from Bremen on the "Bessel". Last Residence was Hustaede. Final destination was Pittsburgh. Buscher, Heinrich, aged 40, a farmer Buscher, Maria Elisab. aged 50 Buscher, Carl Wilh., aged 16 Buscher, Heinr., aged 14 Buscher, Ernst Heinr. aged 10 There are no records on the 1880 Federal census of Buescher's in PA so they must have moved on right away...perhaps to Texas?? Thank you for any help, Lee in snowing Wisconsin

In case you missed this in Rootsweb Review this morning - >Thanks to Andrew Billinghurst billingh@rootsweb.com who says he saw it on the KENT-L@rootsweb.com mailing list WHAT IS A GENEALOGIST? A full-time detective A thorough historian An inveterate snoop A confirmed diplomat A keen observer A hardened sceptic An apt biographer A qualified linguist A part-time lawyer A studious sociologist An accurate reporter An hieroglyphics expert, AND . . . A complete nut!< Hope everyone's research is proceeding well, and nobody has any unsurmountable brick walls .... hah! Please feel free to share your research questions and answers with others on the list. Happy Hunting, Gail Brown, Coordinator Harrison County TXGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/ Colorado County TXGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora/

I'd be grateful for any information about the Hoover family which appears in the 1880 census of Colorado County TX or about descendants. Joseph Hoover of Jessamine County KY, Colorado County TX; [father born MD, mother born KY], born 1814-1815 KY; married 20 August 1838 Jessamine County KY: Julia Anne Overstreet, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Kersey) Overstreet, born 3 March 1821 Jessamine County KY * 1850 census Jessamine County KY * removed by 1853 to TX * 1880 census Bernardo Prairie/Colorado County TX Children till 1850: x. Marshall Hoover; born 1837-1838 KY x. Arcis Hoover; born 1839-1840 x. Merritt Hoover; born 1841-1842 KY x. L. Hoover; born 1843-1844 KY x. Flority Hoover; born 1845-1846 KY * 1880 census Colorado County TX [household of father Joseph Hoover] Flority Hoover married -----: ----- McGalian, born ----- LA; children till 1880: x. Jessie McGalian; born 1872-1873 TX x. Sibarn McGalian; son; born 1874-1875 TX x. Tennessee Hoover; born 1847-1848 KY x. Anne Hoover of Colorado County TX; born 1849 KY; married -- ---: Henry Burttschell, born 1838-1839 Hesse Darmstadt * 1870 census Colorado County TX Children: x. Thorn Burttschell; born 1870-1871 TX * 1880 census Colorado County TX [household of grandfather Joseph Hoover] x. Alex Hoover; born 1853-1854 TX * 1880 census Colorado County TX [household of father Joseph Hoover] Alex Hoover married -----: Elizabeth -----, born 1853-1854 TX, [parents born KY] Happy to share information about the Overstreet family. Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. Scott Swanson Department of History Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 sswanson@butler.edu