This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BELL AMES ALEXANDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XhB.2ACE/614 Message Board Post: Seeking information on William Bell who filed and received 2 land grants in Colorado County. The Abstract numbers for the land grants were #79 and #103. What info regarding this man would be available in the abstract files? Trying to determine if this is the same as my William Bell who was born in Ireland, migrated thru KY, where at least two of his children remained. Their names were Martha Ann and Fanny. Martha Ann married my gggrandfather in Jefferson County, KY in 1835. Her g'daughter wrote that William Bell had "won" land in Texas by war. Matha's husband, Orson Ames, travelled to Texas after Wm.'s death to look into land matter. Wm. Bell's wife (in KY) may have had the last name of Alexander. Any clues or info appreciated.