Does anyone know how the travel went in the 1880s and 1890s between Cooke County, TX and Jefferson County and Love County, IT? I have families that moved from Cooke County over the Red River to along the Jefferson-Love County line. There were also families that moved from Wise County, TX to the Jefferson-Love County line. Maybe from Jack County, too. I've been trying to find the record of this marriage that occurred in 1892 or 1893... Alison Stevens who may finally get the Cooke County lookups done that she hoped to do in the spring

Alison-- My ancestors went from Cooke County to Love County in the 1890s. My great-grandparents were married at Horseshoe Ferry in Cooke County which crossed the Red River into Love County. They later moved to Love's Valley in Love County. On a trip to Gainesville many years ago, the clerk was kind enough to not only check for their marriage record in the book but she also told me she had hundreds of original marriage licenses that the bride/groom never picked up. Fortunately, my g-grandparents never picked theirs up so I have it in my possession. It is certainly a precious treasure. The clerk was also kind enough to check the original documents for my other relatives married during that time frame. I left the office that day with three original marriage licenses that belonged to my family members! I have often wondered why they didn't come back to pick up their marriage license. Researching surnames MAPP and FOLEY in Cooke County, Texas. Pamela (Foley) Stephenson Oklahoma City, Oklahoma foaly@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Stevens" <astevens_0691@yahoo.com> To: <TXCOOKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:12 AM Subject: [TXCOOKE] Cooke, Jefferson, & Love travel? > Does anyone know how the travel went in the 1880s and 1890s between Cooke > County, TX and Jefferson County and Love County, IT? I have families that > moved from Cooke County over the Red River to along the Jefferson-Love > County line. There were also families that moved from Wise County, TX to > the Jefferson-Love County line. Maybe from Jack County, too. I've been > trying to find the record of this marriage that occurred in 1892 or 1893... > > Alison Stevens > who may finally get the Cooke County lookups done that she hoped to do in > the spring > > > ==== TXCOOKE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items for > sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration > for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

--- Alison Stevens <astevens_0691@yahoo.com> wrote: > Does anyone know how the travel went in the 1880s and 1890s between Cooke > County, TX and Jefferson County and Love County, IT? I have families that > moved from Cooke County over the Red River to along the Jefferson-Love > County line. There were also families that moved from Wise County, TX to > the Jefferson-Love County line. Maybe from Jack County, too. I've been > trying to find the record of this marriage that occurred in 1892 or 1893... > I'm not sure which way they would have gone, but they would have had to cross the Red River regardless of where they crossed into OK from TX, or vice versa. I do know that the Chisolm Trail followed what later became Highway 81, so one can probably assume that was one trail they followed. It crossed the Red River just south of Terral, OK. There was probably a similar trail south of Love County. This site http://www.mckendricwhiskey.com/Longhorn_Creek/famoustrails.htm might give you better answers than I can. Sheridan ===== Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.