You have been very good to send in info about who you are searching for and now we are down to asking for input from people whose last names begin with T, U, V, W X, Y or Z. Something that I would like for each of you to think about and let me know. Do you have a lot of info on certain families, any published books about these Coryell County lines? I would very much like to place you on our look up list for those surnames that you have info on. This is a way that you can really help further research on Coryell County lines! Let me know. Again, those of you who have sent snail mail addresses, these will be placed in the next quarterly, so if someone can help you who is not computer enabled they will be able to reach you anyway! Another thought, our new automated boards are now in place for queries, obits and bios, and also for Bible records and wills that are pertinent to Coryell Co. families. You may enter these yourselves, in fact I plead with you to do so. The more we get out before the world the more people we can help. Thanks Guys, you are great. Bobbie Ross [email protected] County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, TX GenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Now hosting the Coryell County Mailing List (to subscribe, send a message containing the single word subscribe to [email protected]) Ross Family Website:http://www.htcomp.net/ross Coryell County Society NSDAR:http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar ICQ 18046713

I've been gone so didn't get to post my Coryell Families that began with the first letters of the alphabet so, will put them with these.. Of course, the Ashby family is the main research point and I don't guess I need too much on them in Coryell that I don't already have.. ( I would like to know who it was that put up the new tombstone for John Enoch Ashby and his wife Sarah Jane Downs, in the Bosqueville Cemetery, when the old wooden one burned) Anyone out there know ?.. my husband's cousin Morris Ashby, who lives in Gatesville, doesn't know and he knows a lot about the folks from there. But, maybe there is someone else, that can tell me.. I would like to know about the Downs family. Sarah Jane's father was Wm. A. Downs (haven't been able to connect him with the W. W. Downs, that married the Sparks) W. A.'s wife was Hannah Thomas, from GA, and I have a daughter-in-law, whose family was Thomas from this area also. The Chaney family and Daniel Oscar Jones family is hers also, from Coryell. Would love to do some work on her line. The Chaney grandfather married a Culpepper, from GA. The other family lines of my husband are: Jerry Morgan Melton who married Elizabeth Rogers, dau. of Washington Monroe. Rogers. Have some more on this line, if you're interested. Also, the Rev. Jesse Graham line. The Lam and Pennington lines in Coryell may be connected but, haven't proved it yet.. Contact me if you're interested in any of these... Sue Ashby >

Sue, I have not worked on this line much either. >Travis Houston Franks >Does this name mean anything to you Sorry, It doesn't mean anything to me. Jonell Dollahite Chaney

In a message dated 98-09-22 14:31:18 EDT, you write: << Sorry, It doesn't mean anything to me. >> Jonell, Thanks for responding. Appreciate it. Sue

In a message dated 98-09-21 12:17:17 EDT, you write: << This is a very good starting place >> Thank you so very much for looking this up for me. I really appreciate it. Sue Burgess

In a message dated 9/22/98 3:19:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TXCORYEL-D- [email protected] writes: << From: Carole Hedger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL-L] EATON, HUFFMAN, SMART Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kristy,I do have some connection to EATON family, but did not recognize the name James Madison EATON. Another researcher sent me a note on info she found while "surfing" that says James Madison EATON b. 2 June 1849 Springfield IL m. Elizabeth SMART/HUFFMAN b. 31 March 1854 "in Bandera TX, where she was from." My EATONs were from IL, so if I find anything more on James,I'll post it. Carole in California >> Thanks Carole for the information. James Madison Eaton was born in Illinois and Elizabeth was born in either Bandera or Coryell Counties. It looks like the information your friend found came from a family file I sent in. I would appreciate you letting me know if you come up with anything. Kristy

Kristy,I do have some connection to EATON family, but did not recognize the name James Madison EATON. Another researcher sent me a note on info she found while "surfing" that says James Madison EATON b. 2 June 1849 Springfield IL m. Elizabeth SMART/HUFFMAN b. 31 March 1854 "in Bandera TX, where she was from." My EATONs were from IL, so if I find anything more on James,I'll post it. Carole in California

Hi, In addition to the Thorne that moved into the Coryell area I had some Edwards, Alsup and Underwood. My snail address is Route l, Box 56 Caruthersville, Mo. 63830 -Frances Thorne McCoin ---------- > From: Bobbie Ross <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TXCORYEL-L] New Week > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:23 PM > > Here we are starting another week. Hope it brings genealogical rewards to > each of you. I am going to respond to some of the letters you have sent in > the last week: I think each of you will know who I am addressing without > writing the e-mail address-Ken the Logans and Clintons are not in the 1880 > census of Coryell Co.; Patty there are quite a few records relating to > McIlhaney's in Coryell Co. I did some work a few years ago for a descendant > from New Mexico, let us know exactly what you want, or even better place a > query on the boards; Faye in the 1880 census there are no Snoddy families > and a lot of Thompsons, need more to go on, a query would be a good idea, I > answer most of them! John Perue, Hezekiah is in 1880 census with 4 > children, guess you already have that info? Evelyn there is not a Mealer > in the 1880 census; Kristy I do not find James Eaton in the 1880 census. > Your best bet would be to place a query, with such an interesting story > someone might remember it. Aldean, I sent you an address for Land Grants > after your last message, did you not get it? On the Coryell Co. home page > there is a link to the 10th Texas Infantry site, have you checked there? > Those of you who sent snail mail addresses I will see that they get to the > lady who does the quarterly. > How about letting us hear from those whose last names start with M, N, O, > P, Q, R and S. Who are you looking for? What do you hope to find in this > mailing list? If you want people who are not computer enabled to help > with your research, send your snail mail address. > Did you notice the inter-list correspondance the last few days? That's > what we need to get started, people helping people. I particularly enjoyed > Wilkie and Winona's story of the LA dinner party where they discovered > sharing great grandparents with their table companions. It really IS A > Small world out there! Have a great week! > Bobbie Ross > [email protected] > County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, TX GenWeb project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ > Now hosting the Coryell County Mailing List > (to subscribe, send a message containing the single word subscribe > to [email protected]) > Ross Family Website:http://www.htcomp.net/ross > Coryell County Society NSDAR:http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar > ICQ 18046713 >

did any of those MEEKS drop off around Bradley County, say around 1850 plus or minus?? Wilkie in Houston

In response to your request for members with the surnames starting with M, my name is Bob Meeks (AKA Robert Earl Meeks) of the Leonard D. Meeks (Meeks Cafe) Family. I, along with my wife and cousins, Ranzell Meeks of Gatesville and James Moore of Webster, TX are researching the Meeks Family line that includes Halpain's and Wharton's. I have written a short book about the Meeks Family line that begins with James Meeks, ca 1700 thru and including my great grandson. Troy, 1995. It also includes some Coryell County History, some Grundy County, TN History, as well as my maternal grandparents Bakke Family and Norwegian history. My cousin's wife, Peggy Meeks, is a member of the Coryell County Historical Society and at her request I donated a copy for their library. I will be happy to share anything I have. You may contact me by e-mail, writing to me at 108 N. Crescent Dr., Electra, TX 76360, or calling (940)495-4195. Good hunting. Bob Meeks

Carole, thanks for the kind words, we try. The quarterly is the basis for the home page, it is why the Genealogical Society was formed. Information about the Society is mentioned on the first page and then from the table you can find out about officers, members, books for sale, order blank and membership application. All members of the Coryell County Genealogical Society receive the Quarterly. Bobbie ---------- > From: Carole Hedger <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL-L] New Week > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:22 AM > > Bobbie, let me start by saying I think you're doing a wonderful job. > Now, I'd like to ask about that quarterly you mentioned, is it something > we can subscribe to? > > PRUETT and CULP are my Coryell Co. lines. Folks marrying into them were > EATON, McCALLISTER, NELSON, WELLS, HATFIELD, GROSS. > > I have two books on Coryell Co., Reprints from "A Memorial and > Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, > Texas, first published in 1893. I understand there are 7 books in the > series, but I have only Vol IV, A Reprinted History of Coryell Co., and > Vol VII, Reprinted Biographies. Do you know of these books? They are > indexed, and I could do lookups, if they are not available to you. > > Carole Hedger > 6359 Southworth Road > Valley Springs CA 95252

Sue, I don't know if you've spent any time with the 1880 census but this is what I find: Page 417B, #441-446 is: Murrell, Lum B. 22 Farmer TX LA MO Albert H. 17 brother " " " Josephine 19 sister " " " Orah C. 14 sister TX On the next page: 418A # 446-451 is: Burgess, James 21 Farmer TX TX TX Tennessee P. 21 wife TN TN TN I'll bet these are your people and it gives you a wealth of info. Don't worry about the spelling of Ima Ophelia, the census takers could neither spell or write well. This tells you where they and parents were born. Evidently James' first wife must have died, probably in childbirth. I don't find Spencers in close proximity, and in this case Ophelia is living with a 2 full brothers. This is a very good starting place. Bobbie ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TXCORYEL-L] Spencer > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:15 AM > > Hello all, > > I have an Ima Ophelia SPENCER that is truly my brick wall. According to > family stories she was full blood Indian ( ? tribe), and the picture I have > seems to support that. She was born in December of 1868 in (according to > family stories) Gatesville, Texas. Her mother - Myrtle MURRELL(sp.?) died > during child birth. Her father remarried and had one son but her father also > died while Ima was young. She lived with step-mother and half brother. She > married James Edward BURGESS in 1883 (?) Do these names sound familar. If > so, I would really like to hear from you. > Thanks, > > Sue Burgess

Michael, Nearly everything on the website is taken from the book, with notations of this fact at the bottom of the pages. The main part of the book consists of family stories submitted by descendants. As such it is a wealth of info. Of course if your ancestors were here but left no one to place this info in there the only way they might be mentioned would be through marriage into another family that has an entry. I just cannot urge anyone enough to get one of these books. Nothing comes close to having so much county history. It tells of all of the previous officials of the county. It tells of all of the lost settlements, due to Ft. Hood, cemeteries, schools and post offices. In the family sketches some carry their families back many generations.I would say that even if your family was not mentioned that the book is worth the price just for the county information. This book was done about 10 years ago, and the Society had it reprinted 3 years ago due to popular demand. I look at it this way, if I made a trip to Gatesville to do research it would cost me more than that and I know that you would not gain that much information on one trip! It is for sale on the home page, along with an order blank. ---------- > From: Michael Allen <[email protected]> > To: Bobbie Ross <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Beaty > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 10:54 PM > > Is this the book advertised on the Coryell website for about $65 ? I was > hesitant to buy it without knowing what it contained. There's no description > of its contents on the website. > > Could you tell me the names of the 6 Beaty families? It may be worth the $$ > after all <smile>... > > Thanks... > > ... Mike Allen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bobbie Ross <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:20 PM > Subject: Beaty > > > >Michael, I really do like your family page. Are you familiar with the > >Coryell Co. Families Book put out by the Genealogy Society? There are 6 > >Beaty family stories in it. > >Bobbie Ross > >[email protected] > >County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, TX GenWeb project: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ > >Now hosting the Coryell County Mailing List > > (to subscribe, send a message containing the single word subscribe > >to [email protected]) > >Ross Family Website:http://www.htcomp.net/ross > >Coryell County Society NSDAR:http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar > >ICQ 18046713 > > > >

Those Thom(p)sons do not appear in the 1880 Coryell Co. census. Bobbie ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TXCORYEL-L] Re: TXCORYEL-D Digest V98 #15 > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 8:01 AM > > Bobbie, > > Thanks for checking the 1880 census. My THOMSON line (no "P" in this name) > was my ggrandfather, Samuel Duglas THOMSON and probably some of his siblings. > Any of those in the census? > > Faye > [email protected]

Bobbie, let me start by saying I think you're doing a wonderful job. Now, I'd like to ask about that quarterly you mentioned, is it something we can subscribe to? PRUETT and CULP are my Coryell Co. lines. Folks marrying into them were EATON, McCALLISTER, NELSON, WELLS, HATFIELD, GROSS. I have two books on Coryell Co., Reprints from "A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, first published in 1893. I understand there are 7 books in the series, but I have only Vol IV, A Reprinted History of Coryell Co., and Vol VII, Reprinted Biographies. Do you know of these books? They are indexed, and I could do lookups, if they are not available to you. Carole Hedger 6359 Southworth Road Valley Springs CA 95252

Hello all, I have an Ima Ophelia SPENCER that is truly my brick wall. According to family stories she was full blood Indian ( ? tribe), and the picture I have seems to support that. She was born in December of 1868 in (according to family stories) Gatesville, Texas. Her mother - Myrtle MURRELL(sp.?) died during child birth. Her father remarried and had one son but her father also died while Ima was young. She lived with step-mother and half brother. She married James Edward BURGESS in 1883 (?) Do these names sound familar. If so, I would really like to hear from you. Thanks, Sue Burgess

Bobbie, Thanks for checking the 1880 census. My THOMSON line (no "P" in this name) was my ggrandfather, Samuel Duglas THOMSON and probably some of his siblings. Any of those in the census? Faye [email protected]

Here we are starting another week. Hope it brings genealogical rewards to each of you. I am going to respond to some of the letters you have sent in the last week: I think each of you will know who I am addressing without writing the e-mail address-Ken the Logans and Clintons are not in the 1880 census of Coryell Co.; Patty there are quite a few records relating to McIlhaney's in Coryell Co. I did some work a few years ago for a descendant from New Mexico, let us know exactly what you want, or even better place a query on the boards; Faye in the 1880 census there are no Snoddy families and a lot of Thompsons, need more to go on, a query would be a good idea, I answer most of them! John Perue, Hezekiah is in 1880 census with 4 children, guess you already have that info? Evelyn there is not a Mealer in the 1880 census; Kristy I do not find James Eaton in the 1880 census. Your best bet would be to place a query, with such an interesting story someone might remember it. Aldean, I sent you an address for Land Grants after your last message, did you not get it? On the Coryell Co. home page there is a link to the 10th Texas Infantry site, have you checked there? Those of you who sent snail mail addresses I will see that they get to the lady who does the quarterly. How about letting us hear from those whose last names start with M, N, O, P, Q, R and S. Who are you looking for? What do you hope to find in this mailing list? If you want people who are not computer enabled to help with your research, send your snail mail address. Did you notice the inter-list correspondance the last few days? That's what we need to get started, people helping people. I particularly enjoyed Wilkie and Winona's story of the LA dinner party where they discovered sharing great grandparents with their table companions. It really IS A Small world out there! Have a great week! Bobbie Ross [email protected] County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, TX GenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Now hosting the Coryell County Mailing List (to subscribe, send a message containing the single word subscribe to [email protected]) Ross Family Website:http://www.htcomp.net/ross Coryell County Society NSDAR:http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar ICQ 18046713

Thanks Mike for sharing with us, we'll all check it out. Bobbie ---------- > From: Michael Allen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Unidentified subject! > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 5:48 PM > > To All... > > I've just updated my web page at: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~naturalsoft/fentress > > with some biographies from the book: "History of Coryell County / Centennial > ed." > by Simmons, Frank E. (Main), Pub: Gatesville, Texas - Coryell County News, > 1936. > > It also has many biographies of the possible ancestors of the Beatys that > came to Coryell from MO. and Fentress Co., Tennessee. > > ... Mike Allen < [email protected] >

To All... I've just updated my web page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~naturalsoft/fentress with some biographies from the book: "History of Coryell County / Centennial ed." by Simmons, Frank E. (Main), Pub: Gatesville, Texas - Coryell County News, 1936. It also has many biographies of the possible ancestors of the Beatys that came to Coryell from MO. and Fentress Co., Tennessee. ... Mike Allen < [email protected] >