Looking for Lucinda Paralee HAYNES was born June 19, 1829, On May 03, 1863 she was 33 when she married W. C. PURCELL I have traced them to Coryell Co., TX She died between 1875 and 1881, she and W, C sold 160 acres of land, on March 13, 1875. to E.B. Bidwell W.C married Nancy C. WHITE, on June 18, 1881 Faye Purcell

Cliff, Thank You. I am in hopes that Lamont and Harvey will not be so very common among all the Smiths. Any help will be appreciated. Juanita Cliff Price wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Juanita - Most of the Evant oldsters that I knew have passed on but at > first opportunity I will see if I can find anyone who might be able to > help you. Another problem you face is that there were at least three > strings of unrelated Smiths in that area, many using the same first > names. > Cliff > > --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Cliff Price > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > > begin: vcard > fn: Cliff Price > n: Price;Cliff > org: Gatesville, Coryell County Texas > email;internet: cliff@htcomp.net > x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 > x-mozilla-html: FALSE > version: 2.1 > end: vcard > > --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310--

Searching for early information about Spradleys from Coryell. I have lineage of this family back to early 1700s in SC.

Some of you with older relatives in and around Evant, would you please ask them if they recall and know anything about William "Lee" Smith, wife Febe Carroll Smith or sons Lamont and Harvey who lived in the area as late as 1928. Would sure like to know where they went and when. Juanita

Cliff, I put a post on this site about 2 years ago about Gholson Gap and got a lot of info. from all over the USA. Some were desendents of the Gholson & Langfords. You're right some of the stories are better unpublicized. Thanks for the reply. Marvin mlawt@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Price Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 3:37 PM To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] MY AUNT IN EVANT This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marvin, You can expect a load of replies to your submission. At least half of the population (including myself) are either Langford or Gholson descendants or a combination of the two. I live in Gatesville and have coffee with your cousin Eb just about every week. If you need any information on your lines there is a lot of it around including stories that perhaps would be better unpublicized Cliff Price Marvin Arnold wrote: > I have an Aunt that is 98 years old that was raised and lived around Evant all of her life. She will be 99 years old Feb. 8,2001. Her name is Beatrice Sheldon. She still has three children living in this area. She is presently in a retirement home in Hamilton,Tx. I visited her this summer and she could still play the piano. Still alert and as pretty as ever.She is my oldest living relative. She is a decendent of the Gholson, Lankford, and Arnold's in the area. > Marvin Arnold > Odessa, Texas<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Cliff Price Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Cliff Price n: Price;Cliff org: Gatesville, Coryell County Texas email;internet: cliff@htcomp.net x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE--<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marvin, You can expect a load of replies to your submission. At least half of the population (including myself) are either Langford or Gholson descendants or a combination of the two. I live in Gatesville and have coffee with your cousin Eb just about every week. If you need any information on your lines there is a lot of it around including stories that perhaps would be better unpublicized Cliff Price Marvin Arnold wrote: > I have an Aunt that is 98 years old that was raised and lived around Evant all of her life. She will be 99 years old Feb. 8,2001. Her name is Beatrice Sheldon. She still has three children living in this area. She is presently in a retirement home in Hamilton,Tx. I visited her this summer and she could still play the piano. Still alert and as pretty as ever.She is my oldest living relative. She is a decendent of the Gholson, Lankford, and Arnold's in the area. > Marvin Arnold > Odessa, Texas<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Cliff Price Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Cliff Price n: Price;Cliff org: Gatesville, Coryell County Texas email;internet: cliff@htcomp.net x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------30BB8A8503327A7B6BF2F3EE--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Juanita - Most of the Evant oldsters that I knew have passed on but at first opportunity I will see if I can find anyone who might be able to help you. Another problem you face is that there were at least three strings of unrelated Smiths in that area, many using the same first names. Cliff --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Cliff Price Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Cliff Price n: Price;Cliff org: Gatesville, Coryell County Texas email;internet: cliff@htcomp.net x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------4716E4003C9FD8CAA1442310--

My grandmother still lives at home. My Uncle Robbie THOMPSON lives next door to her. She is 88. I go to Hamilton on occasion, I used to live there ( 1975-1980). My dad had a beautiful old home on 281 towards Evant in Hamilton and a lumber yard. His home burned to the ground about 1978. He now lives at Chalk Mountain in Erath County. SMALL WORLD ----- Original Message ----- From: Marvin Arnold <mlawt@msn.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:32 PM Subject: [TXCORYEL] MY AUNT IN EVANT > I have an Aunt that is 98 years old that was raised and lived around Evant all of her life. She will be 99 years old Feb. 8,2001. Her name is Beatrice Sheldon. She still has three children living in this area. She is presently in a retirement home in Hamilton,Tx. I visited her this summer and she could still play the piano. Still alert and as pretty as ever.She is my oldest living relative. She is a decendent of the Gholson, Lankford, and Arnold's in the area. > Marvin Arnold

I have an Aunt that is 98 years old that was raised and lived around Evant all of her life. She will be 99 years old Feb. 8,2001. Her name is Beatrice Sheldon. She still has three children living in this area. She is presently in a retirement home in Hamilton,Tx. I visited her this summer and she could still play the piano. Still alert and as pretty as ever.She is my oldest living relative. She is a decendent of the Gholson, Lankford, and Arnold's in the area. Marvin Arnold Odessa, Texas<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>

Bobbie, I cannot speak for everyone, but comments about Gatesville auch as the one about the sports are always wekcome. Coryell County is in my blood and in my heart. Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: Bobbie Ross <bwross@htcomp.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:39 AM Subject: [TXCORYEL] List > I'm delighted to see you helping each other. I feel like this is what lists are for. > I would like to make a non genealogy comment here, please forgive me. Gatesville won the class 3A state title in football this weekend, for the first time ever.We are thrilled for them, the game was televised live and our boys showed extremely admirable behavior. Way to go, Gatesville!

I'm delighted to see you helping each other. I feel like this is what lists are for. I would like to make a non genealogy comment here, please forgive me. Gatesville won the class 3A state title in football this weekend, for the first time ever.We are thrilled for them, the game was televised live and our boys showed extremely admirable behavior. Way to go, Gatesville! Bobbie Ross, County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Coryell County Genealogical Society http://www.htcomp.net/ccgs Ross Home Page http://www.htcomp.net/ross National Society Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar

First let me thank Bobbie for all her hard work . She gives us her all. Merry Christmas Bobbie and thanks. I have several lines in Coryell County. My grandmother, who lives in Evant was born in Coryell County. Her parents were James H. LOGAN and Laura SHULTS. The Shults family had been in Coryell county since Laura's father Edmond Achols SHULTS ( 1832-1925) came there soon after the Civil War. He and several of his family settled in and around Arnett. Laura's mother was Mary Jane FARMER ( born in Coryell County, 1853-1882) .They are both buried at friendship Cemetery on Ft Hood. James Harrison LOGAN ( 1872-1961) was born in Texas. His folks came to Coryell County from South Carolina. He and Laura are buried at Restland Cemetery. I remember these two Ggrandparents. He was a farmer and had a blacksmith shop in Arnett. My grandfather, died last March right before he was 91. William Blake THOMPSON was the son of Noah Hinton THOMPSON of Mississippi and Mary Elizabeth MOORE of Mason County, Texas. I am not sure when Noah and Mary moved to Arnett. But all of there children were born in Coryell County. She was the daughter of Matthew Jefferson Stanford MOORE and Mary Tennessee BILBERRY. Matt and Mary MOORE along with Noah and Mary THOMPSON and a number of other family members are buried at Hemmeline Cemetery, in Arnett. Matt and Mary MOORE lived a Levita for many years. He passed away in 1919 and she died in 1956. Sorry this was so long!! And this is only my dad's line, Mom's is out of Gatesville also!! Rose (THOMPSON) Denson

Happy Holidays, listers! I am still searching for any information about the ancestors of James Harold ALLEN, who lived in Gatesville from 1873 until his death in 1880. I also would like information about his son, Jesse Allen, b. 1871 in TX, and what happened to him after James's death in 1880. His maternal grandfather, Wm. CRITTENDEN, was granted guardianship of him, but I don't know what happened to him after that. This is my biggest brick wall. For Jan Morrison: Your Leakes from Ralls Co. intermarried with Brashears and others connected to my Boyd line. In the book Missouri Genealogical Records & Abstracts, Vol. 2: 1752-1839 by Sherida K. Eddlemon, there are a number of Leakes listed. E-mail me directly if you would like that information. Merry Christmas! Donna S. Boyd

Hi, My Coryell Co. families are: Logan, Thomson/Thompson, Cryer, Snoddy, White, Jeffreys, Applin Faye Blacklock cnfb@flash.net

Hi Shirley - I'm glad to know you're still alive and kicking and still on the trail. A couple of weeks ago I went to the Coryell Co. courthouse with a Willis cousin and it was a great experience. I'm so impressed with the county clerk's bunch - they were very friendly and helpful and all the records were completely open. They showed us to the basement where the really old records are kept and just turned us loose. We had access to everything there. We could make copies of anything - have you ever had the experience of a snooty clerk telling you that you could only have a notarized copy of a marriage certificate that costs $10? Not so here - we lugged the book to the copier and it cost $1. I've found a Howitt Martin in Stephenville who is the nephew of Sarah C. Martin who married William Morrison, Lucretia's brother. Have I already told you about him? He says that Sarah's sister, Laura Isabelle, married a James H. Rogers who was the son of one of Silas Jackson's sisters and George Rogers. Do you have any info on any of the girls marrying George Rogers? Howitt is going to try to arrange for me to get into the old Oxford Furniture Co. funeral records to look for Silas and Lucretia's burial records. I talked to the Oxford grandson a few years ago and he was rather rude about not wanting to look for anything. But Howitt knows him pretty well and said he'd see what he could work out. Hope your holidays are merry. Jan

My Coryell County families are as follows: John JACKSON and wife Mary WINCHESTER Jackson. John was born about 1809 in possibly OH. They arrived in Shelby Co., TX in 1837, were in Harrison Co., TX in 1850, and moved to Coryell Co. sometime between 1850 and 1856. Mary died sometime before 1856 when John JACKSON married Mrs. Sara Lucinda STERLING (maiden name unknown). One of John and Mary Jackson’s sons was Joel JACKSON bc 1833 TN who was married about 1864 to Susan A. (maiden name unknown) possibly in Coryell Co., TX. They were listed on the 1880 Coryell Co. Census and 1884 Taxpayers List. Would like to know what became of this family. One of John and Mary Jackson’s daughters was Hester Ann “Hetty” JACKSON who married John S. WILLIS (s/o William E. WILLIS and Rachel SPEARS). John S. WILLIS was listed on the Coryell Co., Taxpayers List in 1884. This family possibly moved to Palo Pinto Co. by 1889. Would like to know what became of this family. The following were also children of John & Mary WINCHESTER JACKSON and I have information on some of them. 1. Aaron JACKSON bc 1828 TN - Have no idea what became of him. 2. Olive JACKSON b 1831 TN married Simpson LOYD - Have some info. 3. Silas JACKSON b 1835 married Lucretia Ann MORRISON (d/o William Berry MORRISON and Mary Ann WILLIS) 4. C.(Celia?) or E.(Emma?) JACKSON b 1836 MS - Have no idea what became of her. 5. Moses JACKSON b 1840 TX married Margaret MORRISON (d/o William Berry MORRISON and Mary Ann WILLIS) - Have some info. 6. William M. JACKSON b 1842 TX - Have no idea what became of him. 7. Sara Jane JACKSON b 1847 TX married William Marion Maloy. Any information on any of the above families would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Shirley Gig Harbor, WA

I heard about Gatesville victory way out here in New Mexico. That's great. Lena

I am working on Richard Griffin m. Hannah Burch and buried in the Coffey Cemetary. I would like to know more about their grandchildren who lived on a farm near there and left about 1930? They sold the farm in the 40's. Anthony Griffin was supposed to have been an amazing baseball pitcher and was offered a contract by the Yankees about 1910 - if anyone knows how to verify - please contact. At 05:34 PM 12/17/00 -0600, you wrote: >We have a very nice sized list for Corryell County, about 175. Some of us might be able to help each other if only everyone knew who we were working on in this county. It would be nice if each person would write about 3 lines giving name, date and pla > >ce. >Also want to remind any newcomers that I am very glad to place your family biographies and a picture on line. Also I am still placing obituaries on line, have 631 of them so far. I'm working on I-Q at the moment. > I also can recommend a researcher who has access to the large libraries who has competitive prices. Bobbie >

Dear Bobbie, I just wanted to thank you for obituaries you are posting. I just went to take a look, never thinking there would be any of my family. How wrong I was! <grin> I came away in a few minutes with over ten and I am sure there are more...just need the time to finish checking. I have a few from my family that I didn't find, are you interested in adding more to your list? Again, many thanks for your wonderful work!! Darlene, Native Texan, in Illinois mdgdevries@worldnet.att.net Researching: Adams, Ayres, Baird, Barnett, Bilyeu, Brown, Brumley, Butler, De Vries, Doggett, Dykstra, Edwards, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Harmsen, Kooinga, Kuiper, Lang, Lassiter, Nichols, Prince, Reitsma, Stallworth, Stone, Waddell, Witterhold, and many branches from these.

Roy, My grandmother's family, along with her grandparent's, all lived in Coryell County. The Williams' . I'll print out your post and let my grandmother and aunt see it. Grandma will be 94 on the 22nd and I'm going down on the 21st. She still remembers a lot of the people and I think my aunt remembers all of them. I'll let you know. Linda Sue Reasor xfilelsd@aol.co