Billy, evendently the information on the LDS site was WRONG. I just recived an e-mail from another Latham researcher and she said that Enoch Latham was born in Randolph Co., N.C. and that William Latham was born in Tn. Thanks anyway. Harold Gosnell -----Original Message----- From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Enoch LATHAM 1801 >The Ellis County Genealogical Society, has published a book about Boz. > >Anita > >"H G (Doc) Henderson" wrote: > >> Dear Harold Gosnell >> >> You asked about Latham in Boz, Maypearl, 1801 and 1827. >> >> Are you sure you dont mean 1901 and 1927? I have researched Ellis county >> for a few years, and my understanding is that the first settlers in Ellis >> came in the 1840s. In fact I correspond with someone who thinks his >> ancestor, Wm G Howe, was the first settler in Ellis in about 1842, if I read >> him right. >> I have ancestors buried in a small cemetery about 5 miles west of >> Maypearl, and they came in the 50s, when it was well established. The Ellis >> co archives will have a lot of info - which I saw from a few months ago from >> the messages about families in Maypearl. Someone said Maypearl was a >> railroad town at first, but I guess the railroad is gone. >> The Ellis county homepage will have the history of Ellis, or you could >> just ask, someone will be glad to tell you what you want to know. I believe >> the history of Boz was in the Ellis county Quarterly last year. >> I would be glad to tell you myself, but I have already told you more >> than I know. >> H G (Doc) Henderson, >> >> papadoc@olywa.net >> >> ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >> To search the Ellis County archived messages, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> and enter TXELLIS for the name of the list. > > >==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >Visit the TXGenWeb page for Ellis County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txellis > >