Donna, Would your Johnson's be connected to: 1) Lewis A. Johnson b: NC marr; Sophronia (?) Unknown 2) George Hampton Johnson b: 1851 TX marr: Cassandra Susan Hilley b: 1858 GA d: TX. They are both buried in Cosby Co. TX. I am working on the Hilley line. Thank you, Joy -----Original Message----- From: Don Cage <doncage@flash.net> To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 4:54 AM Subject: [ERATH] Ruby Grace Johnson, Herman Robertson >Checked out your GEDCOM online and found 'Aunt Ruby' Grace Johnson (my >grandmother Jessie M. (JOHNSON) LEE's sister) and Herman ROBERTSON. Many >years ago, when in Clairette visiting my gr Aunts Eunice and Nola Lee, we >would always go by and see Aunt Ruby and Uncle Herman. Do you have any >information for Ruby's parents, etc.? > >Donna >

Checked out your GEDCOM online and found 'Aunt Ruby' Grace Johnson (my grandmother Jessie M. (JOHNSON) LEE's sister) and Herman ROBERTSON. Many years ago, when in Clairette visiting my gr Aunts Eunice and Nola Lee, we would always go by and see Aunt Ruby and Uncle Herman. Do you have any information for Ruby's parents, etc.? Donna

Dear Ms. Maynard, Sorry about the confusion I may have caused. I arttended the 60 year Reunion of the 1935 First Grade at Johnsville. in Three Way Gym and had conflicts the last two years. In 1990 we were all there. I knew Marilyn had discussed some cemeteries and she was apparently reading the ones needed for another book, NOT ALL CEMETERIES IN ERATH COUNTY, BUT FOR THE THREE WAY SCHOOL AREA COMMUNITIES. Her book of 285 pages is entitled Some History of the Johnsville, Pony Creek, and Chalk Mountain Communities who consolidated to for m the Three Way School District, Erath County, Texas by Marilyn Giesecke Mills Ewers 900 Glen Rose, Texas 76401 817-965-4984 1995 Once again my apologies. I also have ccemetery readings for Hatchett- Selden and Indian Creek somewhere. Guess I thought she did them, but she didn't. Thanks for catching my error before it multiplied. Charles Wyly On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:15:00 -0500 "Phillip Maynard" <maynard@hti.net> writes: >Mr. Wyly - > >Not to be ugly, but I received a brief note from Marilyn Ewers that >says >"Dear Ann - >Charles is mistaken, I did not do the Erath County Cemetery >Inscriptions. >I think Shirley Cawyer reprinted these a few years ago after being out >of >print several years. I did not find any WORKS or GUESS burials but >several >SENTERS, which I will copy these for a nominal research fee. (The >book is >in the Clayton Genealogical Library here so why pay her). Please >e-mail >Charles that this is a mistake. I do not know who Susan Morris is." > >Ann Works Maynard >3814 Lake St. >Houston, TX 77098 >phone: 713/528-0682 >e-mail: maynard@hti.net > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Alice Moore xmasmom@juno.com has a book written "The Families of Turnbow Cemetery." Erath Co. TX Really surpassed me at the work she has put into this book. Took me back several generations. Joy Goade Zowie joyz@bcni.net -----Original Message----- From: charles a Wyly <wyly1@juno.com> To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Cemetery records >Contact Marylin Giesecke Mills Ewers, >900 Glen Rose Road, >Stephenville, Texas 76401 >254-965-4984. She has published all cemetery readings in Erath County >around 1990. > >Contact her by Snail Mail. > >Good luck, >Charles Wyly >On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:52:10 -0700 "lana" <lana@chatlink.com> writes: >>Looking for cemetery record for Robert Lee Thurman & wife Nancy, Nancy >>died >>1970, >> >> > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >

My Grandmother was born at Desdemona and often spoke of living at Erath. Her Grandmother Margaret Mayberry was killed by Indians in Parker Cty and buried near Soda Springs. Can you add anything on these families? Many thanks. Larry Oakley

Mr. Wyly - Not to be ugly, but I received a brief note from Marilyn Ewers that says "Dear Ann - Charles is mistaken, I did not do the Erath County Cemetery Inscriptions. I think Shirley Cawyer reprinted these a few years ago after being out of print several years. I did not find any WORKS or GUESS burials but several SENTERS, which I will copy these for a nominal research fee. (The book is in the Clayton Genealogical Library here so why pay her). Please e-mail Charles that this is a mistake. I do not know who Susan Morris is." Ann Works Maynard 3814 Lake St. Houston, TX 77098 phone: 713/528-0682 e-mail: maynard@hti.net

Dear Sir : I recognize one last name- Hooker. There is a Hooker Cave between Abbott and West. Most Abbott kids have been through a short section, including Willie Nelson. It is in McLennan County, barely. Mr Hooker ran a cotton gin in Abbott, Hill County, Texas. His grandson whom he raised, was Mart Cole, deceased, who used to raise money for Baylor University. Most entrances to the cave are now closed because of the methane gas danger. it was photographed and published in the Texas Caver. It had a turtle carved in a tree and ORO on a rock nearby. It was a stop for Gold bearing Mule trains from Arkansas back to Mexico. Mr. Hooker's father in law was a Carr- brother to Judge Carr of El Paso who financed Judge Roy Bean. He had a stagecoach stop near the cave. This is near the Abest overpass on I-35. North of Fort Worth was the cave, south of Denton used by Sam Bass. -on I-35. South of Waco at Camp Tahuya is a nother cave with deep cuts in rock in the Boy scout camp done by stagecoaches. Caves were a way to escape hostile Indians and get warm in the winter. This pattern follows to San Antonio and Laredo. The same general path for I-35 follows the ancient Spanish trail, in some of the sorry part of Texas- following the protection of trees and on the gravel ridges between deep black land to the east and mixed farm and ranch land to the west. Many stories of Mr. Hooker and the Coles and Carrs are in Hillsboro, West, and Waco papers. Probably in El Paso stories too. Limestone for Abbott, West, Waco, and Hillsboro were quarried near the cave. Ring any bells" Charles Wyly On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:04:16 -0700 "Jan" <pjscorner@pcola.gulf.net> writes: >Mr. Wyly, > >I have thoroughly enjoyed your Erath stories and I am collecting them >in >hard copy for reference. > >Though it may be to far back, I was wondering if you had any stories >or >information on J W. MILLER m.Sarah Delitha HOOKER . Children were >Minnie, >Lester, Maude (Mollie,my g-mother), Lena, Martha(Mattie), Dewey, >Jessie, >Carl, Birdie. I have made copies of the advertisements my g-father >placed >in the Erath County Appeal, which is now on-line. Wonderful! > >Most important though is anything on my g-father, WE or WS SMITH. The >stories I have put him on the HASTINGS ranch when he and my g-mother, >Maude >Miller, met and married, Nov. 1908 in Stephenville. Anything about >him or >this ranch would be appreciated. I have not been able to find out >anything >about him, his family etc. > >Thank you, >Jan Hoblit > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

The Fellows family I knew lived in Hico, Hamilton County, just across the Erath County line. Janie Fellows and husband live in a new log house near her dad's old White house in Bosque County. - From Hico take Hwy 6 towards Iredell and Meridian, in Bosque County. They are at the top of the climb out of the Bosqye Valley going west on the south side of the road. Take care, Charles Wyly On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:54:03 -0500 "JONBON" <JONBON@prodigy.net> writes: >Mr Wyly, >Really enjoy the history of Erath County. Do you know any thing about >the >Fellows Family. > >Edward L. ( Kiny ) Fellows, b Sept. 18, 1876 , is my grandfather. > >One of his son's William Henry Fellows moved to the Stephenville about >1937 >or 38. > >Uncle Henry Henry and Aunt Dora children are : Una , Edward , and >Billy >Joe. > >There is another Henry Fellows that died in Erath County in the 20's >or >early 30 's , I belive this Henry to be his uncle but have not made >connection. > >John >jonbon@prodigy.net > > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Contact Marylin Giesecke Mills Ewers, 900 Glen Rose Road, Stephenville, Texas 76401 254-965-4984. She has published all cemetery readings in Erath County around 1990. Contact her by Snail Mail. Good luck, Charles Wyly On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:52:10 -0700 "lana" <lana@chatlink.com> writes: >Looking for cemetery record for Robert Lee Thurman & wife Nancy, Nancy >died >1970, > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Can't help with Erath County Taylors, but the retired Principal at Midway High School , Hewitt, Texas is Don Taylor. His dad was a minister in the Amarillo area. Other Taylors in Hewitt and Moody are part of the Vandiver and Guest families of Moody, Hewitt, and Waco. Coleman Taylor was in my Sunday School Class and is now in and out of the Rest home. Roy Garrett ran a service station in Evergreen, Texas on U.S. 67 out of Stephenville towards Glen Rose from the 1920's to 1940's . He was gassed in World War ! and had enpesema . Jerry Parham runs a wrecking yard and used car & pickup lot there now. Herbert B Garrett of Stephenville, my parent's age, married Emma May English. Her dad owned the farm at Johnsville next to my home. On the old dirt load near Littles and Coxes on old dirt U.S.67 there was a two story log house where Aunt Etta Robinson (Moxley) - her family and others whose husbands were away to the Civil War. They shared the house because of Indians passing through to intertribal rallies at Comanche Peak. Some Scouts were seen in the area since the Texas Partizan Rangers(Irish and American) in the U.S. Army were active in German area around New Braunfels, Sisterdale, and Boerne. The women, kids and elderly men had to depend on each other. One Indian was shot by a Robinson wife. The old men went out & found a bullet between his eyes. He had died on a scouting expedition on the North Duffau Creek. He had been tied in a crouched position behind a bush by nother Indian scout so they would be gone when he was found. Herbert Garrett ran a mail route in Stephenville. I attended school with his daughter. Mom used to visit them some. Ring any Bells? Charles Wyly On Tue, 18 Aug 1998 08:36:52 -0500 nan kent <nankent@earthlink.net> writes: >Hi, > This is my TAYLOR family: Andrew was a farm worker that met and >married his wife They were married in Erath Co. >Ella Mae Miller in Eastland Co. Tx. Not sure where he was from. They >went to Okla. about 1902. > Any help on this line would be great!! Nan >nankent@earthlink.net >nanzell@aol.com >1. ANDREW JACKSON1 TAYLOR was born July 1860, and died 1902 in Caney >Okla. Atoka Co.. >He married ELLA MAE MILLER. > > > Children of ANDREW TAYLOR and ELLA MILLER are: > i. WILLIE B TAYLOR2 (BILL), b. December 1882. > ii. SUSANA TAYLOR, b. March 1887. > iii. LONNIE D TAYLOR, b. March 1889. >2. iv. JESSE NATHANIEL TAYLOR, b. July 02, 1891; d. January >15, >1965, Eastland >Tx.. > v. CARRIE ETTA TAYLOR, b. February 24, 1894; d. May 11, >1968, Eastland Tx.. > vi. ANDY B. TAYLOR, b. November 1897. >3. vii. RUFUS MURRAY TAYLOR, b. May 29, 1900, Desdemona, TX; >d. >November 26, >1972, Lawton, OK. > viii. MAMIE TAYLOR, b. 1902; m. WALTER FOX. > > >Generation No. 2 > >2. JESSE NATHANIEL2 TAYLOR (ANDREW JACKSON1) was born July 02, 1891, >and died January >15, 1965 in Eastland Tx.. He married EDNA LUCINDA LAMB August 18, >1912 >in Eastland Tx.. > > > Children of JESSE TAYLOR and EDNA LAMB are: > i. BESSIE RUTH3 TAYLOR, b. June 18, 1913, Carbon, >Eastland >Co. Tx; m. >RUSSEL C TURNER, Eastland Tx.. >4. ii. ELLA MAE TAYLOR, b. , So. of Cisco, Eastland Co. Tx.. >5. iii. AUDRA FAY TAYLOR, b. , Kress Tx. Swisher Co.. >6. iv. ANDY J. TAYLOR, b. March 17, 1918, Kress Tx. Swisher >Co.. > >3. RUFUS MURRAY2 TAYLOR (ANDREW JACKSON1) was born May 29, 1900 in >Desdemona, TX1, and >died November 26, 1972 in Lawton, OK2. He married (1) CORA LEE >GARRETT >January 18, 1927 >in Eastland Texas, daughter of JOHN GARRETT and MAMIE BLAIR. He >married >(2) OCIE BALL >1939 in okla. > > > Children of RUFUS TAYLOR and CORA Lee GARRETT are: >7. i. ROBERT MURRAY3 TAYLOR, b. September 20, 1927, Olden, >Eastland Co.; d. >March 18, 1973, Farminton N.M. >8. ii. FLORENCE ELINOR TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1929, Spur Texas; >d. >May 13, 1991, >Lawton Ok. >9. iii. BILLY DALE TAYLOR, b. September 23, 1930, Oklahoma >City. >Ok.; d. August >27, 1991, Lawton Ok. >10. iv. METZEL JANE TAYLOR,Living >11. v. MAUNAN TAYLOR, Living >12. vi. FLORENCE (BETTY) TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1929, Spur, TX; >d. >1992, OK. > GARRETT Line > >1. WILLIAM VIRGIL9 GARRETT (BOYCE8, STEPHEN HARMON7, NICHOLAS WARE6, >EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born August 29, 1844 in >Choctaw Co. Miss1, and died July 11, 1917 in Gorman, TX1. He married >SARAH ANN FERGUSON October 06, 1866 in Montgomery Co. MS1. > >Children of WILLIAM GARRETT and SARAH FERGUSON are: >2. i. VILLULIA10 GARRETT, b. 1870, Montgomery, Co. MS.; d. Stevens Co. >Ok.. >3. ii. MARTHA ELENA GARRETT, b. March 17, 1870, Montgomery Co., MS; d. >WFT Est. 1914-1965, Carbon, TX. >4. iii. MINNIE BELLE GARRETT, b. June 18, 1872, Montgomery Co., MS; d. >March 29, 1971, Lubbock, TX. >5. iv. VIRGIL HARMON GARRETT, b. June 26, 1874, TX; d. 1946, Gorman, >Tx. >v. WILLIAM ELMER GARRETT, b. March 20, 1876, Tx1; d. WFT Est. >1877-19661; m. OLLIE. >6. vi. JOHN CALVERY GARRETT, b. June 17, 1878, TN; d. December 09, >1936, >Corpus Christi, TX. >7. vii. FREDDIE LEE GARRETT, b. 1880; d. WFT Est. 1881-1970. >8. viii. HATTIE VELA GARRETT, b. October 02, 1880, TX; d. WFT Est. >1908-1974. >9. ix. WALTER VIVIAN GARRETT, b. August 02, 1884, TX; d. March 22, >1923, >Duncan, OK. >10. x. CLYDE L. GARRETT, b. December 16, 1885, Tx; d. 1959, Eastland, >TX. >11. xi. MRYTLE GARRETT, b. April 29, 1888, Tx; d. October 23, 1918, >Gorman, Tx. > >They married into the BLAIR line and the Owen line. > > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/e/n/Nan-Z-Kent/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

We have another treat for you on our "Self Portraits" site. Our friend, Erin Wallace Mangiapane, writes a column for the San Antonio Express-News. We already have a link to her column's Website on "Self Portraits." (Go to http://www.selfroots.com, scroll down the page and click on "Link YourSelf," scroll down that page to the Genealogy section, and click on the link, the first one in that section.) Now--right next to that link is another link to an interview that Erin gave on a radio talk show. It deals with genealogy and mentions the USGenWeb, and it is the first of others to come later which will discuss tips for genealogy research. The interview requires Real Audio 5.0--which you can find easily on the Web for free download (you can use one of our Search Engine links at the bottom of the "Link YourSelf" page). It is also available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. Enjoy! Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com http://www.selfroots.com

I've been scanning some of The Erath Appeal newspaper from 1899 and 1900 on the http://www.rootsweb.com/~txerath page and have run across what I assume are relatives of Mr. Wyly. Interesting to see the WYLY name in that old nespaper.

Marilyn Ewers has your Gillentines her book "Some History of Johnsville, Pony Creek, and Chalk Mountain . They were in the Pizarro Post office area. /some are buried in same graveyards from Johnsville to Acton, apparently, or their kin- . This apparently includes Hollis, Crockett, Beach, Willingham, Some are buried in a cemetery no longer fenced or maintained in a thick cedar grove on Beach- Rumph land- the old Box/Pony Creek cemetery to the front and right of the church---Not the rock fenced Beech cemetery, nor the Box cemetery behind the church. Marilyn also lista associates of Beach family as Gillentine, Wood, Duke, Evans, Anderson, Rumph, Crockett, & Willingham. Get her book. She has good bgeneral info and has also read all headstones in the county. Across the Paluxy at Acton, Hood County, is the burial site of a wife of one who died at the Alamo. Think it was a Crockett. Between the Chalk Mountain hill and Glen Rose is the Nancy Smith Cemetery, widow of Deaf Smith of Alamo fame. There was a school named Crockett 3 miles west of Box Church, on the prairie west of Hurley and Riggs land. My great Uncle Ed Fleming, Missouri born, taught there. When he caught 3 boys chewing tobacco in the back of the room and spitting through a knothoke, he told them to wash their mouth at the pump. take a fresh chew, and stand with hands on knees and chew and spit 10 times. Each time the knothole was missed, the boy got a lick with a paddle. This school was so rough they ran several teachers off. One young lady, an attorney,s sister, took the job. At recess it seemed they were trying to hit her with the baseball. She tightened her hold on the bat, stepped back, swung, and split the bat. She had no more trouble. Happy hunting Charles Wyly On Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:52:24 -0500 "Wayne Moyers" <wmoyers@flash.net> writes: > >Dee, > >I am a Gillentine descendant (my mother was a Gillentine) and have a >great >deal of information on the Gillentines. If you will visit our webpage >at >http://www.flash.net/~wmoyers/surnames.htm and look thru the Index of >Surnames and click on Gillentine, you will find my database. I have >much >more information that is not on the web so contact me if you want >more. Also >if you will visit http://www.hcnews.com/~landmark/tomgreen.htm and >look up >"Dove Creek Battleground" you will find where Captain Nicholas M. >Gillentine >of the Texas Militia (from Erath County) was killed in a battle with >indians >in Tom Green County. > >Frances Moyers DAR, DRT >wmoyers@flash.net >Granbury, Texas > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi, This is my TAYLOR family: Andrew was a farm worker that met and married his wife They were married in Erath Co. Ella Mae Miller in Eastland Co. Tx. Not sure where he was from. They went to Okla. about 1902. Any help on this line would be great!! Nan nankent@earthlink.net nanzell@aol.com 1. ANDREW JACKSON1 TAYLOR was born July 1860, and died 1902 in Caney Okla. Atoka Co.. He married ELLA MAE MILLER. Children of ANDREW TAYLOR and ELLA MILLER are: i. WILLIE B TAYLOR2 (BILL), b. December 1882. ii. SUSANA TAYLOR, b. March 1887. iii. LONNIE D TAYLOR, b. March 1889. 2. iv. JESSE NATHANIEL TAYLOR, b. July 02, 1891; d. January 15, 1965, Eastland Tx.. v. CARRIE ETTA TAYLOR, b. February 24, 1894; d. May 11, 1968, Eastland Tx.. vi. ANDY B. TAYLOR, b. November 1897. 3. vii. RUFUS MURRAY TAYLOR, b. May 29, 1900, Desdemona, TX; d. November 26, 1972, Lawton, OK. viii. MAMIE TAYLOR, b. 1902; m. WALTER FOX. Generation No. 2 2. JESSE NATHANIEL2 TAYLOR (ANDREW JACKSON1) was born July 02, 1891, and died January 15, 1965 in Eastland Tx.. He married EDNA LUCINDA LAMB August 18, 1912 in Eastland Tx.. Children of JESSE TAYLOR and EDNA LAMB are: i. BESSIE RUTH3 TAYLOR, b. June 18, 1913, Carbon, Eastland Co. Tx; m. RUSSEL C TURNER, Eastland Tx.. 4. ii. ELLA MAE TAYLOR, b. , So. of Cisco, Eastland Co. Tx.. 5. iii. AUDRA FAY TAYLOR, b. , Kress Tx. Swisher Co.. 6. iv. ANDY J. TAYLOR, b. March 17, 1918, Kress Tx. Swisher Co.. 3. RUFUS MURRAY2 TAYLOR (ANDREW JACKSON1) was born May 29, 1900 in Desdemona, TX1, and died November 26, 1972 in Lawton, OK2. He married (1) CORA LEE GARRETT January 18, 1927 in Eastland Texas, daughter of JOHN GARRETT and MAMIE BLAIR. He married (2) OCIE BALL 1939 in okla. Children of RUFUS TAYLOR and CORA Lee GARRETT are: 7. i. ROBERT MURRAY3 TAYLOR, b. September 20, 1927, Olden, Eastland Co.; d. March 18, 1973, Farminton N.M. 8. ii. FLORENCE ELINOR TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1929, Spur Texas; d. May 13, 1991, Lawton Ok. 9. iii. BILLY DALE TAYLOR, b. September 23, 1930, Oklahoma City. Ok.; d. August 27, 1991, Lawton Ok. 10. iv. METZEL JANE TAYLOR,Living 11. v. MAUNAN TAYLOR, Living 12. vi. FLORENCE (BETTY) TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1929, Spur, TX; d. 1992, OK. GARRETT Line 1. WILLIAM VIRGIL9 GARRETT (BOYCE8, STEPHEN HARMON7, NICHOLAS WARE6, EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born August 29, 1844 in Choctaw Co. Miss1, and died July 11, 1917 in Gorman, TX1. He married SARAH ANN FERGUSON October 06, 1866 in Montgomery Co. MS1. Children of WILLIAM GARRETT and SARAH FERGUSON are: 2. i. VILLULIA10 GARRETT, b. 1870, Montgomery, Co. MS.; d. Stevens Co. Ok.. 3. ii. MARTHA ELENA GARRETT, b. March 17, 1870, Montgomery Co., MS; d. WFT Est. 1914-1965, Carbon, TX. 4. iii. MINNIE BELLE GARRETT, b. June 18, 1872, Montgomery Co., MS; d. March 29, 1971, Lubbock, TX. 5. iv. VIRGIL HARMON GARRETT, b. June 26, 1874, TX; d. 1946, Gorman, Tx. v. WILLIAM ELMER GARRETT, b. March 20, 1876, Tx1; d. WFT Est. 1877-19661; m. OLLIE. 6. vi. JOHN CALVERY GARRETT, b. June 17, 1878, TN; d. December 09, 1936, Corpus Christi, TX. 7. vii. FREDDIE LEE GARRETT, b. 1880; d. WFT Est. 1881-1970. 8. viii. HATTIE VELA GARRETT, b. October 02, 1880, TX; d. WFT Est. 1908-1974. 9. ix. WALTER VIVIAN GARRETT, b. August 02, 1884, TX; d. March 22, 1923, Duncan, OK. 10. x. CLYDE L. GARRETT, b. December 16, 1885, Tx; d. 1959, Eastland, TX. 11. xi. MRYTLE GARRETT, b. April 29, 1888, Tx; d. October 23, 1918, Gorman, Tx. They married into the BLAIR line and the Owen line. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/e/n/Nan-Z-Kent/

For those wishing to dominate Erath County for the County of the Month. Go to the bottom of the Erath web page & click on dominate & fill in the form. Let's all show Janice & Annette & the sponsors of the Erath County Web Page how much we apperciated them. JoAnn

Dee, I am a Gillentine descendant (my mother was a Gillentine) and have a great deal of information on the Gillentines. If you will visit our webpage at http://www.flash.net/~wmoyers/surnames.htm and look thru the Index of Surnames and click on Gillentine, you will find my database. I have much more information that is not on the web so contact me if you want more. Also if you will visit http://www.hcnews.com/~landmark/tomgreen.htm and look up "Dove Creek Battleground" you will find where Captain Nicholas M. Gillentine of the Texas Militia (from Erath County) was killed in a battle with indians in Tom Green County. Frances Moyers DAR, DRT wmoyers@flash.net Granbury, Texas

Charles, I had forgotten to mention that Two Mts. is the name of a clothing company my cousin's family started in honor of the land they grew up on. I'm not sure they are still in business or not........ but it was a line of casual wear with a southwest look. Debbie

Charles, Ahhh..........you hit some familiar names for me. Two Mountains or Double Mountains which are in the Caprock area near Snyder is ONE AREA OF TX I've been too. My mother's cousin owns a ranch at the base of the Caprock and part of the Caprock I'm told. Snyder is where many of her family live, including two of her brothers, ie. Henry Lee "Tommy" THOMPSON and Gerald THOMPSON. All the THOMPSON in the area are probably part of our family.My cousin Brenda is a hair dresser in Sweetwater (you mentioned that town) and her brother is the juvenile probation officer for the county Snyder sits in. Will close but keep your knowledge flowing as it is good to read all you remember or can find. DEBBIE

I, too, congratulate the Erath County site for an incredible month. Let's keep the activity up because it attracts more readers and interest. Any help on the ancestors of four of my gg grandparents buried in Erath county? James Neely Brown b 11/18/1858; d 1/24/1910 married Permelia J. Parker b 12/15/1861; d 1/6/1898 Henry Jeff Hendrix b 11/14/1861; d 1/6/1898 married Amy Annie Humble b 7/3/1858; d 7/15/1904 I have details on all but PARKER and am willing to share. Michael Holland Dallas, Texas

...for everyone! We agree wholeheartedly with Mike and JoAnn! Not only do Janice and Annette host a lovely Website; but of our 9 listservs, Erath is the most successful. Thank you, Charles Wyly, for starting things with your wonderful stories and reminiscences; and thank you, all other subscribers to our list, for sharing, asking, researching...; and thank you, Janice and Annette for having the perfect companion page for our list. With all the discussion, posted queries, and surnames, you're sure to find out about your Erath ancestors--not just learning names and dates, but sharing their lives as well. Keep up the good work, all of you! Your list owners, Tim tim@selfroots.com Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com http://www.selfroots.com Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com http://www.selfroots.com