Hey, pardon me- the Trading post was Torrey's not Terry's. Must have been asleep. Charles Wyly On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 07:47:23 -0800 Sandra Van Wyk <[email protected]> writes: > One of our membership has been doing research at the courthouse, but > we do > have something that shows Sam Houston, Governor, gave 160 acres of > land to > Martin Harper on August 29, 1860. Mr. Martin set aside a portion > of that > land for the Harper Cemetery. > > This is all very interesting. > > Thanks, > Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:38 AM > Subject: Re: [ERATH] Harper Cemetery in Elk Texas > > > > Hi, Sandra, > > > > isn't this the cemetery given by Sam Houston to the people of the > > Elk-Towash - Waco area? Seems that Jesse Chisolm, under Sam > Houston also > > met the Indians of the area at Terry's Trading Post to negotiate > > friendliny or t least Tollerance of Anglos by the Indians there > and at > > Comanche Peak near Grandbury and other sites before he m,oved on > to > > Kansas with his Wagon and ox cart freight contracts to U.S. Govt > to > > supply needs of Bureau of Indian affairs. Jesse was not a Trail > driver, > > and never drove one cow trhrough Waco but surveyed his Freight > trail > > from Red River North through Yukon, Okla. to Abilene, Kansas > store. It > > was a Mr. McCoy, Railroad Executive who organized drives north to > meet > > the Rail loading pens he had planned. > > > > Perhaps some confusion could have come from John Chissum of the > Concho > > Valley driving catle from East Texas to the Concho Valley to > fastten on > > the River grass. This trail from East Texas to Wyoming final > grazing is > > still followed today by Diesel Cattle Trucks . > > > > Erath County land records were kept in McClennan County Archives > of the > > County Tax office before Bosque and Erath Counties were organized. > This > > shows on original Abstract of Wyly and Hatchett land in Erath and > Bosque > > Counties. Before that, seems some were kept in Cameron. > > > > Take care, > > Charles A. Wyly > > > > Take care, > > Charles A. Wyly > > > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:58:19 -0800 Sandra Van Wyk > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Harper Cemetery, Elk Texas > > > Work Day and Annual Business Meeting > > > Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m. > > > Lunch and Business Meeting at noon > > > > > > Please feel free to join us if you have any interest in Harper > > > Cemetery. It is > > > located in the Elk community, east of Waco. > > > > > > You can view the listing of the graves at > > > www.rootsweb.com/~txmclenn > > > and click on cemetery listings > > > > > > www.usgennet.org/usa/tx/county/mclennan > > > and click on Harper Cemetery > > > > > > If you have any questions or need directions to the cemetery, > please > > > let me > > > know. > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > ((I apologize if you receive this message on multiple mailings > as > > > I've sent to > > > counties surrounding McLennan County.)) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > > > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >