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 > >