Hello, My wife Jeannie Riley graduated from Clyde high School. I see some familiar names. Are you desc. from John Crockett of Erath County who rode with Quantrill or the Youngers during Civil War battles? He died of a hunting accident near Quannah, Texas. Apparently others he had ridden with also settled in Erath County. The Kuykendalls (Pronounced here as Kirkendall) were prominent in the Texas Revolution. Many settled in Bosque County in the Hog Creek- Clifton - Searsville (Valley Mills) area and one there married my Great Grandmother's sister, a daughter of Dr. & Rev. William Pinckney Hatchett who was a doctor, minister in the Missionary Baptist Church, and pharmacist in Valley Mills, Texas. He began preaching and organizing churches in the 1840's at Gonzales, Texas and rode with Kuykendalls and other Rangers scouting for Gen . Taylor's t4oops in Mexico. He retired at Selden, Erath County, after 1900 and built a large 2 story house which still stands in perfect condition. The Kuykendall Land & Cattle Co. of Clifton , Texas moved cattle to Wyoming pasture on foot, then by rail, then by Diesel truck. Their downtown office closed a few years ago. One of Dr. hatchett's brothers had a ranch at Baird and Clyde, Texas.His descendants still live there. Jim Hatchett of Abilene is a leading commercial real estate agent in Abilene. Perhaps the Kuykendalls and Hatchetts went to the Clyde- Baird area together. Rev. Ely and Dr. Hatchett and "Choctaw Bill" Robinson of Comanche were contemporaries . Before Sunday school started, two or more ministers would preach back to back 60 to 90 minute sermons. Will ask my wife about the other names. Take care, Charles Wyly