To Charles Wyly Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your history in the form of stories. You are very knowledge and write with a great sense of humor. Are you only subscribing to Erath county. I believe that is the only place I see your responses. How about subscribing to McLennan and Comanche counties. Do you know much about these counties. Somewhere I believe you mentioned you now live in Bellmead. My roots are in Chalk Bluff. I am specifically looking for the George W Carter family who lived around Axtell 1875 - 1900. And then information on his son, my grandpa, James Brown Carter b. 1883. George W moved on to Hamilton and Comanche counties around 1900-1910 when the oil boom started. James stayed around Chalk Bluff and raised 7 children including my dad, Les Carter, who still lives at Chalk Bluff. I look forward to more of your history telling. I really hope people are taking notes from you. Sandra Carter Van Wyk Denton County TX ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles A. Wyly <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 7:41 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [ERATH] Millerville, TX > Yes , it existed. I remember the Millerville road and grandad and dad > talked about th area. I think they had a community house like Cedar Point > shared by the school- 1 teacher- and used by various churches in a > rotating. basis. One church near Waco- Leroy area has both Baptist and > Methodist groups and the pastor was a Baptist Lay Minister. > > Some cemeteries in Texas were like the East coast- each church owned a > cemetery and most in each cemetery would be related to that church. The > Box- Pony Creek was mostly people who attended the Box Methodist or > Lodge, and the Pony Creek Baptist, about 100 yards apart. Most in the > Johnsville are members or kin of the Church of Christ- not the One Cup or > the modern groups. One man's leg is buried at Box, but he changed > churches and > the rest of him- a Robinson or Roberson , is buried at Johnsville. His > granddaughter was my Great aunt by marriage. Aunt Etta said he would wake > up screaming and hit where his missing foot should be with a fly swatter. > , as he was in pain, likr sometimes my bridge has a toothache. He sent > his sons to check his leg . They said the lid was bending his toes back > sharply- they turned it and straightened the toes and the man had no more > pain. Others tell a similar story about ants on the buried limb causing > the living pain. > > Take care, Charles Wyly > >