Can anyone tell me more about the "J.D. Bishop" that laid out a townsite "which drew residents from old to new Dublin."? He may be my GG-Grandfather. Tim Walker Seawolf-Self tim@selfroots.com self@selfroots.com Self Family Association NetLetter http://www.selfroots.com listowner: SELF-L@rootsweb.com listowner: SWINDLE-L@rootsweb.com listowner: EDENS-L@rootsweb.com listowner: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com listowner: TXKING-L@rootsweb.com listowner: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com listowner: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com listowner: NCCLAY-L@rootsweb.com listowner: LABOSSIE-L@rootsweb.com USGenWeb coordinator for CLAY County, NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclay USGenWeb coordinator for MURRAY County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamurray TXGenWeb coordinator for KING County Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txking CSA 6th NC Cavalry Co.F(65th NC) CSA 7th Bat. Co.B NC Cavalry http://www.Route66AutoClub.com/ ROUTE-66 List -- SEND subscribe TO: ROUTE-66-L-request@travel.rootsweb.com ©1998 § Self Seekers: The Self Family Association tm® > Kim, > If you will go to the site I have below, you can read the story that > includes this line: > "J. D. Bishop laid out a townsite on the (railroad) line four miles south > of > Mount Airy, which drew residents from old to new Dublin." > Could it be that "New Dublin" started out as "Bishop", as there was > already > a town named "Dublin"? > Just a wild guess. > Connie Prater Reed > Dublin, Tx > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_fetch_doc?dataset=tsha.dst&db=handb > ook&doc_id=17870&query=bishop+erath > This site is off of The Handbook of Texas, which tells about many old > towns, > stories, etc., I even used it to read about my gggrandfathers unit in the > Confederacy by typing in the commanders name. It is undoubtedly my > favorite > site. > Handbook of Texas: > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html > ...........snip......... >>From: "FRED E EWERS III" <fredorkim@email.msn.com> >>To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [ERATH] Bishop, Texas >>Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:52:47 -0600 >> >>Does anyone know anything about BISHOP,Texas and where it was located? I >>saw it on the Erath County towns list and it may no longer exist. I have >>a >>letter written by my great-great grandmother postmarked Bishop, Texas. >>There is a Bishop, TX down close to Corpus Christi, but I was curious as >>to >>why my ancestor would have been there at the time she wrote this letter. >>If >>there was a Bishop in Erath County, that would make much more sense. >> >>Any info appreciated! Kim Ewers _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com