Ann, I do not find any other children listed. The History of Freestone County, Texas; Vol. I; p. 257. author, Mrs. Lavilla Owens of Teague Mary Jane Black m. William Evans Richards on 4 July 1865. They lived on a farm in the Mt. Zion community where their dau. Martha Rebecca and their son, William Evans, Jr. were born. When Mr. Richard d. on 29 April 1870, Mary Jane managed the farm by herself until she m. Lewis Barnett on 14 Sept. 1873. They had one dau. Nettie. Mary Jane d. of cancer 29 Jan. 1890 and is buried in Fairfield. The History of Freestone County, Texas; Vol. II; p. 432. author Mary Ann Bennett Smith of Dallas William Evans Richards was born December 27, 1869 near Fairfield....Will was married to Mary Eliza Bonner on December 27, 1892. They had one daughter Annie Fay....After the death of his wife on September 26, 1904, he moved to Houston....he died on November 18, 1946 [in Dallas]. He and his wife are buriend in the Fairfield Cemetery. In another article on Lofton Richard Boyd, it says that W. E. Richards was his uncle. Mike

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richards, Black, Little Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1140 Message Board Post: Richards, William E. 3/26/1843 - 4/29/1870 William Evans Richards married 4 July 1865 Mary Jane Black, daughter of Benjamin Blair Black and Jane Little. They lived on a farm in the Mt. Zion community, where daughter Martha Rebecca and son William Jr. were born. Were there other children?

Limestone County got it's name from the abundance of limestone in the area. It is my understanding that when Freestone County was carved from Limestone county, the new county was "free" of the limestone formations, therefore it was called, "Freestone" County. Pjafreestone@qol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1139 > > Message Board Post: > > How did your county get its name? Was there a Freestone as a founding father or similar? > > ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== > Never post virus alerts to the list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/199.251.336.342.1.1 Message Board Post: I am sorry, but this is not my family and I got what I posted from one of my Freestone Co. books. Did your family live in this co? If so, do you have any other info. or names? I would be glad to help you if I could.

You can probably find the information at this link http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfreest/histories/creation.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfreest/histories/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pjafreestone@qol.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:50 PM To: TXFREEST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXFREEST] How did Freestone County get its name? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1139 Message Board Post: How did your county get its name? Was there a Freestone as a founding father or similar? ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== Never post virus alerts to the list. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1139 Message Board Post: How did your county get its name? Was there a Freestone as a founding father or similar?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/199.251.336.342.1 Message Board Post: by chance did robert epps have a sister named bessie epps. bessie married granvill mitchell around 1896 and she passed away before 1900 of child birth trouble.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AiB.2ACE/1138 Message Board Post: Seeking info on these individuals. Daughter Annie appears in the 1900 Census in the household of William T. and Annie Roney and is shown as granddaughter, age is 7 yrs. I believe Annie R.'s maiden name is Roney. Any help appreciated. email me......jwaters@cwo.com

Can anyone help? Researching George Jefferson Campbell b ca 1832 in Tenn., married Sarah Mims 20 Jan. 1859 in Freestone County, Texas, served in CSA 3rd Lt. D. Co., 19th Tx. infantry, married second Martha Jane Speed bef 1870. Contact: Patti Beattie, 291 Cottonwood Rd., Pryor Ok. 74361

There is a Margaret E. Whitten listed in Oak Island Cem. b 9-21-1843 and death ? (Stone may be broken) No other Whittens listed. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <myrbob@cox.net> To: <TXFREEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:34 PM Subject: [TXFREEST] Magraet Whitten wife of John C. Whitten > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Sharp, Beeman, Day, Whitten, King, McGee, > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1137 > > Message Board Post: > > Magraet of Margiee Whitten died between 1881 and 1890 > in Freestone County can any tell where She is buried. She was > the wife of John C. Whitten and the mother of Ada Whitten who > married William C. Cowart. Thank you > > > ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by FasTraxs Anti-Virus Powered by Declude] > > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by FasTraxs Anti-Virus Powered by Declude]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sharp, Beeman, Day, Whitten, King, McGee, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1137 Message Board Post: Magraet of Margiee Whitten died between 1881 and 1890 in Freestone County can any tell where She is buried. She was the wife of John C. Whitten and the mother of Ada Whitten who married William C. Cowart. Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1134.1 Message Board Post: Freestone Co. History, Vol.2 SAMFORD FAMILY CEMETERY Located about 7 miles south of Teague west of State Highway 80. Samford, John F. 12/29/1849--8/5/1889 Samford, Elizabeth 8/?/1861--9/15/1889 Samford, George 1/23/1816--10/21/1882 Samford, E.R. 1/24/1851--2/5/1870 Samford, D.M. 3/18/1859--1/7/1861 Gilliam, N.J. 3/1/1846--11/1/1872 Gilliam, W.R. 10/20/1872--1/30/1877 About 8 to 10 graves possible This is what is listed for this cemetery. I haven't been there but thought you might be interested in the info. James

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1136 Message Board Post: I am looking for the 1870-75 school records of Freestone. George Stone was on the 1870 census as being a Teacher there.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1121.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Belinda, when I went to my file on my husband's greatgrandfather's company, I discovered that you and I had corresponded in August 1999. Nonetheless, please see below what I have on A. A. Watkins: "A. A. Watkins/Wadkins was a native of South Carolina and living in Freestone County at the beginning of the war. Originally with L. D. Bradley (my husband's greatgrandfather) in Peck’s Company, 12th Texas Infantry, he transferred to Bradley's Company in Waul's Texas Legion at Hempstead on February 3, 1862. He stated at that time that he was twenty-six and single. In that same year, after arriving in Mississippi with the company, he was left behind in a hospital in Holly Springs, according to an undated letter Captain Bradley wrote to his father. “A. A. Watkins was left at Holly Springs in the hospital. I think he is also dead though I have not heard from him.” His military record confirms that A. A. Watkins died at Holly Springs, having been reported sick there since October 29, 1862. The company experienced a lot of illness that cold fall, beginning with an earlier unprotected ride in open rail cars from Jackson to Holly Springs." Hope this is of some help, Kitty

I am looking for Rushings in Limestone or Freestone County. I have had a hard time finding information on my Neeley family. One of my older relatives recalls her mother talking about Granny Rushing. If she is correct this Rushing would have been married to a Neeley. Patsy Carter Dew, Texas

I'm sorry that I can't be of help to you, I don't find anything in my line to match-up with yours, this of course doesn't mean that your group isn't part of my line. Do you know where they came from? Approximate dates? ETC? My line starts with Benjamin Jackson and Mary Rushing, Benjamin was born prob. abt. 1740. In 1764 they were in, Chesterfield Dist., SC. Your line may come through one of their issue. Good luck and I'm sorry I can't be of help. I know how frustrating it can be after almost 50 years of searching my lines. Dale W. Key La Pine, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: <charlottehood@davisontransport.com> To: <TXFREEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:26 AM Subject: [TXFREEST] Re: Key Family of Freestone County, 1858 to Present This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1135.1 Message Board Post: Saw you had some info on Jackson in Freestone. Wondering if any of the Jacksons you had would include a James Walter Jackson (married Annie Colby/Kolby) or his son, George Thurman Jackson (married Effie Lee Piercy) b. 14 Sept. 1889, d. 10 mar. 1932 in Fairfield. Any help or leads would be GREATLY appreciated as these 2 individuals are my gggrandfather & my ggrandfather. Thanks !! Charlotte ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1135.1 Message Board Post: Saw you had some info on Jackson in Freestone. Wondering if any of the Jacksons you had would include a James Walter Jackson (married Annie Colby/Kolby) or his son, George Thurman Jackson (married Effie Lee Piercy) b. 14 Sept. 1889, d. 10 mar. 1932 in Fairfield. Any help or leads would be GREATLY appreciated as these 2 individuals are my gggrandfather & my ggrandfather. Thanks !! Charlotte

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watkins, Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1121.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kitty, I was wondering about an A. Watkins. Any info. that you can give me on him to confirm whether he is who I am in search for would be wonderful! Thanks So Much

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cantrell, Coffey, Granberry, Jackson, Key, Martin Lackey, Roberts, Ward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1135 Message Board Post: Seeking any information, documents, pictures, ETC. for this and related families. I have done extensive research on this line and will share with others. Dale W. Key dvkey@bendnet.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/165.170 Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone that has information on Mollie (Mary Beth)Drake that was married to Matthew Drake. I think her Mother was Susan Fornell. Mollie was born in Freestone about 1878. She married William Thomas Cornelius. I think Matthew Drake was a brother to one of the Drakes that has a picture posted on the Freestone web-page. Help, anyone. We do not know where any of these relatives are. Thank you so much.