>From: "zella coffman" <[email protected]> A TRUE STORY, "AND AWAY WENT THE RABBIT" >Hi Carl, THIS IS A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR > >I've done some editing on your story - I really don't want to cut any of >it, >and would like to include Part I in the March newsletter, and Part II in >the >June issue. Is there a Part III? I think I understand it all - quite a >story!!! - except for one sentence near the end - "Bob Jones, Harris, and >Jowland, who were only found guilty on the charge of theft, were sentenced >to hang the others and get out of the county in ten days." > >This is my edited version - full credit will be given to you, of course, >with my name as ed. - please read and let me know what you think. I >intended to get this to you earlier but just haven't had time - I'd really >like to include Part I in the March issue and need to get it to the printer >by Monday, at the latest, preferably sooner. > >Gail > >And Away Went the Rabbit >By Zella and Carl Coffman > >Greetings! This is a story that has mystery - a war between the people of >two Missouri counties and the bullies, a war that the Missouri State Army >had to bring under control - a man on the run, maybe his wife and children >also, for their lives. It’s about a Baptist Church in Aldrich, Missouri, >being taken over by thugs and threatened. It’s about the Military Highway >that runs south out of Kansas City, between the state lines of Kansas and >Missouri and on into Texas and Louisiana, and some very hot saddles on the >way to Texas and Shreveport Louisiana. It’s about a man on the run in >Texas; he was killed, and we sure wish we could tell you how - was it >Indians raiding along the Red River, or did the bad guys catch him in the >end? I call him the Rabbit, but the name he was born with was Andrew D. >Coffman, and he was born in 1824, in Grainger, Tennessee. My daughter, >Zella Coffman and my self, Carl Coffman in Wichita, are chasing as fast as >we can after a very long lost rabbit, that we found court documents on, in >Fannin County, in December. We were there in person, and everybody was >super and nice and very helpful. We had a lot of success in the records at >courthouse and went to view Great-Grandfather and our Great-Grandmothers >land, 4 miles north on Farm Road # 898. There was no cemetery index at >Brown's cemetery but we sure did look just the same, as it would be just >west of a section of the farm. We found a lot of un-marked graves. > >Now to tell the story of this Rabbit with 4 wives. Two married others in >Harrison County and ended up in Fannin County, and there was a girl friend >in Grayson. Our records show Andrew Coffman died in Cooke 3 November 1873. >He married in Polk Co. Missouri, #1, next #2 (our ancestor, in Harrison >County), #3 In Harrison, County, also. Rabbit married # 4, Laura F. >Brown, in Fannin County, 1870. Well, the stage is set for over a 50 year >chase after his information, and that of his children. Got to admit, The >Red River Valley was a nice place to stop running. > >This story started in Tennessee, in the year of the birth of Andrew David >Coffman and his twin brother, John H.B. Coffman, 1824. There were 9 -11 >children born to David, 1787-1838, and wife Susanna Bunch. David’s father >was in the American Revolution and lived in Lancaster Pennsylvania. He >left Pennsylvania with a brother about1780, and went to Tennessee. Let’s >see, we have Andrew's father and grandfather listed and that’s far enough >for now. Rabbit’s father, David, was a Baptist preacher and had a calling >to go the wilds of Missouri to start a church school about 1835. His >children, friends, and members built it, and I've been there in Aldrich, >Missouri, near the Truman Dam, and walked the farm on canes and said a few >words over David and Susanna’s graves on their own old homestead. I felt >very sad that he only lived about three years after coming to Missouri. >Susanna raised all >their children. There was a private war that broke out in Polk and Benton >Counties, called the Slickers War, and it was run by a bully and his 4 sons >and bar room buddies. If this bunch didn't like you they would steal your >land, tie you to a tree, tear off your shirt, take a small limb, tear off >all the bark, and beat your back until you were bleeding, and then untie >you and tell you to leave the county or die. Those against the Slickers >were called Anti-Slickers. There were many killings for a period of 4 to 5 >years and there wasn't enough law to control them. The Slickers were at a >Baptist church meeting at Aldrich about 4 years after David the preacher >died, and thought the words the preacher was speaking were directed at >them. They got up in front and told all the members if they didn't stop, >they would be run out of the county also. Andrew and his family were there >that night. Many were killed, or run out of the county, and it took the >Missouri Army to stop >the mayhem in these two counties. There is a book is for sale about the >Slickers War at the Polk County, MO Historical Society, in Bolivar, MO. >Andrew’s first marriage was in 1849 to a very nice Tennessee lady, >Elizabeth S. Sanders, and I never could find out any info on her, nor if >she had any children with Andrew. I did find them as a couple in the 1850 >Polk Co. Census and never again together. I found Andrew again in Caddo >Parish, LA. and Harrison Co., TX. I did find a Elizabeth Sanders marrying >again in 1854, at Jefferson County MO, which is just west of St. Louis, and >two boys named Sanders in the next county west of Polk, Dade Co., with a >family of a different name. The story was they were being raised there >because they couldn't get along with one of their parents. I will always >wonder if the boys could have had their mother's maiden name, and if >Andrew, Elizabeth, and those two boys were on the run for their lives, and >all went in different directions, because of fall-out from the Slickers >War. Some of >the Slicker and Anti-slickers must have hated until they died. We call >Missouri the “Show-Me-State”. Anyway the family is all gone and couldn't >be found except Andrew, under a different name, was shown marring Magdaline >S. Sheltman, in Caddo Parish LA, in March of 1866. The marriage did take >then but not in Caddo Parish. I found the #2 marriage in the marriage book >in Harrison Co. TX. as Dedrick Haufman. We know it's Andrew, as when we >looked at land sales in Fannin Co. after Magdaline died, he signed Andrew >D. Coffman. Magdalin had "twins" in 1867, and a son named Hugh in 1869. >Magdaline died 3 months later and Hugh, 3 months after that. That left >Andrew with Magdaline's four children, and two babies, aged 2 and 3 years >old. >"What to do, oh what to do," the Rabbit says. We think we can tell you a >close story of what happen. We could probably prove most of it if we wanted >to go on a records search in Harrison County, but our tree doesn't need it. >Magdaline S. Sheltman and Thomas Harrison were married in Harrison, Co. Tx. >On The 1850 Harrison Co. census, the Harrison and Sheltman families were >very near one another. I have seen some places that Magdaline may have been >11 when she got married? We think Andrew got a baby sitter for the twins, >took the 4 children to the farms of the Sheltmans and Harrison, and found a >wife probably really quick in Harrison Co, by the name of Virginia. He >filed for divorce against her, in Fannin Co. in early 1870. We know that >was where she was from because the sheriff tried to serve papers on her in >Harrison Co. Well, the rabbit is slowing down. I don't think he is >looking over his shoulder as much as he is usually is. He married Laura F. >Brown, >from Bonham, Fannin County, in March 19, 1871, under Andrew D., and sold 3 >plots of land that had been in Magdaline’s name, as Andrew D. Coffman. See >what 4 wives and “on the run” will do to you? And a girl friend in Sherman, >Grayson County, too. What you want to hear about the girl friend? And do >you >want to know how this case of mis-direction was solved? To be continued >in the next issue of Ancestor Issues, June 2000. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Please Fwd to ever Coffman you ran across IMPORTANT GENEALOGY REPORT The report below is on a Child of David Coffman, b.1787-1838 (Tenn.. to Missouri) and Susan Bunch (Tenn. to Mo.) they had 9-11 children. David and Susan buried at Aldrish, Mo. on their old farm. David was a son of Andrew Kauffman/Coffman, b.1760 (Penn to Tenn) and Andrew,1760 was a son of Andrew Kauffman,b.1718 (Penn). My family line follow's Andrew D.,b.1824 (Tenn-Mo.-Texas) to Walter E. B.1867-1948 (Texas to Texas, with stops in Ark. and Missouri)--To Otto R. Coffman,b.1908- (Tex.-All over Country-to Kansas in 1942. And last (me) Carl Coffman a/k/a Carlos ,b. 1933 (Okla. to Kansas). This report is submitted in an effort to help others find there way, if a search is started to research him, as he had many names and marriages. This search was very difficult to do. A open letter of thanks and all information. To: Elizabeth Haring, and whom it may concern,Greetings. As you may remember, Beth, I started a little over a year ago tracking Andrew D. Coffman,b.1824. I was passed down old records that were complied by a lady in Omaha, Nebr. and they showed no records to support any item entered. At the start they showed Andrew D. born about 1815 in Tenn. I ran around all over trying to get one point of ref. that was correct, and that could be proved. This took about 3 months lost, and then there was you, our guiding light, with your Polk County Missouri, census and probate records. After a month looking at your chart, (that's how long it took me to see that Andrew,b.1815 and Andrew,b1824 were the same person) we could see that the David Coffman,b.1787-1838 and Andrew D.b,1824-1873 was our Anc's. And you had record dates which we didn't have before. Of this we will always be grateful to you for your caring and kindness. Out search then was to try to prove Andrew,b.1824 was the father of our Grandfather Walter E.Coffman,b.1867-1848. This turned out to be about a 1/2 dozen. brick walls. Your records showed that Andrew,b.1824 married Elizabeth S. Sanders, Polk Co. Mo.,1849. We were never able to find them, nor children, after your census record of 1850, Polk, Co.Mo., again. This was Andrew's 1st. marriage. Our un-proven showed Andrew,24 married Magdaline S. Sheltman 3/21/1866, Caddo, Parish,LA. Great-Day was this false. After finding a 4th. marriage on Andrew,b.24 and working backwards we found it to be Dedrick Kauffman,b.1824-1873 to Magdaline S. Sheltman 3/21/1866 in Harrison County Texas. It was listed in a Family Bible as D.C. Coffman and M.S. Sheltman, same date of marriage as above. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND that we found 3rd& 4th Marriage in Fannin Co.Texas, 12/1999, that a law suit in Kauffman Co.Tx.and a Sheriff papers returns to court, showed Harrison Co. Tx. on Magdaline and her first husband Thomas Harrison where lived, and that led us to Fannin Co. We have to work backwards now with the records in Bonham,Tx. Fannin Co. for you to understand how this worked. We found the original Marriage lic. (you were suppose to come forward to court house after 60 days to claim)at Fannin court house and it was given to us to keep. It shows Laura F. Brown and A.D.Coffman were married 19/3/1871,at Bonham,Tx. It has a Wonderful note written across the bottom that say's " a former wife of A.D. shows up lots later and says he is not div. from her". Found no court action taken. This would of been Virginia--------? and they might of been married in Harrison Co.. I don't have to know-no children- about her as I found a record in Fannin Court where he sued her for div. and sheriff went to Harrison Co.to serve. Laura was 4th. wife, Virginia was 3rd. Magdaline was 2nd. Elizabeth was 1st. Andrew's name when he married Laura was A.D. Coffman, not sure on name he married Virginia,#3 by,census shows Dedrick., and he sued for Div. as A.D. I'm fairly sure his 2nd. wife,(Our Great-GrandMother,Magdaline) died in Fannin,Co.Tx. We found he married her as Dedrick Kauffman in Harrison but listed on deed sales of M.S.Sheltman/kauffman, as A.D. after Magdaline died in 1869, on land she bought in her name in Fannin, Co., while living in Caddo,La. From A man who was from Harrison Co. I know, it's a wonder I got thur it. There was a probate court order to value Magdaline and A.D. estate in Fannin.Co. Texas, as Magdaline had children from first marriage in Harrison,Co. The only children listed in records are in the 1870 Fannin Co.Tx.Census and the listing is for Dedrick and Virginia and Walter E. And Susan E age three. There was a Hugh born to Magdaline also, but was b&d same year of 1869 as was Magdaline but were 3 months apart. That's getting to be about it. I've proven Andrew and Dedrick are one in the same. Further, that Dedrick married Magdaline in Harrison Co. Tx., by the Marriage Book, on 3/21/1866. Also that Andrew's and Dedrick ages are the same. That Walter E. (my Grandfather) was a son of Andrew/Dedrick, and you Beth proved Andrew was a son of David,b.1787. In time I will try to get the two marriage lic. from Harrison Co. on Magdaline and Virginia. Somehow I get the feeling they may be related. And when records get complete, in Fannin Co., on grave-yards, I will look for their graves. My old un-proven records show Andrew died in 11/3/1873, Cooke County,Tx. but in light of info in Fannin, Co. and his marriage to Laura, he may be buried Fannin. After Andrew/Dedrick death, Laura Brown may of part raised Walter E. Coffman. In Walter's Adult life he said he was raised by Brown's we thot, but it could of been Brown instead. Do remembering him saying she sure could cook. I now feel I have a creditable family tree up to Andrew Kauffman/ Coffman,1760.And thank everybody that helped. Very truly yours, Carl Coffman,1/4/2000 Wichita, Kansas Regards: Carl and Zella (daughter) Coffman 1448 S. Handley St. Wichita, KS 67213 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi List this is my exact family tree down to the 8th. Gen. where I follow Andrew Kauffman/Coffman,b.1760 and tree continues for uncle David Harmond. I will type the rest for Andrew Down to present for those that might want it. Regards Coffman's in Wichita > Change Khoufmann to Kaufmann If you Wish > > KAUFFMAN/COFFMAN, HISTORY > >1. Jakob Khoufmann b. Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, m. (1) Christina >Raeber, m. (2) May 11 1584, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Anna >Buenki. > Children by Christina Raeber: > i Anna Khoufmann b. Apr 3 1580, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland. > ii Hans Khoufmann b. Feb 1 1581, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland. > iii Magdalena Khoufmann b. Apr 22 1582, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > Children by Anna Buenki: > iv Caspar Khoufmann b. Apr 11 1585, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Barbara Kneubuchl. > v Margaret Khoufmann b. May 29 1586, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > vi Jakob Khoufmann b. May 1 1590, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, >m. Adalin Ummel. > 2. vii Niklaus Khoufmann b. Dec 10 1592. > viii Michel Khoufmann b. May 20 1596, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Barbara Blank. > ix Verena Khoufmann m. Dec 12 1525, Hans Ruess >Second Generation > >. Niklaus Khoufmann (1.Jakob1) b. Dec 10 1592, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Jan 17 1617, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Elsi >Blank. > Children: > 3. i Johannes Khoufmann b. Jun 20 1617. > ii Barbara Khoufmann b. Mar 28 1619, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > iii Michel Khoufmann b. Oct 1620. > iv Nicholas Khoufmann b. Jul 18 1624, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > >Third Generation >3. Johannes Khoufmann (2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. Jun 20 1617, >Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, m. (1) Anna Eichelberger, m. (2) May29 >1648, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Elisabeth Christner, m. (3) Aug >23 1658, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Anna Oesch. > Children by Anna Eichelberger: > i Barbara Khoufmann b. Nov 24 1644, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Hans Furrer. > 4. ii Hans Khoufmann b. Jan 15 1646. > iii Peter Khoufmann b. Dec 20 1646, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > Children by Elisabeth Christner: > iv Anna Khoufmann b. Mar 12 1649, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland. > v Christina Khoufmann b. Sep 26 1652, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Nov 16 1683, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Michael >Kauffman. > vi Verena Khoufmann b. Nov 18 1655, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland, m. Jan 9 1685, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, Jakob >Yoder. > Children by Anna Oesch: > vii Jakob Khoufmann b. Jan 8 1660, Steffisburg, Bern, >Switzerland. > >Fourth Generation > >4. Hans Khoufmann (3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. Jan 15 1646, >Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, m. Feb 24 1664, in Duchy of Wurttemberg, >Kathrina Arnold. Hans died Feb 14 1695, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland. > Children: > i Hans Khoufmann b. Jun 17 1666, Duchy of Wurttemberg, d. Nov 27 >1677, Duchy of Wurttemberg. > 5. ii Andreas Khoufmann b. Nov 13 1668. > iii Johannes Khoufmann b. Mar 19 1672, Duchy of Wurttemberg, d. >Feb 8 1673, Duchy of Wurttemberg. > >Fifth Generation >5. Andreas Khoufmann (4.Hans4, 3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. Nov >13 1668, Duchy of Wurttemberg. > Children: > i Issac Kauffman m. Elizabeth. Issac died 1738, Lancaster County, >Pennsylvania. ii Michael Kauffman. > 6. iii Andrew Kauffman b. ca. 1690. > >Sixth Generation > >6. Andrew Kauffman (5.Andreas5, 4.Hans4, 3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, >1.Jakob1) b. ca. 1690, m. Elizabeth Kneissel, d. 1759, Lancaster >County,Pennsylvania. Andrew died ca. 1743, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. > Children: > 7. i Andrew Kauffman, Jr. b. ca. 1718. > >Seventh Generation >7. Andrew Kauffman, Jr. (6.Andrew6, 5.Andreas5, 4.Hans4, 3.Johannes3, >2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. ca. 1718, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, m. >Magdalena Martin, b. ca. 1731, d. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. >Andrew died 1763, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. > Children: > 8. i David Harmon Coffman b. ca. 1750. > ii Andrew Coffman b. Oct 16 1760, m. Betsy Ramsey. > >Eighth Generation > >8. David Harmon Coffman (7.Andrew7, 6.Andrew6, 5.Andreas5, 4.Hans4, >3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. ca. 1750, Lancaster County, >Pennsylvania, m. ca. 1774, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Elizabeth >Lovell. David died ca. Mar 1835, Limestone County, Alabama. > Children: > i Lovell S. Coffman b. ca. 1775, Fauquier County, Virginia, m. >1803, in Giles County, Tennessee, Sarah Greene. Lovell died Feb 1854, >Giles County, Tennessee. > ii Jacob Coffman b. Feb 23 1777, Fauquier County, Virginia, m. Nov >11 1799, Nancy Walker. > 9. iii Elizabeth Coffman b. ca. 1779. > iv William Coffman b. 1782, Jauquier County, Virginia, m. May 21 >1805, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Sarah White. > v Andrew Coffman b. Dec 22 1784, Greene County, Tennessee, m. Jan >8 1812, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Nancy Legg, b. Jan 23 1783, >Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (daughter of Edward Legg and Mary Gover) >d. Sep 28 1872, Hamblen County, Tennessee, buried: Bent Creek Baptist >Churchyard. Andrew died Sep 1 1864, Hamblen County, Tennessee. > 10. vi Sarah Coffman b. 1785. > 11. vii Nancy Coffman b. Apr 22 1787. > 12. viii Mary Ann Coffman b. Mar 2 1789. > ix David Harmon Coffman, Jr. b. Jan 3 1791, Greene County, >Tennessee, m. (1) ca. 1816, Rhoda Shelton, m. (2) Dec 19 1853, Lavina >Browning. David died Aug 10 1869, Limestone County, Alabama. > x Robert Coffman b. 1792, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. >Elizabeth Keele. Robert died ca. 1850. > xi Markham Marshall Coffman b. 1798, Jefferson County, Tennessee, >m. May 23 1822, in Alabama, Margaret Walker. Markham died ca. 1853, >Limestone County, Alabama. > xii Rebecca Coffman b. 1798, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. Aug >28 1816, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, William Cannon Walker. Rebecca >died ca. 1853, Limestone County, Alabam >Ninth Generation > >9. Elizabeth Coffman (8.David8, 7.Andrew7, 6.Andrew6, 5.Andreas5, >4.Hans4, 3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. ca. 1779, Fauquier >County, Virginia, m. ca. 1797, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, John >Legg, b. Jan 1775, Prince Georges County, Maryland, (son of Edward Legg >and Sarah Garrett) d. Oct 1811, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth >died ca. 1830, Limestone County, Alabama. > Children: > i Mary "Polly" Legg b. ca. 1798, Knox County, Tennessee, m. 1818, >in Jefferson County, Tennessee, William Skeets, b. 1788, d. 1882. Mary >died Limestone County, Alabama. > ii Lovell Legg b. 1803, Knox County, Tennessee, m. ca. 1827, in >Tennessee, Sarah "Sallie" Adams, b. Jul 9 1809, Georgia, d. 1904, >Limestone County, Alabama. Lovell died Oct 5 1887, Limestone County, >Alabama, buried: Legg Cemetery iii Edward Legg, II b. Nov 29 1805, >Knox County, Tennessee, m. ca. >1827, Mary Adams. Edward died Sep 11 1885, Nacogdoches, Texas, buried: >Old North Church Cemetery. > iv Sarah "Sallie" Legg b. 1807, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. >William McKinney. Sarah died Texas. > v James Legg b. 1809, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. Mar 11 1834, >Celia McKinney, b. 1812, d. 1885. James died Apr 4 1889, Limestone >County, Alabama.10. Sarah Coffman (8.David8, 7.Andrew7, 6.Andrew6, >5.Andreas5, 4.Hans4, >3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. 1785, Fauquier County, Virginia, >m. Aug 31 1803, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, John Meals, b. Jun 15 >1783, (son of Samuel Meals and Winnie) d. 1864, Madison County, >Alabama. Sarah died ca. 1833. > Children: > i Mary Ann Meals b. Jul 5 1804, m. (1) Feb 17 1823, Jessee >Summers, m. (2) Thomas McCuistion. > ii Elizabeth Meals b. Oct 11 1806. > iii Susan Meals b. 1812. > >11. Nancy Coffman (8.David8, 7.Andrew7, 6.Andrew6, 5.Andreas5, 4.Hans4, >3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. Apr 22 1787, Greene County, >Tennessee, m. Feb 24 1808, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, William Legg, >b. Apr 19 1787, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (son of Edward Legg and >Mary Gover) d. Jun 10 1865, Limestone County, Alabama. Nancy died Oct >5 1863, Limestone County, Alabama. > Children: > i John Gover Legg b. 1808, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. (1) >1834, Susannah F. Halbert, m. (2) 1842, Nancy Matilda Hancy. > ii Sarah Legg b. 1809, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. ca. 1827, >Robert J. Tindall. Sarah died ca. 1852, Limestone County, Alabama. > iii Mary Gardner Legg b. Dec 29 1811, Jefferson County, Tennessee, >m. Dec 17 1834, Robert E. Summers. > iv David Coffman Legg b. Jan 4 1814, Jefferson County, Tennessee, >m. (1) Aug 27 1835, Mary J. Halbert, m. (2) 1845, Mary Jane Carlisle, m. >(3) Sep 24 1884, Keziah Roper Basham, b. 1839, d. ca. 1884. David d Jun 11 >1898, Lawrence County, Tennessee. > v Elizabeth Legg b. Dec 22 1815, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. >Jun 8 1846, Issac Haney. Elizabeth died Jul 28 1880. > vi Edward Legg b. ca. 1816, Jefferson County, Tennessee, m. Sep 11 >1845, Elizabeth Ann Arledge. Edward died 1825, Limestone County, >Alabama. > vii Andrew Coffman Legg b. Jul 24 1820, m. (1) Oct 22 1847, Tera >Ann Easter Walker, m. (2) Sep 7 1853, Martha Gray. Andrew died Dec >101890, Limestone County, Alabama, buried: Antioch, Alabama. > viii Daniel Meals "Booker" Legg b. Oct 24 1824, Limestone County, >Alabama, m. Jun 4 1846, Lettie Jane Haney. Daniel died May 2 1911. > ix Nancy Legg b. 1825, Limestone County, Alabama, m. Dec 16 1841, >William C. Haney. > >12. Mary Ann Coffman (8.David8, 7.Andrew7, 6.Andrew6, 5.Andreas5,4.Hans4, >3.Johannes3, 2.Niklaus2, 1.Jakob1) b. Mar 2 1789, Greene >County, Tennessee, m. May 1 1810, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, >Daniel J. Meals, b. Nov 25 1791, Virginia, (son of Samuel Meals and >Winnie) d. Jan 6 1870. Mary died Jul 1 1868, Carroll County,Tennessee, >buried: Huntingdon, Tennessee. > Children: > i Nancy E. Meals b. Mar 3 1811, d. Sep 7 1857. > ii Samuel H. Meals b. Jun 22 1813. > iii Rebecca Meals b. Oct 4 1815. > iv Sally Meals b. Jul 21 1819, d. Feb 21 1829. > v Lewis M. Meals b. Jun 6 1821. > vi Mary Ann Meals b. Oct 4 1823, m. Oct 14 1842, D. L. Coffman, >b. 1819, Alabama, (son of Joseph Coffman and Sarah Meals). Mary died >1852, Henderson County, Tennessee. > vii Sarah A. Meals b. Sep 22 1826. viii Elizabeth I. Meals b. >May 26 1829, m. (1) Pierce, m. (2) Jul >24 1851, William Mebane. > ix William M. Meals b. Jun 16 1832, Alabama, m. Jul 25 1866, Julia >Pearcy. William died Dec 4 1894. > > > >Regards: Carl & Zella(Daughter) Coffman E-mail at: >[email protected] > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Greetings! Anyone with interest in the Draper family that was in the Basin Springs area in the late 1800's and early 1900's, I would love to compare notes! Mary Jefferson [email protected] Juneau, Alaska "Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them." Alfred North Whitehead

Good Morning Grayson List, I think I have may traced an Ancestor to Sherman. Are there any one on list tracking the Kauffman/Coffman lines? Will be back in a day or some with my data, I am a Genealogist and have lots of files to share. Bye Carl in Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Hello List, I am hoping someone can help in my research. I am looking for the Sims family who were possibly in Grayson Co., TX in 1920. They were from Kentucky, and I think all the boys were born there. As I understand, Shize "Shy" Sims and his wife, Lizzie (Mary Elizabeth) were divorced before their deaths in 1927, and he remarried - to her twin Susie, and she remarried a Mr. Hoskins. They had 6 sons. Lizzie wound up in the poor house after the divorce, and the boys were parted out to different homes. Anyone out there have access to the 1920 census for Grayson Co., and have the time to look? I would appreciate any help I can get, as our library doesn't have the information I need for that county. I would also appreciate if someone could look up the death index for them. I would like to make sure of the given name for Mr. Sims. Kathy Sims - [email protected]

I may have found how WHY I can not find my POPHAMs anywhere in the US, my Grandfather may have been born in England. I found in a book called "Scatterlings: Blairs, Williams, and Turners to Texas - 1858-1873" by Julian "Rusty" Williams. Printed just last year - 1999. It is really great reading. I met Rusty (over the net) many years ago and he told me more about the Williams and Blairs than I could ever have found other ways. Mainly where they are buried and my grandfather may be buried in the Blair Cem in Grayson/Fannin Co (right smack on the county line). He said that other family members called him "that dabber litle Englishman", so I will start looking in England - WOW. But in the mean time, I am still looking here on our Popham list (plus afew other lists) Descendants of NATHAN POPHAM 1 NATHAN POPHAM 1812 - 1843 b: Abt. 1812 d: Abt. 1843 ..... 2 TRAVIS POPHAM 1836 - b: Aft. 1836 ..... 2 JAMES POPHAM 1836 - b: Aft. 1836 ..... 2 William (James Gilson) Popham 1835 - 1872 b: 1835 in Poss. England d: 1872 in CHERRY MOUND, SHERMAN, GRAYSON CO, TEX (Blair Cem in Fannin Co.) Occupation: Circuit Preacher ......... +Susannah E. Williams 1838 - 1901 b: 1838 in Pittsylvania Co., VA m: October 15, 1864 in GRAYSON CO, TEXAS d: 1901 in FORT WORTH, TARRANT CO, TEX or (Blair Cem. in Fannin Co.) Father: Benjamin Franklin Williams Mother: Anna Clement Perkins ............ 3 Sarah "Sallie" Virginia Popham 1871 - 1947 b: February 27, 1871 in GORDONVILLE, GRAYSON CO., TEXAS d: October 26, 1947 in KINGSVILLE, KLEBERG CO., TEXAS ................ +HAWKINS MAY GIBSON 1871 - 1946 b: May 10, 1871 in DALLAS CO.,TEXAS m: June 05, 1892 in GORDONVILLE, GRAYSON CO., TEXAS d: January 14, 1946 in DAMON, BRAZORIA CO., TEXAS Father: JAMES HAWKINS GIBSON Mother: MARY (POLLY) OVERSHINER Rusty says in his book that Susannah (Williams) never remarried after William POPHAM died, and that she went and lived out her life with family. But my Mother says that her grandmother (Susannah Williams Popham) remarried and had another daughter (per her mother Sarah "Sallie" Popham Gibson-my grandmother), but was retarded or handicapped and died young. And the man that Susannah married was named Cox. Still searching on that one. I will talk to Rusty again on this one. Bill Ramsey- this book would be of interest to you because of the Ramseys in it. And you are right in the middle of them where you are located. It can be purchased at Barnes and Noble. There are also Turners and Witchers. But back to my POPHAM - IF any one has any info on this line of POPHAMS, either in England or here, please contact me. Keep in mind, that Nathan could be so many different names, Jonathan, Nathaniel, or any other variations. My Mother is now almost 93 and I would love to find more on her POPHAMs before it is to late. Also I have been told that in England the name could have been O'Popham, or some other closely related name. But wouldn't O'Popham be Ireland or Scotland. I am just digging for wht ever I can find. Here's hoping some one can help me on this one. Why is it I can go back to cave men days, but cannot find my closest grandparents. not question, just a comment (lol) Margie East Phelps in Texas on the coast [email protected]

Please tell me if you have a Annie Hollis Brode in this family? I believe her maiden name was Graham... Julia [email protected] wrote: > If anyone has access to the 1880 Grayson Co., TX census > would you please do a lookup for me? This LDS film is next > to impossible to read. George Hollis is my husband's grand- > father and we'd sure like to know who he was living with. > See what I have below. > > Rosemary Hollis > > 1880 Grayson Co., TX > LDS numbers Ed. 10, Sheet 238, 3 June #69 > Very poor copy of film. Ink spots all over page. > > W.J. ___________ 45 (m) farmer VA VA VA > M.E. 42 (f) TN TN TN > ________ 13 (dau) TX VA TN > A.R. 11 (dau) TX VA TN > D.? W. 9 (son) TX VA TN > M.L. 8 (dau) TX VA TN > M.T.J. 6 (dau) TX VA TN > Geo. Hollis 22 (nephew farmer TN TN TN Age smudged > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected]

Looking for descendants of Ann and Mason Stevick. Ann was the dau of Wade Hampton Hightower and Laura Moten from Orland, Calif. Mason Stevick moved to Denison, TX to work for the Guy F. Atkinson Co. who had a contract to build the Denison Dam. Sonia

Does anyone have any info on Balzoria Billingsley who married ? Meek. Balzie was born abt 1852 and was living in April 1930. Would like to find out who her husband was and where they are buried. Thanks, Tamara http://www.bearsandhares.com

Hello, I am new to the List and looking for help. I just rec't a SS-5 form on my grandfather, William M. TOWNSEND, and he listed Denison, Grayson Co, OK as "Place of Birth". He applied for the SS in 1954. I am confused. My grandfather listed "Arkansas" as place of birth on the 1910 Pushmataha,OK Census. He was born 29Aug1883. I can't find a Denison, Grayson, OK. Does anyone know why he might list "Oklahoma" on the SS-5 instead of "Texas"? Was there ever a Denison, OK in 1883? Wouldn't that have still been Indian Territory at that time? And why would he have listed "Arkansas" in 1910 on the census? If anyone has any information or suggestions on where to look, I would really appreciate it! William TOWNSEND's parents were Liston TOWNSEND and Mary WILLETT TOWNSEND. William Mose TOWNSEND was married to Lydia Wayne McCARTY. Thanks in advance. Kathy Pennycuff mailto:[email protected] Searching for Townsend, McCarty, Ellis, Ford, Pennycuff, Lewis, Landrum, Shelley, Willet, McElroy, Davenport, Holland, Guinn, Taylor, Booher, Barron, Turknett, McCasland, Risinger, and others

If anyone has access to the 1880 Grayson Co., TX census would you please do a lookup for me? This LDS film is next to impossible to read. George Hollis is my husband's grand- father and we'd sure like to know who he was living with. See what I have below. Rosemary Hollis 1880 Grayson Co., TX LDS numbers Ed. 10, Sheet 238, 3 June #69 Very poor copy of film. Ink spots all over page. W.J. ___________ 45 (m) farmer VA VA VA M.E. 42 (f) TN TN TN ________ 13 (dau) TX VA TN A.R. 11 (dau) TX VA TN D.? W. 9 (son) TX VA TN M.L. 8 (dau) TX VA TN M.T.J. 6 (dau) TX VA TN Geo. Hollis 22 (nephew farmer TN TN TN Age smudged

E. H. COOK, b. 1837 (+)(-) enlisted in Confederate army in 1862 at Witts Mill, Dallas Co. TX. Married Mary Ellen Witt in 1863 in Cooke Co. TX. They moved to Whitesboro, TX. where son Richard Edgar b. 1864, Mary E. b.1865 and Helen H. b. 1869 were born. Other children were William E. b. 1874, James Wilkens b. 1879 and Bessie B. b. 1886. Richard E. m. Jennie Messenger in 1889 in Graham, Young Co. TX. He was a blacksmith & moved from Graham to Enid to Ellsworth, KS. (probably following the cow trails for work.) His siblings were John Wilkens, Mary Ruth, Henry Clarence, and twins Velma and Thelma. Any connection out there?

James, I visited the Fort Worth National Archives, and looked at the Corps of Engineers files. There are 15 file boxes of records, which were turned over to the National Archives "as is" and are filed for purposes of the Corps of Engineers, with no indexes, alphabetization, or any other orderly way to find anything. The files are largely contracts to relocate cemeteries, including purchasing land, clearing land, exhuming, transporting and reburial at the new location. There were detailed records of contact with nearest kin and obtaining authorization to move the remains. There were hundreds of Grave Removal Orders - one for each grave, but in no particular order, that I could discern. These had annotations about the condition of the body, container, inventory of other articles found in the grave (one had a shovel in it); transportation record; and certificate of reinterment. The files even contained a number of 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 bound field notebooks about all sorts of subjects, from finding nearest kin, to details about the new cemetery. It appeared to me that the new cemetery was named "New Burney", for example, which replaced Burney Cemetery. I was overwhelmed with the many things that had to be done to move those cemeteries. There were a lot of unmarked graves which were relocated. In fact, while digging a grave at one of the new cemeteries, it was noted that some remains were found that were unmarked, unknown. They placed the bones in a new container and reburied it. To research a specific cemetery and deceased person would be a major undertaking. There are specific files about the cemeteries, but it is not necessarily easy to find the name of any particular deceased. I can appreciate why the National Archives advised you to come look, because the files do not lend themselves to easy research. These files are what you call "primary sources" and they are not "user friendly." I know this does not solve your problem, but as thorough as the Corps of Engineers seemed to be from the records I scanned, from back in the late 30's and early 40's, I would guess that the burials in the "New" cemeteries are as accurate as could be accomplished. Regards, Ken Hestand James Goff wrote: > The Bryan County Oklahoma Historical Society has a listing of some > cemeteries that were moved and to where, they are not on-line but their > mailing address is Bryan County Heritage Assn., Inc. P. O. Box 153 Calera, > OK 74730-0153 . > > According to the Corp of Eng, Tulsa District, the record are in the > National Archives, in Ft. Worth Tx, lots of luck with them people as they > will tell you to come by and look for your self in large stacks of papers, > or that was the response we have gotten from them, twice. > > Resent-Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:21:38 -0700 (PDT) > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Mon May 15 10:21:36 2000 > Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:16:29 -0500 > From: Sonia & Bill <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) > X-Accept-Language: en > Old-To: vicki reynolds <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] Texoma Lake area cemeteries > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/894 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > Vicki, > Your response only went to me and you obviously thought it went to the list > since you said "how about it listers". Your response does not go to the list > unless you type in that address, which I did on this message. When you > click on > reply, on this list, it goes privately to the person who placed the query. > That > is the default set up on this list. I would like to see the questions and > responses myself. How about it list? Is there a lot of maintenance or > monitoring if the response goes to the list? You could always respond > privately > if you didn't want the info going to the list. > I am on another couple of lists where I get a lot of messages that do not > pertain to me. I just glance at them > and delete. Doesn't take long. But in other cases, I get some info about the > area that is very helpful. I have only seen three queries since I have been on > this list and two of them were mine. <grin> So, I don't thing volumn is a > problem. I have received 4 or five responses privately which may have helped > someone else > too. > Any discussion on this? > . > Sonia > vicki reynolds wrote: > > Hi Sonia, > > Maybe someone on the list could help with this question but I believe you > > could check with the Corp of Engineers but where? I know for my family who > > was buried in Old Woodville,under what is now Lake Texhoma was moved to > > Madill. I for one would like to know the correct answer. How about it > > list? Where did we go to locate these moved cemeteries? > > Vicki > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sonia & Bill <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:31 PM > > Subject: [GRAYSON] Texoma Lake area cemeteries > > > > >Are there any records of cemeteries that were moved when Texoma > > >Lake was put in? Are there any records of cemeteries being covered up? > > > > > >My Hightower's are from the Basin Springs/Sadler > > >area and I have a few ancestors who should be buried in that area. > > >Of course, they just may not have marked graves. > > > > > >I am looking for > > >Margaret (Hightower) Panther/Worley > > >w/o #1 Jos Panther/Painter > > >#2 James Worley. > > >I know from courthouse records that Margaret died > > >in Basin Springs, Grayson Co,TX. > > >Children of Margaret Hightower Panther/Worley: > > >John W. Panther b. 1846 NC > > >Lucy Ann (Louisa) Panther b. 1848 Grayson Co, TX > > >James R. Panther b. 1857 Grayson Co, TX > > >Richard Worley b. c1862 TX > > >Arminda Worley b. c1863 TX > > > > > >Also looking for Margaret's sister Elizabeth (Hightower) > > >Edwards w/o George Edwards. They had one > > >son that I know of Thomas Edwards b. 1859. > > > > > >Another sister > > >Cynthia (Hightower) Hart w/o James Hart. > > >Children of Cynthia and James Hart: > > >E. J. (female) b. 1854 Grayson Co, TX > > >Nancy Ann Hart b. 1859 Grayson Co, TX > > >Mary Hart b. 1861 Grayson Co, TX > > >William Hart b. 1863 Grayson Co, TX > > >Adeline Hart b. 1866 Grayson Co, TX > > > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > >Sonia Hightower Hetherington > > > > > > > > > > > >

I recieved a SS-5 Form for my children's great-grandfather there other day. Arthur Floyd HOOD b. Dec. 30, 1905 in Grayson Co, Texas d. March 10, 1981 Lodi, California m. Lucy TAYLOR b. Oklahoma d. Lodi, California. Arthur is the son of Edgar Charles and Manda (WILLIAMS) HOOD. On February 26, 1938 when he applied for his SS card Arthur was living in N. Lawton, Oklahoma. Arthur had one sibling that I know of his brother, Aaron U. HOOD. Any information that anyone can share would be appreciated. Thank you, Skyeagle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ National Domestic Violence Hot Line(1-800-799-SAFE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy the best Logic Puzzle of All time!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Looking for information on the family of Jim Tom Barker (James) and Sarah Elizabeth Covington, I am descended through their daughter Anne Elizabeth who first married Charles K Wyatt. and then C.S. Earnheart. Looking forward to hearing from any one with information on these families. Susan Terrell For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. John 3:16

Susan, FANTASTIC! We will be arriving in Sherman from Virginia June 27-29 researching my husband's Boyd line, and you just helped us IMMENSELY! After having driven all that way, we will avoid the frustration that Janice felt, and I'm sure many others will benefit as well. Thank you, thank you, thank you! In the meantime, we would be delighted to hear from anybody who has a connection to or suggestion about the William Hamilton Boyd family, who arrived in Sherman in November, 1875, by wagon from Ralls Co., MO. Sounds as if we'll be in "hog heaven" researching them with the wonderful directions from Susan. Many thanks, Donna Stevens Boyd

Dr. Britton is alive and well, If you are in the Sherman Library regulary you will run into him . He often is in the research rooms. The reference desk I am sure can get a message to him. For house info contact the Sherman Preservation League, they have a good webpage: http://www.shermanpreservationlg.org/ I haven't heard the story you mention but I would be interested I am the Fannin County GenWeb CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/ Graves from the 1840's are rare to find. Most used field stones and boisdarc markers, neither are left that would be readable. Most stones anyone can date from that period left are usually ones that where bought to replace the older frail materials. Mike Cross is doing a great job of recording cemeteries in Grayson County but I think most of the early graves are unmarked andforgotten today. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Texas/grayson.html all the cemeteris are searchable at this address but it is for the whole state so you have to go through quite a few records to find those of a certain county. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Your most likely find would be in a written source. old Clarksville newspapers cover this area during that time. There is a Texas Newspaper Project that is searchable. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/refserv/per_micro/cah/ Marlene Clark wrote: > Susan, > > I am glad to see things have improved since I was there. I made three trips > in the mid 1980's and could never find the same records twice, but the > people were nice to me. I was referred to a Dr. Britton that had done > research on my gg grandfather Joseph G. Mitchell. Do you happen to know if > Dr. Britton is still around? He asked me to let him know if I ever found > Mitchell's father for whom people had searched for about 40 years and I just > found the entire line --- on the Internet - with proof from a distant > cousin. > > One of the first records of Grayson and Fannin Counties was when Joseph G. > Mitchell gave a gift to his niece, Lucinda Atchison. When I was there > someone told me that for years there had been a wooden head marker where a > well known, influential and well educated Indian was buried and they thought > it was Joseph Mitchell. Have you heard that story? Do you have any idea > where someone might have been buried in 1847? > > When I was there, I was told there was a lady that sometimes worked at the > library and was an expert on the old homes. Do you know who she is and if > she is still around? I was always there when she was not. In the County > Clerk's Office, I did find the "specs" for the house my gg grandmother had > built in January of 1859, but I could not find where it had been built. My > daughter and I tried to find where some of their land had been, but we were > not successful. > > Some of the most helpful people there were at the title company on the > square - my gg grandmother owned the site they are on. If I had known then > what I do now about title searching, I am sure I could have found much more > than I did. > > I have a copy of "Grayson County" by Landrum & Smith, but was never told > about the older one by Lucas. It seemed that "Grayson County" was mostly > about people that arrived there in the 1850's and 1860's and remained there. > Do you know if there is anything there on the ones that were there in the > early to mid 1840's? > > Sorry to have so many questions for you, but you are the first person that I > know of, that seems to know what is available in Sherman. > > Thanks for any help. > Marlene

Dear Susan, Thank you for your information and interesting E-mail regarding the old courthouse and Sherman. The courthouse has some good exhibits for historians. I had a discussion with one of the workers there regarding the availability of the probate records. They allow anyone to pull their own records (these are originals). I was looking through them at noon-time, and no one watched me. It would be way too easy to steal these old records. I know most genealogists are good, honest folks, but there are always those who would not resist the temptation to add an original court probate records to their collection of ancestor history. Most courthouses retrieve the records for you and stand over you to see that these old items are not taken off. Just imagine how you would feel if you discovered, in the indexes, that your long lost ancestor actually had probate records in the courthouse. But when you go to retrieve them, they are "missing"! How awful that would be. Susan, the information you've shared is of great value to me and will be to others reading the archived messages for ROOT-L (http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl). I wish I had joined this list before I took my trip to Sherman. I had gathered a list of books I wanted to look at while in Sherman (taken off the library's Internet references), but was unable to locate any of those books. I did find one row of books for surrounding counties, but never those for Grayson. I'll go back this Fall maybe, since I now have better information, thanks to Susan. Should I go on up to Dennison too, or maybe the college library? And speaking of the archived messages, I found some interesting E-mails there about the LEE-PEACOCK feud. Anyone on this list still interested in this subject? I found the delayed birth record books and copied down those of the LEE surname and will type those up for this list soon. I can't decide where the best place to send them - the GenConnect board (http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/index.html) for the LEE surname, or the GRAYSON Co., TX board or here, so I might just post them to all three boards. The deeds I found on John W. LEE will be posted to GenConnect - Grayson Co., TX board. I've typed one up and posted it so far. I also have the LEE marriages that I can type for this list. I usually type things like this for GenForum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/lee/) too, so will probably do that soon. Well, thanks again for all this most valuable information. And thanks to the others who have written to me regarding my Sherman experiences. I look forward to working with you all and enjoying your E-mails. Regards from Midlothian, TX., Janice Mauldin Castleman http://members.xoom.com/janicekmc/index.htm [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Hawkins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] Court House and Library > I Know they need more signs downtown. Half the time they are obscured from view by trees etc. The problem with the courthouse square is the justice center across the street , seems all the folks there take up so much parking. Can you imagine what it was like when hwy 75 north was on Travis Street! Judge Vaughn told me they had to pause whatever they were saying when the lights would change and traffic start up in the warm weather. By the way the old courthouse Court Rooms have been restored and are wonderful. > The Library parking is marked (There are a few unmarked spaces there! Keep looking) due to the folks going to or working in the Federal Courthouse a block away. The library seemed to be the parking of choice ! We need a new library and some really good parking. > They are always short staffed and in need of volunteers. > I used to be a volunteer there. > I can help: > > All county books are in Cabinet #5 , any librarian can be asked to open it for you. > It contains, 1907 Plat Book you must see if you have anyone here that period. It is great fun and wonderful for seeing the layout of the school districts and land owners. In the back is a set of biographies with good Pictures on many. I left an index to the pictures there some time ago. > the plat book > Some various Church bio's and photo books of the county. Including Kentuckytown Baptist Church and you can check the card catalog for more. > 3 large County History and biography books. A reddish brown one pub. by the Sherman Library in the 80 and two large Black ones written by the Frontier Village Volunteers in the early '80's. These are all indexed. There is an older one written by Landrum and Smith and it has a great crossindex in the middle of folks who lived in the county in 1860's. > And a small older History book by Lucas > Sanborn insurance Maps on microfilm and the Sherman one in book form are there. Covers, Denison, Sherman, Whitesboro, Whitewright, and Van Alstyne. > Lots of census films, marriage from beginning to about 1911 .tax. probate, deeds etc. are there. There is an index to the local papers that was written in the mid 1930's. It covers from that time back to 1879. The newspaper is on film there. > Large Collection of Obits. Reaching back to the 50's. > A cemetery file that covers about 90% of the county and one notebook that is a surname index to the whole thing. However - Mike Cross has done a great job of uploading the county cemeteries to the internet so actually its easier to search from home. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Texas/grayson.html > High School yearbooks are there for Sherman Way back and the City directories go back into the 1800's. They cover Denison also. > The Death/Birth/Delayed births on microfilm are there 1903-1976 > There is an index on the counter in the back of the Genealogy section. It is a rolodex type thing. It contains info on the Vertical Files about families that are locked in cabinets 1 - 3. These consist of things like Books about family names to folders of group sheets and notebooks. Anything someone wanted on file about a surname is locked up and you must request it to be unlocked. some of these files are quite large and some of the books great! > Then there is another index that goes to the large Vertical Files that are locked in the metal cabinets to the west of the door in the Research room. They cover large folders about happenings in Grayson County, Important folks , Towns and things like schools, or such things as the Woodman of the World Home. (by the way its scrapbook is in the rare books room) Many old interesting books and magazines are in the rare books room. You can have someone bring something out to you. For instance the Confederate Veteran Magazines are all there. And someone was nice enough to publish the index to all of them. It is out on the > regular shelves. > The library has good info on Va., NC, SC, Georgia,Tennessee,Kentucky, and Texas of course. But not strong on Miss. or La. > You can check ahead for materials in the card catalog: > http://209.151.112.15/default.htm > You can also search Dension Library from there. > > The Red River Museum has a large amount of Photos in its collection. > > Whitesboro Library has a good collection for folks on that side of the county and the Whitewright has some files also. As well as the local newspaper on microfilm. > Others with good vertical files and interesting collections are the Van Alstyne Library and the Pottsboro one. You never know what will turn up. > > Susan in Texas > ( Ps. We used to have a 'meter maid' that would have won the olympics. I dont' think I have seen her for the past year or two but MY GOODNESS. She power walked the downtown all day and I had her chalk mark my car when I was pulling out of the parking space to go home! First time I ever thought that chalk could be a letal weapon in someones hands!) > > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected] > >