Does anyone have a connection to an Ephriam Williams? I have a picture of him taken in White Wright Texas, with a Sunday School Class, unfortunately, all that was written on the back of the picture was: "Eaph" taken in White Wright, Texas, with Sunday School Class. Recent information, states that Ephriam Williams was the son of Riley Williams, of Van Buren County, Arkansas. My grandfather was born in, Scotland , Arkansas, Van Buren County, and it is believed that his father was Ephriam Williams, and that sometime before my grandfather's birth , he left Arkansas and went to, Texas, unknown if his first residence was, White Wright or if he stayed in the vicinity all his life, only that , this was where he was when this picture was taken. I know very little about, Ephriam Williams, and would like to learn more, if he eventually married, to whom, if he had any children, their names, etc. Ephriam Williams and my grandfather's mother, Florence Givens weren't married, as far as I have been able to find out, I was told that they wanted to marry, but for some unknown reason, her father forbid the marriage, so Ephriam left and went to Texas. I don't know if my grandfather ever saw or met his father. Thanks for any help. Sandra

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

Susan, My goodness! What a great description of the courthouse and library. Really make me want to visit. I lived in Denison, TX in the 1960's but wasn't interested in genealogy then. If only... Rosemary in CA In a message dated 06/11/2000 5:53:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << They are always short staffed and in need of volunteers. I used to be a volunteer there. I can help: >>

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!)

Janice I am sorry that you had such a bad experience while researching in Sherman.....When I visited there last fall, I found just the oposite...The Court house people were very friendly, the City Police gave me direction to some cemeteries and there were at least three people in the Genealogy Section of the Library....They did have some books and census that were locked up in shelves near the back, but they helped me with them...they were very friendly and eaven gave me an E-mail address if I wanted to contact them....again, I am sorry for your bad experience and hope that the next time you visit, all will be better.... Bob Lilley in Indiana

Hello, I am a new subscriber to this list. Last Monday I visited Sherman, TX for the very first time. I drove right to the county courthouse and parked in front. I checked all around for any signs limiting parking time, but found none. When I got back to my vehicle several hours later, I found a $10 parking ticket on my windshield for violating a "two-hour only" parking ban. I want to warn unsuspecting others like me, about this policy the Sherman Police have of writing parking tickets, even when there is no warning sign posted nearby. After visiting the courthouse, I drove to the library and found that all of the parking slots in their parking area had 1 & 2 hour parking signs. What an unfriendly town for genealogists! There was no one working in the genealogy section at that time, and I found very limited books on Grayson County. Maybe they were in some other department, but all-in-all, I was so disappointed. At least, the ladies working in the courthouse were very helpful. I am looking for information on a John W. LEE who was located on the 1880 Grayson Co., TX census with a wife named Hannah LEE and family, including a grandson named Burr LEE. I believe this John W. Lee to be the same man who deserted his wife in Benton Co., AR just prior to 1860, but cannot prove it yet. John W. LEE and Hannah and children were on the 1870 Fannin Co., TX census, but I found deeds in the Grayson Co., TX courthouse starting in 1866 where John W. Lee purchased land from Mary Elizabeth EWING. My John W. Lee had a son named George Sylvester LEE (my ancestor), and "Syl" (as he was called) had a son the exact same age and name as the Burr LEE listed with the Grayson Co., TX John W. Lee and family. Anyone know anything about this LEE family? Regards, Janice Mauldin Castleman http://members.xoom.com/janicekmc/index.htm John W. Lee's Genealogy Tree http://members.xoom.com/janicekmc/leenotes.htm Notes on John W. Lee

For Cecil: You asked for anything concerning a Vick's family. Can you link them to the little town of Hagerman, before this peaceful little community was eliminated to make way for Lake Texoma, or the communities north and west? Try the 1930 Census... I am remembering a Vicks family before 1944. In Huguenot faith, Corine

Hope you don't mind my butting in on this thread, but I have found a write-up on E.E. Popplewell (Elbert Eastman) and Mellisa Kathryn Popplewell in Vol. II of The History of Grayson County Texas, p. 355. The article mentions a picture of him with his father and his horse and wagon in the museum in Sherman. Good luck in your search! Donna Boyd

Are there any Vick's and Richardson's in Grayson Co? I am looking for any information on any Vick in Grayson Co. Benjamin Vick b, 1842 moved his family there about 1890 Sarah b. 1850. Robert b. 1874, and Samuel b. 1878 appreciate any information on Vick 's and Richardson's Cecil B. Richardson 10026 Kirkglen Ln. Houston, Texas. 77089-23216

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6E3D32E19F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone out there know these people? --------------6E3D32E19F0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp.email.msn.com (cpimssmtpu10.smtp.email.msn.com [207.46.181.60]) by mail.texoma.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD5E15EE3C for <[email protected]>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:29:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from computer - 63.14.170.153 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:29:13 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "WLDMAN94" <[email protected]> To: "jerry owen" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: unbelievable Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:43:39 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 -----Original Message----- From: jerry owen <[email protected]> To: WLDMAN94 <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:30 AM Subject: Re: unbelievable >WLDMAN94 wrote: >> >> Jerry, >> You probably won't believe this....my mom found a letter in her mothers >> things from a cousin of my g-grandfather, James Luther Whitlock. Her >> married name was Minnie Popplewell. She was 86 years old when the letter >> was written on November 5, 1976. It seems that she was the daughter of one >> of my gg-grandfather's daughters, or something...I haven't exactly figured >> it out yet. In this letter was a picture of my g-grandfather that she had >> sent to my grandpa. What a find! Thank goodness my grandma kept >> everything! >> Now, here's the kicker.......She was living in SHERMAN, TEXAS!!!!! Do you >> know any Popplewell's??? If you do, let me know. Minnie's mother was Mrs. >> W.C. Harris....... >> I believe Minnie may have been the daughter of "Oater" or Leota, not sure. >> Anyway, I just found this coincidence a little more than amazing. >> Sherman TX must be a beautiful place for ancestors from both sides of my >> family to choose this as their home!!! >> Denise >Denise > That is truly amazing! I don't personallyknow any Popplewell's,but I >notice there are three listed in the phone book. I do know a couple of >Harriss's,and there are umpteen of them in the book. > I think what drew a lot of Mountain people to this area was the fertile >land and crops. > I am on the Grayson County rootsweb list. It is a fairly active one,and >if you tell me what to say I will post a query. > Jerry Jerry, This is what I know...Her mother's name was Mrs. W.C. Harris. I guess maybe Minnie was Minnie Harris?? She married an H. Popplewell. Return address is Mrs. H. Popplewell. I don't know if she was born in TX or here. My g-grandfather James Luther Whitlock from Anderson County/Pickens County area of SC is the connection here. This Minnie refers to Luther as "cousin Luther". Minnie was a member of First Baptist Church (I am assuming in Sherman, TX) This letter was to my grandfather Ervin Whitlock. She also mentioned his brother Harold and wife Nell. If you can post this for me, I will make a call to Harold. Denise BTW-She mentioned my g-grandfather Luther making her a toy cane bottom chair that she still had for a keepsake. Boy, I'd love to have that chair!!!! > --------------6E3D32E19F0--

I'm looking for any information on any Vick's in Grayson Co. Texas. Benjamin Vick moved his family there about 1890. Sarah b. 1850, Robert b. 1874 and Samuel b. 1878 appreciate any information would be appreciated. Cecil Richardson 10026 Kirkglen Houston, Tx. 77089-2316

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Hello, I am new trying to find some ancestors that has been gone from Trinity County Texas a long time. Benjamin Vick b. 1842 Wife Lucy Vick b. 1850 and two children. Robert Vick, b.1874 and Samuel Vick b.1878. All the census said they went to Grayson Co. Texas. If you have any information of any Vick's any info would be appreciated Thanks Cecil B. Richardson [email protected]

Hello, I'm looking for any info on James M. Walls, wife Martha (Adeline). It is belived that the family lived in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas in 1887/1888. They had at least one sone born to them at that time. Roy (Peggy) Walls. Any info would be appreciated R. Gillette [email protected]

Jim in Montana, my husband and I will be in Sherman in June---researching his Boyd line with the Andrews. When are you going to be there? Maybe we'll bump into you. Sounds like the Sherman Library is going to be a treasure trove. Can anyone tell us if there is a restaurant other than fast food located nearby? Donna in Virginia

The Card Catalog for the Sherman/Denison/Grayson College Libraries is online as is a list of the databases you can access at them. http://209.151.112.15/default.htm http://www.barr.org/SHERDAT.htm Susan in Texas Maxine Reggio wrote: > Denise, > I have been to the Grayson co. Library three or four times and they are > very helpful there I do not know how much data they have but they gave me > lots of good help while I was there and they have helped me on email . I > am very grateful to them. > Maxine > > At 08:21 PM 05/31/2000 -0500, Robert Farrell wrote: > >I don't know addresses, but for research, I've used the Grayson County > >Courthouse > >(in the square); the Sherman Library (a few blocks off the square) > >especially for > >obits, past copies of the Sherman Democrat, and other local books; and a > >Historical Society/Museum (about 2 blocks off the square) for local > >history and > >books that I could buy. The county tax office is 1 block off the square. > > > >Good Luck and happy hunting > >Denise Farrell > ___________________________ > > ==== 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]

Denise, I have been to the Grayson co. Library three or four times and they are very helpful there I do not know how much data they have but they gave me lots of good help while I was there and they have helped me on email . I am very grateful to them. Maxine At 08:21 PM 05/31/2000 -0500, Robert Farrell wrote: >I don't know addresses, but for research, I've used the Grayson County >Courthouse >(in the square); the Sherman Library (a few blocks off the square) >especially for >obits, past copies of the Sherman Democrat, and other local books; and a >Historical Society/Museum (about 2 blocks off the square) for local >history and >books that I could buy. The county tax office is 1 block off the square. > >Good Luck and happy hunting >Denise Farrell ___________________________

I don't know addresses, but for research, I've used the Grayson County Courthouse (in the square); the Sherman Library (a few blocks off the square) especially for obits, past copies of the Sherman Democrat, and other local books; and a Historical Society/Museum (about 2 blocks off the square) for local history and books that I could buy. The county tax office is 1 block off the square. Good Luck and happy hunting Denise Farrell

I also have a Arminda Worley who married Wm. Gibson in Grayson Co in 1879. Do you know anything about them? She was the dau of Margaret Hightower Panther/Worley and James Worley. Sonia Margie Phelps wrote: > Hi Jim in Montana > I ,also, have Gibsons in Grayson Co....... PLease tell me more about yours, > please. > and lets see if we have the same > Margie in Texas > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim and Tricia Thompson <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:40 PM > Subject: [GRAYSON] Research advice, please > > > I'll be in Grayson Co. next month to do some research and some cemetery > > upkeep. Could someone advise me on research resources in Sherman? I'd > > appreciate any advice. > > Jim in Montana > > Researching Whitworth, Deal, Gibson, Dooley > > > > > > ==== 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] > > > > > > ==== 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]

Hi Jim in Montana I ,also, have Gibsons in Grayson Co....... PLease tell me more about yours, please. and lets see if we have the same Margie in Texas [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim and Tricia Thompson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:40 PM Subject: [GRAYSON] Research advice, please > I'll be in Grayson Co. next month to do some research and some cemetery > upkeep. Could someone advise me on research resources in Sherman? I'd > appreciate any advice. > Jim in Montana > Researching Whitworth, Deal, Gibson, Dooley > > > ==== 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] > >