Please direct your answer to Beth at [email protected] <<Subj: {not a subscriber} Re: [TXGRIMES] Hammonds Date: 08/12/2000 11:15:51 AM Central Daylight Time From: [email protected] (Beth J) To: [email protected] I am looking for parents and birthdate of Una/Eunice STUCKEY. George HAMMONDS said to be her brother, don't know if they were half-siblings, step-siblings? Una m. John Madison ABELL 1872 Brazos Co., but lived in Grimes Co. Una and John in Collin Co by 1880, she died 7 May 1882 after giving birth to their fourth child, Willie Lee ABEL. Willie Lee ABEL m. Hugh BYRNE 31 Dec1897 Mesa, Grimes Co TX. Can anyone tell me who Una's parents were? And clear up the HAMMONDS/STUCKEY question? Thanks in advance! Beth Abel Jones>>

New addition to Grimes County website. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrimes This list is not complete but does contain about 178 names of victims. If anyone has more lists of victims I would be glad to add it to the website. Eleanor Colson Grimes County, Texas 1867 Yellow Fever Victims This list was sent to the New Orleans Picayune by Dr. Andrew R. Kilpatrick of Navasota. In the letter he said that more than half of the population of Navasota left the town on August 24th and 25th of 1867 to escape the disease. This left about 1100 in the town and only a dozen or so escaped the fever. 05 Aug---Mrs. WALKER'S daughter 09 Aug---____ STEVENS (a youth at Dr. CADES'S) 15 Aug---Captain B. DONELLY 16 Aug---Thomas THORN 19 Aug---BANNERMAN (a stranger) 24 Aug---Dr. J. W. RUSSELL, James COOK, Kate (a child of F. MILLER) 26 Aug---Cornelia BUFFINGTON and Peggy (a freed woman) 27 Aug---John SMITH (a freed man) 28 Aug---John GEISLER, John W. COOK 30 Aug---Miss Jessie WILLIAMS 31 Aug---Mrs. WOODWARD 01 Sep---Annie N. IRESON 02 Sep---P. THOMPSON and Mrs. J. MISKELL 03 Sep---Stanhope SMITH, Mrs. J. R. WOODWIN, Jack COLE, W. R. JONES, Jessie GODWIN 04 Sep---W. J. JONES 05 Sep---Jesse TULOB, Jr., Charles BAPTISTE (a German), and Charles PRIEST 06 Sep---Dr. J. N. JONES 07 Sep---Mr. DAVIS (a writing master), Mary (German girl), William COOK, Charles FOX, Sam COOK, Mr. MILLER (German), Ferdinand MILLER, Hy SWIFT, Miss SMITH, Miss Carrie SMITH 08 Sep---D. D. GREER, Dr. BEASLEY, J. GOODMAN, Mrs. E. WILLIAMS, Miss Ann COOK, Col. MORSE, Franklin VERGAL and Hermann VERGAL 09 Sep---J. E. WILLIAMS, C. C. BASS, Allen POST, Dick MORRIS (barber), Robert DIXON, a freedman (name unknown), Mr. ROBERTS (of telegraph office), George, 2 Mexicans, Mr. WADLINGTON, 2 freedmen, Frenchman (unknown), John HART 10 Sep---Gustave SCHRADER, Mr. PYE, Dr. A. CAMPBELL, German (unknown), William BASS, Mercer CORDIOS 11 Sep---Mrs. P. H. SMITH, Mrs. WADLINGTON, Frank SMITH, Hannah BETTS (freedwoman) 12 Sep---H. BALLINGER, Tommie BLACKBURN, Mr. TAYLOR 13 Sep---Rugus MORSE, Ella FISHER, Mrs. TUBB 14 Sep---E. B. ALSTON, William H. SHELTON, J. R. GOODWIN, E. E. HARRIS, Lucy HARRIS, Belle HARRIS, Mr. MUSGROVE 15 Sep---Mrs. BEASLY, B. E. HARRIS, Mrs. LEWELYN, Mrs. MUSGROVE, George DUNAWAY, Eugene FREEMAN, Mrs. CLARK 16 Sep---Colored child, Jim GEORGE (freedman), freedman (unknown) 17 Sep---Kate DAVIS, John ADE, Griffe (colored child), E. ACKERMAN 18 Sep---Col. E. P. BLACKBURN, James WILLIAMS, Jr., Mrs. GILLEN 20 Sep---Miss Jennie MOORE, Miss Ann GREER 21 Sep---Miss M. MCCARTHY, Millie GOODWIN, David COOK, Sr., Mr. WHARTON, Eugene WOHL 22 Sep---Sol BROWN, Jack (freedman) 24 Sep---Jacob (freedman), Mrs. E. D. JOHNSON 25 Sep---Mrs. BROWN, a freedman at BENNETS 27 Sep---China HARRIS, T. W. BROWN, Mrs. T. S. NETTLES, William NETTLES, child of Mrs. GOODMAN 28 Sep---Sarah A. BROWN, Mrs. ROBERTS, John HARRIS, Tom NETTLES, Robert NETTLES, Mollie STEVENS, Mrs. GOODMAN 29 Sep---Mrs. Susan HARRIS, Mrs. Mary GODSEY, L. RAINEY (freedman), Noah TABB (freedman) 30 Sep---Mrs. ASHFORTH, ___STEWART, child of Mr. KINTZ, Thomas COOK, Peyton (freedman), Kidd (freedboy) 01 Oct---Dr. Paul SMITH 02 Oct---Mrs. M. A. GLASS 03 Oct---Mrs. Jane ROSS 05 Oct---Dr. Pryor H. SMITH 08 Oct---CLARK 09 Oct---Calvin, HUCKABY, Jerry (freedman) 10 Oct---___FARLEY, a colored child, D. CLUNE 12 Oct---Mrs. GODSEY 13 Oct---Mrs. MCEACHERN, Mr. WALTHALL, Martha (freed woman at CHINSKI'S) 16 Oct---Mrs. Tom CLARK, Neal MCCANN 17 Oct---J. A. WINDERS, child of William W. STACEY 19 Oct---A. TRESON 21 Oct---General T. E. BLACKSHEAR, Mary MCCANN 22 Oct---Thomas LYLE, Mrs. Lucy ATCHINSON 24 Oct---John MCCANN 25 Oct---Child of Mrs. HUCKABY, L. L. SINGLETARY, freedboy at NEWBRANS 27 Oct---Eppie MCEACHERN 28 Oct---L. F. HANILTON 29 Oct---Robbie IRESON 30 Oct---Mrs. HUCKABY, a negro girl 01 Nov---Pickney ADAMS, Mrs. RINGGOLD 02 Nov---Child of Mrs. HUCKABY, 2 children of J. WALLER, 3 children of Mrs. HUCKABY 05 Nov---Mrs. Willie GIBBS, BUNTING'S child, Mrs. BLACK and 2 children

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/112 Surname: MORRIS, COMBS, SHELTON ------------------------- Searching for relatives of Susie Almedie MORRIS who are in the Grimes County area in and around Navasota. Susie was of Indian descent. She Married James Virgil SHELTON about 1906 and she died about 1916. She had a sister named Callie COMBS (or COOMBS). I have a copy of a letter Susie wrote to her sister and she was worried about her parents. Please contact me at [email protected] THANKS~~Charles Colvin

Bessie.............Ruth Bowen here.............this is what I found in my cemetery book vol. 1 Pankey Cemetery Arch Shifley July 30, 1883 - June 9, 1965 Ida Allen " Jan 28, 1890 - Nov 6, 1983 Cecil " May 3, 1914 - Nov 15, 1963 Albert D " Aug 27, 1899 - Aug 2, 1986 Ernest A. " Sept 30, 1887 - NOv 2, 1974 Inez E " Oct 2, 1896 Grady W " Oct 23, 1919 - Oct 22, 1944 Jesse Vernon " Oct 28, 1912 - July 6, 1954 Ira Preston " Aug 3, 1917 - Dec 7, 1917 Harlam A. " 1918 - 1975 Wm Andy " Dec 26, 1886 - Feb 12, 1933 Fanny " Sept 17, 1887 - Dec 12, 1907 (wife of Wm A) Sarah E. " Jan 11, 1855 - July 12, 1940 J. W. " Nov 3, 1858 - March 19, 1928 Harvey B " Mar 22, 1939 - Mar 8, 1943 Deloris " Jan 4, 1939 - July 7, 1939 Effie " Aug 14, 1898 - Jane 4, 1939 infant " May 31, 1918 - June 7, 1918 child of E.A. & Inez E. Shiflet Viola Devine Trammell Shiflet Sept 4, 1897 - Apr 18, 1986 Ancil A Shiflet Sept 24, 1914 -- Una J. " June 25, 1921 - Jan 18, 1980 Roy Leon " Aug 5, 1925 - Dec 31, 1984 I hope this helps. Ruth Bowen

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/110 Surname: Manning, McGill, Turk ------------------------- Looking for information on Mannings both African American and white in or around Richards,TX Grimes county or Montgomery before 1900.

Subj: a message... Date: 08/08/2000 3:14:42 AM Central Daylight Time From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I was born in Iola, Texas Grimes County, I was born to Cecil and Willie Marie Montgomery Shiflet...My name is Bessie Ruth Shiflet Ledbetter....09-22-1931. I thought if anyone there remembers the names, maybe they could contact me by e-mail..I'm trying to trace my roots..so would really appreciate anything that anyone could tell me. I hope this is the type of format I'm suspose to use on this. IF not I'm sure they will tell me. Cecil Shiflet's parents were Arch & Ida Shiflet. they are all buried at Pankey Cemetery..my e-mail address is [email protected] waiting, Bessie

Hello, I have some Kinney family in Navasota, Grimes, Texas from 1870-1900. They later moved to Denton, Texas. I have no information on them prior to 1870. They are Fred and Julia Kinney. I have heard the Venter name in association with the Kinney family several times but have yet to find a connection. Sharon James ----- Original Message ----- From: "shirley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: [TXGRIMES] Venters Family-African American > Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/106 > > Surname: Venters > ------------------------- > > Like to make contact with anyone researching this African American family > who's slave migration brought them to Grimes County circa 1855? Jackson > (Jack Venters) was still in Grimes in 1880 but migrated soon afterwards > to Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. Possibly came to Texas with Stoneham > family--and may have been slave of or worked for, after slavery ended the > McIntrye family--Margaret or one of her sons. Lore claims the Venters came > to Texas as part of a large group of slaves--some of whom made the trip > with them to Kansas. Among that group may have been, Browns, Fagans, Bowens, > Dedmans, Teagues, and Kinneys. Interested in any of the above named as > well. > > > > ==== TXGRIMES Mailing List ==== > Grimes County TXGenWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrimes/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >

Shirley, Looking thru the Grimes co., Cemetery books Vol 1, 2, & 3 I found no Jefferson Fagan or Killis Bowen I didnt find a Jackson Venter either but I did find this surname. Vol 2 VENTERS Birtren Eddie Frank Oscar Robert Willie D Vol 3 Robert Hope this helps. Ruth Bowen

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/109 Surname: Bowen ------------------------- Killis Bowen came to Grimes County as a young boy and slave. We don't know who he came with or exactly when he arrived. According to his stories he came with a large group of slaves, several of whom were his mother's relatives. Killis married a Venters first and later a Fagan, his son Pete was born of his first marriage. Killis migrated with the Fagans, Venters and others including Browns, Kinneys, Dedmans and Teagues to Parsons, Kansas after the Civil War. Killis could have come to Texas with Bowen or Stoneham slave owners. Would like to make contact with anyone researching any of these names--and/or Grimes County African Americans in general.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/107 Surname: Fagan, Fagans, Feagen ------------------------- Jefferson Fagan was born near Natchez--perhaps on the Louisiana side of the river circa 1824. He married Clara Shannon after the Civil War though they had probably lived as husband and wife for many years. The Fagans had some sort of relationship to the McIntrye Plantation--probably slaves att. to that family--or servants. Jefferson Fagan and his family migrated to Parsons, Kansas. They were related via marriage to Bowen and Venter families of Grimes County. Any information on Fagans appreciated.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/106 Surname: Venters ------------------------- Like to make contact with anyone researching this African American family who's slave migration brought them to Grimes County circa 1855? Jackson (Jack Venters) was still in Grimes in 1880 but migrated soon afterwards to Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. Possibly came to Texas with Stoneham family--and may have been slave of or worked for, after slavery ended the McIntrye family--Margaret or one of her sons. Lore claims the Venters came to Texas as part of a large group of slaves--some of whom made the trip with them to Kansas. Among that group may have been, Browns, Fagans, Bowens, Dedmans, Teagues, and Kinneys. Interested in any of the above named as well. -------------------------------- End of TXGRIMES-D Digest V00 Issue #82 ************************************** From [email protected] Sat Sep 2 13:10:19 2000 Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from lists3.rootsweb.com (lists3.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.39]) by listsearches.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e82KAJS23071 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:10:19 -0700 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists3.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e82KAJV30290 for [email protected]; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:10:19 -0700 Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:10:19 -0700 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] Subject: TXGRIMES-D Digest V00 #82 X-Loop: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/volume00/82 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain TXGRIMES-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 82 Today's Topics: #1 [TXGRIMES] Fwd: Grimes County, TxG [[email protected]] #2 [TXGRIMES] FWD: Harn [[email protected]] #3 [TXGRIMES] Fagan [shirley <[email protected]>] #4 [TXGRIMES] African American Bowen [shirley <[email protected]>] #5 [TXGRIMES] Venters Family-African [shirley <[email protected]>] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from TXGRIMES-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the list administrator, send mail to [email protected]

******Please direct any answers to Carole Hutchison at <[email protected]>****** Eleanor Colson << Hi, I am trying to find out more about my great-grandfather, Carroll Tyler Prather Duval Harn, who lived in Grimes County some of the time between 1865 and 1876. He died in Navasota on Oct. 17, 1876. (He probably only used part of his name, i.e. on his marriage bond in Virginia & in the Confederate army he used C. Tyler Harn.) According to family records he was a Justice of Peace there and served in the Texas legislature during that period of time. He also was awarded honorary Col. by the Lone Star State of Texas for his service. If you have any suggestions that would help direct my search, I'd appreciate them. Thank you for your time & help. Carole Hutchison e-mail: [email protected]>>

--part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If anyone has an answer to John Germann's question please email him at [email protected] neosoft.com. Also, cc the list if you would. I am interested in the answer myself. Eleanor Colson --part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yg05.mx.aol.com (rly-yg05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.5]) by air-yg02.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:34:00 -0400 Received: from mail3.iadfw.net (mail3.iadfw.net [209.196.123.3]) by rly-yg05.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:33:47 -0400 Received: from neosoft.com from [205.241.160.188] by mail3.iadfw.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.4) with esmtp for <[email protected]> sender: <[email protected]> id <mP/[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:34:16 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:38:54 -0600 From: "John J. Germann" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Grimes County, TxGenWeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Ms. Colson. Like your website!!! I am the publisher of "Texas Post Offices By County" (see Handbook of Texas references) and have not been able to find the name origins for a few of the Grimes County post offices. I have checked county histories, cemetery and census records, etc. - to no avail. Just wanted to check to see if by any chance you would happen to know "off the cuff" (**no research requested**) where any of these got their name from. They are "toughies" for sure, but on the chance that you might have an inkling, I just had to write. They are: Aid(1905-1913)) - 1st postmaster was James T. Gofford Erwin(1896-1923) - 1st PM was Simon Fuqua Northwood(1914-1915) - 1st PM was Victor L. Webb (was Ulmer) Thanks very much. Look forward to hearing from you. Take care......John J. Germann --part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary--

Thanks for the information on Theophilus Goodwin's website having a Branch connection. Will try. Linda

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/104 Surname: ------------------------- Linda, have you tried the Theophilus Goodwin site on familytreemaker.com. William F. Branch of Alabama has Texas connections and just might be related to some of your husband's folks in Grimes Co, Tx.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes/102 Surname: Branch, Moore ------------------------- My husband's grandfather's sister (Susan) Amanda MOORE, was b. 18 Nov. 1850 in Conecuh Co. (later Escambia Co.) AL and married William G. BRANCH there 20 May 1867. They later moved to LA and finally, between 1912 and 1920, to Grimes Co., TX. I believe Amanda Branch died there 14 Mar 1820. Their children, with birth years, were: Steven Branch 1872 Charner Branch 1880 Ernest Branch 1883 Sharper Branch 1887 Keener Branch 1893 Do these names sound familiar to anyone? Linda

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/GrimesObits/19 Surname: ------------------------- MORTUARY Died - at the residence of A. Horst, Tuesday morning May 20, G.Ringgold, aged 50 years and 9 months. Mr.Ringgold's illness was of long duration he having been confined to his bed since January with an aggregation of disorders which finally proved fatal. His last hours were watched over with tender care and his children were present at his bedside to bid him a last farewell. The funeral took place from the residence of A.Horst at 4 o'clock the burial being made at the city cemetery. Gardner Ringgold or as he was familiarly known here "Zack", was born in Independence Washington County, on the 1st day of August 1844 his father having been one of the original settlers of the Republic of Texas. His father moved to Grimes County shortly after his birth and at once identified himself with the interests of Grimes County. Gardner grew up under the influences of rugged civilization and when in '61 a call was made to arms, he but then a boy enlisted and fought bravely for four years. An older brother,Richard,was killed during this civil strife, and Gardner, returning home at the close of the war engaged in farming on his father's place just three miles west of the city, and where he has since lived. In 1867 he married Miss Maria Jane Kilpatrick a daughter of Dr. A. R. Kilpatrick and a half-sister of Wright and Walter Kilpatrick now living in our city. Nine children blessed this union, seven of which survive him; Richard the eldest of San Antonio, James W. of Houston, Mrs.H.U.Olive of Terrell; Mattie Sue, Fannie, May, and Thomas Gardner of Navasota. Besides these he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Dr. Lloyd Quinby of Houston, Mrs.T.N.Devine and Mrs.G. R.Dashiell of San Antonio. Thus ends a noble life, and weeping friends and children attest that his place can not be filled.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/GrimesObits/18 Surname: RINGGOLD ------------------------- Navasota, Grimes Co. Texas Funeral Notice FUNERAL NOTICE ______ Died:-At 5:25 a.m.,Monday May 20th,'95 G. RINGGOLD aged 50 years, 9 months and 19 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the resi- dence of A. Horst, 1 mile west of Navasota, at 4:00 p.m., to-day. Burial at City Cemetery. Navasota, Texas May 20th, 1895

I've added several things to the Grimes County website. Please drop by for a visit. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrimes Eleanor Colson

I found no Joseph Skipper in my 3 cemetery books on Grimes co., Tx Ruth Bowen