Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=101 Surname: Skipper, Birdsong ------------------------- The 1880 Texas Census Index lists a Joseph Skipper in Grimes County. If anyone has information about this man please let me know. The Joseph I am looking for married a Sarah(Sally)Elizabeth Birdsong. My husband's grandfather is their son and he came to Taylor County in 1902. Any help would be appreciated.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Pensions Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/GrimesPens?read=6 Surname: WORSHAM, POOLE, BRIAN, HENSLY ------------------------- Pension Application for W. T. Worsham: Reproduced from the holdings of the Texas State Archives Endorsements Hereon for Comptroller's Use Exclusively. Form No. 1 Confederate Pension Application Name of Applicant, W. T. Worsham, Grimes County. Post Office, Mesa Comptroller's File No 10802 I have carefully examined the within application for pension, together with the proof in support thereof, and I recommend that the application by approved this 31 day of Mar A. D. 1905 (Signed) E. A. Bolmes, Chief Pension Clerk I hereby approve the within application for pension, this 31 day of March A. D. 1905 (Signed) J. W. Stephens, Comptroller No application Rejected by County Judge or County Commissioners Should be Forwarded to Comptroller ******************** Note - The law provides that pensions can begin only on the first day of April and October of each year. Form No. 1 Amended October 1,1902 APPLICATION of Indigent Soldier or Sailor of the late Confederacy for pension under the Act of May 12, 1899. Hereafter use no other blank but this. The State of Texas } County of Grimes } To the Honorable County Judge of Grimes County, Texas. Your petitioner, William T. WORSHAM respectfully represents that he is a resident citizen of Grimes County, in the State of Texas, and that he makes this application for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act passed by the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved May 12, A. D. 1899, the same being an act entitled "An act to carry into effect the amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that aid may be granted to disabled and dependent Confederate soldiers, sailors, and their widows under certain conditions, and to make an appropriation therefor," and I do solemnly swear that the answers I have given to the following questions are true. NOTE - Applicant must make answer to all of the following questions, and such answers must be written out plainly in ink. Q. What is your name? Answer: William T. WORSHAM Q. What is your age? Answer: Sixty-eight years old on the 15th day of Nov 1903 Q. In what County do you reside? Answer: Grimes County Q. How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? Answer: Twenty Seven years Mesa Grimes County Texas Q. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and been rejected? If so state when and where. Answer: Filled out application in 1901. Rejected for defect in papers. Q. What is your occupation if able to engage in one? Answer: Farmer Q. What is your physical condition? Answer: Defect in sight and feeble condition generally. Q. If your physical condition is such that you are unable by your own labor to earn a support, state what caused such disability. Answer: Old age and disease Q. In what State was your command originally organized? Answer: Louisiana Q. How long did you serve? Give date of enlistment and discharge. Answer: Enlisted March 29th 1862 and served two or three years. Don't remember date of Discharge. Q. What was the name or letter of your company and name or number of your regiment? Answer: Company A 27th Louisanna Infantry. Q. State whether you served in the infantry, artillery, cavalry, or the navy. Answer: Infantry Q. State whether or not you have received any pension or veteran donation land certificate under any previous law, and if you answer in the affirmative state what pension or veteran donation land certificate you have received. Answer: Have received nothing whatever. Q. What real and personal property do you now own, and what is the present value of such property? Give list of such property and value. Answer: One horse, valued at fifty Dollars. Q. What property, and what was the value thereof have you sold or conveyed within two years prior to the date of this application? Answer: Eleven head of cattle for the sum of Eighty Eight Dollars. Q. What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value? Answer: None Q. What income, if any, do you receive? Answer: None Q. Are you in indigent circumstances; that is, are you in actual want, and destitute of property and means of subsistence? Answer: I am Q. Are you unable by your labor to earn a support? Answer: I am Q. Have you transferred to others any property of value of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? Answer: I have not Q. Did you ever desert the Confederacy? Answer: NO SIR Q. Have you been continuously since the first day of January, 1880, a bona fide resident citizen of this State? Answer: I have Q. If you originally enlisted in the Confederate service from the State of Texas, were you at the date of the passage of this act, a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas? Answer: Enlisted in Louisanna and have been a resident of Texas since 1875 Wherefore your petitioner prays that his application for pension by approved and that such other proceedings by had in the premises as are required by law. (Signature of Applicant) W. T. Worsham Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of May A. D. 1904 (Signed) J. G. McDonald County Judge Grimes County, Texas AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES THE STATE OF TEXAS } County of Grimes } Before me J. G. McDonald County Judge of Grimes County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared W. M. Hensly and J. H. Hensly who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who being by me duly sworn on oath, state that they personally know William T. Worsham the above named applicant for a pension, and that they personally know that the said William T. Worsham is unable to support himself by labor of any sort. (Signature of Witness) W. M. [his X mark] Hensly (Signature of Witness) J. H. [his X mark} Hensly Sworn to an subscribed before me this 9th day of May A. D. 1904 (Signed) J. G. McDonald County Judge Grimes County, Texas AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIAN THE STATE OF TEXAS } County of Grimes } Before me, (blank), County Judge of Grimes County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared (blank), who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, who being by me duly sworn on oath, states that he has carefully and thoroughly examined William T. Worsham, applicant for a pension, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities which render him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself: Defective eyesight which can not be remedied with glasses. Chronic cystitis Prostitis and general debility. (Signature of Physician) W. H. Haynie, M.D. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of May A.D. 1904 (signed) J. G. McDonald County Judge, Grimes County, Texas CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY JUDGE THE STATE OF TEXAS } County of Grimes } I, (blank), County Judge of Grimes County, State of Texas, do hereby certify that on the (blank), before me came on to be heard the application of William T. WORSHAM for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law of this State, approved May 12, A.D. 1899; that the answers of said applicant to the questions propounded were made under oath as the same appear in writing in the foregoing application; that the affidavits of the witnesses who are credible citizens were made before me as the same hereinbefore appear, and that the foregoing affidavit of Doctor W. H. Haynie who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, was made before me. I also certify that the said applicant William T. WORSHAM, is not an inmate of the Texas Confederate Home, nor otherwise disqualified under the provision of Section 12, of the Confederate Pension Law. I further certify that after considering all the proceedings had before me relative to the said application for a pension by the said A. F. Herring, I find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and I hereby approve said application. Witness my hand and seal of office at Anderson this 9th day of May A. D. 1904 (signed) J. G. McDonald County Judge, Grimes County, Texas CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY COMMISSINERS THE STATE OF TEXAS } County of Grimes } We, the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of Grimes County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of William T. WORSHAM for a pension, together with the proof in support thereof, was duly submitted by Hon. (blank), County Judge of this Grimes County, to the Commissioners Court of this Grimes County, at a regular term thereof on the (blank), and after a careful consideration of the same we find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided by the Confederate pension Law of this State, and we hereby approve said application. Witness our hands and seal of office at Anderson, Tex, this 9th day of May A. D. 1904 (Signatures of Commissioners) S. A. Isbell No. 1 H. L. Green No. 2 R. M. West No. 3 W. S. Ashe In the matter of the Application} of Wm. T. Worsham for Pension} Pending before the Hon. J. G. McDonald County Judge of Grimes County Texas. Interrogatories propounded to H. M. Poole who resides in East Feliciana Parish Louisanna the answers and depositions of said witness to be used in behalf of Wm. T. Worsham in the hearing of the above application for Pension- {signed} Wm. T. Worsham acting for himself A second one was sent to E. F. Brian who resided in Baton Rouge, Louisanna. EX PARTE } (blank) Applicant for Confederate Pension} Pending in the Honorable Commissioners' Court of (blank) County, Texas before the Honorable County Judge of said County. The Honorable County Judge of Grimes County, Texas, will please take notice that, five days after the service hereof, applicant herein will apply to the Clerk of the County Court of said County and State, for a commission to take the deposition of E. F. Brian and (blank) who resides in the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the State of Louisanna in answer to the following interrogatories and such cross-interrogatories as may be propounded by the County Judge of said county, which will be read in evidence upon the hearing of applicant's claim for pension in behalf of applicant; said testimony is material and indispensable to applicant in furnishing the required proof to his claim for a pension under the Act of May 12, 1899, the application for which is now pending before the Honorable County Judge, and the facts necessary and required to be proven under the provisions of said Act, applicant believes can not be proven by any witness......residing in the County of Grimes and State of Texas, of which he is a bona fide resident. {signed} Wm. T. Worsham (applicant) DIRECT INTERROGATORIES TO BE PROPOUNDED TO THE WITNESS E. F. Brian of East Baton Rouge Louisanna Int. 1. What is your name? Age? Present place of residence and postoffice address? Answer: E. F. Brian Age 58 Residence Baton Rouge Louisiana Int. 2. Do you personally know, or did you at any time know Wm. T. WORSHAM who is an applicant for pension under Act of May 12, 1899? Answer: yes Int. 3. How long have you known the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension and when and where did you first know him? Answer: Since Oct 1860 Int. 4. Do you personally know that the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, and performed the duties of a soldier or sailor? Answer: yes Int. 5. Do you personally know in what company and regiment the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant, enlisted and served in the Confederate army? When? Where? And the time of service? If you personally know and so have stated that he enlisted and served in the Confederate navy, then state: When? Where? And how long he so served? Answer: yes. Company A 27 LA Infantry. I left him in the compnay in 1863. Int. 6. Do you further know that Wm. T. WORSHAM the said applicant for pension, is unable to support himself by labor of any sort? Answer: I have not seen W. T. WORSHAM since he left this State and cannot answer question 6. We enlisted together in the State Service in Jan 1862 and in the Confederate Service in March following, _______ through the Siege of Vicksburg Miss. While he was a member of my company, we were enlisted in service at Clinton, LA. {signed} E. F. Brian CROSS INTERROGATORIES To be Propounded to E. F. Brian of East Baton Rouge Louisanna Cross Interrogatory 1. If, in answer to the foregoing direct interrogatories, you have stated that you personally know or did know said applicant, and that you know that he enlisted in the service of the Confederacy and performed the duties of a soldier or sailor, and having named the company and regiment in which applicant so enlisted and served, then please state fully what is your source of such knowledge? And state whether or not you know or at any you knew of any other soldier or sailor by the name of Wm. T. WORSHAM serving in the same company or regiment in which you say the said applicant Wm. T. WORSHAM enlisted or if you have stated that said applicant enlisted and served in the navy of the Confederacy, then state whether or not you know any other sailor of the same name as said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant, serving in same command? Answer: no If you say that you so knew other soldiers or sailors of the same name of applicant's then can you and how do you identify and locate the one from the other or others? Answer: Did not know any other W. T. WORSHAM. Cross Int. 2. Are you positively certain that said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension, is the identical person serving as testified by you? Answer: I never knew any other W. T. WORSHAM and he must be that W. T. WORSHAM. Cross Int. 3. If you have answered Direct Interrogatory No. 6 in the affirmative, then please state your source of knowledge or information? Is not this your answer simply based on conjecture? Answer: Did not answer question six. Cross Int. 4. Do you know whether or not the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension, ever deserted the service in the Confederate army or navy? Answer: Never deserted that I know of . Sign your name here x {signed} E. F. Brian State of Louisanna} Parish of East Baton Rouge} Before me Thomas A. Moore a Notary Public on this day personally appeared E. F. Brian Known to me to be the person whose ____ is subscribed to the above direct and cross interrogatories and he declared to me under his oath after he the said E. F. Brian had been duly sworn by me, that his answers to said interrogatories were true and that he had signed his name to same in instances of the ____ ____. {signed} T. A. Moore, Notary Public DIRECT INTERROGATORIES TO BE PROPOUNDED TO THE WITNESS H. M. Poole Woodland, LA Int. 1. What is your name? Age? Present place of residence and postoffice address? Answer: H. M. Poole 64 years Woodland LA Int. 2. Do you personally know, or did you at any time know Wm. T. WORSHAM who is an applicant for pension under Act of May 12, 1899? Answer: yes Int. 3. How long have you known the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension and when and where did you first know him? Answer: All of his life in this Parish. Int. 4. Do you personally know that the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, and performed the duties of a soldier or sailor? Answer: yes Int. 5. Do you personally know in what company and regiment the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant, enlisted and served in the Confederate army? When? Where? And the time of service? If you personally know and so have stated that he enlisted and served in the Confederate navy, then state: When? Where? And how long he so served? Answer: "A" 27th LA Infty. in 1862 at Clinton LA. from 1862 till surrender. Int. 6. Do you further know that Wm. T. WORSHAM the said applicant for pension, is unable to support himself by labor of any sort? Answer: I have not seen him for a number of years and cannot state given my own personal knowledge. CROSS INTERROGATORIES To be Propounded to H. M. Poole Woodland Louisanna Cross Interrogatory 1. If, in answer to the foregoing direct interrogatories, you have stated that you personally know or did know said applicant, and that you know that he enlisted in the service of the Confederacy and performed the duties of a soldier or sailor, and having named the company and regiment in which applicant so enlisted and served, then please state fully what is your source of such knowledge? And state whether or not you know or at any you knew of any other soldier or sailor by the name of Wm. T. WORSHAM serving in the same company or regiment in which you say the said applicant Wm. T. WORSHAM enlisted or if you have stated that said applicant enlisted and served in the navy of the Confederacy, then state whether or not you know any other sailor of the same name as said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant, serving in same command? Answer: He served in the same compnay I did and I never knew any other Wm. T. WORSHAM. If you say that you so knew other soldiers or sailors of the same name of applicant's then can you and how do you identify and locate the one from the other or others? Answer: Knew no other. Cross Int. 2. Are you positively certain that said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension, is the identical person serving as testified by you? Answer: yes Cross Int. 3. If you have answered Direct Interrogatory No. 6 in the affirmative, then please state your source of knowledge or information? Is not this your answer simply based on conjecture? Answer: (blank) Cross Int. 4. Do you know whether or not the said Wm. T. WORSHAM applicant for pension, ever deserted the service in the Confederate army or navy? Answer: He never did. Sworn to subscribed before me in Clinton, LA this March 1st 1904 J. L. Cravens {signed} H. M. Poole Clerk 24th Distr. Court Rxofficio not public RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, May 31, 1901. Respectfully returned to The President, Board of Pension Commissioners, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The records show that W. T. WORSHAM, late of Company A, 27th Louisiana Infantry, C. S. A., was enlisted March 29 1862, at Camp Moore, LA, to serve for the war, and that he was present for duty with his command January 1, 1863, the date of the last muster roll of the compnay on file in this office. By authority of the Secretary of War {signed} F. C. Ainsworth Chief, Record and Pension Office

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=100 Surname: MORRIS, NATIONS ------------------------- Seeking info from descendants of ALEXENA "RENA" MORRIS, b. abt, 1850 Montgomery Co., TX, mar. A. E. NATIONS, and they later ived in Navasota, Grimes Co., TX. "Rena", had siblings, Mattie Morris Green, Maggie Morris Green, Martin Morris, Edd Morris, J. W. "Walker" Morris, and Alfred William Morris II, all of which were the children of Alfred William Morris I, b. 1821, and, Matilda Parmer/Palmer, b. 1828. Thanks

Looking for any descendants or ancestors of the following families: William Thomas WORSHAM m. Tennessee ROGILLIO - in Grimes County by 1875 Mesa Post Office in 1904. Came from Louisianna Joseph William COLSON m. Belzorah or Belle Zora HARGROVE - in county by 1880. Lived around Iola. Also interested in his Uncle William Loraine COLSON m. Amanda Unknown. Having very diffecult time with their descendants who might have moved to Victoria County, Texas - names such as Arnett, Seaborn, Hugh, etc. Came from Alabama. James W. WARD m. Sarah Frances WILLIFORD - James died sometime before 1899, probably in Grimes County. Sarah remarried to a James W. TAYLOR and they were found on the 1900 census of Grimes County. Came from Alabama John THORNTON m. Araminta Lucretia BLOUNT - John was in Grimes County by 1860 coming from Alabama. William Augustus BLOUNT m. Sarah A. TURRENTINE - settled in Round Top about 1853. Came from Alabama. James William HARGROVE m. Derinda E. COUCH - James died 31 July 1877 in Grimes county. Would love to find where he is buried. In Grimes County by 1870 - came from Hopkins County, TX Was a minister. Eleanor Colson

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=98 Surname: Worsham ------------------------- Hi Eleanor! This is very interesting!Some of my information through the Mormon sight at www.familysearch.org. I have only seen Maranda Blume's name spelled this way without the el. If you go to that sight you can find W.T. Worsham at # AFN:22MD-90C. Tennessee is # AFN:22MD-91K. I think I may have used the custom search so I could use the numbers. Here is what I have for my grandfather's siblings: 1)Mary Leal B.10-24-1887 near Belton TX in Bell Cnty (Married to a man named Bill Josey) 2)William Walter B. 10-?-1888 same place 3)Ruble Harrison B.1-13-1890 same place (Married to Lira) 4)Henry Plummer B.7-18-1892 same place (Married to Esther Marie Miller on 10-19-1918)This is my grandfather. D.4-18-1982 Had 1 son - Marion Walter Worsham 7-25-1919 to 3-14-1997. 5)Joseph Luster B.3-13-1894 (Married Orella (Lady Bug) Gregg 6)Richard Russell B.5-16-1895 (Married Marie Stehlik) 7)Christopher Albert B.10-31-1896 D.4-24-93 in Tomball, TX (Married to Clara who was his 2nd wife) Francis Blume 1)James Frank B.9-21-1898 probably in Kurten TX in Brazos County (Married to Maudell Hudson??) 2)Little Brother Worsham B.1900 died at 4 days premature 3)Tennie May B.6-29-1901 (Married Harland Miller who is my grandmother Esther Miller's brother) 4)Delanie (Dee) B.7-8-1903 (Married to Boyd Elmore) 5)Elizabeth (Bessie) B. ? (Married to Edwin Bullock) 6)Sam Houston B. 1-13-19?? (Married to Oletha) 7)Woodrow Wilson B. 1912 Died in Arkansas 8)Allen Smith B. 1920-21 (Married to Goletha) 9)Dorothy Ruth B.3-23-1921 (Married to Clovis Putnam) I wish that I could be of more help as this is about all that I know at this point. I will try and find out about how William & Tennessee died. My grandfather always loved his Aunt Fannie(sp?) very much. He did not know where his mother was buried as he was a boy when she died. He looked for a while for the place and has his sisters looking too, but not able to find it. They think it must be on a private farm. He always wanted to know where she was buried. I heard a couple of stories of how she died. One of them being she had thyphoid and I can't recall the others right now. I also read that William Thomas killed his brother in Louisiana and had to move to Texas in 1875. He enlisted at Camp Moore in LA. on 3-29-1862 for 2 years in C. A 27th Louisiana infantry. I got this from the Worsham/Washam Family Book Review. The web page is:www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1360/page13.html Do you know this site? I think I am supposed to mention East Feliciana Lousiana for cross reference.Anyway, thanks for responding. I hope that I was of just a little help. I am adding what you gave me to my records. Thanks ! Judy

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=96 Surname: WORSHAM, ROGILLIO, COLSON ------------------------- Hi Judy, I would love if you could help me fill in on the particulars of William Henry WORSHAM's descendants. What I have is below along with what I have on the other children. My husband descended from their daughter Lizzie Worsham who married John J. COLSON. I do not know what day Tennessee Rogillio WORSHAM died but I do believe that William T. WORSHAM died on 12 Feb 1923. This was the date given by John J. COLSON in an affidavit pertaining to mortuary costs and the doctor of record also said he died 12 Feb 1923. This was found in his CW pension file. However, I believe his tombstone says he died 3 March 1922! I assume that Tennessee died before this. I also have a notation of a possible second marriage for William T. WORSHAM but don't know the date. Descendants of William Thomas Worsham 1 William Thomas Worsham b: 05 January 1836 East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana d: 12 February 1923 in Iola, Grimes County, Texas Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .. +Tennessee "Tennie" Rogillio b: 12 September 1845 East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana m: 02 February 1864 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .... 2 William Henry Worsham b: 1865 / ........ +Marandel Blume / .......... 3 Walter Worsham / .......... 3 Ruble Worsham / .......... 3 Luster J. Worsham / .......... 3 Russell P. Worsham / .......... 3 Albert C. Worsham / .......... 3 Henry P. Worsham / .......... 3 Lear Worsham / .... *2nd Wife of William Henry Worsham: / ........ +Frances Christine Blume Goodman b: September 1875 / .......... 3 James Frank Worsham / .......... 3 Woodrow Wilson Worsham / .......... 3 Allen S. Worsham / .......... 3 Tennie Worsham / .......... 3 Delaney Worsham / .......... 3 Bessie Worsham / .......... 3 Dorothy Worsham / .... 2 Harriet Josephine Worsham b: 1867 / ........ +Isham Davis / .... 2 Rogilla or Houlia Worsham b: 29 July 1869 / ........ +John Franklin Yeager / .... 2 James M. Worsham b: 16 September 1870 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 26 March 1928 Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ ........ +Virginia Alice Hensley b: 30 December 1878 d: 15 July 1971 Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .... 2 Charles Bunion Worsham b: December 1875 / ........ +Maggie L. Hensley / .......... 3 Charlie D. Worsham b: 19 September 1899 d: 13 June 1902 / .......... 3 Fannie Ray Worsham b: 29 September 1897 d: 27 September 1900 / .... 2 Elizabeth L. (Lizzie) Worsham b: 12 January 1876 Grimes County, Texas d: 21 June 1927 in Grimes County, Texas / ........ +John Joseph Colson b: 17 October 1874 Grimes County, Texas m: 1891 d: 26 June 1926 in Grimes County, Texas (Brazos Co - April 1?) / .......... 3 Belle Zora Colson b: 05 October 1893 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 03 December 1971 in Harris County, Texas / .............. +Frank Edward Gressett b: 24 November 1889 m: 14 November 1910 in Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 23 December 1968 in Alivn, Brazoria County, Texas / ................ 4 Zula Fay Gressett b: 02 October 1911 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 21 October 1912 in Iola, Grimes County, Texas / ................ 4 Lillie Armeal Gressett / .................... +Lee Roy Alexander / ................ 4 Nettie Lois Gressett b: 01 February 1915 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 31 January 1975 in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas / .................... +Jesse Travis Boyd / ................ *2nd Husband of Nettie Lois Gressett: / .................... +Ande Vardy Batson / ................ *3rd Husband of Nettie Lois Gressett: / .................... +Raymond Otis Wren / ................ *4th Husband of Nettie Lois Gressett: / .................... +Thomas G. LeCompte / ................ 4 James Edward Gressett b: 12 August 1917 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 19 February 1941 in Fresno, Texas / ................ 4 Evelyn Gressett / .................... +Earl Alexander Nicar / ................ 4 Winona Melba Gressett / .................... +Loren Burt Worthy / ................ *2nd Husband of Winona Melba Gressett: / .................... +Walter Gaston Walker / ................ 4 Travis Franklin Gressett / .................... +Yvonne Shirley Oliver / ................ *2nd Wife of Travis Franklin Gressett: / .................... +Hattie Lee Givens / .......... 3 Francis Bates Colson b: 25 August 1896 Grimes County, Texas d: 25 January 1961 Burial: Zion Methodist Cemetery, Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .............. +Lillie Belle Minter b: 26 August 1900 d: 20 October 1981 in Harris County, Texas Burial: Zion Methodist Cemetery, Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ ................ 4 William Colson / ................ 4 Franklin (Buster) Colson / ................ 4 John Charles Colson b: 12 January 1921 Iola, Grimes County, Texas / .................... +Leta Mae Morrow m: 20 August 1939 in Wortham, Freestone County, Texas / .......... 3 Pearl Colson b: Bef. 1900 Grimes County, Texas / .......... 3 Unknown Colson b: Bef. 1900 Grimes County, Texas / .......... 3 John Joseph Colson b: 18 July 1900 d: 22 February 1984 in Ellis County, Texas Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas/ .............. +Laura Abbie Utsey b: 08 October 1899 m: 16 June 1918 d: 12 January 1984 in Ellis County, Texas Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas/ ................ 4 Alice Colson / ................ 4 Annie Lee Colson / ................ 4 Joe Ellis Colson / .................... +Lillian Marie Howard m: 17 August 1946 in Hearne, Robertson County, Texas / ................ 4 Ione Laverne Colson b: 11 November 1934 d: 11 November 1934 Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas/ ................ 4 J.J. Colson b: 23 December 1928 Ellis County, Texas / .......... 3 Edith Colson b: 10 December 1905 Grimes County, Texas d: 23 September 1996 in Andrews, Coke County, Texas / .............. +Jim Dunn m: 1930 d: in Andrews, Coke County, Texas / ................ 4 Jimmie Joe Dunn b: 17 May 1932 Freestone County, Texas / ................ 4 Bobby Sam Dunn b: 20 March 1938 Navarro County, Texas / .......... 3 Jimmie Colson b: 03 June 1906 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 27 April 1981 in Tomball, Texas Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .............. +Carrie Frances Ward b: 12 October 1904 Iola, Grimes County, Texas m: 07 June 1924 in Iola, Texas / ................ 4 Howard Lee Colson b: 22 July 1926 Iola, Grimes County, Texas / .................... +Odail Aline Long b: 02 September 1920 Red Springs, Smith County, Texas m: 10 May 1947 in Bryan, Robertson County, Texas / ................ 4 Baby Colson b: 22 July 1926 Grimes County, Texas d: 22 July 1926 in Grimes County, Texas (stillborn) Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ ................ 4 Lizzie Mae Colson (Elizabeth) b: 02 February 1931 Iola, Grimes County, Texas / .................... +James Irven McNeel b: 18 January 1926 Richland, Navarro County, Texas m: 06 September 1947 in Richland, Navarro County, Texas d: 11 February 1968 in Richland, Navarro County, Texas / ................ *2nd Husband of Lizzie Mae Colson (Elizabeth): / .................... +Aubrey Burge b: Abt. 1926 m: 14 October 1978 in Navarro County, Texas / .......... 3 Johnnie Colson b: 03 June 1906 Grimes County, Texas d: 24 October 1977 in Navarro County, Texas / .............. +Ethel Martin b: 11 August 1905 d: 06 March 1981 in Dallas County, Texas / ................ 4 Doris Colson / ................ 4 Johnnie Wayne Colson b: 16 September 1937 Navarro County, Texas / ................ 4 James Orval Colson b: 05 March 1940 Navarro County, Texas / ................ 4 Shirley Katherine Colson b: 01 June 1944 Navarro County, Texas / .................... +Jerry Libhart / .......... 3 Amy Colson b: 10 August 1910 Grimes County, Texas d: December 1981 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas / .............. +Glen Charles Barnhart b: 28 May 1904 m: 1928 d: January 1987 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas / ................ 4 Eleanor Lee Barnhart b: 24 May 1935 Montgomery County, Texas / ................ 4 Amy Lavone Barnhart b: 08 July 1942 Montgomery County, Texas / ................ 4 Gerald Glen Barnhart b: 30 March 1945 Montgomery County, Texas / .......... 3 Ray Colson b: 06 October 1912 Grimes County, Texas d: 16 September 1989 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas / .............. +Gertie Lee Smith / ................ 4 Billy Ray Colson b: 08 June 1949 Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas d: 08 February 1999 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas / .................... +Claudia Ruth Atkinson b: Abt. 1951 m: 17 August 1968 in Montgomery County, Texas / ................ *2nd Wife of Billy Ray Colson: / .................... +Linda J. Wilkerson b: Abt. 1967 m: 23 August 1985 in Montgomery County, Texas / ................ 4 Ronald C. Colson b: 26 April 1957 Montgomery County, Texas / .................... +Robin C. Parker b: Abt. 1960 m: 07 August 1976 in Montgomery County, Texas / ................ *2nd Wife of Ronald C. Colson: / .................... +Billie J. Steinbrecher b: Abt. 1956 m: 15 February 1981 in Montgomery County, Texas / ................ *3rd Wife of Ronald C. Colson: / .................... +Dinah L. Biesik m: 28 April 1989 in Montgomery County, Texas / ................ 4 Donald Colson b: 26 April 1957 Montgomery County, Texas / .................... +Nancy R. Gilson b: Abt. 1960 m: 22 July 1978 in Montgomery County, Texas / .......... 3 Roy Colson b: 06 October 1912 Grimes County, Texas / .............. +Eunice Loana Morrow m: 1931 / ................ 4 Gillan Gene Colson b: 07 December 1932 Dallas County, Texas / .......... 3 Gaines Colson b: 1917 Grimes County, Texas d: 16 October 1927 in Grimes County, Texas / .... 2 Joe Nowlin Worsham b: January 1880 Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ .... 2 Thomas Jefferson Worsham b: 18 August 1885 Iola, Grimes County, Texas d: 18 February 1962 in Grimes County, Texas Burial: Lake Grove Cemetery, near Iola, Grimes County, Texas/ ........ +Fannie Unknown *2nd Wife of William Thomas Worsham: / .. +Mary J. Unknown m: Aft. 1885

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=95 Surname: Worsham ------------------------- William Thomas and Tennessee had 8 children. The only one I know anything about is William Henry which was my grandfather's father. William Henry was born in 1865 died on Sept. 10 1924. William Henry married sisters - Miranda Jane Blume-born about 1866(my grandfather's mother)who died in 1895. They had 7 children. When Miranda died, he married her sister,Francis Christine Blume Goodman - born Sept/Oct 1975 They had 8 children plus one from Francis' previous marriage to Solomon Goodman who died in an accident."Aunt Fanny" died at age 99 in 1975. One of the later 8 children was premature and died a 4 day old infant boy. The first time William Henry was married was about 1887 or early 1888. The second time was in 1897. Since William Henry Worsham was born in Lousiana I would assume that it was in East Feliciana Parish as well. I did come across an odd bit of information. I read that William Thomas and Tennessee both died on Feb. 2, 1922 in Grimes County Texas. Do you have any info about this? Thank ! Judy Clark

One of the BENNET family, married the daughter of JORDAN WEBER from SULZ, RUSSIA and lived around the HOUSTON area. They later moved to PORTLAND, OREGON. JORDAN WEBER 1838-1932, was a brother to my great-great grandmother ELISABETHA who died in NORTH DAKOTA. TOM HOFFMAN

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=94 Surname: Bennett, Brewton ------------------------- I'm researching James R. Bennett and his wife Mary Ann Brewton and their children. Would love to add them to my webpage-see below. Mary Ann is the daughter of Benjamin Bruton and his wife Charlotte ?. James and Mary Ann died in Grimes Co., Tx. and I have one descendant from them. Email me back with any information. Link: OUR BIBLICAL BREWTON CLAN URL: <http://www.geocities.com/bss31202>

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=93 Surname: STOKELY ------------------------- Looking for information on descendants of William Allen STOKELY and Martha C.(Jones) STOKELY. William Allen moved to Grimes County, Texas by late 1866 from Washington County, Alabama following the War Between the States. William served in Co. G, 32nd Alabama Infantry, CSA during the war. His father, John Harvey STOKELY and his wife Sarah Elizabeth (Blount) STOKELY also moved to Grimes County about this time, also from Alabama. William Allen and Martha had six children, Samuel, Joseph A., Nancy E., William E., Eula Lee., and Felix. All of these except Samuel were born in Grimes county. I believe that both William Allen and his wife Martha died in Grimes County but I do not know what year. Any information on individuals and/or descendants would be appreciated.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=91 Surname: Behn, Jones ------------------------- Does anyone have any information about this family?

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=90 Surname: WILLIAMS, CHRISTIAN ------------------------- Seeking info on ggrandfather, believed to be James V. WILLIAMS b.1850 d. 1884 m Sally E. ?? b 1849 d. 1881. Children: Ida LouElla WILLIAMS b. 1868, James John WILLIAMS b.1871, Marylee Ada WILLIAMS b. 1875, and my grandfather Francis (Frank) Henry WILLIAMS b. Dec 4 1879 in Plantersville, Grimes Co., TX. Family story says that all children adopted by bachelor Professor CHRISTIAN and his sister soon after death of James V. WILLIAMS, and all took the adopted name CHRISTIAN. Will appreciate any help and glad to share. Ken Christian

thank you. that is the only reference i have beenable to find of him. i can find him no where else. i know he existed. my grandmother had 4 children with him. so i guess i will just have to keep looking. thanks for the input.

I show a Heinrich Maywald 9 Feb 1870 - 13 Jul 1908 St Mary's Cemetery Ruth Bowen

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=89 Surname: Ham, Sturgill ------------------------- George Washington and Margaret Elizabeth Ham lived on a farm around Rishards in Grimes Co. They came to TX in the 1900's from KY. They are buried in a family plot on the land they use to own. Also in the cemetery is George and Amanda Sturgill, Margaret's parents.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=87 Surname: MAYWALD ------------------------- Found Maywald, Heinrich b:9 Feb. 1870 d: 13 Jul. 1908 in St. Mary's Cemetery Plantersville, Grimes Co., Texas This was taken from Catholic Cemeteries of Grimes County Texas.

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=86 Surname: Maywald, Feller ------------------------- I am looking for the Henry Maywald who lived in Plantersville area with wife Mary and children. Died young from heat stroke? played the violin. buried at St.Mary's. Married and died in Grimes County. Any info would be appreciated.

Yes, She is in my family tree of the Minors. She is the niece of Susie Minor/Kennard and Malinda Minor Cooper. They are all related to me. c. DeBose

I am familiar with the names Rev. Spencer Daviss that still lives in Navasota and Rev. John Daviss. C. DeBose

Posted on: Grimes Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Grimes?read=85 Surname: Minor ------------------------- Does the name Gladys Minor from Grimes County mean anything to you. She married Harry Daviss from Piedmont or Navasota Vicky Daviss Mitchell