the museum located in the old court house in Marshall has a world of info JDR

Hi Group! I am brand new to the list. I am seeking info on the parents, aunts, uncles, etc. of: Charles Weldon MILAM b 1909 Marshall, Harrison CO TX., raised in LA., reared his family in Dallas, d 15 Dec 1959 Dallas, Dallas CO TX buried Grove Hill Cemetery Dallas. Parents: Thomas R MILAM b 06 March 1877 MO came to TX six months later with his parents and siblings. d 21 Oct 1915 unk. where..buried Greenwood Cemetery, Harrison CO. Aletha/Leatha GILLESPIE MILAM b 31 Jan 1882 unk. where d. 28 Dec 1956 Dallas, Dallas CO TX buried Greenwood Cemetery, Harrison CO. She had a brother, H.C. GILLESPIE still living in Marshall at the time of her death. She may have once been married to a MALONE. I found this information in a Marshall, TX newspaper account and the birth certificate of Charles W Milam. I would like to know where Thomas and Leatha were married and when and more about Leatha's family and where she was born. I also would like to know if there are any descendants still in the area. Leatha gave her son Charles away to a preacher in LA, where he was raised. This was probably about 1915/1916, when he was 6 or 7 yrs old, as his father died in Oct 1915. I do not know who this preacher was or where in LA. Any of this ring a bell? Carole Alamokin@aol.com

Gail: Or anyone that is close to an 1850, 1860 and 1870 Harrison County Census in the near future. (I have to send off to Salt Lake City via the LDS center here in Florence to get one here in about three weeks) I need someone to look up a Joseph W. Wilson on those censuses. According to my "Marriage Records west of the Mississippi" CD#227 there was a Joseph W. Wilson who married a Derena Harvey March 19, 1850. Since my great grandfather Henry C. Wilson b. February 9, 1853 died in 1896, I've only been able to find him on one census which was a Caddo Parish, Louisiana census 1880. They lived at state line in Bethany, Louisiana/Texas. The family was enumerated in 1900 at same location on Panola County, Texas. Henry's wife Hannah Frances (Fanny) Hill was from Marshall and her grandparents Dr. William R. Downs was from Elysian Fields, both in Harrison County. Her father Zachariah worked for the railroad yard when it was first building up. Most of my family in several different lines (Crouch/Hosea/Wilson/Farr) were all railroad men including my dad and grandfather, aunts and uncles. That may be where and how they met and explain why I am having such a hard time tracking down the possible nomads. The 1880 census that I do have states that H. C. Wilson's parents were both born in Mississippi. If someone could look for them on those three censuses to see #1 are Joseph and Devena from Mississippi #2 is there a Henry; H. C. ; H or C male child enumerated with them on the 1860 census that is approximately 7 years of age and 17 in 1870. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Trip Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Gail Brown <rexbrown@prysm.net> To: TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com <TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 4:16 AM Subject: Re: Census Index Request >Hi Jackson and all, > >I have the 1850 census index CD and would be glad to look up names for >anyone. For the 1860 & 1870 census index and lots of other CDs, go to >http://www.seidata.com/~lhoffman/cdlist.html Many volunteers who own CDs >will do lookups. > >Looks like I could go into the barbeque mail order business! Bodacious bbq >IS good! This isn't ETexas bbq, but it might be a close second >http://www.texasbbq.com/ For more Texas bbq see >http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Texas%20barbeque&hc=0&hs=0 > >94 in San Francisco! That's hot! It rained in Marshall yesterday - at >least in my part of town. > >Gail > > >==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > > >

Hi Harrison County Researchers, Well, we inherited the heat wave from East Texas, it was 105 in the San Francisco area today and since most of us do NOT have air-conditioning, we are melting. Spoke with some distant cousins in Harrison County today and they are finally getting some rain. Hurrah! Could sure use your help on this one.... George Thomas came to Harrison County around 1840 and lived there until his death in 1866. Now for the sixty-four thousand dollar question. Does anyone know or can find out where he is buried? Thanks and stay cool. Jackson Researching: Busby * Cogburn * Griffin * Hickey * Richardson * Thomas

Hi Amy, It's there now http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/cavespgs.htm It may load a little slowly, so if you have any problems with it, let me know. Gail -----Original Message----- From: KESSAROSE@aol.com <KESSAROSE@aol.com> To: TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com <TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 5:24 AM Subject: Re: Cave Springs Cemetery >Please send out a post when the Cave Springs Cemetery listings are put online. >I have several family members buried there and hope to locate a few others. >(I visited the website that was on listed, but there were no cemetery records >there) >Amy Flowers > > >==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== >When you return from vacation, you may resubscribe by sending a message >to TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com with just the word >subscribe >

Please send out a post when the Cave Springs Cemetery listings are put online. I have several family members buried there and hope to locate a few others. (I visited the website that was on listed, but there were no cemetery records there) Amy Flowers

Jan Craven wrote: > > Nelda, There are a whole bunch of us LYONS desc. who have a list > going. West is one of the families we have been discussing lately. > Come and join us. I also live in Lake Charles. > Email me privately and I'll get back in touch with you and call you. > I have LYONS and FOREMANS in my line also > Sorry, folks, I must have slept through Nelda's original post. > Jan > At 01:39 PM 7/25/1998 -0600, you wrote: > >Nelda Stebbins wrote: > >> > >> Hi I am new and would like to find out any information on the West > >> Family. Richard West married Ann Foreman 1st and had a child Ezimely > >> West. He then married Sarah (Sally) Lyons. They had 11 children: > >> Ralph, John I, Michael, Thomas, Richard L. , Andrew J., Benjamin F. , > >> Solomon , Abel, Mary Ann, Elizabeth. Other surnames I need are LeDoux, > >> ALexander and Ravia, Anselm. I sure need any information on these if you > >> have any. > >> Thanks, > >> Nelda Stebbins > >> Lake Charles, La. > >> > >> ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > >> Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to > mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > >> > >Nelda, Don't know if this helps any, but I have some Wests in my > >Carrington family. The Carrigtons were originally in Harrison Co but > >later moved West to Wood Co and Upshur co. The following is from Wood > >Co West families: > >Descendants of Willie B West > > > >Willie B West; b: 15 July 1880 acc to Virginia McKeehan > >married Annie Mae Snow (Father: John Hague Snow,Mother: Annie Josephine > >West)b: 04 August 1886 Wood Co, TX m: 20 November 1910 > >Children: > >1.Marvin Harold West b: 30 September 1911 > >2.Florence Edrie West; b: 30 June 1913 acc to Virginia McKeehan d: 11 > >November 1937; m.Russell Hewett (b: 24 March 1909 acc to Virginia > >McKeehan m: 14 September 1935) > >3.Maymie Non West; b: 13 February 1916 Wood Co, TX; m.Houston Morris > >Clyburn; b: 01 March 1914;m: 13 January 1950 acc to Virginia McKeehan. > >4.Wayne Benson West;b: 21 September 1917 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. > >Mary Larison (b: 21 October 1927;m: 03 March 1946) > >5.Guy Clifford West; b: 09 February 1919 acc to Virginia McKeehan m. > >Billye Wrea (b: 31 December 1925 m: 16 December 1945) > >6.Ella Josephine West;b: 29 September 1921 acc to Virginia McKeehan > >m.Walter Wheeler (b: 10 December 1923 m: 07 September 1945) > >7.B Lorene West; b: 18 June 1923 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. James > >Truitt Conaway (b: 05 April 1919; m: 11 September 1949 acc to Virginia > >McKeehan) > > > >Also have sisters Lula J West m. Perry Adlophus Carrington > > Mattie A West m. James Thos. Carrington--the men were brothers > >Also have Loca Estella West, b. 1878 m. 1897 Rufus Eli Carrington, a > >first cousin to the Carringtons above. > > > >That's all I have on West families. > >Darla Bostick > > > > > >==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > >Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to > mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit Harrison County TXGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/harrison.htm Jan, We must be related somehow. I would like any information on these families as possible. I am new at this. It has been very interesting on what I have received. Do you have any Ravia's or Ravier's that you have come across. Please write back. I live in Ragley. Used to live in Moss BLuff. I work at "Gillis Elementary and will be returning back to school soon. Thanks, Nelda Stebbins

Thanks to Kimberley and Rusty, there's a new cemetery listing online - Cave Springs, which you'll find at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/cavespgs.htm Gail

If anyone sent me email in the last 24-36 hours and I haven't responded, please send it again. Someone on one of several lists I subscribe to probably sent me a bad attachment that locked up my mail spooler. I had to have the ISP tech support flush everything in my mailbox in order to get rid of whatever was hanging it up! Rusty

Nelda, There are a whole bunch of us LYONS desc. who have a list going. West is one of the families we have been discussing lately. Come and join us. I also live in Lake Charles. Email me privately and I'll get back in touch with you and call you. I have LYONS and FOREMANS in my line also Sorry, folks, I must have slept through Nelda's original post. Jan At 01:39 PM 7/25/1998 -0600, you wrote: >Nelda Stebbins wrote: >> >> Hi I am new and would like to find out any information on the West >> Family. Richard West married Ann Foreman 1st and had a child Ezimely >> West. He then married Sarah (Sally) Lyons. They had 11 children: >> Ralph, John I, Michael, Thomas, Richard L. , Andrew J., Benjamin F. , >> Solomon , Abel, Mary Ann, Elizabeth. Other surnames I need are LeDoux, >> ALexander and Ravia, Anselm. I sure need any information on these if you >> have any. >> Thanks, >> Nelda Stebbins >> Lake Charles, La. >> >> ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== >> Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com >> that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. >> >Nelda, Don't know if this helps any, but I have some Wests in my >Carrington family. The Carrigtons were originally in Harrison Co but >later moved West to Wood Co and Upshur co. The following is from Wood >Co West families: >Descendants of Willie B West > >Willie B West; b: 15 July 1880 acc to Virginia McKeehan >married Annie Mae Snow (Father: John Hague Snow,Mother: Annie Josephine >West)b: 04 August 1886 Wood Co, TX m: 20 November 1910 >Children: >1.Marvin Harold West b: 30 September 1911 >2.Florence Edrie West; b: 30 June 1913 acc to Virginia McKeehan d: 11 >November 1937; m.Russell Hewett (b: 24 March 1909 acc to Virginia >McKeehan m: 14 September 1935) >3.Maymie Non West; b: 13 February 1916 Wood Co, TX; m.Houston Morris >Clyburn; b: 01 March 1914;m: 13 January 1950 acc to Virginia McKeehan. >4.Wayne Benson West;b: 21 September 1917 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. >Mary Larison (b: 21 October 1927;m: 03 March 1946) >5.Guy Clifford West; b: 09 February 1919 acc to Virginia McKeehan m. >Billye Wrea (b: 31 December 1925 m: 16 December 1945) >6.Ella Josephine West;b: 29 September 1921 acc to Virginia McKeehan >m.Walter Wheeler (b: 10 December 1923 m: 07 September 1945) >7.B Lorene West; b: 18 June 1923 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. James >Truitt Conaway (b: 05 April 1919; m: 11 September 1949 acc to Virginia >McKeehan) > >Also have sisters Lula J West m. Perry Adlophus Carrington > Mattie A West m. James Thos. Carrington--the men were brothers >Also have Loca Estella West, b. 1878 m. 1897 Rufus Eli Carrington, a >first cousin to the Carringtons above. > >That's all I have on West families. >Darla Bostick > > >==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > > > >

Nelda Stebbins wrote: > > Hi I am new and would like to find out any information on the West > Family. Richard West married Ann Foreman 1st and had a child Ezimely > West. He then married Sarah (Sally) Lyons. They had 11 children: > Ralph, John I, Michael, Thomas, Richard L. , Andrew J., Benjamin F. , > Solomon , Abel, Mary Ann, Elizabeth. Other surnames I need are LeDoux, > ALexander and Ravia, Anselm. I sure need any information on these if you > have any. > Thanks, > Nelda Stebbins > Lake Charles, La. > > ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the mail list by sending a message to mailto:TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > Nelda, Don't know if this helps any, but I have some Wests in my Carrington family. The Carrigtons were originally in Harrison Co but later moved West to Wood Co and Upshur co. The following is from Wood Co West families: Descendants of Willie B West Willie B West; b: 15 July 1880 acc to Virginia McKeehan married Annie Mae Snow (Father: John Hague Snow,Mother: Annie Josephine West)b: 04 August 1886 Wood Co, TX m: 20 November 1910 Children: 1.Marvin Harold West b: 30 September 1911 2.Florence Edrie West; b: 30 June 1913 acc to Virginia McKeehan d: 11 November 1937; m.Russell Hewett (b: 24 March 1909 acc to Virginia McKeehan m: 14 September 1935) 3.Maymie Non West; b: 13 February 1916 Wood Co, TX; m.Houston Morris Clyburn; b: 01 March 1914;m: 13 January 1950 acc to Virginia McKeehan. 4.Wayne Benson West;b: 21 September 1917 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. Mary Larison (b: 21 October 1927;m: 03 March 1946) 5.Guy Clifford West; b: 09 February 1919 acc to Virginia McKeehan m. Billye Wrea (b: 31 December 1925 m: 16 December 1945) 6.Ella Josephine West;b: 29 September 1921 acc to Virginia McKeehan m.Walter Wheeler (b: 10 December 1923 m: 07 September 1945) 7.B Lorene West; b: 18 June 1923 acc to Virginia McKeehan; m. James Truitt Conaway (b: 05 April 1919; m: 11 September 1949 acc to Virginia McKeehan) Also have sisters Lula J West m. Perry Adlophus Carrington Mattie A West m. James Thos. Carrington--the men were brothers Also have Loca Estella West, b. 1878 m. 1897 Rufus Eli Carrington, a first cousin to the Carringtons above. That's all I have on West families. Darla Bostick

Does anyone have info on ggggrandfather William Wakefield HALL.?? any connection might provide info that would enable me to further my HALL line. Thanks, James Ray Claremore, OK, formerly Longview-Hallsville, Tx researching Harrison Co. and East TX for RAY, HALL, BLACK, PAGE

Hi Jackson and all, I have the 1850 census index CD and would be glad to look up names for anyone. For the 1860 & 1870 census index and lots of other CDs, go to http://www.seidata.com/~lhoffman/cdlist.html Many volunteers who own CDs will do lookups. Looks like I could go into the barbeque mail order business! Bodacious bbq IS good! This isn't ETexas bbq, but it might be a close second http://www.texasbbq.com/ For more Texas bbq see http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Texas%20barbeque&hc=0&hs=0 94 in San Francisco! That's hot! It rained in Marshall yesterday - at least in my part of town. Gail

Good Morning Harrison County Cousins, Think we have inherited your heat wave, it was 94 in San Francisco yesterday and most of us do NOT have A/C, but it does cool down pretty good at night. Need a favor. Does anyone have the Harrison County US Census Index for 1860 and 1870? The library here does not have Texas indexes for those years. I'm going to the genealogy library copy some microfilmed census pages and need the page # and ED for: William M. Richardson and wife Judith in 1860 William M. Richardson and wife Judith in 1870 George Thomas in 1860 W. T. Lovelace in 1870 Thanks in advance. Jackson P. S. I tried to find a web site for "Bodacious" but was not successful. East Texas has THE BEST barbecue, bar none. Have any of the East Texans ever eaten at a barbecue place in Nacogdoches on North St. close to the loop that has a big Hereford bull on the roof? Can't think of the name of it...but if you ever get the chance go over here. They serve the meat straight out of the smoker, cut to order, and have a "sodie water" box with ice cold cokes, orange crush, etc... in GLASS bottles. Y'all do know how to eat!

Pat - Have you tried looking for BRAZZIL or BRAZIL? There were families of that name in Harrison Co by that name. They married into the DELAFIELD family. Good luck. If they are the same, I have a small bit on the. Norma

Trip - Those SCOTTs you have: Could they be James or John Scott, whose mother, Martha "Patsy" married 2nd, James GORMAN in 1865, Harrison County, TX? They are listed in the 1870 census in Marshall, Texas. If there is a connection - please let me know, will you????? Thanks, and good luck to you. Norma Gorman Wright

We sure have our priorities right on this list... genealogy, food and rain.. would love to see some of that slow drizzle!!! I agree with a friend who told me it is so dry his catfish are chasing mice. I have blackberries (I picked) in the freezer and I can't complain about genealogy results.. (Trip, I gotta tell em!!) Ya'll, Trip located the cemetery in Longtown, SC where my Darling Jones (b.1759) is resting.. Ruth (volunteer at Harrison Co. Museum) and I drove to SC (to clean up the overgrown cemetery) by way of AL. Didn't get much rest but brought back lots of family info. TOTAL SURPRISE was visiting the "summer" Plantation home of Darling Jones built 1822 and meeting two "cousins" who took us on a historical tour of all the families plantation homes, cemeteries and sites within a 50 mile radius. One had published a book of the history of the area and also listed another cemetery where family members were buried. How fortunate can a person get??? THERE IS A GOD and "TRIP" IS HIS ANGEL!!! I'll try to get back to Harrison Co. "cemetery surfing" when my feet get back on the ground!!!(g) A few of my names are: JONES, (2 lines of "em") EMBERSON, DARLING (just added), NOLAND, RILEY, MORGAN, PREWETT, SMITH, NARRAMORE,Tyre, GIBBS,Vashti Daugherty (wife of Tyre Narramore...desperately need help on these two) Kimberly Parks Rusk, Texas

Dear Kimberly, CONGRATULATIONS!! Sounds like a wonderful trip and experience. -- Jackson Busby Researching: BUSBY/GRIFFIN/COGBURN/RICHARDSON/THOMAS/LOVELACE/HICKEY

Gail and list members, Now your talking about my kind of "diet" food. When I visited Marshall last October I brought home a supply of "Bodacious" Barbecue Sauce. I have run out and have to settle for the local stuff. Wont be going to Texas till you guys start getting some cooler weather. Many people talk about the rain here in the Northwest. Actually, we only get about 35 inches a year. It seems like more because it's a slow rain...drizzle. Dallas gets more rain than we do but they get it all in one day. :) It rained here yesterday but then we sent it north to Canada. Today it's about 85 degrees. To hot for me. I would never survive Texas this time of year. If any of you have the following Harrison Co. surnames I would love to hear from you. Thomas Jefferson GREEN 1823-1902 John Wesley BRIGGS 1841-1911 Catherine M. SORELLE 1827-1904 Christopher Columbus BOHLER 1827-1910 Andrew Jack HILL 1852-1922 Also, PATRICK, NESBETT, CARLTON, DRISKELL, JACK, ORRELL, BALLINGER Stay cool, Renee Briggs-Seattle

Hi I am new and would like to find out any information on the West Family. Richard West married Ann Foreman 1st and had a child Ezimely West. He then married Sarah (Sally) Lyons. They had 11 children: Ralph, John I, Michael, Thomas, Richard L. , Andrew J., Benjamin F. , Solomon , Abel, Mary Ann, Elizabeth. Other surnames I need are LeDoux, ALexander and Ravia, Anselm. I sure need any information on these if you have any. Thanks, Nelda Stebbins Lake Charles, La.