JLowery000@aol.com wrote: > Boy it has been VERY QUITE on the list lately. Dear Harrison County List, Yes, it has been TOO quiet on the list. I know all y'all nice East Texas folks must be putting up those cream peas for the winter or eating those wonderful fresh East Texas tomatoes? Heard y'all have rain this week so that means there will probably be some good field corn this year. Sure missed my annual serving of home made cream corn last year because of the drought. Can't get any of that good Southern soul food out here in Northern California. Gail, who is our list owner, will probably remind us that we are not "suppose" to discuss things like the food and the weather on this list. But, I actually think of this as a cultural education for all of y'all out there who had ancestors in Harrison County. I have always heard that during the Civil War years when the South was destitute and food was hard to come by, a lot of our ancestors lived off the dried field peas. It seemed that the Northern soldiers did not know they were eatable, thought they were feed for cattle and left them. So, our ancestors found ways to make them taste delicious and generations later we just know they taste great! Planning on finishing up my survey of the NoonDay Cemetery which is in the Hallsville area of Harrison County. Will be submitting it to the Harrison County GenWeb page. If you have anyone you think is buried there, let me know and I will check for you. Or if you KNOW they are buried there but have never seen their grave, let me know and I'll take a picture and send it to you. But let me know right away. Just a reminder, I have a copy of, "The Hallsville Cemetery; A History of It's People" which is hard to find. It has lots of family information and too many surnames to list. So, if you have ancestors that lived around the Hallsville area of Harrison County send me the names and I'll check the book for you. Anyway, I am still looking for anyone with connections to the Richardson, Thomas, Lovelace, Hickey, and Cogburn families that lived in Harrison county from 1840 to the present. Have lots of information on this group and would love to find a new cousin. Your East Texas Cousin, Jackie