This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Campbell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4kB.2ACI/1939 Message Board Post: I would like help to find the obituaries of William Campbell and his wife Eva. William died 15 May 1934 and is buried in Fincastle Cemetery in East Henderson. His wife Eva died 17 Nov 1907 and is also buried in Fincastle. They may have also gotten married in Henderson around 1891. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Chris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1938 Message Board Post: i am looking for inf on florence sutton strange she married lewis c. strange she was born1857 they moved to henderson county texas i need help with this i am up against a wall

In a message dated 10/23/2006 8:09:29 AM Central Daylight Time, anncarrollweb1@aol.com writes: I am kin to the Larkins of Henderson....can I help you????

P.S. to my last note, I would be happy to share information with you. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara P Smith Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:50 AM To: txhender@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXHENDER] Old Mine Creek/Henderson County Texas Perry, The Larkin name is in my Thornton genealogy. I would like to propose that both of you let me know how it comes into Henderson County history. Thanks! Barbara -----Original Message----- From: txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PerrySW@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:14 AM To: txhender@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXHENDER] Old Mine Creek/Henderson County Texas In a message dated 10/23/2006 8:09:29 AM Central Daylight Time, anncarrollweb1@aol.com writes: I am kin to the Larkins of Henderson....can I help you???? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Perry, The Larkin name is in my Thornton genealogy. I would like to propose that both of you let me know how it comes into Henderson County history. Thanks! Barbara -----Original Message----- From: txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txhender-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PerrySW@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:14 AM To: txhender@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXHENDER] Old Mine Creek/Henderson County Texas In a message dated 10/23/2006 8:09:29 AM Central Daylight Time, anncarrollweb1@aol.com writes: I am kin to the Larkins of Henderson....can I help you???? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Larkin / Carroll / Berryhill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1937 Message Board Post: This is a geat site with much information. I have found a lot of information on my family. Now I am searching for any history on Old Mine Creek in Henderson County. Old Mine Creek crosses FM 1615 appx 5 miles from SH 19 South of Athens. Thanks in advance for any info. Ann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans; Moore; Cofer; Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1936 Message Board Post: Looking for any one reseaching following families in Henderson: Evans; Moore; Cofer and Brown. Addison "Add" Cofer married Mary J. - he was born 1835 NC and she was born 1840 TN - They had 11 children with only 4 living by 1900 census. Mig C. Cofer b. ca 1870 TX married Annastine Moore b. ca 1875 TX - her parents were: Anderson Moore married Lucinda. He was born ca. 1836 MS and she was born ca 1844 MS - had 12 childern with 10 living by 1900 census. Jim Brown married Manuvia/Maneray. Jim was born 1822 VA and she was born 1841 TX Harrison Evans - son Henry Evans

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HALL, KILPATRICK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4kB.2ACI/1935 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Weldon Hall, born about 1845 in Cherokee Co, NC and his family. He was a s/o John Alfred Hall and Martha J. Kilpatrick of NC and Benton Co, AR. He was in the 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 Henderson Co, TX census. He was listed as Wilson Hall in several of the census. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Don

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1934 Message Board Post: I would like to know if the Payne Springs Cemetery has homecomings every year? If so what day? Any info woul dbe appreciated. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1933 Message Board Post: I am looking for a lady by the name of Novella Hunt. I'm not sure what her last name is now since we think she has remarried since the death of her husband Jimmie. He is buried at the Payne Springs Cemetery. We think Novella has a daughter named Betty (not sure on the name) Novella was a friend of my grandmother (Ruth Kelley) Would anybody know the whereabouts of Novella...I've wondered about her for years. Thanks!

Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, October 14, 2006 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Donna Ingham Program: "Don't Forget the Stories" Donna Ingham is a Texas storyteller and author whose repertoire includes personal and family narratives. Her presentation will illustrate ways to combine oral histories, primary source elements, and historical research to create powerful stories. Donna is a humorist and folklorist who takes the ancient art of storytelling and gives it a Texas twist to entertain audiences of all ages. She presents tall tales, folklore, historical and personal stories told as only a Texan could--or would. She is a former college professor with a Ph.D. in English. She also offers workshops, master classes, training and in-service sessions as well as age-appropriate programs for elementary and secondary schools. As a published author, she brings an added dimension to her school visits and both entertains and enlightens audiences at book festivals and conferences. Donna achieved national recognition in 2003 as one of six tellers invited to appear on the National Storytelling Festival's Exchange Place stage. She continues to tour beyond the borders of Texas, performing at festivals and conferences and offering arts residencies and workshops. In 2005 Donna had published Tales with a Texas Twist and she has more Texas tidbits in two new books: 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas (Globe Pequot/Lyons Press 2006) and You Know You're in Texas When (Globe Pequot/Insider's Guide 2006). Ask for them at your local book store this fall, or order them on-line. They're coming out just in time for Christmas giving! Donna has also recorded several audiocassettes On the Trail Tales (2000) and Texas (&Texanized) Myths & Legends (2001). Donna had produced one CD called Texas Family Album (2002) with another due out in 2007. You can find more information on her books and recordings by visiting her website at: www.donnaingham.com. Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. Debbie Parker Wayne will present a program on "Web Browser Preferences". Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html East Texas Genealogical Society represent six counties which are Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith counties. ETGS publishes the "East Texas Family Records" four times a year which features articles and records concerning our six counties and a monthly newsletter "The Bulletin" which features information about our society, things of interest to our members and information about our six counties. ETGS has began a First Families of East Texas covering our six counties. To find out about this program go to following link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/FirstFamilies/firstfam.html For more information, you may contact me at scottfitzgerald@tyler.net or go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Vice-President.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1932 Message Board Post: I'M GOING TO START PHOTOGRAPHING ALL CEMETERIES SOON, AS WEATHER ALLOWS. DOING ENTRY GATES, MARKERS, HEADSTONES, UN-MARKED GRAVES (IF KNOWN ), GPS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP, I COULD USE IT. I'M RETIRED AND WILL TRY FIT MY SCEDULE TO ANYONES. IF YOU HAVE INFO ON UN-MARKED GRAVES I WOULD ALSO I LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFO. SEND ANY RESPONCES TO ME DIRECT, MALAKOFFMAN@SBCGLOBAL.NET JESSIE

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnett; Makerney; McKerney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/446.1047.1118 Message Board Post: Mary, Do you know the connection between John Makerney and J.W. Burnett? April

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnett; Makerney; McKerney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/446.1047.1117 Message Board Post: Mary, Do you know the connection between John Makerney and J.W. Burnett? April

Hi, I am looking for the parents of JOSEPH LEAFEY HILTON, married 1- DELLA WILLIAMS b.1884 TX; 2- ANNA THELMA BULLOCK; thanks for checking, Eleonore

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1931 Message Board Post: Dear List, Is there a roster of navy pilots from Henderson Country in World War 1? Specifically anyone stationed in Killingholme, England. Many thanks, Del Chausse

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MACKEY, ROADS, BROOKS, CHAMBERS, OWENS, ALLISON, HEFNER, SUMMEY, TRAMMELL, WETZEL, and many many others. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1930 Message Board Post: Please visit the Transylvania Genealogy Group's heritage book website at: http://www.nccountyheritage.com/ to learn all about this project. And do come to the community meetings if you can! http://www.nccountyheritage.com/ TransylvanCoGenList the Transylvania Genealogy Group is excited to announce the formal kick-off of the new heritage book for Transylvania County. A new history of the county is long overdue! In the ten years that have passed since the first book was published in 1995, a mountain of quality research has greatly expanded knowledge of our families and the general history of the county. While the first book was quite good, today we have the ability to create a fabulous work of family and general county history that greatly eclipses the successes of volume I -- expanding and even correcting data in the first volume. The Transylvania Genealogy Group is delighted for the opportunity to lead in creating this new county history and actively seeks the involvement, participation, and support of the entire community, including descendants of Transylvania County families spread across the nation today. Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate! On Monday, October 16 the community-wide heritage book informational meetings begin in downtown Brevard at the Chamber of Commerce building at 35 West Main Street. Our publisher, Don Mills of County Heritage Inc./Walsworth Publishing, will conduct the meetings. For convenience, we'll hold the first meeting at 1:00 p.m. and the second at 6:00 p.m., allowing everyone to get in on the meetings that are sure to be well attended. The meetings will provide everything needed to get started compiling and writing articles. Printed materials will be given out. All individuals, families, churches, schools, organizations, institutions, and even businesses in the county are invited to attend to learn how to participate. The Transylvania Genealogy Group has just opened the heritage book website where you can download a PDF version of the book project brochure that includes everything you need to get started, including sample articles, an order form to buy a book, and a submission form to turn in your article(s). Please visit the Transylvania Genealogy Group's heritage book website at: http://www.nccountyheritage.com/ to learn all about this project. And do come to the community meetings if you can! For more information about the book project, contact chairman Michael Allison at dma12@bellsouth.net Don't miss this priceless opportunity to create a lasting memorials to your ancestors and family! Insure that your family is given its rightful place in local history and is remembered for all time through the permanence of the printed word.

There will be a brown bag genealogy lunch meeting 30 Sep at noon anyone with family related to the Bartons or Parkers or anyone having Barton or Parker or family related to their descendants in their trees is welcome to attend. REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT This upcoming weekend will be the Barton, Parker and related families from the area around Brownsboro, Henderson County, Texas. The event is the weekend of the first Sunday in October each year. Sunday is 1 Oct this year. The area lived in by these families includes Murchison to Chandler and Edom to Larue but descendants spread all across the Texas with branches in many states. >From Hwy 31 take FM 607 South about 3 miles to the flagpole on the left turn on CR 3606 and go about 1 mile there will be signs. From Hwy 175 take 607 at Larue and go to Leagueville then take 607 north about 3 miles to the flag and CR 3606. Camping is allowed. The Barton family first settled in Nacogdoches and Anderson Counties then moved into Henderson County descendants also settled in Cherokee, Rusk, Smith, Van Zandt, Hopkins, Navarro, Dallas, Tarrant, Parker and many other Texas Counties. This list is also good for the other families included. The Parkers Entered through Shelby County and some are still there. The Laymance family settled east of Brownsboro. Information on the other families will be there. Friday 29 Sep there is Hotdog cookout in the evening 6 PM but people gather in the afternoon to visit around 4 PM. Bring dogs and buns. Saturday evening 30 Sep is a hamburger cookout fixings provided. Bring meat and buns. Sunday is the standard covered dish dinner at noon. Saturday at noon there will be a brown bag lunch genealogy get together. Bring a sack lunch and drinks and discuss the genealogy of most of the families that lived in the area. Extensive information will be available to look at. Some but not all are the Adair, Boles, Chapman, Chandler, Cook, Davis, Echols, Epperson, Featherston, Garner, Hatton, Henderson, Holiman (various spellings), Hughes, Jolley, Killingsworth, Laymance, McLean, Meeker, Pruitt, Ragan, Reagan, Smith, Snow, Stedham, Stidham, Tindel, Tullos, Worsham. There are over 4000 Barton descendants in my data as many Parkers and others because of the multiple marriages between these families the trees are very intertwined. Only a very small number of surnames are listed here I would be interested in meeting with anyone having family that lived within this area bring photos and documents and any genealogy related materials. Lets meet share and exchange email addresses. Bill Lewis Bill or Jo Ann Lewis Bookwizards 1857 Provine St. Fort Worth, Tx 76103 staff@bookwizards.com

East Texas Family Records - Fall 2006 - Vol. 30 No. 3 Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Table of Contents: Anderson County: Anderson County as Revealed in Texas Law by Michael J. Vaughn Gregg County: Gregg County, Texas Land Grants Found in Texas General Land Office by Scott Fitzgerald Henderson County: Abstracts of Land Titles Volume 2 by Janet Cook Panola County: Broadnax Cemetery by Barbara J. Bonner and Marylee Knight World War I Draft Registrants by Scott Fitzgerald Rusk County: Rusk County, Texas Marriage Records 1893-1894 by John Dulin Smith County: Smith County Divorce Cases 1910-1919, Part 3, 194 by Andrew L. Leath Regular Features: ETGS Replacement Policy ETGS E-mail List Queries Library Corner (report of books received by Tyler Library) Book Notes (review of books received by ETGS & placed at the Tyler Library) Surname Index Society Information Publication Order Form This issue was mailed out to members Friday, September 22, 2006. East Texas Family Records is published by East Texas Genealogical Society four times a year. ETGS represents six counties which are Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith. ETGS also publishes a monthly newsletter - The Bulletin which is edited by Janice Cox Brown. ETGS regular meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium starting at 2:00 p.m. After the regular meeting and refreshments the Computer Interest Group meets to discuss topics relating to computers and genealogy. Our dues are $20/year which entitle you to all four quarterlies for that year and all bulletins from the time you join. Back issue quarterlies if available are sold for $5.00/each with postage paid. For more information on ETGS, you may go to our website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ or you may contact me at: scottfitzgerald@tyler.net SUBMISSIONS: East Texas Family Records welcomes previously unpublished source material from its readers. The prime requisites for all materials are that they should be as useful in 50 years as they are today. We will strive to publish a variety of material on each of the six counties represented by ETGS. Although exceptions may be made, material relating to our six counties prior to 1900 are of the most interest. Articles concerning other areas will be used occasionally if of sufficient interest to many people. Material from old and/or rare unindexed books will also be considered. Priority will be given to courthouse, Bible and cemetery records, but we are very interested in publishing the following types of source material: Biographical Family Sketches, Lodge Records, Old Diary Accounts, Census Records, Marriage Records, Old Letters, Commissioners Court Minutes, Military Muster Rolls, Post Offices, Confederate Records, Mortality Schedules, Probate Abstracts, Deed and Land Records, Newspaper Clippings, School Lists, Jury Lists, Obituaries of East Texas Citizens, Tax Lists, Library Microfilm Holdings, and Voter Lists. When submitting Bible records, please give name of person possessing Bible, give date of publication, if known, make sure all information is legible and accurate if copied by hand. When submitting cemetery records, please give exact location of cemetery, date copied and name of copier. PUBLICATION: To be considered for publication, an item or article should have a reliable reference and should not be based entirely on "tradition." We do not wish to publish items from books now in print, however, such references may be used as footnotes to clarify sources. Please be certain all material is legible. Xerox copies can be used, but typewritten articles are preferred to avoid errors in transcribing handwritten material. Please include your name, address, e-mail address and day-time telephone number with all material submitted. The editor must retain the right to accept or reject materials and to edit those chosen for publications. Credit will be given to each contributor. If requested, material may be returned, otherwise it will become property of the Society. QUERIES: Queries submitted will be published as space is available. Please type or print each query on a separate sheet of paper. Capitalize all surnames and include at lease one date and place. Limit your query to 8 or 10 typed lines and carefully recheck for accuracy. SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Spring issue - January 15 Summer issue - March 15 Fall issue - June 15 Winter issue - September 15 ETGS welcomes any suggestions for improving our publications. We also welcome constructive criticism. Let us know what you would like to see published. Please send all material to: Scott Fitzgerald, Editor (e-mail: scottfitzgerald@tyler.net ) does not assume responsibility for errors of fact or opinions expressed by contributors. However, we strive to publish reliable source material, and errors will be corrected when submitted in writing. ETGS POLICY ON THE REPLACEMENT OF PERIODICALS The East Texas Genealogical Society strives to publish a maximum of genealogical information at minimum costs, in order that the Society's publications may be widely available to all who are interested. Consistent with this objective, certain restraints are necessary in regard to replacement of periodicals, which were not received by the intended recipients. Hence, if a member, institution or other organization fails to receive a copy of THE EAST TEXAS FAMILY RECORDS, the quarterly, ETGS must be notified within six months of the publication date of that issue. Otherwise, the intended recipient will be supplied a replacement copy only if copies are still available and only at the published price. The ETGS Newsletter, "The Bulletin," primarily carries news of short-term interest and back issues will not normally be supplied. If there is a special need for back issues, the recipient will be quoted a price for which they may be ordered. PUBLICATION DATES ARE: MARCH 31, JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30, and DECEMBER 31 of each year. Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Vice-President

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Porter, Morrison, McGlothlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1929 Message Board Post: I am interested in locating descendants of James Alexander Porter, born 1825 in Perry County, AL, who moved from Winston County, MS, to Henderson County, TX, in 1865. He was the second son of Andrew Walker Porter (1802-1866) and Mary McKee Morrison Porter (1802-1874) who married in 1823 in Mecklenburg County, NC. The family moved to Perry County, AL, in the 1820s and to Winston County, MS, in the 1830s. James A. Porter’s uncle and aunt Henry Downs Morrison (1804-1874) and Jane M. Porter Morrison (1805-1872) who also married in 1823 in Mecklenburg County had moved to AL in the 1820s and to Henderson County, TX, in the 1850s. James Alexander Porter’s first wife Louisa K. Strother Porter died in 1856, shortly after giving birth to her only child, a daughter Mary “Mollie” Louisa Porter. Louisa Strother Porter was buried in the family cemetery on the farm of Andrew Walker Porter in northern Winston County, and Mollie was raised by her Porter grandparents. James A. Porter remarried and was the father of two sons Neal and Mack by the beginning of the Civil War. He first enlisted in 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant in the “Winston Brothers,” Captain Halfacre’s Company of Patton’s 1st Mississippi Regiment, Infantry. He later served as Captain of a company of State Troops that he formed, “Captain Porter’s Company,” Company F of Robinson’s 5th Mississippi Regiment, Infantry. Shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865, James Alexander Porter moved his family to Henderson County, TX. He and his second wife Mary were listed on the 1870 census with five children: Neal, Mack, John F., William D., and Emma F. The youngest child was aged four and was the only one born in Texas. Later children were Ella S. (born 1871) and Henry W. (born 1875). The four youngest children – William, Emma, Ella, and Henry – were listed on the 1880 census in the household of Smith and Catherine McGlothlin (household 117/122 of Precinct 4 on page 165A). The children’s relationship to the McGlothlins was stated as “cousin.” The second son Mack Porter was listed as a single person, aged 20, living alone in household 14/14 of Precinct 4 on page 159B. I find no listing in the 1880 Henderson County census of the oldest son Neal, who would be 22, the third son John F., who would be 18, or the father James A. and the mother Mary. James A. Porter apparently died in the mid to late 1870s. A Morrison cousin, Sheriff Neal Morrison of Kiowa County, OK, wrote in a 1903 letter to William Walker Porter in Winston County, MS, that James A. Porter, who “came to Texas when we did died at Athens Henderson Co Tex. long ago. 2 of his sons Mack and Neal Porter is in Texas some where married. I have lost trace of them entirely.” William Walker Porter in the early 1900s recorded the name of a Henry McGlothlin of Athens in some of his notes. If he corresponded with this Henry, the letters have not survived in the family papers. Does anyone have further information on this James A. Porter or any of his family in Henderson County? We have a Porter family reunion in Mississippi at two year intervals and are interested in locating his descendants. Thanks for any assistance. Billy Weeks