Henderson is in Rusk County..The court house had a fire and lost some of there records. My family had moved to Kaufman Co back then too. Boggess was there name..Henry Jiles Boggess had a son Claude Boggess in Ennis , Tx. They are buried there...see ya jean rethwisch On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:49:48 EDT [email protected] writes: > My ancestors, John Shultz DAMRON and Sally DAUGHERTY (or Dougherty or > > Dougharty or Dority or however many ways it can be spelled) are > found on the > 1850 Henderson Co Federal Census (John is listed as John L). Family > story > has it that they were married in Texas in 1847 by Squire Wilson. I > assume > that a "squire" was a justice of the peace. I cannot find the > county they > were married in, nor the exact date. I'm not sure if Henderson was > a "burned > out" courthouse or not. I know by 1860 they were in Kaufman Co, but > I think > that is because Kaufman Co had broken off of Henderson by then. > > Does anyone know how to find a marriage c. 1847 in Henderson Co? > > Sincerely, > Cheri Mello > > > ==== TXHENDER Mailing List ==== > *****************Henderson County TxGenWeb****************** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhender/txhender.htm > Queries & Surnames: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Henderson > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.