Robert, These are from 1880 Census E. D. 76 Hill county, Texas page 391B Richard Donaldson self 60 b.KY Mary wife 36 MS Lizzie Raines dau 14 TX Robert son 16 TX Gabriellen dau 12 TX Susan dau 6 TX Charles son 3 TX Thomas Raines SonL 25 TN Robert Crozier FatherL 73 TN Prec 1 Milam county, Texas page 150D Larkin Steadman self 32 AL Margaret wife 38 AL Mary dau 6 TX Camelia dau 4 TX William son 4M TX Hope this helps,Mary/East Texas <')))><

Just thought that I would share an article that recently appeared in the Reporter. I know nothing more about this project other than what is written in the article. Karen (Brooks) Cotten Pictorial History of Hill County Being Planned Wednesday, February 19, a representative of the Donning Company will be in Hillsboro to discuss the publication of a pictorial history of Hill County. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church building, located behind the old county jail (now known as the Hill County Cell Block Museum) off North Waco Street on East Paschal Street. The Hill County Sesquicentennial Committee is requesting anyone who has pictures that may be copied or information on any historical event or place in the county to attend. Needed are good pictures or stories of past and current history. Information on families, churches, organizations, communities, businesses, etc. will be appreciated. The committee emphasizes that this must be a countywide effort in order to be successful. For additional information, contact Cleo Young Davis at 254-582-3603 or cleodavis@hillsboro.net . Following the meeting, everyone is welcome to enjoy a Dutch-treat lunch at Karen's Specialty and Gourmet Shoppe, located in the old Interurban ticket office building on North Waco Street. No reservations are needed. After lunch, there will be a tour of the Hill County Courthouse.

Do you have any information on the cemeteries listed below? The Waco-McLennan County Library's Cemetery Interest Group is trying to collect information on all cemeteries and burial sites in and immediately around McLennan County, Texas.  Most of these cemeteries on the list below should be in McLennan County.  However, some of them may be in one of our neighboring counties. To date we have a list of 320+ cemeteries and burial sites that have been identified.  However, we are unable to locate about 43 of them.  The ones on the list below could be "lost" or could have undergone a name change, could be "swallowed up" by another cemetery, could have been moved (re-interred), or perhaps the name was simply misspelled or is an alternate name.  We just don't know.  References to burials at these locations have been found in old funeral home records, newspaper obits, city directories, etc. ****************** Please understand that we have MANY cemeteries on our list (over 300).  The last time we posted this list of "unknowns" we were flooded with people upset that we didn't have the obvious and more well-known cemeteries on our list and...gee...what a terrible job we were doing!   I can assure you they are on the list!!!  The ones on the list below are only "unknowns"!  We just need a little extra help with these: Ballinger Farm Cemetery Bedwell Cemetery Billinger Cemetery Bradley Cemetery Brights Cemetery Brookshire Cemetery Burnham Cemetery Caladonia Cemetery Cassie Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery Chicken Ranch Cemetery City Grove Cemetery Colany Cemetery Coling Cemetery Connor Cemetery Corner Cemetery Darrounds Darwin Ranch Cemetery Drake Cemetery Earle Cemetery Elk Prairie Hill Cemetery Erath Cemetery G. A. Cemetery Gates Cemetery Gill Farm Cemetery Grove Hill Cemetery Gurley Cemetery Halford Cemetery Herwoods Garden Cemetery Hewitt Cemetery Hickory Flat Cemetery Jerman Town Cemetery (sic) Johnson Cemetery Little Bethlehem Cemetery Miles Station, TX Monchock Cemetery Morgan School Cemetery Oak Valley Cemetery Perry Grove Cemetery Pevy Cemetery Price Store Cemetery Reese Farm Cemetery Resco Farm Cemetery San Hand Cemetery Shoe Fly Cemetery Please let me know if you have any clues or suggestions.  For example, we know there was an Oak Valley School in northern McLennan County and that could be a clue. Thanks! Carol Anne Wilson

Does anyone know who in Whitney is responsible for reservations of the McCown Valley Community Center? Thanks for any help! Charlotte

Should be the county clerks office cuzzin... Not sure if Baylor actually has anything... Are you looking for Nanny? I'll email you direct... Di ----- Original Message ----- From: <WTBDAP@aol.com> To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:30 AM Subject: [TXHILL] Birth Records > Can anyone tell me if it would be better to visit the county clerk or Baylor > to find birth records from the early 1900's? It is about a three hour trip > for me so I need to know which would be best. > > Theresa Parker > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Can anyone tell me if it would be better to visit the county clerk or Baylor to find birth records from the early 1900's? It is about a three hour trip for me so I need to know which would be best. Theresa Parker

Cathy, Thanks, I'll look again and see if I can find them. Thanks, Shon ----- Original Message ----- From: "cathy shelley" <cathyshelley@hotmail.com> To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [TXHILL] Hill County Tax Questions > Check the Tax Collector, Ass. office. They have maps there. > Cathy > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

You don't have to get certified copies of the marriages, then they are only a $1 a copy. Births and deaths have to be certified that is by the states law. They will do lookups as they have time. Cathy _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Jackie, The records haven't been transcribed yet. You have to do physical look ups as of two weeks ago. I did some there, and the ladies are very helpful at the county clerks office. You might get one of them to look it up for you. I had some certified copies made and they ran about eight dollars apiece. Marriage records are in books, birth and death records are on micro film. Butch Cockerham ----- Original Message ----- From: "cathy shelley" <cathyshelley@hotmail.com> To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:06 PM Subject: [TXHILL] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Marriage Look-Up > > > > > > > > From: "Jackie Morgan" <jackiemorgan@usa.com> > To: TXHill-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} Marriage Look-Up > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:03:21 -0700 > > Does anyone have access to any printed marriage records for Hill Co.? > I am trying to locate the marriage record for a Troy Williamson to May Bob > Holloway. Probably between 1930 and 1940. > Thanks for any assistance. > Jackie > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

From: "Jackie Morgan" <jackiemorgan@usa.com> To: TXHill-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Marriage Look-Up Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:03:21 -0700 Does anyone have access to any printed marriage records for Hill Co.? I am trying to locate the marriage record for a Troy Williamson to May Bob Holloway. Probably between 1930 and 1940. Thanks for any assistance. Jackie -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Check the Tax Collector, Ass. office. They have maps there. Cathy _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Dear Friends, I am currently researching some late 1800s Tax Microfilm rolls for Hill County Texas and have a couple of questions I hope you can help me with: 1. On some of the Assessment Forms there is an entry for "From what tract taken". This is under the Real Property section of the form. I was wondering if it is documented somewhere where these tracts were physically in the county. I was hoping there might be a county map that would show the original tracts and how they were sectioned. 2. As you know the microfilm rolls can be hard to read at times and are usually just as bad or worse when printed so I was wondering if there is a depository somewhere with blank Assessment forms that one could fill out while viewing the microfilm. Any help and/or direction is much appreciated! Thanks, Shon

Looking for a Donaldson - Robert C. - in Hill County; married to Mary Isable Steadman- parents of 2 girls and 2 boys; one of which should be Mary Fee Donaldson, b 1896. Would appreciate some help - I know that there were several Donaldson's in Hill County at that time. Robert Lynn Taylor

Hillsboro Reporter Thursday, February 5, 2003 WILSON ALLEN Mr. Wilson George Allen, 84, of Blum, died Saturday, February 1,at his residence. Born November 19, 1918, in Huron, he was the son of the late Charles Walter and Bessie Dollar Allen. He moved to Hillsboro at an early age and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He married Maxine Kennedy December 24, 1937 in Fort Worth. He served in the Navy during World War II; was an assistant foreman over the paint department of General Dynamics in Fort Worth, retiring in 1976 after 30 years with the company; and also worked for Montgomery Wards in Fort Worth for a number of years after moving back to Hill County, settling in Whitney before moving to Blum. He was preceded in death by two sons, W.G. Allen and Richard Dale Allen; and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include: his wife; three children, Charles M. Allen and wife, Kay, of Whitney, Teresa Moore and husband, Larry, of Conroe and Randy N. Allen of Blum; one brother Wendell Allen of Burleson; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2003, at Whitney Memorial Park with Mike Stevens officiating. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Hillsboro Reporter Thursday, February 5, 2003 ADDIE BURLESON Addie Worley Burleson, 66, of Cleburne was born in Aquilla January 29, 1937, daughter of Braxton and Valda Worley. She resided in Aquilla for the first 18 years of her life. After grade school, she attended Aquilla High School and graduated in 1955, serving as valedictorian of her class. Thereafter, she attended Mary Hardin Baylor University where she majored in English. On December 22, 1956, she married Ronald Roy Burleson and took a break in her academic studies to raise a family. She resumed studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, graduating in 1975 and fulfilling her life-long dream of becoming a teacher. Her teaching career began at Godley High School in 1975 from where she retired in 1995. Survivors include: her husband; two sons, Dr. Mark Burleson and his wife, Dr. Judy Yates, of Arlington, and Scott Burleson of Burleson; two granddaughters; six sisters, one brother, four brothers-in-law and one sister-in-law, including Anna Polster and husband, William Charles, of Perry, Tommie Hill and husband, Herbert, of Whitney, Sue Manax and husband, Bill, of West, Peggy Frazier and husband, Dennis, of Burleson, Judy Chick of Fredricksburg, Virginia, Karen Worley of Bedford and Bennie Worley and wife, Karen, of Aquilla; and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service celebrating her life was held at the First United Methodist Church in Godley Monday, February 3. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

I have a marriage license (the original) from Hill County, Texas for Allen Walton and Miss Nancy Curington. (I'm not sure of the spelling of her last name.) They were married 15/16 October 1899 by William Fields, Minister of the Gospel. As you may already know, after the marriage was filed and recorded the marriage license was mailed to the address given by the bride and groom. If they were not at that address the license was to be returned to the court house. At one time I got several for my family. They had a vault with many returned licenses. My family in Hill County was the Walton family. I was never able to tie Allen Walton with my line which is James Franklin Walton and Daphney Eurania Hufham of Hill County. James Franklin Walton was married first to Mary A. Snailum of Hill County. If Allen Walton and Nancy are of your line I will be glad to send the license to you. Anne Walton Wilson anne-wilson@juno.com

There are several books on History of Hill County... "A History of Hill County, Texas 1853-1980" is by the Hill County Historical Commission. "A History of Hill County Texas 1838-1965" is by Ellis Bailey. Both are really good reference books. I recommend them. There is also on on Johnson and Hill Counties that has biographical sketches in it... forget if I saw it at Hillsboro Library or Waco Library... but it is wonderful. I believe that book was at the library in Waco... It has a nice genealogy section, so don't forget to check there! Di Diana Holland

There is a History of Hill County at the Hillsboro Library. You must ask at the desk to see it. It is a wonderful History of Hill County. I found a lot of my family in it. I do not live in Hillsboro , but perhaps some one at the library or geneology society could help you. Lou Childress

Some time ago someone told me about a history book of Hill County and looked up some information in it for me. I can't remember who told me about it. It was a history book which I believe a person had to pay to have his/her family included. My grandfather, James Franklin Walton, was one of the first settlers, before Hubbard was a town. His family wasn't included, probably because he didn't have the money to be included. I wonder if this is the same book. Anne Walton Wilson

For those interested if you click on the addy below it will not take you there, but if you just go into ebay and list the #2703231096 it will take you to the item. There are 7 hours left. Jackie Kissick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Cotten" <thecottens@juno.com> To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:45 AM Subject: [TXHILL] Hill Co. History Book > There's a great Hill Co. history book for sale on eBay, History of Hill > County Texas 1853-1980. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29325&item=2703231 > 096 > > I am not the seller, nor do I know them. I just thought someone on the > list might be interested. > > Karen (Brooks) Cotten > http://stores.half.com/thecottens > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >