Hi, If you have not checked the 1855 Tarrant County TX Who's Who list for your ancestors, you might be missing out. This lists residents of Tarrant Co in 1855. Also at my site is the 1860 Tarrant Co, TX tax list. Both of these databases along with several other GA, IN, and KY databases can be viewed at CENSUS ONLINE. http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm Happy Searchin' Brenda GENEALOGY = always meant to be shared! Always digging up SMELSER / WALDROP / WALDROUP / ROBERTS/ / LOOPER / LUPER / STARKEY / WALKER / HALEY / TATMAN and HOUSE Visit my web sites! Lots of databases online! CENSUS ONLINE: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm Visit our Smelser/Smeltzer homepage http://members.tripod.com/tracers Brenda's Branches http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tracers

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A68E865119D3A07D2C52E2DF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This really looks promising. Margaret --------------A68E865119D3A07D2C52E2DF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc01.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with ESMTP id <19990905164159.XLEV3524@bl-14.rootsweb.com> for <mamccleskey@att.net>; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:41:59 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA24983; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Charlotte =?iso-8859-1?B?oCI=?= <coats@law.com>"@bl-3.rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909050928100@coats.law.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:33:32 -0700 X-Priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Old-To: Coates-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: coats@cherokee_nation.zzn.com Subject: Fwd: new texas cemetary law X-Mailer: Web Based Pronto Mime-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id JAA24929 Resent-Message-ID: <Y6UsH.A.NGG.9sp03@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: COATES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4125 X-Loop: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id JAA24983 It appears this is becoming of some concern...especially for those buried= on private land...notice the requirement to register the cemetery with t= he County Clerk...I'm sure other states already have similar laws...but t= his is a good way to locate a cemetery on private property....Char ---- Begin Included Message ---- From: JP1952MP@aol.com Sent: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 22:52:25 EDT To: HART-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HART-L] new texas cemetary law I received this from another list. =A0myra Subj: =A0 =A0New Texas Cemetery Law In reading over the new laws =A0from the 76th Texas Legislature, I found= this=20 interesting law concerning unknown or abandoned cemeteries in Texas. It i= s=20 House Bill 817 Enrolled version found here =A0 =A0=20 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/capitol/daily.htm Here is the first part of the bill, which I understand to be law: 1 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 AN = ACT 1-2 =A0 =A0 relating to regulation of cemeteries. 1-3 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF= TEXAS: 1-4 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 SECTION 1. =A0Subchapter A, Chapter 711, Health = and Safety 1-5 =A0 =A0 Code, is amended by adding Sections 711.010-711.011 to read = as 1-6 =A0 =A0 follows: 1-7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Sec. 711.010. =A0UNKNOWN OR ABANDONED CEMETERY. = =A0(a) =A0The owner 1-8 =A0 =A0 of property on which an unknown cemetery is discovered or on= which 1-9 =A0 =A0 an abandoned cemetery is located may not construct improveme= nts on 1-10 =A0 =A0 the property in a manner that would further disturb the ceme= tery 1-11 =A0 =A0 until the human remains interred in the cemetery are removed= under 1-12 =A0 =A0 a written order issued by the state registrar or the state 1-13 =A0 =A0 registrar's designee under Section 711.004(f). 1-14 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (b) =A0On petition of the owner of the property,= a district 1-15 =A0 =A0 court of the county in which an unknown cemetery is discover= ed or 1-16 =A0 =A0 an abandoned cemetery is located shall order the removal of = any 1-17 =A0 =A0 dedication for cemetery purposes that affects the property. = =A0If all 1-18 =A0 =A0 human remains on the property have not previously been remov= ed, the 1-19 =A0 =A0 court shall order the removal of the human remains from the 1-20 =A0 =A0 cemetery to a perpetual care cemetery. A petition under this 1-21 =A0 =A0 subsection shall be made ex parte in the name of the owner o= f the 1-22 =A0 =A0 property without naming any defendant or joinder of any othe= r 1-23 =A0 =A0 person. 1-24 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Sec. 711.011. =A0FILING RECORD OF UNKNOWN CEMETE= RY. =A0(a) =A0A 2-1 =A0 =A0 person who discovers an unknown or abandoned cemetery shall = file 2-2 =A0 =A0 notice of the cemetery with the county clerk of the county i= n which 2-3 =A0 =A0 the cemetery is located. =A0The notice must contain a legal 2-4 =A0 =A0 description of the land on which the unknown or abandoned ce= metery 2-5 =A0 =A0 was found and describe the approximate location of the cemet= ery and 2-6 =A0 =A0 the evidence of the cemetery that was discovered. 2-7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (b) =A0A county clerk may not charge a fee for f= iling notice 2-8 =A0 =A0 under this section. I have ancestors buried in "unfriendly hostile owned " abandoned cemeteri= es=20 in Texas, so this was of interest to me. Betty =20 ---- End Included Message ---- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This E-mail was sent from http://www.law.com --------------A68E865119D3A07D2C52E2DF--

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you Hood County's Last Confederate Veteran: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/LastConfederateVeteran.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- Seeking info on Alice WHITESIDE, married WC TIDWELL Oct 1884. Believe she may be the daughter of James A WHITESIDE, b NC and Martha COOLEY b TN. Brothers Frank and Crate? Or David Frank and Arline Grate....have seen these in Hood Co scholastic records. Alice was b abt 1867, which would make the date about right, to coincide with my Alice..... She died sometime before 1893, which is when WC remarried. Please help, any and all ideas welcome! Very frustrated! Robin Tidwell <drtidwell@itexas.net> Granbury, TX USA - Saturday, September 04, 1999 at 17:14:21 (PDT) - ----------------------------------------------------

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON, Robert E. "Bob" b.1877, near Fort Smith AR; d. 1961, Granbury, TX parents: Rufus Lafayette HAMILTON (1845-1924)and Lucretia Ann BABB (1850- 1910) Robert E. married (1) May FOUST in 1899, Somervell Co., TX children: John Percy, Clarence, and infant married (2) Myrtle BRANCH in 1909 children: Juanita, B. Jennings, B. Clifton 12 Children of R. L. HAMILTON and L.A. BABB: James, Charles Horace, Lela E., Ada Bell, Robert E, Maud Luther, May, Harry Fred, Bertha, Elbert H., Ellie, and Jessie D. Please contact me if you have any information on Robert E's ancestors or descendants. Linda Schnacke <schnacke@flash.net> Flower Mound, TX USA - Saturday, September 04, 1999 at 08:05:39 (PDT) - ----------------------------------------------------

Following is the obituary of Josie Belle Merrill, former Tolar teacher, from today's Fort Worth Star Telegram (09/03/1999): Josie Belle Merrill AMARILLO -- Josie Belle Merrill, 96, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and teacher, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999, in Amarillo. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Saturday in Live Oak Cemetery in Dublin. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Harrell Funeral Home in Dublin, Texas. The Rev. David Leach of First United Methodist Church in Dublin will officiate. Josie Merrill, daughter of John H. Smith and Alice Cline Smith, was born on her parents' farm near Dublin May 25, 1903. She was a graduate of Dublin High School, Tarleton State University and Baylor University. Her husband, Louis P. Merrill, preceded her in death in 1986. Before and after rearing her family, Mrs. Merrill taught school in Tolar, Glen Rose and Midlothian. She and her husband owned ranches at Glen Rose and Midlothian. She was a member of the Women's Society of Christian Service in Fort Worth and First United Methodist Church in Midlothian. She was a member of the Woman's Club of Fort Worth, Ladies of the Leaf and Daughters of the American Revolution in Waxahachie and St. Paul's Home Demonstration Club. Survivors: Son, John L. Merrill Sr. of Crowley; daughter, Marilyn Kenyon of Amarillo ; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Harrell Funeral Home Dublin, Texas, (254) 445-3311 Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Appreciation is extended from the Hood County Genealogical Society to Nelita Snow and Kenneth Hendricks for providing the following veterans information: Korean War: Kenneth W. Hendricks John Dew Stringfellow - and WWII http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/KoreanWarVets.htm World War II: John Dew Stringfellow - and Korean War http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIIvets.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Hello, When my TXHOOD-D daily mail arrives, it does not just appear as a single email message. Instead, a dummy message contains an attachment. The attachment is formatted as a mailbox in Eudora. It contains several emails from the list. If I double click the icon I get a window which shows all the messages that arrived. I can read each or any by double clicking on it. When I am done I delete the dummy message, but though the message and its attachment are gone a mailbox has been created which shows up under the menu "Mailbox" and "Transfer". Your mail to me should arrive as a single email message--no attachment. If there were 5 messages they would be all there in the one message. No mailbox would be created in my system, and if I deleted the message it would be gone, just like any other message. Can you change the way you're doing this please? Thanks, Jerry Lobdill

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you two new biographies on the families of a father and son: Austin Musick, 1826 - 1897, a Civil War veteran who came to Hood County in 1882 and became a prosperous famer. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/MusickAustin.htm Henry Musick, 1853 - 1928, also a prosperous farmer. Henry Musick donated the land for Antioch Cemetery, approximately four miles north of Tolar in Hood County. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/MusickHenry.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

-----Original Message----- From: Frank Saffarrans <opa@hcnews.com> To: TXHOOD-L@rootsweb.com <TXHOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 9:43 PM Subject: [TXHOOD-L] Hood County Newspapers >Abstracts of Hood County News from Old Newspapers: > >http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1907May31GraphicDemocrat.htm >http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1887Jun04GranburyGraphic.htm >http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1887Jun20GranburyGraphic.htm >http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1903JuneGraphicTruth.htm > >-- >Frank Saffarrans >Home Page Editor >Hood County Genealogical Society >http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor > >opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa > > >==== TXHOOD Mailing List ==== >PLEASE, Stop procrastinating !!! Send biographical notes on your ancestors to Hood County Genealogical Society: > ancestor@hcnews.com >

The Hood County Genealogical Society would like to take this opportunity to thank Kenneth Hendricks, HCGS Member, for contributing information on the birth of Robert Patton Crockett, son of Elizabeth and Davy Crockett and a Hood County veteran of the Republic of Texas army. http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/TexasRepublicVeterans.htm Further, a biographical link has been added to each veteran's name. Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you two new biographies. Each story is unique and interesting. Grady Lee Huffman - The Bad Luck Bandit http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/HuffmanGradyLee.htm John Manoah Williams - A Squaw Creek pioneer considered the richest man in Hood County in 1896. J.M. Williams died in 1897 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, south of Tolar. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WilliamsJohnManoah.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

It's been awhile since I posted this information, so will try again. I am searching for ANY mention of my ancestor Edward HAYNES in Hood County records around 1861-1868. I understand that for part of this time I should be looking in Johnson County, but I can't find him there, either. A family history written by his nephew states that he died in Hood County, Texas about 1868 or 1869. He was a Primitive Baptist minister, and I am sure he came to Hood County to continue to establish churches, as he had done previously in Georgia and North Carolina. If anyone has a connection to any HAYNES families in Hood County, or suggestions on where I might search next, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Thanks. Barbara Ray barbray@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hello, I am in desperate need of finding where my g-grandfather D. Frank WARD was born at? His son, John Harvey WARD, birth certificate states that D. Frank WARD's birth place is MISS. D. Frank WARD was born March 9, 1860. He is buried in Acton, Texas, Hood County in Acton Cemetery. Hood County has no death record of him, so he apparently died in some other county. He was married to Fannie A. WILSON on March 15, 1888 in Hood County, they are both buried in Acton Cemetery. Together they had quite a few children in Hood County. If anyone can help me or give any suggestion's on how I can find where D. Frank WARD came from, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you, Karen Ward Jones whatdinky@aol.com

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you two new biographies: Josiah Covington - Early Pioneer http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/CovingtonJosiah.htm William C. Deaver - Farmer & Cattleman in Mitchell Bend http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/DeaverWilliamC.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is very pleased to bring you the History of Lipan, written by Carl Dean Ator in 1948. This delightful account of the early Lipan days is very interesting and adds to our documentation of Hood County history. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/LipanHistory2.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society would like to thank Vircy Baker Macatee for providing additional information on the following World War I military veterans of Hood County: Oran C. Baker Walter A. Baker Hood Jones WWI Roster: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIvets.htm Further, Vircy has provided more in-depth information regarding these soldiers' military service at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIGoldStarMothers.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Learn more about the legendary Nutt family of Hood County: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/NuttFamily.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to introduce you to Roy Earl Ator, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (Retired), a veteran of submarine service and the Korean War. Roy was born in Lipan and lives there in retirement. Hood County Korean War Roster: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/KoreanWarVets.htm Hood County Veterans Photo Gallery: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/VeteransPhotoGallery.htm Roy is very active in volunteering his time and energy to community and military activities. Learn more about Roy, his family, and career(s) from the following great web links: http://www.lipan.net/royator "Keep'em Smil'n in Beds of White" http://www.lipan.net/royator/index2.html "ATOR's Cyberspace Quarters" http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/2401/ "Ator's BIO Page" http://wwp.mirabilis.com/2977465 ICQ Pager Roy's e-mail address is: royator@lipan.net Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Additional information has been obtained on the following Hood County Civil War military veterans: James Fletcher Ford William Ables Iles http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/CivilWarVeterans.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society