When Hood County was still part of Johnson County: 1854 Tax List View at: http://www.genealogy.org/~granbury/1854JohnsonCoTaxList.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

New on HCGS WebPages Rock Church Cemetery Listing is now complete. http://www.genealogy.org/~granbury/church/RockChurchCemetery.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

PLEASE reply to: jeaheart@juno.com Forwarded by TxHood-L List moderator: Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:40:29 -0700 (PDT) From: jeaheart@juno.com (John B.Eaheart) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ In the 1880 Hood County Census a daughter of John Smith Poynor (sometimes spelled Paynor),Dora was listed. I have never been able to find out anything else about her, whether she died, or married and moved away. John Smith Poynor was the College Physician at Thorp Spring and is buried in the Thorp Spring Cemetery next to his second wife, nee Virginia Felton. If anyone knows anything about Dora, I would appreciate hearing form them. A second "E" mail address would be jeaheart9@hotmail.com John B.Eaheart <jeaheart@juno.com> Plano, TX USA - Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 11:40:33 (PDT) ------------------------------------------------------ -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

In a message dated 4/27/99 10:23:47 AM, TXHOOD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >Forwarded by TxHood-L List moderator; >PLEASE reply to: arloah@tdn.com >Subject: {not a subscriber} PORTER > Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:13:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: arloah@tdn.com > To: TXHOOD-L@rootsweb.com > >Samuel Richard PORTER m: Ellen FAWCETT >both buried in Brushie Cemetery Grandbury TX died before 1936 >children: >Will >Pearl >Alice >Ellie >Lillie >Artie >Fred >Joe >Bessie > >would like to find out about these families. Any help greatly >appreciated Samuel Porter and Ellen Faucett were my gg grandparents. Their daughter Lillie Porter married my g grandfather Pleasant Valentine Rhea in 1903. Samuel was married previously to an unknown (to me) woman and had a son by her named William D. Porter. That must be the Will listed above. This is some of the information I have on them. I would be willing to share whatever I can on them. I have more information on both Samuel and Ellen as well as some of the children. Denise Santa Clara Samuel Richard Porter Birth: abt 1851, TX Father: Porter Mother: unknown Spouse: Ellen A Faucett Birth: abt 1860/1, AR Father: Thomas Faucett (ca1814-) Mother: Mary Bowen (ca1824-) Marr: 16 Feb 1879, Hood County, TX Children: Ella (1882-) Lillie (1884-1982) Joe Fred Alice (1888->1982) Bessie (->1982) Walter A. (1900-) Artie M. (1903-)

Hello, Does anyone have a cemetery book for Rockdale, Tx? I need information on my aunt Della Wizerek who is buried there. I don't know the name of the cemetery. Thank you, Carolyn Lamb alamb@ilinkusa.net

Photos of members of early Thorp Christian College Football and Basketball teams. Do you know the year? http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/Basketball.htm http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/Football.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

TRIBAL TRAIL - Indian's quest guides him to Comanche Peak View At: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/TribalTrail.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Tour Hood County with Kathy Smith, Hood County News Lifestyle Editor: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/RoadTourEastern.htm http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ComanchePeakLoop.htm http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/RoadTourWestern.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

NEW HCGS WebPages Lipan Streets Lipan is a small place - here is a list of all the Street names: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/LipanStreets.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-L List moderator; PLEASE reply to: arloah@tdn.com Subject: {not a subscriber} PORTER Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:13:37 -0700 (PDT) From: arloah@tdn.com To: TXHOOD-L@rootsweb.com Samuel Richard PORTER m: Ellen FAWCETT both buried in Brushie Cemetery Grandbury TX died before 1936 children: Will Pearl Alice Ellie Lillie Artie Fred Joe Bessie would like to find out about these families. Any help greatly appreciated -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

New on HCGS WebPages Hood County Tablet 11 Aug., 1929 View at: http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1929Aug11HoodCountyTablet.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

PLEASE Reply to: rsell@abilene.com (Ruth Sellers) Forwarded by TxHood-l list moderator: Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:58:54 -0700 (PDT) From: rsell@abilene.com (Ruth Sellers) CC: recipient list not shown: ; The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ Daniel HIMMINS orHimmens, father-in-law A.C. WALTERS. Wife Sarah Walters HIMMINS. Only child Jenny. Moved to Texas from Isle of Wight, U.K. Owned property in Trickham, Coleman County TX. Born 6-29-1832. Died 3-25-1884. Owned bridge property and mill in or about Granbury, TX. Ruth Sellers <rsell@abilene.com> Abilene, TX USA - Friday, April 23, 1999 at 09:58:52 (PDT) ------------------------------------------------------ -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

We are proud to present to you the identified Republic of Texas military veterans of Hood County, Texas http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/TexasRepublicVeterans.htm Thanks, Virginia Hale virginia@computron.net WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

New on HCGS WebPage: Lena Ratliff was a Hood County Teacher for mare that 40 years. She died recently at almost 99 years old. If you were a student under Lena or knew her please contribute your recollections of her and her students. See this URL for information and her obituary. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/RatliffLenaOwens.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-l list moderator: Reply to: aerobbins@earthlink.net (April Robbins) Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 20:47:40 -0700 (PDT) From: aerobbins@earthlink.net (April Robbins) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ Milton KENNON b 1830/Grainger Co TN and wife Margaret Miranda DANIEL b 1831/TN moved from MO to Hood Co TX between 1880-1900. 1900 census/Hood Co shows them with several of their adult children still in their HH: Perry b 1860, Burt W b 1861, and John W b 1870. Does anyone know this family in Hood Co TX? April Robbins <aerobbins@earthlink.net> Seal Beach, CA USA - Wednesday, April 21, 1999 at 20:47:25 (PDT) -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F7916E6C18E052AA6F7D55DC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please read and take appropriate action --------------F7916E6C18E052AA6F7D55DC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.27]) by mtiwgwc06.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07 118 124) with ESMTP id <19990422034539.QINK11801@bl-11.rootsweb.com>; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 03:45:39 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA06086; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 20:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 20:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <B0002492408@hamextw01.htcomp.net> Reply-To: <ecw@htcomp.net> From: "Elreeta Weathers" <ecw@htcomp.net> Old-To: "Hamilton-List" <TXHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Access to Vital Records in Texas Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:45:20 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <aTvwHB.A.5eB.frpH3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TXHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TXHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TXHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/236 X-Loop: TXHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TXHAMILT-L-request@rootsweb.com From: Bobbie Ross <bwross@htcomp.net> and Coryell County, TX GenWEB This comes under the heading "for your information" and was passed on to me by someone who cares: HI Fellow Genealogists: In case you have not heard there is a bill in the Texas Legislature that might close the indexes to death and birth records in Texas for 25 and 50 years, respectfully. My column on Saturday April 24 will state most of what we know about the bill at this time. The column is already on my website at http://barnettesbooks.com Just click on read the columns. Scroll down and click on April 24. The column was submitted this morning for a Saturday publication date. Since being notified of this bill by Tommy Burns of Houston, I have found out only a little bit more. Supposedly, the bill was submitted to clarify the current law. The intent of the bill was to clarify the existing law and help open birth and death indexes in counties where the county clerk felt they were closed (At the same time, other county clerks felt the indexes were open). While in committee an amendment was placed on the bill stating the indexes would become open and public when the actual records (birth and death records) became open and public. According to the amendment the indexes would be closed for 25-50 years until the records themselves are public. The HB 836 passed the Public Health Committee in the State House of Representatives on March 30. It was referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee. As of today, the bill does not have a Senate sponsor. If we cause enough rancor, it is possible no one will take on the sponsorship of the bill and it will die in committee. On the otherhand, if a sponsor is found, we want to be on record requesting a hearing. At that hearing, we would need to flood the room with genealogists and other concerned citizens. While a law clarifying the present confusing law might be welcome, amendment on HB 836 closes the birth and death indexes until the actual records become public which is 25-50 years. .Monday night I contacted Jack Brissee, Chair of the FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee. Jack and his committee work with genealogists and other organizations all over the country when records are threatened with closure or misuse. He jumped on it and has faxed a letter to the Chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee. He has urged everyone to contact all genealogists, genealogical, historical and other concerned organizations to write a calm, collected, but, concerned letter to the Chair of the Senate Affairs Committee and to our own Senator concerning this bill. The Honorable Florence Shapiro Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs P.O.Box 12068 Capital Station Austin, TX 78711 Another bill in the legislature each of you should be aware of is HB13. This bill seeks to allow adoptees to obtain their original birth certificate upon reaching the age of 21. HB13 has met with the hostility of child placement services and birth mothers. Currently it is held up in committee where it may die. Part of the HB 13 awareness may have had some effect on HB 836 because both have to do with vital statistics registration If you wish to pass this letter around, please feel free to do so. I have included this mailing to a number of my columnist colleagues around the country who might wish to be alert to what is happening, down here, in Texas. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who hears any news on this matter. Thank You, MIC Mic Barnette's Writes a Weekly Genealogy Column In The Houston Chronicle. Read it on the Web At Barnette's Family Tree Book Company http://barnettesbooks.com --------------F7916E6C18E052AA6F7D55DC--

Forwarded to TxHood-L list by list moderator Reply to :wcreel@ccms.net The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ STAPP ancestors. Searching for descendants of the STAPPS from Va, Ky, N.C., Tenn. Joshua STAPP and his wife Sarah STEWART from 1801 are buried along with 25 other STAPPs in Andice, Tx. I understand some migrated to Lampasas and Hood Counties. William L. Creel <wcreel@ccms.net> Round Rock, Tx USA - Monday, April 19, 1999 at 17:27:18 (PDT) -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded to TxHood-l list by list moderator: The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ Information on CARNES, especially WDG Carnes, (William Davis Gowen Carnes) buried in Thorp Spring Cemetary 1908. Are obituaries available for this time period? He was minister and had large family living in Thorp Spring during late 1800's and after the turn of the century. Possibly had children attending the Christian school/college. He was my grgrgrandfather. Appreciate any information on him or the school. Nancy Nancy Hargesheimer <N110436@aol.com> Lubbock, TX USA - Sunday, April 18, 1999 at 20:18:10 (PDT) -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ Looking for information on J.J. BREWER and wife Elizabeth found on 1880 census records for Hood Co., TX. Need information on their parents and J.J. and Elizabeth's children. Thanks in advance. Candace Umphries <CandiKiss2@aol.com> Tyler, TX USA - Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 07:23:30 (PDT) ------------------------------------------------------

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: ------------------------------------------------------ Just read the obituary for Judge DAVIS; did not realize his sister was a Mrs. Wm. MATLOCK. This is one of my family names I've only recently started looking at. My gf was Arvellor "Man"/"Rube" HENSLEE (Hood Co. 1894-1982). My grt. g.m. was Lucinda Jane MATLOCK (5/6 1850Ark-12/31 1937Hood Co); m'd Maxfield "Mac" HENSLEE 1869 Hood Co. Her father was a Wm. MATLOCK; mother Margaret PURSELLEY. In talking with an aunt Mrs. Wm. MATLOCK, sister to Judge DAVIS, was Laura DAVIS MATLOCK, a school teacher. She and Wm. lived at Fall Creek and then moved to Acton; they had no children. She does not, however, remember who this Wm's parents were. Can someone help me make the connection or otherwise be interested in MATLOCK family history--or the related family names? Thanks for any assistance. (Hood Co. Family Names: HENSLEE, LORENTZ, MATLOCK, PURSELLEY) Sandra Wortham <rwortham@flash.net> Springtown, TX USA - Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 06:12:39 (PDT) ------------------------------------------------------