Charity was like a hundred (all right I inflate the number but not by much) small one or two room country schools that grew up around rural communities. I once saw a note that Hunt county had the most small country schools of any county in Texas. All these schools were within a short walking distance of all those kids that could only walk to school. I live about 2 blocks from Charity Road in Commerce which goes by the place where the old school house used to be. There is a cistern that still sits where the old cistern was to the old school house. My parents attended two of the old schools; Malloy and Cross Timbers. One of my parents friends taught at Mud Dig and SweatBox and I had an Uncle that taught at one of two of the others. Some of the old schools stood until the 1950's and later but I don't know of any that still stand. Anyway ask me what time it is and I will sometimes tell you how to make a watch. Martey -----Original Message----- From: EdnasIris@msn.com To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; txhunt@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [TXHUNT] Old Towns of Hunt Co., TX Charity While on the subject. I wonder if anyone has seen mention of a town called Charity in north east Texas? I have never seen it on the internet nor could google or rootsweb find it. A 1906 copy of the 'Commerce Journal' has an article that my great-grandmother 'Anna Barbara Epperson married J J Jeffreys' (of charity) in a Buggy in the front yard of Rev. J D Allen. She lived in the White Rock community. Just curious! Kelly Culpepper ----- Original Message ----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com<mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: TXHUNT-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXHUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [TXHUNT] Old Towns of Hunt Co., TX This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.hunt/3520.1.1/mb.ashx<http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.hunt/3520.1.1/mb.ashx> Message Board Post: JanMarie, Thank you for your response. I am a little confused, I had asked about Shady Grove. Has this former community changed it's name to Honey Grove? I have some info that indicates a great uncle was married in "Shady Grove", Hunt Co., TX. Since I could not find this community, I wonder if it was another county, even though he lived most of adult life in Greenville, TX. Thank you again, Sandy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXHUNT-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 TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.