This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1051 Message Board Post: The following quote is from a book written by O. B. Powell during the 1920's and 30's: "A trip to either of these towns required several days and sometimes weeks. Jefferson was reached via Fort Worth, Dallas, and on east over the old National road. This National Highway was one of the most famous passageways from the frontier to east Texas for many years. Just last week, July 6, 1936, I drove out to one of the famous camping grounds on this roar where early day travelers once spent the nights and many a noon-day meal over the camp fire while they quenched their thirst from cold sparkling water from the well still to be found here. This camping spot is some twenty miles out of Dallas and just east of the old ferry crossing on the east Fork of the Trinity. It was about a day's journey east from Dallas. The road can be traced very accurately across the ravines and small prairie spots here in the edge of Kaufman County some three miles south-west from Forney." At the time this was written Mr. Powell was connected to the Forney School system. Does anyone know of the area he mentions? Is there any trace of this road today? Thanks. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/290.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe the parents of Sam and Nathan Dority are James and Sarah Alsup Dority (various spellings.) Any help will be appreciated.

I find these gatewayed messages a waste of time. Is this genealogy? Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:42 PM Subject: [TXKAUFMA-L] College Mound > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1050 > > Message Board Post: > > I was wondering were College Mound is located. Rachell Nuggent Boykin Mentzel is buried their. > > Anita > > > ==== TXKAUFMA Mailing List ==== > Wondering where to find the archived messages for this (or any other > mailing list on RootsWeb)? See: > <A > HREF="http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl">http://searches.ro otsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl</A> > >

Wanted to invite you all to see the new information and pictures I have posted on my many Texas Families. Cook, McBee, White, Lee, and many others. John and Elnora Cook-Wyrick Families http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/y/r/Elnora--F-Wyrick/index.html and on the Van Zandt Co., TX, Genealogy Old Photo's Page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvzcgs/vzpix.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1050 Message Board Post: I was wondering were College Mound is located. Rachell Nuggent Boykin Mentzel is buried their. Anita

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FkB.2ACE/290.1 Message Board Post: Who are teh parents of Nathan and Sam Dority?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tarno, Chandler, Hogue, Cartright, Gabeheart, Rodgers, Adkins, Swinden, Rowden, Crow, Davis, Gann, Stark, Mcree, Meraz, Rish, Ratcliff, Richardson, McRae, Bevill, Redd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1049 Message Board Post: I am interested in contacting researchers of the following surnames: Oscar Millard3 Tarno (AMANDUS M.2, HENRY FREDRICK1 TARNOW) was born 17 March 1889 in Tupelo, Jackson, AR, died 05 June 1968 and is buried in Black Jack Cemetery, Kaufman Texas. He married Mary Alice Chandler 03 June 1917 in Howard Co., AR, daughter of Joe Chandler and Melvina Lemons. She was born 10 November 1900, and died August 1986 in possibly Athens, Henderson, TX . Children of OSCAR TARNO and MARY CHANDLER are: 2. i. Clifford Amandus4 Tarno, married Mary Estella HOGUE 3. ii. Byron Millard Tarno, married Eva Nell CARTRIGHT 4. iii. Winfred Joe Tarno, married (1) Francis Imogene GABEHEART (2) Mary RODGERS iv. Melvin Otis Tarno married (1) Billie F. ADKINS (2) Lenor P UNKNOWN (3) Barbara SWINDEN (4) Nadine A ROWDEN 5. v. Bonnie Eugenia Tarno, married (1) Ransom Drury CROW (2) DAVIS (3) Darby GANN (4) Brady L. STARK vi. Clara May Tarno, b. Abt. 1927; d. Abt. 1927. vii. Oscar Millard Tarno viii. Edna Vinell Tarno, married Thomas E. MCREE ix. Mary Alice (Aldine?) Tarno married (1) Ted P MERAZ (2) Ottis R RISH x. Melford Wayne Tarno married (1) Wanda J RATCLIFF (2) Carolyn I RICHARDSON (3) Debra MCRAE. xi. Paul Fred Tarno. xii. Malcolm Everett Tarno married (1) Donna Jo BEVILL (2) Peggy J. REDD Thanks, Connie / e-mail: [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/216.742 Message Board Post: HI MY NAME IS LONNY GRAHAM I HAVE ALL INFO YOU ARE LOOK FOR SO IF YOU E-MAIL AT [email protected] I WILL SENT IT TO YOU I HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE ON MY FAMILY TREE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT IT

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1048.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for your kind offer. I have done research in other states also, but y'all in Texas have the biggest hearts! Whether my surnames have been Tittle, Lockridge, Goodson, Murdoch, Lively, Jones or what ever county in Texas...I have always had a reply to offer help.Yes, I have had offers to help me and thank you ever so much! God bless you & my Texas ancestors. Jackie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1048.1 Message Board Post: If you haven't had any offers yet, please email me at [email protected] and I will try and find her burial site for you. I live in Kaufman County and I may be able to help.

Hi, I am posting this query to every county that this family ever lived in. There were a lot of counties so you will probably get several postings of the same query. Sorry. Please read and see if you have seen any of these people. James Anderson D. LATHAM was born in SC in 10-15-1811. He died in 2-10-1873 Tx. He married Mary COLLINS 5-25-1837 in Troup Co. Ga. She was born ca 1817 the d/o Levin COLLINS. (Levin COLLINS Will was dated 2-1-1854 Troup Co Ga. Levin named James and Mary LATHAM's 4 children in his Will. Mary had already died be the time of the Will. Levin died in 1855 Upshur Co Texas and his Will was Probated 1856 Upshur Co) James A D LATHAM and Mary COLLINS had 4 children. I believe they were all in Tx by about 1866. Possibly Harrison Co. Their children were; 1.William A. LATHAM ca1841 Ga. Married Martha Jane DUKE 12-8-1861 Russell Co Al. Martha Jane was born ca1837-8 the d/o Henry Matthew DUKE. In 1880 William and Martha were living in Bell Co Tx. Their children were, James Matthew, Mary Frances, Lazarus L, Robert Tillman, Matilda A & George A. 2.Mary Jane LATHAM ca 1843. 3.James Riley LATHAM ca1845-6. I think I have found him in Johnson Co Tx in 1870. His wife was Mary P. ca1848 and a child Francis P. b. 6-1870. In the early 1880s he is listed for several years on the Tax List of Bell Co Tx. I have not found him in an 1880 census. 4.Nancy Ann "Kitty" LATHAM ca 1848-9. James Anderson D. LATHAMs second wife was Mary Susan Wilmouth DUKE. They married 1-23-1853 in Russell Co Al. They are found in the 1860 Russell Co Al census. Watoola Township. Their children were; 1. Sarah Manan LATHAM b.1854 Russell Co 2.Francis Scoldin Nostic LATHAM 1855 married J. C. OXLEY in 1875 Comanche Co Tx. According to her obit her family brought her to Harrison C tx when she was 11 years old. 1866? She died in 1832 Hamilton Co Tx. 3.Moses Hardy LATHAM b.1857 Russell Co Al d.1936 Kaufman Co Tx. He married Nancy Ann WILLIAMS 1879 Johnson Co Tx. 4.Senia Elizabeth LATHAM b.1859 Russell Co AL. 5.George Aaron LATHAM b.1860 Russell Co. d.1944 Hico, Hamilton Co Tx. Married Zula "Mattie" SNELLINGS 1884 Hamilton Co Tx. 6.John Henry LATHAM b.1861 Russell Co d. 1944 Hico Hamilton Co Tx. Married Susan Jane MINYARD. 7.Martha Josephine LATHAM b.1865 Russell Co Al. 8.Wilmouth Ophelia Evelyn LATHAM b.1870 Rains Co Tx. d.1930 Johnson Co. Married John M. MAXEY in Ellis Co Tx.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1048 Message Board Post: Endy Anna Lockridge Tittle died in Kaufman County, April 11, 1967. She is listed as a widow, her husband was Melvin Tittle. Can anyone help me locate her burial site? Thanks so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JENKINS,GREENLEE,WRIGHT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/701.744.1 Message Board Post: I HAVE NEW ADDRESS; [email protected] FRANK H. JENKINS,-his Brothers,SAM JENKINS, WILLIAM BILL"JENKINS MARY A GREENLEE,Her sister LIZZIE GREENLEE, their Brothers ,John,& CarrGreenlee$,Albert & wife- Nellie Ernest & Esther Jenkins,my Parents

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/572.1 Message Board Post: I am researching a John A. Green family who was in Kaufman County in 1880. At that time they had a son Thomas J. Green who was living with them at the time of the census. This family had been in Illinois prior to moving to Kaufman County.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1047 Message Board Post: 1870-Francis E. Hopkins, ward of F.A. Dulany, age 14 from Wilcox County, Alabama. Son of Francis Marion and M.E. Higgenbottom Hopkins of AL. Amelia Neely, dau of P.D. Ogletree. Looking for information. Thanks.

Hi Linda, I got this information from the Handbook Of Texas Online. There is some controversy over who actually ran the ferry crossing. My ggrandfather was William Porter Bateman. At one time he owned a large section of land on each side of the Trinity River at the listed location and it has been told in my family for several years that my Granddad ran the ferry. There may have been two. According to the property deeds, William Porter Bateman owned the property at this location. His granddaughter willed her part to be used as a sanctuary for animals. It is used as a game preserve to this day. PORTER'S BLUFF, TEXAS. Porter's Bluff, also known as Taos, was a ferry crossing and shipping point on the Trinity River during the second half of the nineteenth century. Located sixteen miles northeast of Corsicana just off Farm Road 85 in extreme northeastern Navarro County, it was one of the earliest settlements in the county. It was founded by Col. Robert H. Porter, who received a tract of land on the Trinity River in recognition for his service in the Texas Revolution.qv Porter conceived of establishing a major shipping center on the river to serve area plantations. In 1848, with the assistance of John H. Reagan,qv he platted the town and named it Taos. A ferry began operating sometime later, and by the late 1850s Taos was a thriving town with a blacksmith shop, several stores, and a sawmill. The town also served as a port for small steamboats, known as packets, which before the Civil Warqv plied the Trinity, brought supplies, and transported cotton downriver. Taos continued to prosper until the early 1870s, when the Houston and Texas Central Railroad extended its line from Bryan to Corsicana. Competition from the railroad effectively brought an end to the river traffic, and the town began to decline. The ferry continued to operate until the 1880s, when it was replaced by a bridge. A post office under the name Porter's Bluff opened in 1900 but was discontinued in 1904, and by the mid-1930s the community was a ghost town. In 1990 no traces of the town remained. No population estimates were available. I hope this information will be helpful. Jerry Bateman ([email protected])

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/240.254 Message Board Post: Porter's bluff may be near Eustace..There was an enumeration dist there before 1900.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1046.1 Message Board Post: Linda, I live here in Crandall and the only info I can offer is that there is only one Hollis in our local phone book. If you want to email me privately at [email protected] I will email you the name, address and phone number. There are a few Blankenships in the surrounding towns but not in Crandall.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOLLIS, BLANKENSHIP Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1046 Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR MY HOLLIS FAMILT,. MY GRAND FATHER WILLIAM EWELL AND WIFE KATE STEPHENSON HOLLIS CAME TO KAUFMAN COUNTY IN 1908 OR SO HIS BROTHERS JACK HOLLIS AND HIS WIFE LUNA BLANKENSHIP , HARVEY HOLLIS ALL CAME FROM ALABAMA AND SETTLED IN CRANDELL KAUFMAN COUNTY TEXAS I THINK I REMEMBER JACK AND LUNA HAD A SON NAMED J.L. HOLLIS AND HIS WIFE LILLIAN. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED MARILEE HOLLIS. I LOST TRACK OF THEM MANY YEARS AGO. MY DAD BILL HOLLIS, WILLIAM EWELL'S SON DIED IN 1956 SO THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME THAT I LOST CONTACT WITH THEM I WAS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD. WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME KIN THROUGH THIS SIDE OF MY FAMILY ANY INFO ON ANY DECENDENTS OF THOSE NAMED ABOVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPREICIATED. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL HELP. LINDA HOLLIS HULL

I am searching for Alfred Griggs that was in Kaufman Co, Tx in 1880 with wife Sarah and children Lucrecia (Josephine), Martin, Addi, Andrew J. I believe he was married previously and had older children that were grown and had left his household by that time. I pretty sure there was another child, John that was in household in 1870 in VanZant Co, TX but prob married and move to Rains Co, Tx with sife Lizzie (Elizabeth). Alfred was b NC aand Sarah b TN/IL. The family may have been in Ar before coming to Tx. If anyone cant help me please contact me a [email protected] Thanks, Waynell