Posted on: Lamar Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Lamar?read=679 Surname: Pierce, Rush, McClain, Skidmore ------------------------- By the mid 1850's, William Dixon "Billy" and Sarah Jane (Rice) Pierce had moved by covered wagons, accompanied by Billy's brothers, James C. Pierce, and Leander Pierce, to the Lake Creek area of Lamar Co., Texas which is located some 12 miles south of Paris, Texas. (Now in Delta County.) The three brothers bought 767 1/2 acres of land in Lamar County, Texas from Mitchell T. Keller on 23 February 1854. Texas Voter Registration 1869 for Lamar County, Texas PRECINCT 9-------IN STATE--IN COUNTY----IN PRECINCT James C. Pierce--14--------14-----------8 W.D. Pierce ------13--------13-----------12 Leander Pierce---13--------13-----------12