Here is a little more I am related to Murdock M.Skidmore Through his wife Martha Joana Bradberry or Mattie M BradberryNot sure which one married him. I note years ago that he was blind in one eye so he was not in the war.It is my understanding he built cotton Gins. Donald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Texas Kin" <texaskin@hotmail.com> To: <txlamar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [TXLAMAR] Thomas Lindsay & Sarah Crayton aft 1800 Lamar Co. Hi Donald, What is your Skidmore connection? I am a descendant of Abraham Skidmore through his son, Thomas Henry Skidmore. Diane Kuras > From: dturner8@hot.rr.com> To: txlamar@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep > 2007 15:49:14 -0500> Subject: Re: [TXLAMAR] Thomas Lindsay & Sarah Crayton > aft 1800 Lamar Co.> > My Mother was an Albright from Lamar Co. and we are > related to the > Skidmores.> Donald Turner > > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to TXLAMAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXLAMAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1285 - Release Date: 2/18/2008 5:50 AM

Hi Donald, Here is the only info I have on Murdock M. Skidmore. Will send G.K. later. Diane Skidmore Kuras Murdock M. Skidmore 1. MURDOCK M.8 SKIDMORE (THOMAS7, THOMAS6, HENRY5, HENRY4, HENRY3, ABRAHAM2, HENRY1)1 was born 05 Sep 1829 in Morgan Co., Alabama2,3,4, and died 1881 in Lamar Co., Texas5. He married MARTHA BRADBURY6 23 Jan 1861 in Lamar Co., Texas7, daughter of ROBERT BRADBURY and MARGARET. She was born Abt. 1842 in Alabama8. Notes for MURDOCK M. SKIDMORE: 1850 United States Federal Censuss DATE: 6 OCT 1850 HH 47/47 Name: Murdock M Skidmore Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Birth Place: Alabama Home in 1850(City,County,State): Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas Thomas Skidmore, 61, M, Farmer, 2820, VA Mary Skidmore, 60, F, NC Murdock M., 21, M, Farmer, AL Gaius K., 19, M, Farmer, AL Matthew S., 16, M, Farmer, AL Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas; Roll: M432_912; Page: 268; Image: 118. 1860 United States Federal Census DATE: 19 Sep 1860 HH Name: M M Skidmore Age in 1860: 32 Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1860: Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas Post Office: Paris Household Members: Name Age M M Skidmore, 32, M, 400, AL G K Skidmore 28, M, 800, AL Sarah Skidmore 22, F, TN (Note: Gaius K. Skidmore married Sallie Huff) Joseph Skidmore 1, M, TX (Note: Son of G.K. & Sallie Huff Skidmore) R L Skidmore 9, M, TX Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas; Roll: M653_1299; Page: 78; Image: 159. MARRIAGE: Name: M. M. Skidmore Gender: Male Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1861 Spouse: Martha J. Bradbury Marriage city: Lamar Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 ROSTER OF THE 9TH BRIGADE TEXAS MILITIA & TEXAS STATE TROOPS These enlistments should not be confused with enlistments in the 9th Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army. They are not the same. Texas was divided into Military Districts before the War Between the States. Lamar and Hopkins counties were the 9th Military District. These units were mustered for home guard duty and were not allowed to leave the State. Many of these men went on to join the regular Confederate Army. Compiled by Ron Brothers Skidmore, Murdock M., age 33, born 1829, Pvt., Lamar Co. Beat No. 1 1870 Lamar County Census: 4-4 Miller 4000/400 Skidmore, M.M.. wm, 39, Ala.; Martha, wf, 28, Ala.; Wm. S., wm, 8, Tex.; Claud, wm, 4, Tex.; Rena, wf, 7/12, Tex.. Also in the household: Larkin, Sarah, wf, 16. Tex.; and Graham, Thos., wm, 20, Tex. Not located on the 1880 Lamar County, Texas Census. Interment Record for Murdock M. Skidmore Name: Murdock M. Skidmore Born: 5 Sep 1829 Died: 1881 Buried: Skidmore #1 Location: UNMARKED Notes: Lamar County Marriage Record Book 3, page 114 shows M. M. Skidmore married Martha J. Bradbery on 23 Jan 1861 in Lamar Co., TX. *M. M. Skidmore, Pvt., age not stated, appears on a Muster Roll and Election Returns from the Texas State Archives for the Texas Militia, Company for Lamar County, Texas, Beat No. 1, 9th Brigade of the State of Texas; officers elected on 10 Aug 1861, in Lamar County; company enrolled by R. J. Patton; A. M. Jeffus elected Captain commanding. *M. M. Skidmore appears in the 1860 Lamar County Census Precinct 1, Family 177-177, age 32, born about 1828 in AL, 0/400. His name was Murdock Skidmore. Interment Record for Murdock M. Skidmore Name: Murdock M. Skidmore Born: 1829 Died: 1881 Buried: Skidmore #1 Location: UNMARKED Notes: From the records of Elizabeth Booth. Sam Skidmore, son of Edwin Lee Skidmore, said that he 'died about the first of 1881 and buried in the Skidmore burial plot south of Sylvan. His wife Mattie, is buried in the Sylvan Community Cemetery with other members of this family.' Birth year is taken from the 1850 Lamar County, TX Federal Census. Confederate Veterans Who Died or Are Buried in Lamar County, Texas Compiled by Ron Brothers Skidmore, Murdock M., b. 5 Sep 1829, d. 1881, buried in Skidmore #1 Cemetery, Pvt., Co. for Beat No. 1, 9th Brigade, Texas Militia, Texas State Troops. More About MURDOCK M. SKIDMORE: Military service: Pvt., Co. for Beat No. 1, 9th Brigade, Texas Militia, Texas State Troops.9 Residence: 1850, Lamar Co., Texas Notes for MARTHA BRADBURY: 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Robert F Bradbury Age in 1860: 58 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas Post Office: Paris Household Members: Name Age Robert F Bradbury 58 Margt Bradbury 60 abt 1800 Virginia Susan Bradbury 19 abt 1841 Alabama Martha Bradbury 17 abt 1843 Alabama Louisa Bradbury 15 abt 1845 Mississippi Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas; Roll: M653_1299; Page: 123; Image: 252. More About MURDOCK SKIDMORE and MARTHA BRADBURY: Marriage: 23 Jan 1861, Lamar Co., Texas10 Children of MURDOCK SKIDMORE and MARTHA BRADBURY are: i. WILLIAM S.9 SKIDMORE11, b. Abt. 1862, Lamar Co., Texas11. ii. CLAUD SKIDMORE11, b. Abt. 1866, Lamar Co., Texas11. iii. RENA SKIDMORE11, b. Abt. 1869, Lamar Co., Texas11. Endnotes 1. Skidmore, Warren & Skidmore, William F., Skidmore Rickmansworth, England; Delaware; North Carolina & West 1555 to 1983, (Akron, Ohio & Knoxville, Tennessee. 1983). 2. Texas. Lamar County 1850 Census. 3. Texas. Lamar County 1860 Census. 4. Texas. Lamar County 1870 Census. 5. Brothers, Ron, Texas. Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas. 6. Texas. Lamar County 1870 Census. 7. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002. 8. Texas. Lamar County 1870 Census. 9. Brothers, Ron. ROSTER OF THE 9TH BRIGADE TEXAS MILITIA & TEXAS STATE TROOPS. 10. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002. 11. Texas. Lamar County 1870 Census.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> From: dturner8@hot.rr.com> To: txlamar@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:31:07 -0600> Subject: Re: [TXLAMAR] Thomas Lindsay & Sarah Crayton aft 1800 Lamar Co.> > Here is a little more> I am related to Murdock M.Skidmore Through his wife Martha Joana Bradberry > or Mattie M BradberryNot sure which one married him. I note years ago that > he was blind in one eye so he was not in the war.It is my understanding he > built cotton Gins. Donald _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/