Sharon They were published by UTA & they are now out of print. When I got mine they had all vol. but #9 for some reason I have not been able to find 9. Most of the libraries in this area have some of these books. Joseph Lindley who was a nephew to my ancestor Samuel Washington Lindley was in TX before 1830 I have heard. I have not seen proof of this. He was the son of Simon Lindley & this Lindley family was in KY by 1790s. My Samuel Washington Lindley went to IL in 1810 & some of his bro. went to MO. We have lost a marriage record for Samuel Washington Lindley & Elizabeth Whitley some where between Christian Co. KY & IL in 1810. I am almost sure that this Lindley family along with the John Sadler family who married Samuel W Lindley's dau. Barsheba Lindley Sadler all came to TX when the Parker wagon train came in 1833. When I got a deed where Samuel Washington Lindley sold land in Coles Co. IL in 1833 to come to TX the next deed under his was Daniel Parker they were selling land to come to TX. & they all showed up at the same time. The Parkers were in Anderson Co. & the Lindleys were in Montgomery. Both Samuel & Joseph. Joseph Lindley came on into Limestone Co. along with the Sadler & some of the Martin family. Samuel Lindley died in Montgomery Co. TX. Samuel Washington & Elizabeth Whitley Lindley's son Jonathan Lindley died at the Alamo. He was just a young man with no wife. Jonathan Lindley , Joseph Lindley & John Sadler had all been at the battle of Bexar. Back to what I started to tell you was I believe that these early people that were in groups all knew each other & stayed in groups for some years even after they got to Texas. No one back in that time just hopped in a wagon & took their family to some unknown place with Indians trying to kill them at every turn. They had to stay in groups for protection. They had to travel in groups for the same reason & incase something happened there would be some help. I do cluster genealogy to help locate what I am looking for & so far it has worked for me. This is how I got off in the Limestone Co. genealogies. When I first started through the Robertson Colony Papers I was only doing my family genealogy so I need to start back at the front to check for other Limestone Co. families. I really enjoy seeing where these people came from & who they lived beside. With the marriage records for Limestone Co. gone before 1873 sometimes this may be the only way to find who someone married. I found my GGrandmother's sister this way by just reading the census around the family time & time again. After I found her I was able some yrs. later to find where the family went & proof that this was her. Pat Oates in TX. At 09:54 AM 4/16/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Pat, > >Did you buy the Robertson Colony Papers in original form or was it >published? I would love to buy a set. I got into the Upper LA and Missouri >Territorial Papers originals. I took a trip to Missouri. You are right >about a lot of the Early Texans coming from Missouri. Moses Austin was >living at Mine Au Breton in Missouri. He also had a cabin in Ste. >Genevieve. At one time they were considered Upper Louisiana and then became >Missouri. Moses found himself in a financial situation. He was really big >into mining for lead. When the mines stopped producing, Moses found himself >in debt. He was actually afraid of being taken to court like he took others >to court. (Hmm.... I guess I'm not sympathetic with him.) Times were >hard for many families. Moses saw going into Texas Territory as a way of >replenishing his dispair. Many of the people in Missouri were hit with the >financial situation and knew they too could be looking at jail. Leading >the colonists into the new territory was a way to help all of them. That is >why you see such a large number of the Missourians in Texas Territory. You >will also find that some of these people were in Kentucky, N.Y., CT among >other places even before Missouri. I find it very fascinating learning >about these early settlers. Also, some of these Missourians were in Old >Miller County Arkansas Territory just prior to Texas Territory. My David >Strickland was considered an Intruder of Indian land because he was south of >the Red River. That was Indian land. David died around 1824. I do believe >his wife Mary was an Indian. At one time Robertson Colony was considered >Robertson County, before it was divided up. Originally Freestone and >Limestone were a part of Robertson Land District. I would love to hear >what you have on the Stricklands. There was a David Strickland that was >living in Limestone County, Texas. He was the grandson of my David >Strickland and a brother to my James Samuel Strickland. > >Sharon Holland >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/o/l/Sharon-L-Holland/ >[email protected]