Good evening to all from not-so-sunny California! Apologies to all for the "cross-posting" of this inquiry. But I can't seem to find where my umpteenth great-uncle, David S. HALSEL, owned this land. (Deed abstract follows) Richard BANKHEAD heirs, John and Mary McADAMS, sold land to David S. HALSEL, who later sold it to John WINTERS. Altho the Deed was recorded in Walker Co, hand-written in the margin of the deed is the notation "S.J.Co.". To cap it all off, David later attested he had owned land in Montgomery Co!!! Can anyone help me unravel all this? I'd be most grateful for any information or guidance. Regards, Carolyn Carter Johnson (mailto:rhunterg@ix.netcom.com) I've just posted this in full to the Genconnect Board for Walker Co. State of Texas } Walker County } Know all men by these presents that John McAdams and Mary F. McAdams his wife for and in consideration of the Sum of Five Hundred dollars to them in hand paid by David S. Halsell. . . . . land Situate in the County and State Aforesaid . . . . . . Being One half of a tract containing fifteen hundred and Sixty four and a half acres Set Apart to the heirs of Richard Bankhead decd By the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid Beginning at the South West Corner of Said tract a Stake from which a black Oak 10 in dia bears N 30' E 4 Varas dist Another Black Oak 12 in dia bears S 42' W 5 6/10 Varas dist Thence N 43 West with the West line of Said Tract fifteen hundred and twelve Varas to its N. W. Corner a stake from which a Red Oak 15 in dia bears S 54' W 5 3/10 Varas dist Mkd "X" a post Oak 8 in dia bears S [illegible] E 4 Varas dist Mkd "A" Thence N 47' E with the North line of Said Tract Two thousand Nine hundred twenty and four [tenths?] Varas to a Stake [illegible] Same for corner Thence S 43' E fifteen hundred and twelve Varas to the South line of Said Tract a Stake On Same for Corner Thence S 47' W -----with the South line of Said tract two thousand nine hundred twenty and four tenths Varas to the Place of beginning Containing seven hundred eighty two and two tenths Acres more or less The same being the West half of said tract . . . . . . . . . this the Tenth (10) day of April 1851 John McAdams {Seal} Mary F. McAdams {seal} . . . . . . To certify all of which I hereto sign my Name and affix my seal of Office at Huntsville this 10th April 1851 /s/ [H M] Crabb, Chief Justice filed April 24 [?] A D 1851 Recorded April -----------remainder illegible-----------

The LAST meeting of the century will be Dec. 6, 1999 at 7:00 PM. Mark your calendars, with the holidays here so you won't forget. This will be a very brief meeting to install new officers, then we will have our Christmas social. Please bring your favorite Christmas dish. this was from Lena: I believe that would be a good idea. Also, for December Christmas Party, I thought we should tell those who want to bring cookies, candies, deserts along with 5 extra copies of their recipe on a disposable container that can either be frozen for later use or can be exchanged with others that night. JeriLynn Williams will install the officers. Lena Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Thanks to Sheran McCants the Yell Cemetery is now online. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/yell.htm">Click here: yell.htm</A> Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

The Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Central Library in Conroe on November 1, 1999. Our meeting will be a Round Table discussion, so be prepared to discuss "How you found something "new" in your genealogy." Election of officers will also be held. Anyone interested in genealogy or our presentation is welcome to attend. Please contact Jean Smoorenburg at (409) 273-1936 for more information. Also, if you can help with refreshments let me know. The December meeting will be December 6, 1999 for installation of new officers for 2000. It will be a very brief meeting followed by a Christmas social time, so be thinking of some goodies to bring. MONTGOMERY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. P O Box 867 • Conroe, Texas 77305-0867 Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

I got this from the Texas list I'm on, can anyone help? Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Researching: Aultman (AR, TX, MS),Cox (TX, OK), Parker (LA, TX), Peyton (MS) ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Lovell <svellb@yahoo.com> To: <TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 11:58 AM Subject: [TEXAS-ROOTS-L] Dock Wilson > I am looking for info on Dock Wilson b July 25 1915 in > Blount co AL to James Tommy Wilson and Mytrle finley > Myers Wilson. Some time after his fathers death he and > his mom moved to Texas the last known addressee for > him is 7731 montgomery , Conroe Texas. Could > someonefrom the arear look up the addresse and see if > who lives there and give me the zp code for Conroe > Texas and Tyler Texas.He died May 1970. > Thanks > Betty > > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > ==== TEXAS-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > See TXGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > NO Chain Letters, Spam or "Flaming" Allowed > >

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY SEMINAR OCTOBER 9, 1999 9:00AM to 4:00PM Montgomery County Main Library, Conroe, TX Speaker: John Sellers Mr. Sellers is a 5th generation native to Hopkins County, TX. He is currently serving as 1st Vice President of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and served as the Society's President for the last 2 years. John serves on the Society's Quarterly Committee. He has been doing genealogical research for 14 years and his favorite area of research is the courthouse. He has visited courthouse in several southern states and has conducted extensive research in Texas and Louisana. Members by Oct. 1, 1999=$10.00 Members after Oct. 1, 1999=$20.00 Guest and friends by Oct. 1,1999=$20.00 Guest and friends after Oct. 1, 1999=$25.00 Mail payments to MCGHS PO BOX 867 Conroe, TX 77305-0867 thanks, Jane Keppler sponsor for Montgomery County TX.

Justice of the Peace Grady Spikes died last night of an apparent heart attack while attending a G0-Texas fund-raiser at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. This was a great man. He taught me history in high school and his wife taught PE in junior high. My prayers are with his family. He will be greatly missed. Jane Keppler

THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY presents Heritage Zuest Workshop November 20, 1999 St Joseph's Hall New Waverly, TX Lectures will be presented by Mr. Leland K. Meitzler, professional genealogist, and founder & Executive Editor of Heritage Quest Magazine. Before Nov 1, 1999-$32.50 includes lunch after Nov 1, 1999 $35.00 includes lunch. Registrations also includes a years subscription to the bimonthly Heritage Quest Magazine. Mail checks to: WCTGS P O Box 1295 Huntsville, TX 77342-1295

--part1_c66c5c7e.2514369e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c66c5c7e.2514369e_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TXMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:29:03 2000 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (v61.9) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:28:53 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA24121 for owner-TXMONTGO@lists.rootsweb.com; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:28:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:28:50 -0700 (PDT) X-From_: joy@comwerx.net Fri Sep 17 08:28:50 1999 Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA24101 for <TXMONTGO-L-request@lists.rootsweb.com>; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:28:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cs3.comwerx.net (mail.comwerx.net [207.252.236.72]) by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA01605 for <TXMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com>; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [207.252.234.79] by cs3.comwerx.net (NTMail 4.01.0014/NT6287.00.fd46c9d8) with ESMTP id fqvzfaaa for <TXMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com>; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:38:47 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19990917102154.0068955c@mail.comwerx.net> X-Sender: joy@mail.comwerx.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Old-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:21:54 -0500 To: TXMONTGO-L-request@rootsweb.com From: Joy Woods <joy@comwerx.net> Subject: John T. Lamar Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Diagnostic: Unprocessed X-Envelope-To: TXMONTGO-L-request Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am looking for any information on John T. Lamar and Mary Virginia Postell Lamar from Georgia. Carra Augusta is my great grandmother. She married John Trousedale Whaley of Cooke County, Texas. John T. Lamar married Mary Virginia Postell 8-25-1857 in Houston County, Georgia. After the birth of Carra, they appear in North Texas. Children: Carra Augusta b. 6-28-1858 Houston Co., Ga. Sarah Rebecca b. 7-8-1864 Montague Co., TX Charles Lawson b.8-4-1869 Denton Co., TX Francis Asbury b.3-15-1880 Cooke, Co. TX John Boggess b. 2-8-1882 Montgomery Co., TX I find no other information, and would appreciate anything you can find for me. Gratefully, Joy Lamar Whaley Bowles Woods --part1_c66c5c7e.2514369e_boundary--

<A HREF="http://www.metcalffuneralhome.com/">Click here: Metcalf Funeral Directors</A> the newly rebuilt Metcalf Funeral Directors is now online and you can get the obituaries. Jane Keppler sponsor for Montgomery County

<A HREF="http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi">Click here: Social Security Death Index Interactive Search</A> In case the last url does not work, this is it. Jane Keppler

--part1_38a4975.25011560_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI Jane --part1_38a4975.25011560_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TXJASPER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (rly-yb01.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.1]) by air-yb02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Sep 1999 07:59:16 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Sep 1999 07:59:06 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA19202; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 04:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 04:58:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Ypmiller@aol.com Message-ID: <1d2f9c04.250111c8@aol.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 07:58:00 EDT Old-To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com, TXNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com, TXSABINE-L@rootsweb.com, PEPPER-L@rootsweb.com, JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 21 Subject: [TXJASPER] SSDI at Rootsweb Resent-Message-ID: <hvrjCC.A.5rE.2f7z3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/72 X-Loop: TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TXJASPER-L-request@rootsweb.com Hey All, Just got this message from another list and it's really a neat idea. Pull up my father's name, Elliott Pepper and see the note I posted; then my mother's name Vidala Pepper and check her out. Looks like I am going to be really busy, another project! :-) You all take care, Yolanda Check out the SSDI data available from Rootsweb. It's updated info and includes the Post-Em feature described in the following message: POST-EMS. Now you can attach a message to any of the more than 61 million records in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at Rootsweb by using a "post-em," developed by RootsWeb's own Randy Winch. Some suggested uses: attach notes to the records of your relatives, providing researchers with a direct link to you; add background information on an individual in the database, such as pointers to other records relating to that individual; or add a correction to an incorrect record. Check the records of individuals of interest to you often. Someone recently might have left a note there for you. To add a note to a record, do a search and click on "Post-em" at the end of a record at: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi. --part1_38a4975.25011560_boundary--

OPEN HOUSE: The new Metcalf Funeral Directors at 1801 E. White Oak Terrace, just off 105 West, will be having an open house from 10:00AM to 3PM Aug 31, 1999. Refreshments will be served. Just wanted to let ya'll know. Jane Keppler

--part1_bb953fcb.24ee0922_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_bb953fcb.24ee0922_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (rly-yh01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.33]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:47:54 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (v60.25) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:47:39 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA15225; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:45:25 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:45:25 -0700 (PDT) From: CWBrazell@aol.com Message-ID: <b167923b.24ede2a0@aol.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:43:44 EDT Subject: WWI Draft Cards Old-To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 54 Resent-Message-ID: <fo7ihC.A.ttD.FkIv3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4654 X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Good Morning everyone: I played hooky from work yesterday and spent the day at the NARA Branch in Atlanta and it jogged my memory to pass on some information to everyone. Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> If you have any other questions about the cards please write to me and I'll try to help. I've been "delving" into these cards for the past few years. But PLEASE don't ask me to get the copies for you. It is difficult for me to take the time off from work to visit the archive to do my own research <g>. And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. Linda Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager --part1_bb953fcb.24ee0922_boundary--

Could someone give me the info on the households of Richard SMITH and wife Margaret and on household of R A or Artemus BENNETT and wife Lauretta? Thanks, Retha

The last Founder's Day of the century will be Sept. 13, 1999 at the First Baptist Church Activity Building in downtown Conroe at 6:30 PM....... Plan on joining us for this event. County Judge Sadler will be speaker. Fajitas will be served. Door prizes will be drawn. Cost is $10.00 and can be mailed to the MCGHS PO Box 867 Conroe, TX 77305-0867 I could use some help!!!!! Jane Keppler sponsor for Montgomery County

Hi, was wondering if someone on the list who lives in Conroe could tell who owned the store or stores in town in 1934. I found a ledger at an antique shop which seems to be for a store, keeping running tabs of the accounts, it also has some other information in the front such as some prayers, I believe! All through the ledger someone just jotted down something every now and then prayers, directions to places these clients lived ect. I have yet to buy the book since it is so expensive, but was considering it and wanted to find out as much as I could first. Would love to see it returned to the family. It has hundreds of entries for individuals and business and even the County of Montgomery. Some of which are: Humble Station, Montogomery Co Road Crew, Day Lumber & Timber Co.,and the City of Conroe. But I was unable to locate the name of the business who was keeping the ledger. The book does contain some other odds and ends, one of which is a small paper book from a funeral home used to keep record of persons either visiting or sending flowers ect. This book is for a Mr. NA Neely (dont remember the date of death ) who was buried in Derment Cemetery in Derment, Arkansas. Anyway any clues or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Gina McGuire

In todays Conroe Courier there is a volunteer magazine for Montgomery County.Two of our societys members are pictured. Vera Wimberly and Mel Westmoreland. Sorry, Vera, that the writeup did not get in the magazine. The picture was good. Mel had a very good article of him. Jane Keppler sponsor for Montgomery County

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/fostoria.htm">Click here: fostoria.htm </A> Fostoria Cemetery is now online thanks to Tonya Harris!!! Jane Keppler

Thanks to Vera for responding to my query about J.L.Garwood! Just rec'd info from TX Gen Land Office. Can anyone explain this to me? There is a "Certificate" Application to Purchase and a Patent issued to J.L. Garwood for land in Montgomery County. What is the purpose of these records? Also, does anyone know what kind of information may be in the original records as well as the survey? How about Tax records for Montgomery County? Vera sent me lots of information regarding those..are there original documents that might give something more than name and acreage? So sorry to be a bore...but we've reached the end of our trail on this one. Thanks a lot again Loretta - --------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com