THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 SPECIAL EDITION VOLUME FIVE #9 November 2001 REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July, and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030 Twelfth Street in Huntsville unless otherwise announced. MEETING NOV 17, 2001 AT THE LODGE AT 9:30 A. M. OUR PRESENTER IS MELINDA CAGLE. HER TOPIC IS "USING COURT RECORDS." HOSTS & HOSTESSES ARE JOYCE & JOHN HILLIARD & MYRA & CLIFTON COFFMAN. Board Meeting - Wednesday - Nov 14, 5:00 PM, Huntsville Public Library. If you cannot attend please call 295-5551. WALKER COUNTY PIONEER AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. IF YOU DIDN'T PAY IN MAY, Please send your dues to: Linda Parrish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverly, TX 77358 936 295-9570 OFFICERS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR 2001-2003 ARE: President: Johnnie Jo Dickenson 936 295-5551 First Vice President: Clara Malak Second Vice President: Linda Pettitt Corresponding Secretary: Jennie Chastain Recording Secretary: Dixie Bennett Treasurer: Linda Parrish Registrar: Crystal Miller Librarians: Ellie Wood and Sue Martin Historian: Margie Delbert Archivist: Mary Edwena Vick Newsletter Editor: Beth Williamson 936 295-3170 Ex Officio: Director of the Public Library, Judy Hunter NOTES FROM JOHNNIE JO The Walker County Genealogical Society is honoring "First Polish Families" with a commemorative certificate. The Waverly Emigration Society was begun in 1866, in Waverly, Walker County, Texas by twelve planters. The purpose of the society was to acquire workers to come to the area and help work the plantations. Meyer Levy, one of the planters, went to his native Poland and recruited workers to come to Texas. On April 9, 1867, forty-five families crossed the Atlantic aboard the SS City of Antwerp. They arrived in Waverly and settled this area as well as parts of Montgomery, Grimes, Robertson, Washington, Austin, and Brazos Counties. Because of this original group, so many Polish immigrants followed that New Waverly was called the "cradle of Polish immigration in this part of Texas." Descendants of these 143 persons are eligible for the certificates. Application blanks may be picked up at the Huntsville Public Library, Genealogy/Local History/Texana Room, the New Waverly City Hall, or by mailing a long self-addressed stamped envelope to WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, TX 77342-1295. A reception honoring charter members of this group is being planned for April 7, 2002 at St. Joseph Hall in New Waverly. This is the 135th Anniversary of the arrival of this group who have contributed so much to Walker County. To be a charter member, one must have completed the application and submitted with needed proofs by March 15, 2002. If one has questions, they may contact Clara Malak at 936 295-9483 or Johnnie Jo Dickenson at 936 295-5551. If you have cemetery inscriptions for Volume 2, North Walker County, please bring these to the November meeting. Deadline is January 31, 2002. We want to go to press with this book. We voted to have a special meeting on December 15 at the lodge. This will be a covered dish luncheon beginning at 10:30. Bring your favorite food. We'll have a round table discussion-- sharing our research ideas and techniques. A very special thanks to all for Sweet Feast, to those who baked, acted as hostesses, and to you who attended. It was great! NEW MEMBERS Linda Rutledge 171 Roberta Rd Huntsville TX 77320 936 295-5543 dswllr@aol.com <mailto:dswllr@aol.com> Robert R. Hardy P. O. Box 296 New Waverly TX 77358 936 344-6614 Marlene N. Allen 136 Buckner Rd New Waverly TX 77358 936 344-6614 mnallen33@hotmail.com DONATIONS TO THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The WCGS donated Early Alabama Marriage Records: Brides, Surname S in memory of Nona Fails Cook. An unknown donor gave us a book; Heritage– Nacogdoches from Prehistory to the Republic by Lucille Fain. Mary Edwena Vick gave Early Texas Death and Legal Records from Joseph Franklin ’s Diary and John Griffin’s Sexton Records, published by the Galveston County Genealogical Society in memory of Eddie Ray Stewart; and Gulf Coast Atlas (original land grants with a history of grantees and maps) in memory of James Roark. Janet Gardner donated a treasure trove of materials: 1. 36 Civil War Time magazines 2. 10 Blue and Gray magazines 3. 7 American Heritage magazines 4. American Heritage book 5. Marriage Records of Early Texas 1824-1846 6. Our heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 11 #1 7. Our Heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 12 #1 8. Our Heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 12 #2 9. The Oregon Trail Diary of Jane Gould 1862 10. Wildflowers of Texas 11. The Oregon Trail and Applegate Trail 12. Tennesse Historical Quarterly Vol XVIII #4 13. A Map of the World 14. We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard (slavery) 15. Before Freedom (slavery) 16. Anderson County Texas Marriage Records 1846-1869 17. Anderson County Texas History Index 18. Anderson County Folklore and Early History 19. Collecting Dead Relatives 20. Twixt the Brazos and the Navasot- Brazos county 21. 1860 Brazos county, Texas Census 22. Brazos County, Texas Marriages 1844-1878 23. Brazos County Census 1870 24. Leon County, Texas Census 1850 25. Navarro County, Texas Record Marriages 1846-1857 26. Limestone County, Texas Cemeteries 27. Defenders-A Confederate History of Henderson County 28. Burleson County, Texas Census 1850 29. Greenstone Frontiers quarterly Vol V #1 30. Leon County Quarterly 4 issues 31. Leon County Cemetery Records 32. 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Concho, Texas Lyndon B. Johnson Country Abrahm Lincoln Orphan Train Riders History of American People Major Butlers Legacy Grangeville Baptist Church-St. Helena Parish, La. Cemeteries of St. Helena & Tangipahoa Parish, La. 1920 Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Census Manuscript Resources on the History of New Orleans before the Civil War 1850 East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana census Diary of Elisha Andrew of St. Helena Parish Louisiana 1852-1860 The Southern Genealogist Exchange Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society Surname Index 1980 WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 20, 2001 The Walker County Genealogical Society met in regular session at the home of Dale and Marilyn Sibley, 1493 FM 1696 West, Huntsville, Tcxas, October 20, 2001, at 9:30 A. M. with President Johnnie Jo Dickenson presiding. President Dickenson called the meeting to order, welcomed all, and led the pledges to the American and Texas flags. Registrar Chris Miller introduced four visitors and reported that we had 23 members present. Minutes of the September meeting were read and were approved as written. Treasurer Linda Parrish furnished a financial statement showing a balance of $6,107.51. Librarian Sue Martin announced that the schedule of volunteers for this month was pretty well covered, but if you have some time to give to the Genealogy Room, please get in touch with her. Monitor Report was given by Linda Pettitt. Linda reported that member Janet Gardner had gifted the Genealogical Society with six boxes of genealogy material. Corresponding Secretary Jinny Chastain read various correspondence. There were no other officer or committee reports. President Dickenson announced that work is still being done on the North Walker County Cemeteries, that a deadline of January 31, 2002 has been set; that 630 Pioneer Registry certificates have now been issued. The Society was shown a Certificate to be issued for the Waverly Emigration Society Registry of Families, both direct and collateral, of the Polish emigrants who settled the Waverly Community. The Society voted to host a reception on April 7, 2002 at the St. Joseph Hall in New Waverly to honor this group. The following announcements were made: The Sweet Feast is scheduled for Oct. 28. Mark your calendar and plan to attend. Crys thanked everyone for their help when she called them. Be sure Beth has your email address-- call her for newsletter items. Verna will accept submissions for "Heritage Happenings" -- now once a month. The question was asked by Gracie Coountz: "When are we getting new shirts [that are not yellow]?" Beth Williamson, who is in charge of shirts, replied: "When we sell all the green ones [collector's items for $8.00.] First Vice President/Program Chairman Clara Malak introduced Marilyn McAdams Sibley, who presented a most interesting program on the McAdams Family. President Dickenson then expressed her thanks to all for coming, Clara and Beth for refreshments, and Marilyn and Dale for their hospitality, and there being no further business to come before the Society, the meeting was adjourned at 10:54 A. M. Dixie Bennett Recording Secretary