--part1_3d.2ff9e41.27340779_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_3d.2ff9e41.27340779_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <BETWIL@aol.com> From: BETWIL@aol.com Full-name: BETWIL Message-ID: <59.24912d2.273260a1@aol.com> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 01:16:01 EST Subject: Walker County Genealogical Soc. Nov. 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en To: undisclosed-recipients:; X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 VOLUME FOUR #9 NOVEMBER 2000 NEW SITE FOR THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WEBPAGE: www.DickensonResearch.com.wcgen.htm REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July,=20 and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030=20 Twelfth Street in Huntsville unless otherwise announced. EVENT THIS MONTH: SECOND SATURDAY MEETING AT THE FORREST MASONIC LODGE #19 A= T=20 1030 TWELFTH STREET IN HUNTSVILLE AT 9:30 AM NOVEMBER 11, 2000 Hostesses & refreshments: Nona Pebworth & Judy Kayse PROGRAM: Our annual Question and Answer Session. Be thinking about the=20 questions you would like answered. Bring your questions on index cards. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEETING AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON=20 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DUE TO TREMENDOUS INTEREST, THE DEADLINE FOR WALKER=20 COUNTY PIONEER CERTIFICATES AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATES HAS=20 BEEN EXTENDED. APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, OR YOU MAY=20 REQUEST A FORM BY WRITING TO PIONEER REGISTRY AT P O BOX 1295, HUNTSVILLE,=20 TX, 77342. =20 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10=20 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. Please send your dues to: Linda Parish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverley, TX=20 77358 936 295-9570 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY =E2=80=93 MONEY OR BOOKS, SOUNDEX, MICROFILM, YOU NAME IT. Your contributions make it possible for us to purchase additional=20 genealogical materials which may help you to research some of your ancestors= =20 in the local library. Please be generous! HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS? Please send changes of address to Beth Williamson betwil@aol.com or call her at 295-3170. A young woman at Copy Time acted as if she thought the genealogical=20 society was doing some sort of experimentation with genes! PROGRAMS FOR 2000-2001 January 20, 2001 Eleanor McIntyre =E2=80=9CCensus 2000" February 17, 2001 Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard present =E2=80=9CHumor i= n=20 Genealogy=E2=80=9D=20 March 17, 2001 Dr. Caroline Crimm =E2=80=9CTexas After 1836" April 21, 2001 Mrs. Vernon Schuder =E2=80=9CRiverside and Cincinnati=E2=80= =9D May 19, 2001 Annual Picnic at Dickenson=E2=80=99s REQUEST FOR FEBRUARY PROGRAM Those of us who do genealogy seriously often find ourselves against a blank=20 wall and suffer from acute depression. Doing genealogy is like solving a=20 giant international puzzle but it can also have its humorous side! If you=20 have a funny or intriguing story, please let Janet or Joyce put you on the=20 agenda for our February meeting on =E2=80=9CHumor in Genealogy.=E2=80=9D We= =E2=80=99d love to hear=20 your stories. Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard OUR OFFICERS FOR 1999-2001 PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOHNNIE JO DICKENSON 936 295-5551 info@DickensonResearch.com FIRST VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JANET GARDENER SECOND VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOYCE HILLIARD SECRETARY=E2=80=93 CLARA MALAK CORRESPONDING SECRETARY=E2=80=93 VERNA BANES TREASURER=E2=80=93 LINDA PARRISH REGISTRAR=E2=80=93 MARY EDWENA VICK LIBRARIANS=E2=80=93 GORDIE REAVES, ELLIE WOOD HISTORIAN=E2=80=93 BARBARA BANCROFT Walker County Genealogical Society Minutes of Meeting October 21, 2000 Call to Order The Walker County Genealogical Society met in regular session at the Forrest Masonic Lodge, 1030 12th Street, on Saturday, October 21, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. with President Johnnie Jo Dickenson presiding. The President welcomed all and led the pledges to the American and Texas flags.=20 Registrar Edwena Vick introduced visitors J. D. Dickenson (whom she thanked=20 for all he does for the Society), Bob Sieckmann, Gloria Swor, and Vera=20 Wimberly. She also introduced new member Chrys Miller. =20 Minutes Minutes for the September meeting were read and approved. Future Minutes will be included in the newsletter. Clara Malak read a Recommendation from the Executive Board (recorded in New Business). Reports Treasurer Linda Parrish distributed a financial statement showing deposits, expenditures, and a balance of $11,790.06. =20 Registrar Edwena Vick announced that we have 135 members. This update includes two who moved out of the area and new member Chrys Miller. Thirty-three=20 members were present. The library is in desperate need for volunteers, especially on Tuesday and=20 Thursday. =20 Monitor Linda Pettitt presented a financial progress poster for The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861 - 1865 announcing that $700.00 has already been=20 donated toward the $1230.00 total cost for the 16 volumes. She also reminded members to=20 fill out a donor sheet for their Adopt-a-County Internet contributions. Corresponding Secretary Verna Banes displayed a copy of Time Magazine's publication Digital which is about genealogical research on the computer. =20 The site is=20 www.timedigital.com=20 Click "Web Features" and read the article "When the past is relative." Other reports include T-shirts, sweat shirts, and note cards for sale,=20 and 618 Pioneer Registry Certificates have been processed and one more=20 received this morning to be processed. The last T-shirt was sold upon=20 announcement. Unfinished Business The north Walker County cemeteries book is in progress. A list of counties that are adopted and directions for preparing the=20 Internet extractions was distributed. Thirty-three counties in 15 states=20 have been adopted, including two additions received today. New Business The Recommendation made by the Executive Board on October 18th: The Executive Board recommends that we sponsor an annual Texas Genealogical Fair to be composed of various family research societies and organizations on Saturday, June 9, 2001, possibly at the Walker County Fairgrounds. Clara Malak moved that the recommendation be accepted, and Linda Pettitt seconded the motion. The vote was all "ayes" with no "nays." In addition to time and location, discussion included selling vendor tables for $10.00 and a concession stand. Laverne=20 Dixon discussed the Cherokee County area fair. Committees will be named and work will begin immediately for the First Annual Texas Genealogy and=20 Family Research Fair. From: The Montgomery County=20 Genealogical Society Page www. cyndislist.com - links to excellent sources www.usgenweb.com - listing by state, county - some have great information www.ancestry.com - some free material, some by membership - now has census images on-line www.glorecords.blm.gov - land records www.tsha.utexas.edu Handbook of Texas www.amazon.com - great book store that saves you money www.genealogybulletin.com - publication with lots of hints Program Barbara Franz, genealogical librarian for Montgomery County Library presented the program on Louisiana research. Adjournment Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:30. The next regular meeting will be November 11th, the second Saturday= . Clara Malak, Recording Secretary DONATIONS TO THE GENEALOGY LIBRARY In memory of Mr. Albert Hall, Mary Edwena Vick donated The 1820 Census of th= e=20 Territory of Arkansas by James Logan Morgan. In memory of Johnnie Jackson, Mary Edwena Vick donated the Index to Arkansas= =20 Pension Applications. Clara Malak made a cash contribution to be used as needed. Bill Hill donated An Account of Marriages Solemnized by Tolaver Robert Sloan, made a cash donation for book binding, donated Upper South Caroline Genealogy and=20 History, Volumes IX-XII, The Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly Volumes=20 1-2, and Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, Volumes III-IV. Mary L. Owen donated Louisiana St. Helena Parish 1850 Census and Louisiana=20 St. Helena Parish 1830 Census, both by D. W. Johnson. In memory of Captain William Owen Clegg, Joyce C. Robinson paid for the=20 purchase of one volume of The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. In honor of Barbara Franz, The Walker County Genealogical Society gave The=20 Register of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society Volume XLVII= I. Irmadene Cauthen made a cash contribution toward the purchase of The Roster=20 of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865.=20 Sue Martin donated The Townsend Newsletter. In honor of Elmore, Lewis, and Hill, Ed Pfeil donated Alabama and Mississipp= i=20 Connections: Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families Who Settled on= =20 Both Sides of the Tombigbee by Judy Jackson, and An Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish Origin by Robert C.= =20 West, a cash donation, and 2 boxes of periodicals. In honor of W. W. Shepperd, Kameron K. Searle donated The History of=20 Montgomery County by Robin Montgomery. In memory of James Potter Collins, Jerry McMillian gave Autobiography of a=20 Revolutionary Soldier by James Potter Collins. J. M. Pollard donated The Civil War Reader by Richard Harwell, and made a=20 cash contribution toward the purchase of The Roster of Confederate Soldiers=20 1861-1865. In honor of Johnnie Jo Dickenson, Phyllis R. Nichols donated "The Civil War CD ROM". David Lehr made a cash contribution to be used as needed. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE IN CHARGE OF COFFEE AND SNACKS=20 AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS: 2000 NOVEMBER: NONA PEBWORTH & JUDY KAYSE 2001 JANUARY: SUE SMITH AND CLARA MALAK FEBRUARY: BETH WILLIAMSON AND SANDY ROGERS MARCH: GRACIE COUNTZ AND SUE HARDY APRIL: NONE [WE MEET AWAY] MAY: NONE [PICNIC] SWEATSHIRTS Walker County Genealogical Society sweatshirts are now available for $20. =20 They are royal blue with white lettering. Get yours at the November meeting= ! WEIRD AND WONDERFUL! I found a new cousin on the Internet, a descendant of the sister of my=20 2nd great grand father Matthew Wilkins. On closer comparison of our=20 lineages, she is also a descendant of the sister of my 3rd great grandfather= =20 James Moore! I had been quite successful in hunting down the Moores, but had thought=20 Matthew must be an orphan. It turns out he is one of 12 children of John=20 Wilkins and his wife who is probably Mary Love. Two older brothers of=20 Matthew's had come down to Texas before 1844. When John Wilkins died in=20 October 1844, his widow and 9 of her children came to Texas and settled=20 first in the Mercer Colony just south of Dallas. =20 BW NEW MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY: Crys Miller 690 FM 247 Huntsville, TX 77320 295-4242 THANKS! Thanks to Gordie Reaves and all the rest of you who assisted in the Sweet=20 Feast for Friends of the Huntsville Public Library. "It was a sweet success.= " WHY WE CHANGED OUR MEETING DATE: Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical Society's Fall Seminar is bein= g=20 held on November 18, 2000 at The Lone Star Convention Center, Bluebonnet Room, 9055 Airport Rd [FM 1484]=20 Conroe, Texas. Speaker is George K. Schweitzer; his topics are Migration Routes and Settlement Patterns & Georgia Research. Time is 8:30=20 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Cost at the door, including lunch, is $35. Many of our Walker=20 County Genealogical Society members expressed a desire to go, and we will=20 have a table to display our publications. If you go, please wear either you= r=20 yellow T-shirt or your blue sweatshirt with our society logo. OUR PUBLICATIONS GET STATE RECOGNITION! Johnnie Jo announced that the Texas State Genealogical Society had informed=20 us that Walker County Black Cemeteries received an honorable mention award,= =20 and South Walker County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 received "an award" to be=20 presented at the annual banquet on November 11th. Would you like to voluntee= r=20 to go to the state convention and collect these awards? Please call Johnnie= =20 Jo! =20 THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE IN CHARGE OF COFFEE AND SNACKS=20 AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS: 2000 NOVEMBER: NONA PEBWORTH & JUDY KAYSE 2001 JANUARY: SUE SMITH AND CLARA MALAK FEBRUARY: BETH WILLIAMSON AND SANDY ROGERS MARCH: GRACIE COUNTZ AND SUE HARDY APRIL: NONE [WE MEET AWAY] MAY: NONE [PICNIC] SWEATSHIRTS Walker County Genealogical Society sweatshirts are now available for $20. =20 They are royal blue with white lettering. Get yours at the November meeting= ! WEIRD AND WONDERFUL! I found a new cousin on the Internet, a descendant of the sister of my=20 2nd great grand father Matthew Wilkins. On closer comparison of our=20 lineages, she is also a descendant of the sister of my 3rd great grandfather= =20 James Moore! I had been quite successful in hunting down the Moores, but had thought=20 Matthew must be an orphan. It turns out he is one of 12 children of John=20 Wilkins and his wife who is probably Mary Love. Two older brothers of=20 Matthew's had come down to Texas before 1844. When John Wilkins died in=20 October 1844, his widow and 9 of her children came to Texas and settled=20 first in the Mercer Colony just south of Dallas. =20 BW WATCH FOR NEW FEDERAL FORM 86 Verna Banes says a new federal form for making genealogical inquiries, form=20 86, is not yet ready for public use, but should be ready soon. It replaces=20 several different forms which used to be required. CHALLENGE: How many generations back can you illustrate with photographs or paintings o= f=20 ancestors? I can go back to a second great grandfather in my Tenney line and= =20 to a second great grandmother in my Carver line. A poster of this kind woul= d=20 be wonderful to show to young children in the family to help them develop an= =20 interest in their ancestors. I don't have a picture of Isaphronia Carver's father, but I did find one= =20 of her uncle, Moses Carver, who lived in Newton County, Missouri. He really hated slavery, but had no children to work on his farmso he=20 bought a young slave woman.. She had children with a slave on a neighboring=20 farm. =20 Her son George was born right at the end of the Civil War. He and his mother were kidnapped by southern sympathizers and taken into=20 Arkansas to be sold. =20 Moses had paid $700 for Mary, so she and her child were quite valuable. Moses hired a Union scout t= o=20 go into Arkansas and bring back Mary and her baby. He returned with baby=20 George but no trace of Mary was ever found. =20 Moses and his wife Susan reared George and his brother Jim who called=20 their foster parents Uncle Moses and Aunt Susan. George was recognized at a= n=20 early age to be a genius with plants and Moses and Susan did everything they= =20 could to help him get an education. He grew up to be an outstanding scientist and educator, George Washingto= n=20 Carver. =20 The only document he had to prove the existence of his mother was the bill o= f=20 sale that Moses Carver gave him. BW LAST BUT NOT LEAST: At our October meeting, we voted to begin work on a new project for June=20 2001. On June 9, we will hold the first annual Texas Genealogical and Family History Fair at the Walker County Fairgrounds.= =20 We will invited folks from all over the state, from genealogical societies=20 and historical societies. There will be display tables. Please volunteer t= o=20 help with this exciting project. If you were not at the meeting, you may=20 already be on a committee! =20 --part1_3d.2ff9e41.27340779_boundary--