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Come toast Texas' Independence by celebrating with the Historical Society. For the month of March, we are hosting a variety of events and lectures. Last week we celebrated Texas Flag and Independence Day by hosting a come-and-go style celebration at the Museum. Several hundred visitors got an opportunity to see the renovations and new displays at the Museum & Genealogy Research Library while enjoying refreshements served by the Society's volunteers. Our next Lecture Series 2001 event is March 22 starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum. Dr. Archie McDonald from SFASU will be speaking on, what else, but Texas Independence! Hope you can make it. Program and Publicity Committee -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

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George was bn Feb 20, 1841. I think he was from Al, but apparently his folks had came to La, before coming to Natcogdoches County Tx. He joined the Confederate Army there in Nat. county in Feb 1865. He served then in 1871 he married Malissa McCoy from San Augustine county. I feel his family was there in Natcogdoches county and I have tried to find a 1860 and 1870 census but have not been able to do so. Do any of you know where I can see these census, or could someone do a lookup for me. He stated when he joined the Army he was from La. I have found some Carletons in La. One family said that some of the sons had gone to East Texas abt 1860. The three brothers who came to East Tx were Columbus, Henry Harrison and Joseph Carleton. I would very much appreciate any help with this. Thanks Richard Sharp

LECTURE SERIES 2001 Do you wonder where the money goes from all of those lottery tickets sold? Do you know of the programs benefiting from the lottery? Well, if you answer no to either or both, plan on attending the next meeting of the Shelby County Historical Society Thursday, February 22, 2001 6:00 pm Museum Building Refreshments served following the meeting -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

Shelby County Historical Society News Update! * Progress is being made on the locating of lost cemeteries of Shelby County. This weekend volunteers located, photographed and inventoried three lost cemeteries. Ray Jackson with ROOTSWEB will be placing them on their site in the near future. Through guidance and information from the Texas Historical Commission in Austin, we are making great gains in this field. * By the end of the month, the GPS/GIS inventory system should be up and running at the Society. Trimble Navigation will be assisting in the final layout and startup so all cemeteries in Shelby County may be permanently located. A special thanks to Dr. Jere Jackson and the Center for East Texas Studies for helping make this possible. * Preceptor Upsilon Sorority made a generous donation to the Capital Campaign 2001. Through their donation we are presently at 21% of our goal of $19,500. Our first item on our campaign list can be marked off - a new copier! It was purchased last month with funds raised thus far. Thanks to everyone who has helped thus far in our fundraising efforts. Item #2 is a new roof for the Museum building. * Volunteers are continuously receiving items to add to the Society's museum collection. Books, family histories, photographs, clothing, mementos, and much, much more. If you have a treasured family item that you would like to share and preserve for future generations to enjoy, please contact Chris Mahan at the museum. * March 3rd will mark the evaluation and review of the Society's Policy & Procedures' Manual. Through a special grant from the American Associations of Libraries and Museum a MAP I grant was received in 1999. The final step is the review process. Thanks to all of the volunteers for their extra dedication and hard work. * New exhibit under construction: "A Look Into a Turn of the Century Classroom" Contact Reba James, Ray Jackson, Chris Mahan or Debbie Askew on a list of items still needed to complete the exhibition. * NEXT MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 22ND. Mr. Keith Elkins, Texas Lottery Commission - 6:00 pm - Shelby County Museum 230 Pecan Street, Center, TX Call for information 936/598-3613 -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelby County Historical Society" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: New Family History > Recently Donated by Patsy Maxey of Zwolle, LA > "Autobiography of JOHN B. RUSHING, Appleby, Texas April 21, 1930" > > References to > Shelby and Nacogdoches counties, Texas > Anson County, North Carolina > > > -- > Shelby County Historical Society > Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library > Post Office Box 1542 > 230 Pecan Street > Center, Texas 75935-1542 > > tel:936/598-3613 > fax: 936/591-0959 > [email protected] > www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs > > Monday - Friday > 1:00 - 4:00 > Saturdays > 10:00 - 2:00 > After hours by appointment > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090B10320596812FD0E4AE84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just received the quoted email from your organization and I was amazed at the information that the Rushing Autobiograph has been donated by Patsy Maxey of Zwolle,La. What prompted me to send you this email is the story behind how a lot of folks came to be in possession of that autobiography. About 40 years ago, my Mother handed me several pages of legal sized paper and told me to keep them. She told me that she had gone to a reunion of the Rushing family and that the attendees had been given a copy and the one she handed me was her copy. My Mom and Dad were both born and reared in Shelby and Panola counties and were friends of the Rushing family. The reason she gave the papers to me was because I was the only one of 8 children that was interested in family history. Now skip forward to the year 2000. I had many times thought of throwing out that autobiography since I had no way of knowing who might be interested in it or where they might be, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. After I found the Shelby County Historical Society on the internet, I saw a query about a Rushing surname and this triggered a thought in me....why don't I scan that autobiography, run it through my OCR program and send it to this person? I did just that and it then triggered requests from a number of other people for a copy ( I suppose that some thought that I had copyrighted it and so referred others to me instead of just forwarding it). Everyone who read it saw something of great interest in J.B.'s description of life in the 1800s and the migration routes to Texas. Somehow I never thought of sending you a copy but I am glad that Patsy Maxey did so. It makes me feel good that the papers I had so often thought of throwing away finally been of use and interest to some others. I live in Fort Worth and retired from General Dynamics in 1992 after 36 years of employment there. I used to spend some summers in Joaquin as a child. I had many relatives there. I went to a Walker cousin's reunion in Center last October. There are still seven of us left, the oldest is 94 I think. Thanks for your time, Lannie G. Walker,Sr. [email protected] P.S. I have created a CD (I was a computer engineer in my working days) of my family; sort of "web site on a CD". Of course it will never be absolutely complete, but it now contains a lot of my papers,etc. My plan was to create a "page" (an HTML file) for each individual who lived long enough to contain something more than just date of birth and death. I tried to start from my immediate family and work upward and outward. I have also just "dumped" a lot of miscellaneous documents, letters, etc. onto the CD that one would never see by just navigating the hypertext (hot) links, so one would have to do some navigating the CD by using Windows Explorer or some other "File Manager" type program; opening files and viewing the contents for things that might be of interest to anyone. I also ,anged to obtain voice clips of all of my immediate family except one brother who died before I could record him. I obtained my Mother and Father's clips in 1955 and two sisters in 1957. The rest I made in 1999. The CD is an "AutoPlay" type; just place it in the cd drive tray and close it and from ther it is all mouse clicks to navigate. I am not attempting to force one upon you but if you think that there may be something of interest to anyone on it, I would send you a copy, no expense to the society. Gee whizm the P.S. is getting longer than the message body, so that's it. Shelby County Historical Society wrote: > > Recently Donated by Patsy Maxey of Zwolle, LA > "Autobiography of JOHN B. RUSHING, Appleby, Texas April 21, 1930" > > References to > Shelby and Nacogdoches counties, Texas > Anson County, North Carolina > > -- > Shelby County Historical Society > Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library --------------090B10320596812FD0E4AE84 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1-pr.rcsntx.swbell.net) by sims2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <[email protected]>; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:00:15 -0600 (CST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.32]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <[email protected]>; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:57:50 -0600 (CST) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f0RHwmr15888; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:58:48 -0800 Resent-date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:58:48 -0800 Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:15:22 -0600 Resent-from: [email protected] From: Shelby County Historical Society <[email protected]> Subject: New Family History Resent-sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] Resent-message-id: <[email protected]> Message-id: <[email protected]> Organization: Shelby County Museum MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Precedence: list X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sat Jan 27 09:58:47 2001 Old-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/7 X-Loop: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Recently Donated by Patsy Maxey of Zwolle, LA "Autobiography of JOHN B. RUSHING, Appleby, Texas April 21, 1930" References to Shelby and Nacogdoches counties, Texas Anson County, North Carolina -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog --------------090B10320596812FD0E4AE84--

This is my line of Rushing. My mother was Ida Cumi Brown m William Harrison Matney. Elijah W. Rushing and Sarah Jane Reeder m Feb. 14, 1857 in Cherokee County, TX. Elijah W. Rushing was born 1835 in Lamar Co., TX, and died 1883 in Lamar Co., TX. I don't know for sure but I think all the Rushing children listed here were born in Lamar Co., TX. I think Elijah and Sarah Jane went to Cherokee Co., TX to get married because there were relatives down there. Does anyone have any info on any of these? Nita Direct Descendants of Elijah W. Rushing 1 Elijah W. Rushing .. +Sarah Jane Reeder ................................ 2 Amanda Caroline Rushing ................................ 2 Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Rushing ................................ 2 Lou R. Rushing ................................ 2 Sara Margaret (Maggie) Rushing ................................ 2 Martha A. (Mattie) Rushing ................................ 2 John William Rushing ................................ 2 Dora Ellen (Dorie) Rushing ................................ 2 E? A? Rushing ................................ 2 Milia Angeline Rushing .................................... +Lewis Joseph (Joe) Brown ................................................................... 3 Thela Pearl Brown ................................................................... 3 Gracie Myrtle Brown ................................................................... 3 Clarence Lee Brown ................................................................... 3 Raymond Fieldon Brown ................................................................... 3 Ida Cumi Brown ................................................................... 3 Bertie Marie Brown ................................ 2 Nancy Jane Rushing ................................ 2 William Henry Rushing

Recently Donated by Patsy Maxey of Zwolle, LA "Autobiography of JOHN B. RUSHING, Appleby, Texas April 21, 1930" References to Shelby and Nacogdoches counties, Texas Anson County, North Carolina -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

Sorry it took me so long to reply...been really busy... Anyway, I don't recognize the name John Tarpley Holland, but that doesn't mean he's not related. I've been researching the Holland name for about three years now, and much to my distress I haven't been able to get any further back that my gg-grandfather William T. Holland. William T. was from Georgia and died in Tyler County, Texas in 1866. His son Mitchel G. Holland was the one to move the Etoile area. William had three other sons, Council O. born in Dec 1861, who settled in Shelby Co, and eventually moved to Nacogdoches Co with his son (also named) Mitchel, Benjamin who I believe may have died because he disappeared after the 1870 Tyler County census, and William T. jr who remained in Tyler County. Mitchel G. had fifteen children (which seemed to be the norm in the Holland family). The boys were: Willie, Wiley, RD, John Taylor (my grandfather), Oliver, and Kelly- It is a possibility, I suppose that John Tarpley belonged to any of those children (except John Taylor), but I haven't found him. I do know that across from the Sam Rayburn River there is a road there with a cemetery at the end of it, I believe it is named Holland something or other. My grandmother says that those Hollands are not related to us, but I am not so sure... As a matter of fact, I have some of those grave inscriptions that I haven't been able to make a connection to: Texas Oates Holland Dec 7, 1858-Feb 2, 1931 Sav (?) Holland Sept 1884-Nov 1917 Joe Bailey Holland Texas Pvt Infantry World War II August 20, 1920-July 29, 1958 Are you connected to any of these? Looking forward to your reply... Michelle Holland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughn Ballard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Little Flock School > Michelleh wrote: > > > I don't recognize any of those names, but my family is from that area. The > > HOLLAND, BURNAMAN, and LAYTON families are from that area. Most lived close > > to, or around Etoile, Texas. > > Holland~Layton~Burnaman Page > > Michelle Holland, > > My great grandfather, William M. Ballard, came to Texas from Claiborne Parish, > LA about 1890. He apparently bought land along the Angelina river and Carrizo > Bayou. He sold the land in 1898. In 1900 Angelina Co. census, William, his wife, > Elizabeth Boozer, and their to youngest sons, William M. and Houston Ballard, > were listed listed in the HH of Marion Courtney. Their daughter Sally Ballard > Courtney, her husband Robert and two son were also listed. > > The younger Wm. M. (1857-1904) married Molly Slay. They had one child, Willie > Ballard b. 1904, d. 1978. Willie married John Tarpley Holland in 1931. They > lived in Hunnington, across the river from Etoile. My grandfather Houston took > me to visit Willie when I was 8-10. > > I didn't see a BALLARD on your surname list, but does the John Tarpley fit in > your HOLLANDs? > > Vaughn > >

After reading "Harrah for Texas", my g-g-g-grandfather's diaries, I have some questions I'm hoping someone in Nacogdoches may have answers to. In the diaries he mentions a brother Isaac & also an Emmanuel I believe. I have been unable to uncover any more information about them. He also mentions "my adopted sister" Nancy Stevens of New Orleans. I can't find any information about her either. Thanks! Judy Jordan

Hi All, These are the Armstrongs I am currently looking for: 1. James H. ARMSTRONG b. April 6, 1764 Camden, Sumpter District, S.C. d. unknown m. unknown 2. James H. ARMSTRONG II b. 1817 Abbeville District, S.C m. Jane E. HOWIE 1836 Dallas County, Alabama d. March 1868 Nacogdoches County. Texas. 3. Samuel Wesley ARMSTRONG b. Sept. 10, 1838 Dallas County Alabama d. December 12, 1917 Eastland County, Texas m. Mary Elizabeth ALVIS September 12, 1860 Nacogdoches County, Texas. 4. James W. ARMSTRONG b. July 12,1861 d. 1863 Nacogdoches County, Texas. 4. Samuel Wesley ARMSTRONG II, b. Jan. 19, 1863 4. John Munroe ARMSTRONG b. Feb. 12, 1867 in East Texas d. March 6,1966 m. Elizabeth Farrah MILLS May 6, 1894 in Hopkins County, Texas. 5. Beulah Ethel ARMSTRONG B. July 17, 1895 Texas m. Charles F.CULVER 5. Myrtle Margaret ARMSTRONG b. April 18, 1897 Texas m. Alvin Coyle HYATT 5. Bertha Mae ARMSTRONG b. January 28, 1900 Indian Territory, Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma m. Vernie Robert OLIPHINT 5. Ernest Edward ARMSTRONG b. May 16, 1902 m. Nora Pearl WESTMORELAND 5. Cora Estelle ARMSTRONG b . March 22, 1904 Oklahoma m. Claude EDMOND 5. Dorothy Kathryn ARMSTRONG b. August 29, 1906 m. 1st to Walker BRUMLEY and 2nd to M. K. KNIGHT 5. Naomi E. ARMSTRONG b. March 2, 1910 m. 1st to William L. WALKER and 2nd to Austin F. CLARK 5. Harvey Samuel ARMSTRONG b. Sept. 15, 1914 m. Angia Lee BOREN 4. Mary I. ARMSTRONG b. October 15, 1869 4. Thomas N. ARMSTRONG b. March 22, 1872 4. George. H. ARMSTRONG b. April 20, 1874 4. Elizabeth Ann ARMSTRONG b. July 12, 1876 4. Margaret C. ARMSTRONG b. March 2, 1879 4. Jessie Raymond ARMSTRONG b. October 6, 1881 4. Mary E. ARMSTRONG b. March 6, 1866 3. Marques ARMSTRONG b, 1843 Texas 3. Frances C. ARMSTRONG b. 1845 Texas 3. David M. ARMSTRONG b. 1848 Texas 3. Robert E. ARMSTRONG b. 1851 Texas 3. Fanny M. ARMSTRONG b. 1853 Texas 3. Harvey W. ARMSTRONG b. 1855 Texas 3. Elizabeth J. ARMSTRONG b. 1857 Texas 3. John N. ARMSTRONG b. 1859 Texas These are most of them. Juanetta

A few days ago I spoke of some old photos that were identified as DAWSONs. I was trying to find why they were in my grandmother's trunk. I've had several responses and have done a lot of research on my own. The following is a tree of this family. There is an "*" by those that are in the photos. I did find a connection to my WHITE line but I don't think my grandmother knew of them. Perhaps this list will help someone. Vaughn Prepared by: Luther LeVaughn Ballard 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jonathon Dawson +-Frances Rouse : Joseph Dawson : +- Gibson : . Ezekiel Dawson (1790-dec.) : . +-Hannah McFadden : . . Gibson Dawson (1811-1882) : . . +-Jane McCormack (1815-1902) : . . . Mary Amana Dawson (1834-dec.) : . . . +-Augustus Rogers : . . . Sarah Ann Dawson (1836-dec.) : . . . +-John M. Lyles : . . . James Monroe Dawson (1839-dec.) : . . . +-Narcissa Angelina Lee (1848-1924) : . . . . Charles A. Dawson (1868-dec.) : . . . . +-Evie Arnold : . . . . Valeta Dawson (1869-dec.) : . . . . +-J. Henry Satterwhite : . . . . : Lola Mae Satterwhite : . . . . : Willard Satterwhite : . . . . : Neal Satterwhite : . . . . : Ben Satterwhite : . . . . : Pearl Satterwhite : . . . . : Ollie B. Satterwhite : . . . . Ada Dawson (1871-dec.) : . . . . +-Joseph Allen Birdwell : . . . . James Benjamin Dawson (1874-dec.) : . . . . Thomas Henry (Dink) Dawson (1876-1949) : . . . . +-Ida I. Collier (1879-1971) : . . . . : Lorene Dawson : . . . . : Alfred Buren Dawson : . . . . : Johnnie Byron Dawson * : . . . . : Rebecca Dawson * : . . . . : Angie Elwina Dawson * : . . . . : Lucile Dawson : . . . . : Sue Dawson * : . . . . : Rachel Dawson * : . . . . : +-Ralph D. Self (1914- ) : . . . . : James Thomas (Jake) Dawson (1917-1985)* : . . . . : +-Lester Barns (?-2000) : . . . . : . James Thomas Dawson Jr. : . . . . : . Susan Elizabeth Dawson : . . . . : . David Lynn Dawson : . . . . : . Catheryn Dawson : . . . . : . Robert Martin Dawson : . . . . : Dewel Ben Dawson : . . . . : +-Sarah Jeannine Neill (1929-dec.) : . . . . Lela Dawson (1878-dec.) : . . . . +-Buford Todd : . . . . Lula Dawson (1880-dec.) : . . . . +-Robert Tillman Neal : . . . . Walter Gibson (Jack) Dawson (1882-1956) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 : . . . . Kate Dawson (1884-dec.) : . . . . +-Davis Eugene Paine : . . . . daughter Dawson (1886-dec.) : . . . . Ollie Pearl Dawson (1888-dec.) : . . . . +-Joseph Fleming Smith : . . . . Willie Otto Dawson (1891-1966) : . . . . +-Jessie Mae Heath : . . . . : Hazel Inez Dawson : . . . . : James Willie Dawson : . . . . : Joe Heath Dawson : . . . . : Mary Angie (Ann) Dawson : . . . . Byron Deal Dawson (1894-dec.) : . . . . +-Bernice Aileen Brantley : . . . Martha E. Dawson : . . . +-William M. Lyles : . . . Harriet O. Dawson (1845-dec.) : . . . +-Abner Acrey : . . . David M. Dawson (1850-dec.) : . . . Milton D. Dawson (1858-dec.) : . . Missouri Dawson (1813-dec.) : . . +- O'Daniel : . . Mary Dawson (1813-dec.) : . . +- Taylor : . . Lemuel C. Dawson (1817-dec.) : . . James J. Dawson (1819-dec.) : . . +-Julia Hyde : . . +-Carrie Phillips : . . Elizabeth Dawson (1820-1856) : . . +-Lorenzo Dow Vawter (1812-1897) : . . . John R. Vawter (1839-1862) : . . . William James Vawter (1841-1916) : . . . Thomas Henry Vawter (1844-1862) : . . . Asa Monroe Vawter (1845-1875) : . . . Louisa Jane Vawter (1849-1872) : . . . Juliann Vawter (1851-1887) : . . . Robert Newton Vawter (1854-1937) : . . Ezekiel Dawson Jr. (1822-1866) : . . +-Matilda Loma Hargrove (1825-1859) : . . Mahala Dawson (1825-1859) : . . +-Clem Marcus Mitchell : . . Louisa Dawson (1827-dec.) : . . +-Oscar A. Evans : . . Reuben T. Dawson (1829-dec.) : . . William Dawson (1832-1914) : . . +-Phoebe Tee Sawyer (1832-1921) : . . Thomas L. Dawson (1834-dec.) : . . +-Martha Hyde * I have photos.

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Just in time for Valentine's Day XI ALPHA DELTA RHO CHAPTER OF BETA SIGMA PHI Fundraiser to benefit the Shelby County Museum Romantic Weekend for Two Old Mulberry Inn Bed & Breakfast Jefferson, Texas Weekend includes one-night accommodations for two Complete with Celebration Package & Gourmet Breakfast $5 per donation Drawing February 3rd, 2001 Send Check, money order to Make checks out to Xi Alpha Delta Rho SCHS ATTN: Romantic Give-A-Way PO Box 1542 Center, TX 75935 -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

Michelleh Interested in the Molly Slay listed below. Thought we had all the early Slay family in Texas & La. Is there another name? Tommy Slay [email protected] At 08:52 AM 01/13/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Michelleh wrote: > > > I don't recognize any of those names, but my family is from that area. The > > HOLLAND, BURNAMAN, and LAYTON families are from that area. Most lived > close > > to, or around Etoile, Texas. > > Holland+AH4-Layton+AH4-Burnaman Page > >Michelle Holland, > >My great grandfather, William M. Ballard, came to Texas from Claiborne Parish, >LA about 1890. He apparently bought land along the Angelina river and Carrizo >Bayou. He sold the land in 1898. In 1900 Angelina Co. census, William, his >wife, >Elizabeth Boozer, and their to youngest sons, William M. and Houston Ballard, >were listed listed in the HH of Marion Courtney. Their daughter Sally Ballard >Courtney, her husband Robert and two son were also listed. > >The younger Wm. M. (1857-1904) married Molly Slay. They had one child, Willie >Ballard b. 1904, d. 1978. Willie married John Tarpley Holland in 1931. They >lived in Hunnington, across the river from Etoile. My grandfather Houston took >me to visit Willie when I was 8-10. > > I didn't see a BALLARD on your surname list, but does the John Tarpley > fit in >your HOLLANDs? > >Vaughn