This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weatherly-Parmley-Campbell-Burk-Watkins and others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/970 Message Board Post: I am helping a cousin that does not have internet, anyone that has Weatherly information be happy to exchange information, please contect me: Jesse Weatherly 1829 FM 698 Nacogdoches, Texas 75964-4394 phone 936 569-8546

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/331.337.338.339.1 Message Board Post: I am helping a cousin that does not have internet, would like to contact anyone that is working on the PARMLEYor other speellings of this name. Jesse Weatherly 1829 FM 698 Nacogdoches, Texas 75964-4394 phone 936 569-8546 or contact me at 1906dm@sbcglobal.net David Muckleroy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/28.45.101.106.1 Message Board Post: "Yallow Bank Creek" feeds lake Nacogdoches on the west side of Nacogdoches. It crosses or forks from a larger creek close to State Highway 21, west of Nacogdoches. "Antonio Road" is most likely State Highway 21 West, the road to San Antonio. Billy Worsham

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/920.1 Message Board Post: I have much on this family, this is one of my grandparents lines. David Muckleroy 936 - 559-9796

> > What stores were open in Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas about > 1880-1900? > > > > I was informed awhile back that my ancestor Norris D. Ray Sr. owned a > store in Garrison. > I never knew that. On one census he is reported a printer and another > census reports him a > painter. There's just one letter difference between those two > occupations. Could be a > transcription error? > > > > Thank you, > > Priscilla > > > > > This is some of my KIN Gail hitchy@texoma.net > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/

> What stores were open in Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas about 1880-1900? > > I was informed awhile back that my ancestor Norris D. Ray Sr. owned a store in Garrison. I never knew that. On one census he is reported a printer and another census reports him a painter. There's just one letter difference between those two occupations. Could be a transcription error? > > Thank you, > Priscilla > > This is some of my KIN Gail hitchy@texoma.net > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/28.45.101.106 Message Board Post: I found a land transaction in the Nacogdoches County deed records that involved William J. Davis. On 5 Jan 1869 William purchased a property from the estate of Hezekiah Johnson at a court ordered auction. The property is described by metes and bounds and it's not clear to me exactly where it was or how many acres, except that it was near "Yallow Bank creek", "Antonio Road", and "Hez. Johnson House". The deed is in Nacogdoches County Deed Book R, page 481. William's oldest daughter Eliza Frances married first Hezekiah K. Johnson, and second Charles R. Judkins. I took a closer look at the tax summary I mentioned in an earlier posting. I see Sarah continued paying taxes on about 150 acres (it varied) of land in the same area. The last payment I see is for 1898. Beginning in 1899 and through 1902 J. M. Baker (son in law) paid taxes for about 150 acres of land (again, it varied).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/92.2 Message Board Post: More information from my research trip to the ETRC. From the Redland Herald, 7 Apr 1927, page 3: FLAT WOODS .. On Tuesday of last week we visited at the home of Mrs. Lee Baker and there met several other ladies and spent a most delightful afternoon. While at Mrs. Baker's we learned of the serious illness of Mr. Lafayette Woodland now of Flat Woods, but formerly a Nacogdoches county sheriff. .. Since our letter was written we learned of the death of grandfather Baker, father of Mr. Lee Baker of this community, which occurred on last Saturday. He was buried at the Friendship cemetery Sunday afternoon. Mr. Baker's death was not unexpected as he was getting old and had been sick for some time. He leaves an aged wife who also is very feeble and several children and grand children and great-grandchildren. The family has our sincere sympathy. From the same issue, page 8: DOUGLASS .. On Sunday we were again made sad on learning of the death of Grandpa Baker who lived above Nat. His daughter, Mrs. Liza Rector and several other relatives reside here. We sympathize with them all in the loss of their dear loved ones. ..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/92.1 Message Board Post: From the Daily Sentinel, 1 Nov 1944: AGED CITIZEN OF DOUGLASS SECTION BURIED TUESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Baker, of Douglass, were held Tuesday afternoon, October 31, at Friendship cemetery near Cushing, at 3 o'clock, with Rev. A. T. Garrard, pastor of Old North Church, officiating. Mrs. Baker was born at Douglass on March 13th, 1852, and was 92 years, 7 months, 17 days of age at the time of her death. She was reared and educated at Douglass, and was married to Jesse Matterson Baker, on August 4th, 1870. He proceeded her in death some several years. Mrs. Baker was the daughter of William J. Davis, and Sarah Ann Mayfield Davis, a pioneer couple of the Douglass community. She is survived by: One daughter, Mrs. E. J. Rector, Douglass; and three sons, W. H. Baker, Cushing; J. B. Baker, Douglass, Lee Baker, Cushing, and two brothers, George Davis, Davis, Okla., Jim Davis, Nacogdoches, Texas. Mrs. Baker's grandsons acted as pallbearers at the funeral services. She was a lifelong member of the Christian church. All funeral arrangements were under the direction of Cason, Monk & co., Funeral Home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIS, MAYFIELD, BAKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/28.45.101.105 Message Board Post: I'm on a research trip at the East Texas Research Center and I have a little updated information on William and Sarah. It appears to be true that William J. Davis served in the Civil War in Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Texas State Troops. Some of us were concerned that at age 45 he would have been too old to serve. However, the librarian found the muster roll and the entire unit is composed of people mostly in their 40's. The Texas State Troops may have been something like a reserve unit. I am identifying the W. J. Davis on the muster roll as our William J. Davis by his age, given as 45 on the roll dated 16 Mar 1864. This is very consistent with his age as given on censuses. The additional information given on the muster roll is as follows. W. J. Davis, Private, age 45, joined 15 Jul 1863 in Nacogdoches County, enrolled by Brig. Genl. F. B. Sublett, enrolled for six months, no value assigned to horses, equipment or arms provided by himself, "continued in service six months longer by the Governor of the State". The other names on the muster roll for that unit are as follows. Captain S. M. Hyde, 1st Lt. Tom A. Garrett, 2nd Lt. N. B. Branch, 2nd Lt. Philip D. Sanders, 1st Sgt. W. A. Winnord, 2nd Sgt. Eliel Rowe, 3rd Sgt. S. N. Bullock, 4th Sgt. J. T. Childers, 5th Sgt. V. J. Simpson, 1st Cpl. Wm. Anderson, 2nd Cpl. W. B. Campbell, 3rd Cpl. Thos. Hubbard, 4th Cpl. Samuel Hayter. Privates: James Briley, T. L. Blakey, John Byron, J. W. Burke, E. B. Campbell, Louis Chirino, W. H. Crawford, W. R. Cone, W. J. Davis, David Denny, W. R. Donohoo, W. H. Durrett, Matt Finch, A. L. Hudiburgh, D. Jackson, Wm. Lamb, Antonio Lafleur, G. B. Lofton, J. T. Lindsay, Robt. McMullens, W. O. McKey, W. L. Massey, A. B. Patton, Xavier W. Presler, Ansel Red, A. W. Rogers, Isaac Rogers, A. N. Self, J. R. Stark, A. Stinson, Santiago Toscano, J. T. Vondersmith, W. H. Weaver, S. Watson, Sanford T. Wilson, H. H. White, Thomas L. C. Wade. The indexer noted that J. B. Johnson, J. R. McKnight, Jesse Wallace and James H. Wallace were originally on the roll but were crossed out because they changed to Eubank's Company. (Sorry, but I didn't copy the detailed information for any of the other individuals on the muster roll except for W. J. Davis, so I can't answer questions about them.) Regarding the date of William J. Davis' death, the best information I have found is a tax roll summary from the Blake Collection at the ETRC. For pieces of land in the Jefferson Wilson Survey, the summary indicates that the following tax assessments were made: 1853-1856 "W. I. Davis" and "William I. Davis", 100 acres 1864-1865 "W. J. Davis", 150 acres 1877-1885 "W. J. Davis", 200 acres 1886 "Wm. J. Davis", 200 acres 1887-1889 "Mrs. Sarah Davis", 200 acres 1890 "Mrs. Sarah A. Davis", 200 acres (Tax payments continue for some years after that as well) So it looks to me like William J. Davis died about 1886 and Sarah started paying the taxes.

Please forward to any interested parties or other area mail-lists: Additional information and registration forms are available at http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm for the 9th annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference in Lufkin, Texas on July 21-23, 2005. Online registration can be done this year by clicking on the link for REGISTRATION FORM (Electronic). The web site has a full description of the two workshops offered on Thursday and 24 different sessions offered Friday and Saturday. You have to scroll down the page to see the schedule and class descriptions.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henton, Hinton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kkB.2ACE/968 Message Board Post: I am looking for Zilphia Eugenia Thompson who married John Winston Henton/Hinton near Hot Springs Arkansas March 1, 1881. She was born near Macon Georgia. He was born near Birmingham Alabama. Last seen in Nachogdoches Texax in 1920. Her husband, John Hinton/Henton is buried at Shook's Chapel in Sulphur Springs Texas. Any help locating her burial place would be appreciated.

1635 -- JOHN MOTTROM came to Saint Mary's County, MD about 1635, then migrated to Northumberland County, VA about 1640. Mottrom was probably involved with William Claiborne's venture in Maryland. Claiborne was born in Kent, England, in 1600 and came to the colonies in 1621. He was educated and from a family with good social connections. At first he was a successful tobacco farmer, but he soon became interested in the Chesapeake fur trade. He developed good relations with the Susquehannock Indians, who provided him with beaver furs that could be sold for a profit in England. Claiborne established a profitable trading base on Kent Island, not knowing that King Charles I of England would soon grant this same land to Lord Baltimore. William Claiborne, a member of the Virginia council, established a trading post on Kent Island just before King Charles I granted the colony of Maryland to Lord Baltimore. Kent Island was the first English settlement in Maryland. But he is known today for the fact caused a lot of trouble for Virginia's neighbor, Maryland. Since Kent island lies within the borders of what was later set aside as Lord Baltimore's province, it was therefore in dispute as to which territory should properly have jurisdiction. In 1631, William Claiborne, secretary of State in Virginia and a member of the Governor's council, established a post for trading with the Indians on Kent Island, off the mouth of the Chester River, with another outpost on Palmer's Island in the Susquehanna River, accompanied by Captain Smith. The Kent Island settlement grew to "120 men able to bear arms" and other inhabitants by 1638. John Mottrom was probably one of these early settlers. He was one the first to leave and was the first white settler to make a permanent home in what was to become Notrhumberland County, Virginia sometime between1635-1640. Northumberland County, Virginia was originally known as Chickacoan, an Indian district on the Northern Neck lying between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1648, the "Mother County of the Northern Neck" was organized and named Northumberland from the English County Northumberland, England. In 1648 the county was officially formed by an act passed by the Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia. It was later divided into three additional counties, Lancaster, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties. Mottrom was a prime mover for the formation of the County of Northumberland, and was its first representative in the House of Burgesses in 1648. He was burgess again in 1652, and was also justice and Colonel of the Militia. He died about 1655. c.1635/36 -- NATHANIEL POPE was born in England between the years 1590 and 1600. The records of his life reveal that he was a practical man. His proclivities were mercantile. He was energetic, bold, exacting, insistent upon his rights, and conducted his affairs, adventurous though they were in America, with foresight and success. If the tax records are an index to his position in Maryland, he contributed more to the commercial success of that new colony than almost any man other than its Lord Proprietor. Nathaniel Pope, I., of England, settled in Maryland prior to 1637, Aged about forty years when he landed. There is no record in America showing the date of his arrival, in what ship he came, or the port of her departure from England. He is not named among the firstcomers of 1633/4, to whom the land at St. Mary's was apportioned, but he must have arrived there before January, 1637, when he was summoned to appear as a member of the Colonial Assembly of Maryland held on the twenty-fifth day of that month. As it was not until August 8, 1636, that Governor Cecil Calvert granted one hundred acres to every substantial man who came from England, another hundred acres if he brought a wife, and fifty acres for every servant and child under the age of sixteen (subject to the annual payment of ten pounds of wheat for every fifty acres), Nathaniel Pope's arrival at St. Mary's may be placed in the year 1635 or in the first half of 1636. He was a member of the Maryland General Assembly in 1648, and moved to Virginia in 1650. Part of his estate was "The Cliffs," which passed from the Popes to one Thomas Ley, ancestor of Robert E. Lee, the name of the estate changing to "Stratford." The bricks of which "Stratford" was built are said to have been a gift from Queen Anne. SOURCE: Bibliographic Information: Jennings, Kathleen. Louisville's First Families. The Standard Printing Co. Kentucky. 1920. c. 1643 ---THOMAS PETTY (PETIT/PETTUS) Born, circa 1608 (?), in Norwich, England. Died, 1663, in Rappahannoch Co., VA (will dated 20 Sep 1663 proved 7 Jan 1664). Immigration: circa 1643 (Left England in 1637; may have immigrated by way of the Bahamas). There were two THOMAS PETTYs (PETTUS/PETTIT) in Virginia at this time. The younger was our ancestor and the elder his uncle. Our ancestor arrived in America about 1643. His uncle, Col. Thomas Pettus Sr., was here before 1631. Col. Thomas5 Pettus (Sr.)was baptised 19 Feb 1597/8, in St. Simon & Jude. This Thomas Pettus, Captain, Colonel and lastly Councilor, established in America a prominent family of his name, and, by the marriage of his granddaughter, Elizabeth, to Dr. Arthur Hopkins, left many descendants of the first importance in the history of this country. But how came one of this family to America? About 1628 the Virginia colonies petitioned the London Company for assistance in their struggles with the Indians. Sir John Pettus had been a member of the company holding the 3rd charter to Virginia and probably for the sake of his relationship, Thomas Pettus, then serving on the Continent with Sir Thomas Dale in the Thirty Years War, was selected and sent over in command of forty men. From this time until his death, we find him frequently mentioned in Colonial records under the title of Colonel, and as being a member of the Virginia Council, 1641-60 (see "The Statutes of Virginia," William Waller Hening, pp. 238, 239, 371, 372, 376, 408, 431, 432, 504). In a manuscript of Edmund Randolph, Colonel Thomas Pettus is mentioned as one of The Council of States, whose session was held at "James Citie," March 15, 1659, during the administration of Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor and Captain-General of Virginia. Thomas was a Vestryman of Bruton Church, where a Memorial Pew was established to him. His Virginia home is described: Littletown, adjoining Kingsmill, in March, 1633, was the residence of Captain George Menifie of the Council, one of the greatest merchants of Virginia. Col. Thomas Pettus of Virginia was the 13th of the 17 children and the oldest was William, whose son, Thomas, was born in 1608. Just ten years between the two Thomases, uncle and nephew. Norfolk records, usually so clear and full, are vague as to when they left England. There was reason for this vagueness. One of them had been indicted for manslaughter in 1629. His father and a Sir William Denny (father-in-law?) accomplished his release. Then in 1631 he was again indicted for a felony. So his family sent him to "distant places." The genealogists stated that they had no way of knowing which Thomas Pettus it was, however, the uncle had been out of England for a while, serving on the Continent in the Thirty Years War. It seems clear that it was the nephew who was sent to distant places. He was the oldest son of an oldest son, and oldest sons did not leave England except for urgent reasons. The Thomas Pettus who came to Virginia by 1631 was a member of the Governor's Council in 1641 and was always prominent in the affairs of the Colony. The nephew was probably the Thomas Pettus, Jr., who came in 1643; his passage was used as a headright by Col. Pettus. Pettuses and their relatives and friends were all interested in the Virginia Colony. Sir John was a member of the Virginia Company in London, as were Samuel Sandys, Sir Nathaniel Bacon, Henry Rolfe, Robert Dabney, and one of the Dethicks - all Norfolk kin. Col. Pettus' aunt had married Robert Dabney, Alderman of Norwich. His cousin, Wil1iam, married Elizabeth Rolfe. It was in an old Pettus home that the Matoaka portrait of Pocahontas was found: she married John Rolfe. Another cousin of Col. Pettus married a granddaughter of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Shiffkey, Norfolk. Thomas Pettus (Jr.), our ancestor married Katherine Morris when he was around 47 years of age. She was about 15-16 years old. They had a daughter, Dorothy, who was about 6-7 years old when he died. Thomas, in his will, left some cows and all his land to his daughter. His wife was to have use of all his estate until Dorothy came of age. Katherine was pregnant when Thomas died in Sept, and his son, Thomas II, was born the following April or May. Katherine later married John Longe of King & Queen Co., VA. The child of this marriage, Katherine Longe (Long), married Edward Tungstall, and Richard Wyatt. George Morris, the grandfather of these three children must have realized that Thomas II would receive none of his father's estate and, in 1685, made a deed of gift, to Thomas Pettus and Katherine Long, of his rights to land that had been patented to, him and to Katherine's father John Long. The land that Thomas Petty (Pettit) left to his daughter, Dorothy, apparently came into the hands of Katherine Morris and her third husband, Thomas Gains. Essex Co., Court records of 1693 show a dispute between Dorothy and her husband, James Fugget and Thomas Gains, over this land. One of the complaints lists Dorothy as, "Daughter and Devisee of Thomas Pettitt, late of RAPPA: Co." The following was crossed out: "James Fugeet & Dorothy as Marrying Dorothy Pettis & Legatee to Tho: Pettis." Thomas Gains pleaded that the Writ did not match the documents and the complaints were dismissed. Perhaps the names, Petit, Pettus, Pettit, Pettis, Pettitt all used by the same people were confusing to the court as they are to me. In 1698, Thomas Pettis (Thomas II) and his wife Rachell sold land and Dorothy Fuget (his sister) entered a claim against the land involved. Her attorney was Richard Wyatt. Was he the ex-husband or son of Katherine? Thomas and Katherine's children: i. Dorothy7. Born, circa 1656 (?), in New Kent Co., VA. ii. Thomas Petty II (Pettus/Petit). Our ancestor.

You probably know Jesse PETTEY, my husband's cousin (his father and my husband's PETTEY grandmother were siblings) who grew up there and now lives in Houston. You, my husband and Jesse are cousins, but I don't know for sure where you would fit in the cousin chart. My husband's grandmother was Cora Alma PETTEY Berry. :-) I am having the dickens of a time finding anything about George W. BERRY b.~1853 LA, who married 22 May 1907 Wylma, TX, Cora Alma PETTEY b. 31 Aug 1884 TX, d. 1980 Houston, TX. After their marriage, I don't think they lived in Nacogdoches, but rather, in Tenaha, Shelby, TX. Adrian S. Balch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughn Ballard" <vballard@airmail.net> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Power > I have been following the messages on this subject and may be able to > contribute. > I was born in 1925 and grew up in Nacogdoches. I had a few relatives > there, some friends and knew a lot of people at school and church. I > married my high school sweetheart and we still have relatives and friends > there. > Jo and I were married when we were nineteen and life began. We were off > into another world — in the Navy, at College and, at Jobs in New York, > California, and Virginia. But there was always a tie to Nacogdoches. Jo > and our family was there when I was aboard ship during WW II and the > Korean War and we managed to get home about once a year during other > times. > In 1980 we returned to Texas and a short time later I became interested in > Genealogy and spent many week-ends in Nacogdoches at the courthouse and > the library. I soon discovered we were related to many of my high school > classmates. I knew my grandparents, Houston BALLARD and Martha Elizabeth > HILL. I knew two of granddad’s brothers, Uncle Hughy and Uncle Pete and > there was a picture on the wall of Uncle Bill BALLARD who had died in > 1904. Grandmother’s brother Thomas Parker HILL had died about the time I > was born but I knew and had visited his family. No one alive in 1982 > (including my father’s two brothers) knew who my BALLARD great > grandparents were. I later found from my granddad’s death record that his > parents were William M. and Elizabeth Boozer Ballard. That’s why all the > Boozers in Nacogdoches were called ‘Cousin.’ > I knew my mother’s parents Benjamin A. and Emma WHITE JONES. I found that > Ben’s mother was a COMBIE but still haven’t identified his father. JONES > is a pretty common name. I knew two of Emma’s sisters, Aunt Paralee and > Aunt Asilee and knew some of their children and grandchildren. I soon > found that Thomas Duncan White and Anne Elizabeth Fedilia Petty were my > great grandparents. Her parents were William Howard Petty and Sarah Power, > daughter of Holloway Lee Power. > I soon realized that I was related ( by blood or marriage) to about half > of the people that were in Nacogdoches when we were in school. My wife, > Jo, was related to the other half. > I recently started a project about my children’s early immigrant ancestors > which include the WRIGHTs and PETTYs. The following is an excerpt from > that document. > > IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM PETTY Jr. & LUCRETIA WRIGHT > Perhaps it is appropriate to digress here and discuss the immigrant > ancestors of our 6gr-grandparents William Petty Jr. and Lucretia Wright. > William’s father was William Sr., son of Thomas Petty IV and 5g-grandson > of the immigrant ancestor (c.1643) Thomas Petty I. > The direct descendants Thomas (Petit) I Petty and Katherine Morris to > William Jr. are: > 1 Thomas (Petit) I Petty 1608 - 1663 > .... +Katherine Morris 1639 - 1693 > ......... 2 Thomas II (Petit) Petty 1664 - 1720 > ............. +Rachel Wilson 1668 - > .................... 3 Thomas III Petty 1686 - 1750 > ........................ +Catherine Garton - 1748 > ............................... 4 Thomas IV Petty 1706 - 1770 > ................................... +Elizabeth Moore 1710 - > ........................................... 5 William Sr Rev Petty 1730 - > 1805 > ............................................... +Lettice 1730 - > ...................................................... 6 William Jr > Petty/Pettey 1764 - 1834 > .......................................................... +Lucretia > Wright 1767 - 1842 > See the discussion of Thomas Petty I below. > More details on these ancestors and their kin can be found in THOMAS PETTY > (PETTIT) Of Rappahannock, Virginia, His Ancestors and Descendants, by > Vaughn Ballard (1994, Family Histories). I got a start on this Petty > family history from The Petteys of East Texas, by Harry Pettey, Doris > Medlin, and Vivian Parks, and from PETTY, of England & Virginia; WRIGHT, > of Virginia ......., by Gerald M. Petty. I've tried to confirm all of the > information used from these book and to draw my own conclusions from the > census, wills, deeds, and other records. The books marked a trail. If I > misread the signs, that was my fault. Karl and Barbara Edler did the > research on the descendants of John Petty who was a grandson of Thomas of > Rappahannock. John Petty was Barbara Edler's forbear. > > Lucretia Wrights immigrant ancestors are more interesting. Her WRIGHT > Immigrant ancestor was Richard Wright. He married Ann Mottrom, the > daughter of another immigrant ancestor, Col John Mottrom. Richard and Ann’s > son, Francis Wright married Anne Washington, the daughter of Col. John > Washington and Ann Pope. Ann was the daughter of Nathaniel Pope and his > wife Lucy. John Washington and Nathaniel Pope were also immigrant > ancestors. > 1 Capt. Richard Whittington Wright 1633 - 1663 > .. +Ann Mottrom 1639 - 1713 > ......... 2 Francis Wright 1660 - 1713 > ............. +Anne Washington 1659 - 1697 > .................... 3 John I Wright 1686 - 1739 > ........................ +Dorothy Awbrey > ............................... 4 John II Wright 1707 - 1791 > ................................... +Elizabeth Bronaugh 1710 - 1791 > ........................................... 5 John III Wright 1732 - 1789 > ............................................... +Ann Williams 1735 - 1825 > ...................................................... 6 Lucretia Wright > 1765 - 1842 > .......................................................... +William Jr > Petty|pettey 1764 - 1834 > These ancestors will be discussed below in the order of their arrival in > America. > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: 6/17/2005 > >

I have been following the messages on this subject and may be able to contribute. I was born in 1925 and grew up in Nacogdoches. I had a few relatives there, some friends and knew a lot of people at school and church. I married my high school sweetheart and we still have relatives and friends there. Jo and I were married when we were nineteen and life began. We were off into another world — in the Navy, at College and, at Jobs in New York, California, and Virginia. But there was always a tie to Nacogdoches. Jo and our family was there when I was aboard ship during WW II and the Korean War and we managed to get home about once a year during other times. In 1980 we returned to Texas and a short time later I became interested in Genealogy and spent many week-ends in Nacogdoches at the courthouse and the library. I soon discovered we were related to many of my high school classmates. I knew my grandparents, Houston BALLARD and Martha Elizabeth HILL. I knew two of granddad’s brothers, Uncle Hughy and Uncle Pete and there was a picture on the wall of Uncle Bill BALLARD who had died in 1904. Grandmother’s brother Thomas Parker HILL had died about the time I was born but I knew and had visited his family. No one alive in 1982 (including my father’s two brothers) knew who my BALLARD great grandparents were. I later found from my granddad’s death record that his parents were William M. and Elizabeth Boozer Ballard. That’s why all the Boozers in Nacogdoches were called ‘Cousin.’ I knew my mother’s parents Benjamin A. and Emma WHITE JONES. I found that Ben’s mother was a COMBIE but still haven’t identified his father. JONES is a pretty common name. I knew two of Emma’s sisters, Aunt Paralee and Aunt Asilee and knew some of their children and grandchildren. I soon found that Thomas Duncan White and Anne Elizabeth Fedilia Petty were my great grandparents. Her parents were William Howard Petty and Sarah Power, daughter of Holloway Lee Power. I soon realized that I was related ( by blood or marriage) to about half of the people that were in Nacogdoches when we were in school. My wife, Jo, was related to the other half. I recently started a project about my children’s early immigrant ancestors which include the WRIGHTs and PETTYs. The following is an excerpt from that document. IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM PETTY Jr. & LUCRETIA WRIGHT Perhaps it is appropriate to digress here and discuss the immigrant ancestors of our 6gr-grandparents William Petty Jr. and Lucretia Wright. William’s father was William Sr., son of Thomas Petty IV and 5g-grandson of the immigrant ancestor (c.1643) Thomas Petty I. The direct descendants Thomas (Petit) I Petty and Katherine Morris to William Jr. are: 1 Thomas (Petit) I Petty 1608 - 1663 .... +Katherine Morris 1639 - 1693 ......... 2 Thomas II (Petit) Petty 1664 - 1720 ............. +Rachel Wilson 1668 - .................... 3 Thomas III Petty 1686 - 1750 ........................ +Catherine Garton - 1748 ............................... 4 Thomas IV Petty 1706 - 1770 ................................... +Elizabeth Moore 1710 - ........................................... 5 William Sr Rev Petty 1730 - 1805 ............................................... +Lettice 1730 - ...................................................... 6 William Jr Petty/Pettey 1764 - 1834 .......................................................... +Lucretia Wright 1767 - 1842 See the discussion of Thomas Petty I below. More details on these ancestors and their kin can be found in THOMAS PETTY (PETTIT) Of Rappahannock, Virginia, His Ancestors and Descendants, by Vaughn Ballard (1994, Family Histories). I got a start on this Petty family history from The Petteys of East Texas, by Harry Pettey, Doris Medlin, and Vivian Parks, and from PETTY, of England & Virginia; WRIGHT, of Virginia ......., by Gerald M. Petty. I've tried to confirm all of the information used from these book and to draw my own conclusions from the census, wills, deeds, and other records. The books marked a trail. If I misread the signs, that was my fault. Karl and Barbara Edler did the research on the descendants of John Petty who was a grandson of Thomas of Rappahannock. John Petty was Barbara Edler's forbear. Lucretia Wrights immigrant ancestors are more interesting. Her WRIGHT Immigrant ancestor was Richard Wright. He married Ann Mottrom, the daughter of another immigrant ancestor, Col John Mottrom. Richard and Ann’s son, Francis Wright married Anne Washington, the daughter of Col. John Washington and Ann Pope. Ann was the daughter of Nathaniel Pope and his wife Lucy. John Washington and Nathaniel Pope were also immigrant ancestors. 1 Capt. Richard Whittington Wright 1633 - 1663 .. +Ann Mottrom 1639 - 1713 ......... 2 Francis Wright 1660 - 1713 ............. +Anne Washington 1659 - 1697 .................... 3 John I Wright 1686 - 1739 ........................ +Dorothy Awbrey ............................... 4 John II Wright 1707 - 1791 ................................... +Elizabeth Bronaugh 1710 - 1791 ........................................... 5 John III Wright 1732 - 1789 ............................................... +Ann Williams 1735 - 1825 ...................................................... 6 Lucretia Wright 1765 - 1842 .......................................................... +William Jr Petty|pettey 1764 - 1834 These ancestors will be discussed below in the order of their arrival in America.

Priscilla Shults wrote on 6/10/2005 8:45 PM: > What stores were open in Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas about 1880-1900? > > I was informed awhile back that my ancestor Norris D. Ray Sr. owned a store in Garrison. I never knew that. On one census he is reported a printer and another census reports him a painter. There's ust one letter difference between those two occupations. Could be a transcription error? > > Thank you, > Priscilla Hello Priscilla, In Nacogdoches Genealogical Society, compiler, "Nacogdoches County Families" (Nacogdoches, Texas: Nacogdoches Genealogical Society, 1985, reprinted 1999, now out of print) on page 554 there is a story about the James C. Ray family listing Norris D. Ray as a son. It doesn't say anything about him being a storekeeper but it does mention his brother, James Oscar Ray, was a grocer in San Augustine in 1880. Several old store ledger books are in the collection of the East Texas Research Center (ETRC) but I didn't see any Garrison or Ray references with stores. This list is online through the URL below: http://libweb.sfasu.edu/etrc/etrchome.htm You might contact the ETRC and ask about Garrison stores as they have someboxes described as miscellaneous business: NACOGDOCHES COUNTY: COUNTY RECORDS (B-87) and BUSINESS RECORDS (B-88). 1 BOX Miscellaneous county and business records. I hope this helps. Good luck with your future research. -- Regards, Debbie --- Debbie Parker Wayne Nacogdoches TXGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnacogd/

Ruth Fentress wrote on 6/17/2005 10:23 AM: > If anyone has a date for the marriage certificate of E. Y. Blount and James Eudora Power about 1890, Nagodoches, Texas, I would like to have it. I did have it but cannot find it now. Would appreciate help on this. Thank you. > Ruth Fentress Hello Ruth, I see no entries in Carolyn Ericson's marriage index books for 1881 - 1899 for a Powers-Blount marriage. Are you sure it was in Nacogdoches County? -- Regards, Debbie --- Debbie Parker Wayne Nacogdoches TXGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnacogd/

The connection I have is through Alfred Marion Petty, a Tubb descendant (from my Floyds) who married a Grayson. The Graysons came to Texas very early - about 1835-1837 from Madison Co., AL. Your bunch is probably from a different child if it connects at all. To change the subject, I'm interested in people who were in Surry Co., NC. I have a Stokes family - the one I am interested in was born in Halifax Co., Virginia. They are in Surry Co., NC soon afterward. I understand that the line between Halifax (probably from Lunenburg Co., VA) and Surry was "flexible." My John Stokes married Sarah Luticia Allen, dau of Richard Allen and Granddaughter of Thomas Allen. John's father was Samuel who married Mary Gentry. The names are not important as far as our "conversation" is concerned. Just the location in the time frame around the late 1700s and early 1800s. Are you "up" on what was going on in regard to land location in Surry during that period? Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. S. Balch" <asbalch@hal-pc.org> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Power > Betty, the "Pettey" book I have states William Howard PETTEY's parents > were John Wright PETTEY and Anna HARRIS. This is probably more > information than you wanted, but here goes! :-) > > Adrian > > > Rev. William PETTEY, Sr. > b. ca 1730 > d. 1805 Clark co., KY > m. ~ 1754 Culpepper co, VA > Lettice ___________ > | > William PETTEY, Jr. > 13 Mar 1764 b. Faquier or Stafford co., VA > d. 26 Sept. 1834 > m. 25 Jan 1783 Surry co., NC > Lucretia ("Cresy" or "Lucy") WRIGHT (father: John WRIGHT, Sr.) > b. 7 Jul 1765 > d. 16 Aug 1842 > | > John Wright PETTEY, MD > b. Wilkes co., NC 28 Feb 1791 > d. 25 Sept 1876 > m. 19 Mar 1817 Wilkes co., NC > Anna HARRIS > b. 18 Jan 1798 Montgomery co, NC > d. 13 Jun 1869 (buried in Crutcher Cemetery in Madison co) > They had 13 children > > John Wright PETTEY and Anna HARRIS migratedWilkes co., NC to Madison co., > AL about 1822. His father and several brothers, sisters and cousins had > come to Madison co., AL, in 1817; it is assumed John Wright stayed behind > to complete his medical education. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> > To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:09 AM > Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Power > > >>I have Madison Co., AL connections for the people you name, but I have >>some differences in dates, etc. Do you have parents for William Howard >>Pettey (or Petty)? I have ancestors and possible connections for him if we >>can connect. >> >> Betty >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "A. S. Balch" <asbalch@hal-pc.org> >> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:37 AM >> Subject: [TXNAC] Power >> >> >>> Hi, Ruth. >>> >>> I noticed you have POWER in your family. Is there any chance you are >>> related to my husband's line (below)? >>> >>> Adrian Sinclair Balch >>> >>> >>> Holloway L. POWER >>> m. >>> Elizabeth MEALS >>> | >>> Sarah Elizabeth POWER >>> b. 20 Mar 1828 AL >>> d. 24 Dec 1883 Nacogdoches co., TX >>> m. (1) 24 Sept 1845 >>> William Howard PETTEY >>> b. Madison co., AL 20 Feb 1823 >>> d. 8 Aug 1860 >>> buried Dec 1885 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas >>> | >>> William Holloway PETTEY >>> b. 6 Jan 1847 Madison county, AL >>> d. 14 Nov 1933, Grapeland, Houston county, TX >>> buried 15 Nov 1933 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas >>> *m. (2) Nacogdoches county, Tx, 7 Mar 1882 >>> Eliza Jane WELCH >>> b. Logansport, LA >>> d. 14 Jun 1946 (Mortuary Warrant #63179) >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.3/15 - Release Date: 6/14/2005 >> >> > >

James Eudora "Dora" Power's father was James Washington Power & his 2nd wife Margaret Catherine Willingham, but that information was sent to me; I didn't do the original research. Also sent to me was that his father was Holloway Power and wife Elizabeth Meals. I probably can't help you since I did not research that Power family, only have what was given me, and the Power family is not mine. "Dora" married 1st my kin, Dr. E. Y. Blount, & after he died in 1891, she md R. L. Patterson, but I haven't had any luck tracing him, although I do not believe Dora & Mr. Patterson had any issue. Thank you for writing. Ruth Fentress A. S. Balch wrote: > Hi, Ruth. > > I noticed you have POWER in your family. Is there any chance you are > related to my husband's line (below)? > > Adrian Sinclair Balch > > > Holloway L. POWER > m. > Elizabeth MEALS > | > Sarah Elizabeth POWER > b. 20 Mar 1828 AL > d. 24 Dec 1883 Nacogdoches co., TX > m. (1) 24 Sept 1845 > William Howard PETTEY > b. Madison co., AL 20 Feb 1823 > d. 8 Aug 1860 > buried Dec 1885 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas > | > William Holloway PETTEY > b. 6 Jan 1847 Madison county, AL > d. 14 Nov 1933, Grapeland, Houston county, TX > buried 15 Nov 1933 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas > *m. (2) Nacogdoches county, Tx, 7 Mar 1882 > Eliza Jane WELCH > b. Logansport, LA > d. 14 Jun 1946 (Mortuary Warrant #63179) > >

Betty, the "Pettey" book I have states William Howard PETTEY's parents were John Wright PETTEY and Anna HARRIS. This is probably more information than you wanted, but here goes! :-) Adrian Rev. William PETTEY, Sr. b. ca 1730 d. 1805 Clark co., KY m. ~ 1754 Culpepper co, VA Lettice ___________ | William PETTEY, Jr. 13 Mar 1764 b. Faquier or Stafford co., VA d. 26 Sept. 1834 m. 25 Jan 1783 Surry co., NC Lucretia ("Cresy" or "Lucy") WRIGHT (father: John WRIGHT, Sr.) b. 7 Jul 1765 d. 16 Aug 1842 | John Wright PETTEY, MD b. Wilkes co., NC 28 Feb 1791 d. 25 Sept 1876 m. 19 Mar 1817 Wilkes co., NC Anna HARRIS b. 18 Jan 1798 Montgomery co, NC d. 13 Jun 1869 (buried in Crutcher Cemetery in Madison co) They had 13 children John Wright PETTEY and Anna HARRIS migratedWilkes co., NC to Madison co., AL about 1822. His father and several brothers, sisters and cousins had come to Madison co., AL, in 1817; it is assumed John Wright stayed behind to complete his medical education. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Power >I have Madison Co., AL connections for the people you name, but I have some >differences in dates, etc. Do you have parents for William Howard Pettey >(or Petty)? I have ancestors and possible connections for him if we can >connect. > > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. S. Balch" <asbalch@hal-pc.org> > To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:37 AM > Subject: [TXNAC] Power > > >> Hi, Ruth. >> >> I noticed you have POWER in your family. Is there any chance you are >> related to my husband's line (below)? >> >> Adrian Sinclair Balch >> >> >> Holloway L. POWER >> m. >> Elizabeth MEALS >> | >> Sarah Elizabeth POWER >> b. 20 Mar 1828 AL >> d. 24 Dec 1883 Nacogdoches co., TX >> m. (1) 24 Sept 1845 >> William Howard PETTEY >> b. Madison co., AL 20 Feb 1823 >> d. 8 Aug 1860 >> buried Dec 1885 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas >> | >> William Holloway PETTEY >> b. 6 Jan 1847 Madison county, AL >> d. 14 Nov 1933, Grapeland, Houston county, TX >> buried 15 Nov 1933 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas >> *m. (2) Nacogdoches county, Tx, 7 Mar 1882 >> Eliza Jane WELCH >> b. Logansport, LA >> d. 14 Jun 1946 (Mortuary Warrant #63179) >> >> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.3/15 - Release Date: 6/14/2005 > >