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