This is not genealogy, but of a back road(s) in Red River County. (feel free to delete). It all started last week when I (with my grandson) was looking for a deserted (grown up) road from the Madras Cemetery behind Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church to the old home place spot where my GGG GF built his home about 1.5 to 2 miles east of the Madras Cemetery**. I did find the old road. It is fence up and filled full of smaller trees and brush. You can see where the fence row ran on each side of the "use to be" road. This road did run due east from the back side (south side) of the cemetery. To get to this point I drove a gravel road from the front of the cemetery, alone the north side of the cemetery (outside the cemetery fence) to around behind the cemetery.. What I was surprised to find was the gravel/rock/dirt road did continue to run straight south. I drove this road about two miles and was glad to find a place at a barn to turn around and not have to back up for 2 miles on a slippery road. From this point as I looked farther down the road south, the road looked in better shape. I dug out my Chamber map and sure enough the road would go all the way though to FM 114 (The English Road). I started to drive on through, but I had told my grandson, I would drive straight from Clarksville to Concord so as he would not be confused on how to get there someday when he may be on his own. So, I drove us back to FM 1700 and continue on to Concord. We put on our boots and for the first time, I walked behind Concord Cemetery, climbed through the fence, crossed Concord Creek and about another 100 yards found a clearing and the area where my GGG GF Richard F Giddens built is home after he came here in 1833. This was a beautiful spot to me and I took several pictures. Maybe a little more rambling on that later. ** I realize the Madras Cemetery or church was not here at this time in 1833. I suspect this old road was the road from Concord to Clarksville and/or the road to where Hamilton/Latimer came to Old Shiloh about 4 miles to the west of Concord in 1833 also. I suspect and search for evidence that my Giddens people attended the Shiloh Church before they established the Concord Church in 1844. Ok, as you can see I have been off work for a few days and do no work again until Tuesday. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx