Hi Drew,Glad to see a message on here. Maybe it is going to start working. Bonnie Idabel,Ok >From: <drew-slate@charter.net> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Phillips family >Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:03:55 -0600 > >Hey Gene, > > I walked the Poolville cemetery yesterday with my dad and aunt. I took >about 70 pictures, 60 or so of tombstones. I found a ton of Phillips >there. >Once I index them I will send you a list. > I also walked the Springtown cemetery, which is quite large, and took >about >150 pictures there. There were quite a few Phillips there also. > > Thanks, >Drew >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gene Phillips" <gnphllps@comcast.net> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:48 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Phillips family > > > > The problem I find researching Phillips is that the name has origins in >many different countries. Most of my other surnames I can trace to a >specific country of origin. Besides the Poolville connection the only >other >Phillips connection without a blood relation is my wife. When I first met >her I knew she was divorced, but didn't know she was using her maiden name. >I was surprised to find out that her grandfather was a Jewish Phillips from >Latvia. Her brother has documents that show the original name is similar to >Phillips, but it is written in Cyrillic characters. He was the first to >come >to the US in the late 1800s. When his siblings came over they used the same >translation. > > > > Gene > > > > > > At 07:37 PM 3/25/03, you wrote: > > >No Gene, I don't know of any books on Poolville. I will check around > > >though. I am sure there are some in the Weatherford library. I will >keep > > >my eyes open. > > > > > >I need to look a little further into the Phillips though. I will let >you > > >know if I find a connection or anything of interest. > > > > > >Thanks for your time and info., > > >Drew Slate > > >Fort Worth, Tx > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Gene Phillips" <gnphllps@comcast.net> > > >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 11:43 PM > > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] New to list > > > > > > > > >> At 03:41 PM 3/23/03, you wrote: > > >> > As far as Parker County goes, my mother's whole side of the family >is > > >from > > >> >there. The two main families for me are Burns and Aslinger. I >don't > > >have > > >> >any Pool families in my records though. I do know where Poolville >is > > >though > > >> >and actually was there just a few weeks ago looking for a burial of >a > > >Martin > > >> >family member. I have family there and in Peaster, which is just >south > > >of > > >> >Poolville. Most of my family is either in Zion Hill or Annetta. > > >> > > >> Do you happen to know of a published historyof Poolville? > > >> > > >> > How far back can you go on the Phillips? Right now, I only have >back >to > > >> >1844. The oldest known now is George Washington Phillips. > > >> > > >> My earliest Phillips is William H Phillips, b about 1803 in TN. His >wife > > >was Elizabeth Washington Maxwell. They had a son, George born 1833 TN. >They > > >lived in what is now the Brentwood area of Nashville, near Traveler's >rest. > > >Elizabeth's sister married John Overton Jr who built Traveler's rest >and >her > > >father lived south of Traveler's Rest. Other children were Henry, >Jesse, > > >William, Andrew Jackson, Rebecca, Emma and Benjamin, my gg-gf. > > >> > > >> Gene > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ============================== > > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, > > >go to: > > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >> > > > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail