My wife has a cousin that goes around the countryside taking pictures of family tombstones. I'm sure he would like to have a copy of the pictures as they are probably his family. Gene At 05:03 PM 3/30/03, you wrote: >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