My Mother ,from James community Shelby County , told me the reason was to keep the weeds under control .After that was accomplished the whole yard was cleaned with a "brush broom " Small limbs were cut from trees in the fall after the leaves had fallen ,then they were bunched & tied together to make a "brush broom "This was their rake to clean the yard . My Mom said it was the children's responsibility to keep the yard clean (In their family ) Karen Nobles Edson -----Original Message----- From: J. A. Lanagan <lanagan@by-rite.net> To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 8:13 AM Subject: No grass in the yard >Sandy, >No one has ever told me why the grass was picked back, so I am open to other >suggestions. > >However, I have heard it said that a lot of people thought that this would >cut down on the number of critters up in your yard in the 'wilderness'--such >as snakes. At the least, if your dog didn't see 'um coming, you might. > >Also, the push lawn mower was invented in the 1800's, but I've never heard >of early use of it in rural >areas of the South. Once you got yard growth under control, use of the hoe >was one way was one way to keep things under control and mark off your yard >as a well maintained domain. > > Tony Lanagan > >

Sandy, No one has ever told me why the grass was picked back, so I am open to other suggestions. However, I have heard it said that a lot of people thought that this would cut down on the number of critters up in your yard in the 'wilderness'--such as snakes. At the least, if your dog didn't see 'um coming, you might. Also, the push lawn mower was invented in the 1800's, but I've never heard of early use of it in rural areas of the South. Once you got yard growth under control, use of the hoe was one way was one way to keep things under control and mark off your yard as a well maintained domain. Tony Lanagan

I was just rereading over some bios that people on this list sent in last August giving a brief history of who they were and were they lived. I noticed that a couple of you mentioned when you were small and visited your grandparents or great-grandparents, that the yard was picked clean of grass. Why was that? Another question: I have found several Askins in Dixon Cemetery, haven't determined if they are of my line yet. But I noticed that there were three children in the same family who died in 1910. A 5-year old died Jan 1910, a 3year old died Oct 25, 1910, and a son died at birth May 1910. Was there some epidemic that hit the county in that year? Thanks for reading, Sandra

Just a reminder! If you want to see a listing, by row, of Weaver Cemetery or Dixon Cemetery just drop by http://www.flash.net/~parino/cem_links.htm . You will also find a listing and index to the 1900 Shelby Co., TX census for that part of the county. Jim Barrett

Florence is a cousin of all of us descended from James McCauley. She is the granddaughter of Thomas T. McCauley, son of James. I visited with her when I began my research in 92/93. She died this past spring. She had one son, Bobby, who lives in Kilgore, I believe. She might have one sister still living in Bryan, TX. Florence was active in the DAR and lived in San Augustine. She grew up on the original McCauley land grant and had some wonderful stories to tell me about family. I love the one about the young man who climbed a tall pine tree and stayed there all night while the recruiters were searching for him to serve in the confederate army. She shared a letter from T.T. to his wife which was written while he was encamped at Hempstead during the above referenced war. She had tintypes and other photos of unnamed relatives. I will be glad to share what I have. Olivia A. Bernsen TXSHELBY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > TXSHELBY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 16 > > Today's Topics: > #1 BITTICK [ShelbyTX@aol.com] > #2 Timpson Missionary Baptist Cemeter [rayjac@ktsnet.com (rayjac)] > #3 Bradley Springs Cemetery [rayjac@ktsnet.com (rayjac)] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TXSHELBY-D, send a message to > > TXSHELBY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: BITTICK > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:04:44 EST > From: ShelbyTX@aol.com > To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone know of a Florence McCauley Bittick?? > > Jane Keppler > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Timpson Missionary Baptist Cemetery > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:12:30 -0600 > From: rayjac@ktsnet.com (rayjac) > To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com > > The Timpson Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the > web. > > quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_timpsonmiss.htm > > rayjac@ktsnet.com > Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator > http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby > http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Bradley Springs Cemetery > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:14:24 -0600 > From: rayjac@ktsnet.com (rayjac) > To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com > > The Bradley Springs Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web. > > quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_bradleysprings.htm > > rayjac@ktsnet.com > Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator > http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby > http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

The Bradley Springs Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web. quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_bradleysprings.htm rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

The Timpson Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web. quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_timpsonmiss.htm rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

Does anyone know of a Florence McCauley Bittick?? Jane Keppler

The Corley-Harrision Cemetery, Shelby County Texas is now on the web. Correct Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_corley.htm rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

Re. subject, the family has been searching for the Bible of Elder William Brittain. If anyone has a lead on locating this pls. respond.

I anyone aware of a family named "Parish" living in the Shelby Co vicinity around 1860? Thanks for any suggestions. Joyce

The Corley-Harrison Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web quick view http://www.roostweb.com/~txshelby/cem_corley.htm Thanks to Barbara Scates. rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

January 17, 2000 On behalf of Xi Alph Delta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, I would like to inform you of our fundraiser. Since our project is the Shelby County Museum, we are currently sponsoring a Romantic Weekend for Two at the Old Mulberry Inn Bed and Breakfast in historic Jefferson, Texas which includes one night accommodations for two complete with Gourmet Breakfast and the Celebration Package. Ticket donations are $5.00 and the drawing will be Saturday, February 5, 2000. If you or any of your members are interested in purchasing tickets, please let me know. Should you have any questions, please phone or email me. Thank you very much. Phone: 598-9185 Email: cyberman@qzip.net Sincerely, Andi Foster

Happy 2000: As we go into a new century I just want to touch base on a few issues regarding the Shelby County mailing list. This list is for genealogy related to Shelby County. In the subject heading please use a surname or some subject so that others can simply delete if they do not want to read all the email. Please respond DIRECTLY to the sender and not to the mailing list. When you see a thread veering off the subject, and want to get back to genealogy, please do NOT write to the list and complain. You can write to me, but the best and most effective way to veer back to genealogy is simply to send a query or a piece of information about your family in Shelby County. This immediately gets people's attention back to the subject of the list without any chance of starting a flame war with on-list complaints. It really works! Any complaints, criticism, Etc., should be directed directly to me and not the mailing list. I want to assure everyone that the Listowner is here and reads everything. If you do need to reach the listowner, please write to me *directly* at Shelb yTX@aol.com The addressTXSHELBY-L-request@rootsweb.com is an automated computer. You should only send Subscribe and Unsubscribe command there. If you have a message you want to send to the list, please send it to TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com (no -request in there). You must be a subscriber to post, and must post using the email you subscribed under. Please don't send unsubscribe requests to the list address. Send them to the -request address. Just put one word unsubscribe' -- no quotes in the BODY of the message. If you get a message saying you were not unsubscribed because you were not on the subscriber list, but you are getting the messages, it means that the email address you used to subscribe was different from the one you used to try to unsubscribe. That message comes from the automated computer, NOT from me! Think what address you used to subscribe and try again. If you still have trouble, write to me directly at ShelbyTX@aol.com and I will try to help. Sincerely, Jane Sanford Keppler

Can anyone help me with this person? Mary Elizabeth Moody Metcalf Mary Elizabeth Moody was reportedly born in Louisiana on 17 Oct 1843. She died 1 Feb 1911 in Shelby County Texas. She married William Baird Metcalf in Griffin, Cherokee, Texas. One of her grandsons told me that she came to Shelby County from Baton Rouge. She appears in the 1850 census in the household of her father James Moody and mother Ann. They both stated that they were born in Georgia. All her siblings were born in Alabama. Siblings were William, John, Domalitte (f) and Levy. Family tradition is that William Baird married a Sarah Bowden after Mary died and I find a Sarah Metcalf in “Our Dead”. However, I have an old picture of an older lady that is marked on the back as Mary Elizabeth Bowden Metcalf does. William Baird’s obit states that he was a Confederate veteran but I can find no record of this. Any help would be appreciated Dan Capps

We have almost come to the end of transcribing the cemeteries of Shelby County. Here is a list of cemeteries, which are on record but we have not able to locate. If you have directions, or know someone that does, please email. Also, if you are aware of any cemetery that we do not have listed on the Cemetery page of Shelby County Rootsweb page, please advise. Thanks so much for your assistance. BARLOW, BELL BURROW, FAMILY BROWN FAMILY CORLEY, DAUGHERTY DAW, ELI SMITH FAMILY FIELDS, FOUNTAINHEAD HE&WT RR ROW, HILLARD HUXLEY, JOHNSON-TENAHA LAW FAMILY, MCNAIRY FAMILY MYRTLE HEAD, SPRING RIDGE TATUM FAMILY, TYRE-TYER rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

The Enterprise Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web. quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_enterprise.htm Please notify if you notice any errors. rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.ktsnet.com/~txshelby http://www.ktsnet.com/~rayjac

I wish to obtain information concerning:: Buena Vista Cemetery Residents - E. R. Richards, b. 1863 d. 09-27-1905 Wife of C.H. Richards; James S. Richards, b. 12-11-1816; John Richards, b. 1818, d. 1875; Mary Richards, b. 1797, d. 10-19-1879, 82 Yrs., 2 Mo., 18 Days; Sallie Richards, b. 1832, d. 05-28-1892. Questions re: Mary Richards above - Was she, Mary "Polly" Sapp Richards, wife of Charles Harrison Richards? Was she mother of William B. Richards, b. January 16, 1814? Was she related to the other Richards listed above? If so, how? Thanks, Sallie Cannon Beaumont, TX

If you were unsubscribed the message would not be coming through. Maybe it was an error. I got this message just fine, over the list just now. ~ Cami ~ Jim Barrett wrote: > Just incase you don't hear from me, it will not be because I have left. It > will be because I have been unsubscribed. > > Jim Barrett > 917 Gettysburg Pl. > Bedford, TX 76022-7621 > (817) 283-6289 > parino@flash.net

Just incase you don't hear from me, it will not be because I have left. It will be because I have been unsubscribed. Jim Barrett 917 Gettysburg Pl. Bedford, TX 76022-7621 (817) 283-6289 parino@flash.net