The King Cemetery, Shelby County Texas is now online. quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_king.htm Ray Jackson [email protected] Shelby County Co-ordinator

For more cemeteries you might want to drop by http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/2059/pastlane.htm Jim Barrett

Is anyone researching Jeremiah Bowlin??? Jane Keppler

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Noted historian, author, and community leader, Charles "Charlie" Chitwood will speak at the next Shelby County Historical Society meeting, June 24 starting at 6:00 pm at the Museum. Mr. Chitwood is a free-lance writer and research historian living in Jefferson, TX. He was the founding executive director and curator of the Texas History Museum (formally Texas heritage Archives and Library). Mr. Chitwood is active in Jefferson as a volunteer and has directed several event, including the town's Mardi Gras Festival which attracts over 50,000 annually. For further information, contact the Museum. -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:409/598-3613 fax: 409/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 12:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

The Borders Cemetery is no online -- thanks to Reecie Stanley. quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_borders.htm The Borders Cemetery is also known as the Sanford Cemetery. Person listed in the Cemetery are also listed in OUR DEAD of Shelby County in the Sanford Cemetery by J. B. Sanders in 1965. Ray Jackson [email protected] Shelby County Texas Co-ordinator

The Oates Cemetery in Shelby County Texas is now online.. thanks to Bettye Wagstaff. Quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_oates.htm Ray Jackson [email protected] Shelby County Texas Co-ordinator

I am just now getting back online after a hard-drive failure more than a week ago. I apologize if I haven't answered any mail received. I had just downloaded mail and had about 20 pieces of mail when the hard-drive failed. If I owe you an answer, please e-mail me again. Peggy Loar <[email protected]> dhc.net>=20

This sounds like a good service project. Are there any local Boy Scouts looking for an Eagle Project? Cleaning and cataloging a cemetery would accomplish three objectives: the cleanup, the project, and preserving a record of the cemetery which could be given to the museum. [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 6/8/99 3:16:51 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > > << http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_may.htm >> > <<<The Cemetery is very much overgrown with under brush and can not be seen > from the road and should only be visited with caution. There are many graves > that are marked with Rock Markers The cemetery has not been used since > 1919>>>>>>> > > > > Now this one would be a real project! But once again, this could be > YOU......in the future. Just how many old cemeteries are out there in Shelby > County that are in such a state of disrepair?? > > Gene Rivers

In a message dated 6/8/99 9:54:06 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Gene, That is a wonderful idea. I for one, would travel 3 hours to do this. I will be up there a few days the last week of July. Hey, Ray, how about it??? Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Shelby County TX Montgomery County TX DeSoto Parish LA In a message dated 6/8/99 8:01:24 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Perhaps it is time that we get together and form a Shelby County clean up crew. I for one would volunteer some time and tools, even though we are in the Houston area. It only takes a few people. I am sure that with a little coordination with the SCHS we could make a difference. >> >> One word of caution. Doing this in the summer months can really be a health risk. While I feel that I am fit enough to toil in the hot sun and humidity for hour, there are others that it would literally kill. Might I suggest that we form a committee of those interested online and then approach the SCHS with the idea. Also the SCV does clean up in cemeteries that contain CSA Veterans. We could get with them also. They have a camp in Shelby Co. If we plan this correctly we should be cleaning cemetries this fall when the temperature is in the 80's. Fulton E. Rivers, Trooper Co. B, 37th Texas Cavalry Reg. Terrel's Cavalry,CSA <A HREF="http://www.37thtexas.org/">http://www.37thtexas.org/</A>

Gene, That is a wonderful idea. I for one, would travel 3 hours to do this. I will be up there a few days the last week of July. Hey, Ray, how about it??? Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Shelby County TX Montgomery County TX DeSoto Parish LA In a message dated 6/8/99 8:01:24 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Perhaps it is time that we get together and form a Shelby County clean up crew. I for one would volunteer some time and tools, even though we are in the Houston area. It only takes a few people. I am sure that with a little coordination with the SCHS we could make a difference. >>

In a message dated 6/8/99 3:16:51 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_may.htm >> <<<The Cemetery is very much overgrown with under brush and can not be seen from the road and should only be visited with caution. There are many graves that are marked with Rock Markers The cemetery has not been used since 1919>>>>>>> > Now this one would be a real project! But once again, this could be YOU......in the future. Just how many old cemeteries are out there in Shelby County that are in such a state of disrepair?? Gene Rivers

In a message dated 6/8/99 3:05:37 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << The Oates at Day School Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas is now on line. Quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_oatesday.htm The cemetery has two fenced in areas and is much overgrown with brush. [email protected] Shelby County Co-ordinator >> It really concerns me that this cemetery seems to have been forgotten. I noticed that the last burial was in 1989. How long do you figure it has been since it was cleaned? Does anyone on the list know any of the descendants of these people? Perhaps it is time that we get together and form a Shelby County clean up crew. I for one would volunteer some time and tools, even though we are in the Houston area. It only takes a few people. I am sure that with a little coordination with the SCHS we could make a difference. I found my Kentucky ancestors graveyard some 10 years ago, and it was grown up....about 20 years worth of growth. I paid a local to spray the cemetery with a herbicide and I returned the following fall to clean it out. Needless to say it was still a big job to clean it up, but after 2 day we had it all clean and even reset the tombstones. I plan on returning there this summer to do a little more research. I will see how 10 years of neglect have affected it. Maybe I should bring the tools with me....LOL Anyway, you all that are around Shelby County, give it a thought. Perhaps someone will take care of your gravesite when you are gone. Gene Rivers McMahon/Shofner/Woodfin/Dyer/

The URL for May Cemetery should have been http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_may.htm [email protected]

The May Family Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas is now on line. Quick view http://www.rootsweb.com~txshelby/cem_may.htm [email protected] Shelby County Co-ordinator

The Oates at Day School Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas is now on line. Quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_oatesday.htm [email protected] Shelby County Co-ordinator

The Willow Grove Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas is now on line. Quick view http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_willowgrove.htm [email protected] Shelby County Co-ordinator

Exhibition Showing till June 14 "Rural Texas Woman at Work - 1930-1960" _________________ NEW DATE: Now open Saturdays 10-2 ________________ June 24th, 6:00 p.m. @ Shelby County Museum Charlie Chitwood Jefferson, Texas Will speak on the Texas Archives and Library, materials, maps. Also will speak on the heritage tourism and the importance it plays on the growth and survival of East Texas towns. ____________________ -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:409/598-3613 fax: 409/591-0959 [email protected] www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 12:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

Dear Lee, I talked to my brother in law about Miles Courtney. He has done a lot of research in Shelby Co. He doesn't have any more info on him than I do. Are you a descendent of this line? I'm sending this to the Shelby List and the East Texas List to see if there is any help there. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Kay ******************************************* Subject: a family history question Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 07:30:58 -0600 From: lee courtney <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Ms. McCary--I am seeking information about Miles Courtney, an Irish immigrant who lived near Tenaha at the turn of the century. In 1898, he married Eliza Murphy, the daughter of Reverend James S. Murphy and Mary Jane McCary Murphy. Miles Courtney died in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Enos Campbell at Good Hope in December of 1920. Do you know of anyone who might be able to help me? I note that Nelda Turner Walker has written of the McCary and Murphy families in History of Shelby County. Do you know how I might get in touch with her? The Shelby County websites are tremendously impressive. I wish every Texas county had such representation. Thank you very much. Lee Courtney Department of English Sam Houston State University Huntsville TX77341 [email protected] Kay Parker McCary, Milam, Sabine County, Texas http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/c/Kay-P-McCary/

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