I am very fortunate to have such a great number of people offering to do lookups for Shelby County. Believe me, I cannot do this by myself since I sponsor two other counties. Anyway, just a reminder when asking for anyone to do a lookup, PLEASE include the county and state. (This is not just for Shelby County). Some of the volunteers help with several counties also. Thanks, Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for Shelby County TX DeSoto Parish LA Montgomery County TX.

--part1_a63103e8.24665139_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_a63103e8.24665139_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (rly-zc03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.3]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 08 May 1999 15:36:03 -0400 Received: from webhost.ktsnet.com (ktsnet.com [216.60.177.220]) by rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id PAA18430 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 8 May 1999 15:36:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ray ([216.60.177.67]) by webhost.ktsnet.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-58795U2000L200S0V35) with SMTP id com for <[email protected]>; Sat, 8 May 1999 14:37:29 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] (rayjac) To: "JANE RELPPEK" <[email protected]> Subject: Updated Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 14:32:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 The index page is now updated with the Search Engine for the pages. Works good ray --part1_a63103e8.24665139_boundary--

--part1_519b9958.245d6f7b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_519b9958.245d6f7b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (rly-yc01.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.33]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 01 May 1999 13:37:13 -0400 Received: from mail1.lig.bellsouth.net (mail1.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.55]) by rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id NAA04854 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 1 May 1999 13:37:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bellsouth.net (host-209-214-101-143.shv.bellsouth.net [209.214.101.143]) by mail1.lig.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA18573 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 1 May 1999 13:37:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 12:31:55 -0500 From: Judy Oates <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-bls40 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Pates Shelby Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am looking for info ( any) on Alvin and his brother Albert Pate. They were kin to my grand mother. Alvin was a Baptist preacher and Albert was a carpenter. thanks lot Judy oates --part1_519b9958.245d6f7b_boundary--

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_methodistme.htm">Click here: Methodist M. E. Cemetery </A> Thank you to Ray & Leonard. Fair View Cemetery will be ready next. Jane Sanford Keppler

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_brookland.htm">Click here: Brookland Cemetery </A> Thanks to Ray Jackson and Leonard Irish. Jane Sanford Keppler

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_joaquinA.htm">Click here: Joaquin Cemetery A thru J </A> Thanks to Ray Jackson and Leonard Irish. This is just the first part of it but you can view the rest when you click on. Jane Sanford Keppler

--part1_6ed7552.244d4d28_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_6ed7552.244d4d28_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.35]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:20:22 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id NAA29874; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:20:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA28677; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:19:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:19:15 -0700 (PDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:17:42 EDT Subject: "Finding our Roots" TV Show April 25 Old-To: [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Reply-To: [email protected] Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3065 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] On April 25th NBC News is supposed to begin a weekly special report titled "Finding Our Roots." Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Jane Pauley, Stone Phillips and other newspeople are supposed to go looking for their roots. Sounds like it might be interesting. <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/256222.asp">A family tree that spans the Net </A> OR try this: http://www.msnbc.com/news/256222.asp --part1_6ed7552.244d4d28_boundary--

I am looking for information on parents and siblings of the following people: William B. REYNOLDS, b. June 11, 1873, d. November 23, 1927 in Shelby County, Texas, married Lovie UNKNOWN. Frank L. REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, b. May 23, 1874, d. Sept 25, 1951 in Shelby County, Texas. Henry Neal REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, b. March 11, 1863, d. February 14, 1922 in Shelby County, Texas, married Sarah Alice WILSON. John J. REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, b. January 20, 1826, d. Sept 17, 1874 in Shelby County, Texas. John R. REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, b. February 9, 1872, d. January 29, 1953 in Shelby County, Texas, married Bobie UNKNOWN. L.A. REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, b. August 23, 1838, d. December 24, 1888 in Shelby County, Texas. Any help would be appreciated. Doyle T. Brittain [email protected]

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_johnson.htm">Click here: Johnson Cemetery-Fellowship </A> Thank you to Ray Jackson and Leonard Irish. Jane Sanford Keppler

Looking for connection to Sara Ann Turbeville Campbell Samford. Jane Sanford Keppler

I am seeking contact with descendants of the ROSS family, and am interested in learning more about the many descendants of the ROSS family. My husband, James Cannon, is a descendant of: WILLIAM HENRY ROSS, b. abt 1815 TN, who mar. MARY ELIZABETH WILSON, through their daughter: AMANDA ROSS, b. Sept 20, 1849, d. Jun 27, 1875, who mar. WILLIAM M. GOLDEN, b. 1845, d. Jan 11, 1902. Is there a descendant who might have copy of any military papers concerning William H. Ross, of which I might be able to obtain a copy? Is there a GEDCOM file available that I might obtain? ROSS, WILLIAM HENRY William Henry Ross, born ca 1815 in Tennessee son of John Henry Ross and his wife, Mary. William H. died during the War Between the States about 1862 while serving the Confederacy. William H. Ross married January 25, 1838, in Yalobusha Co., MS, Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of John Wilson and Mary Hopgood of Feleciana Parish, LA, who was born 1821 in LA and died in Shelby Co., TX, after 1870. Elizabeth Wilson Ross' second husband was a man by the name of Donahue. Mary (Hopgood) Wilson married James Alfred Truitt in December 20, 1849, in Shelby Co., TX, as his second wife. No children were born to this union. William Ross and wife, Elizabeth came to Texas about 1844 with her widowed mother, brothers and sisters. Elizabeth's father had drowned in the Yalobusha River about 1843. This appears on page 752 of the Shelby County History, and was submitted by Frances Lee Truitt Wesley. Thank you, Sallie Cannon near Beaumont, TX [email protected]

> Does anyone know where Downsville, Texas is located -- which cities are > nearby, and which county it is in? > > Thank you > Never heard of it, but have you tried Texas Landmarks and Vanishing Communities? It's a great resource! www.granbury.com/~landmark/

Downsville pop. 35 (1985) on FM 434, east edge of Robinson (may be included in Robinson by now) is in McLennan Co. Largest town is Waco. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 12:19 AM Subject: DOWNSVILLE, TEXAS > Does anyone know where Downsville, Texas is located -- which cities are > nearby, and which county it is in? > > Thank you > >

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE The Society will be meeting April 22 at the Museum in Center, TX starting at 6:00 p.m. Our speaker will reminisce through her "Memoirs of W.W.II". A close look through the eyes of a solider and his wife. Refreshments will be served. BUILDING AND GROUNDS UPDATE Repairs are coming along to the interior of the Museum The Historical Trackers, a Center Elementary group of students, donated $600 toward the purchase of a flat file at the Museum. A grant from Texas Historical Commission helped pay the remainder of the $890 bill. The flat files will allow the Society to archive large items such as photos, maps, and documents. Shelby Savings Bank today donated $500 for continued renovations to the interior of the Museum. Our fund raising is at 36% of the $25,000 goal for 1999. One more exhibit room is almost complete. Floors are being sanded by volunteers this week. Walls, ceiling and trim are complete. Several large private collections were recently donated to the Museum. We need volunteers to help go through these collections and start accessioning them into the Society's collection. Donation may be sent to SCHS Treasurer PO Box 1542 Center, TX 75935 UPDATE on WEB PAGE We have now moved into the 21st Century! www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs email address is [email protected] The Society will do research for $5 per hour on genealogy plus associated costs... coping and mailing. All money raised goes for up keep of the Library, Museum and collections SHELBY COUNTY HISTORY BOOK No more BOOKS are left since early in 1998. We have discussed reordering them through another publisher. The Shelby County Historical COMMISSION was the organization that originally put the book together under the guidance of John Reagan Harris. Mr. Harris died earlier this year. The last word we had on the book was that it would cost ~$100 each with a minimum order of 100. The Society is contemplating taking orders with payment attached. If we can get 100 orders in six months we will do it, if not the money would be returned. ALL OF THIS IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. Also there has been talk on a Vol II. Shelby County History Book Anyone wanting to donate some time in researching and compiling information? SUMMER WORKERS! Through DETGO and JTPA the Society will be utilizing summer students (2) to help in the daily up keep of the Museum. These are high school students from area High Schools. They will provide us with services while we provide a learning atmosphere with on-the-job-training. HANDBOOK OF TEXAS is ONLINE http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ This is a great resource! Reba James, Genealogy Library and Research Center at the Museum is raising money to purchase the full six volume set for the Genealogy Library. $400. Interested in donating: SCHS ATN: Reba James PO Box 1542 Center, TX 75935 ITEMS OF INTEREST If anyone would like to join the SCHS for 1999, receive the Newsletter and help preserve our rich heritage, please contact the museum at their email address or write them. If you would like to write an article for the Newsletter or see anything in the newsletter, please contact John Warner at the Museum addresses or call 409/598-3613. Volunteers needed in mornings or afternoons. Contact John Warner

ATTN: Nikki and Susan and Gary There is a History of Shelby County. It is (or was) available through the Shelby County Historical Society Their email address is [email protected] Dan Capps

The last I heard there were only a very few books left. I past this on to John Warner, the president to address the issue. I'm just so proud I did buy one a couple of years ago. Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for Shelby County DeSoto Parish LA Montgomery County TX.

Greetings, list-mates! Does anyone know if there are still any copies of "The History of Shelby County" available for sale anywhere? I'd like to own a copy, new or used. Thanks in advance for any responses. Nikki Neal Allen seeking: NEAL, WINDHAM, DEAN, EADS families of Shelby County

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_spannchapel.htm">Click here: Spann Chapel </A> Thanks to Ray Jackson and Leonard Irish. Jane Sanford Keppler

Rhonda Bennett is looking for information on THOMAS EVERET(T)E GOLDEN married Feb. 1913 to Martha Anis Sample in Shelby County. Contact her at [email protected] thanks, SCHS -- 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 After hours and weekends by appointment

My g-g-grandfather, Martin Fletcher DAVIS was born in about 1849-1852 in probably Shelby or Panola county, Texas. He was the son of Nathan DAVIS (1810 - 1883) and Susan FLETCHER (1820 - after 1860). He was in Panola county in 1880 with a wife and 3 children. This is the last place I can pin him down. He bought the land in Henderson county, in March of 1885, where his widow and children ended up. His widow remarried in November of 1886, so he must have died between March 1885 and November 1886, but I can't determine whether he died in Panola (or Shelby) county before they came to Henderson county. Does anyone have cemetery indexes that list this person? I will be coming to the area at the end of this month to look up court records and would like to photograph the cemetery and tombstone if I can locate where he is buried. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Peggy Haynes Loar [email protected]