This is a little long but I am desparate! Any assistance you or anyone reading this might give me in determining the parents of William Henry Ledbetter (a/k/a W. H. & Wil) would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps you can tell me where I might research records between 1843 and 1857, two important dates indicated below. William Henry Ledbetter, (a/k/a W. H., Wil, Capt. (family and friends in San Saba Co, TX all called him Capt.) b 12/5/1843 Pulaski, Giles Co, TN and married in 1866 in San Saba County, TX to Jennettie Frances Bomar (spelled a lot of ways on records). Served in the Civil War and Texas Rangers. In Sept., 1999 I visited San Saba and researched the county records. Found no mention of his parents and his death records signed by his son do not indicate parents names ("unknown"). I did not do a thorough research of the deed records - next trip... In his pension papers, he and his wife (after his death) stated he "came to Texas" in 1857 (born in 1843 in Pulaski, Giles Co, TN) so he would be abt 14 when he came to Texas, but I cannot find him/parents on the 1850 census anywhere I have researched. I have accepted a census link in the 1860 census as being him in Paris, Lamar County, TX (enumerated 9/29/1860) although it shows his age as 20 instead of 16-17 (he entered the Confederate Army near Lamar in May, 1861). He is found in the San Saba census records from 1870 forward. I wrote and received his military and pension records from the State of Texas. I obtained a search of Giles County, TN records. Nothing on his parents I have viewed all the surrounding states in books and surrounding territory on microfilm at the genealogy library and researched on the net. Does anyone know if Giles County, TN was not in TN in 1843 (maybe this would help)? He was granted: 170-3/4 acres 11 miles N.W. of San Saba town, Original Grantee W. H. Ledbetter, Sur. No. 86, abst No. 117, Cert 38/4420 (from his probate documentation but I do not have the date of the grant). A son and daughter filled out questionaires in 1935 (believed to be for the book "Ledbetters of Virginia") that stated they did not know the given names of either grandparent, that their grandfather died near Austin, TX in about 1843, but I do not know his name (year W. H. was born), their grandmother's maiden name was Craig and she married a Jackson after her husband died. His daughter stated he had no "own" siblings (I took this to mean no Ledbetter siblings, perhaps Jackson siblings). I am hitting brick walls on the death of the parents, marriage female Craig to male Jackson, maiden name Craig, etc. William Henry Ledbetter has been linked as a "possible" son of Rowland (Roland) Ledbetter in "Ledbetters Revisited" but my research and the questionaires by his grandchildren seem to disagree. I believe the authors of "Ledbetters of Virginia" did not link him (although they had the questionaires from his son and daughter), or include his family in the book, because they could not determine his parents. Who am I to think I can! ha. Any suggestions? ----- Original Message ----- From: <TCozz57795@aol.com> To: <TXSSABA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:42 AM Subject: [TXSSABA] Update on TX land grants, Karen and others interested... > http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/lgrants.html#headright > > This is from The Government Land Office(GLO) > > Pre-emption Grant > Similar to the headright grants, pre-emption grants were made after > statehood. From 1845 to 1854 homesteaders could claim 320 acres. From 1854 to > 1856, and 1866 to 1898, up to 160 acres could be claimed. Homesteaders were > required to live on the land for three years and make improvements (such as > building a barn) in order to qualify for a pre-emption grant of 160 acres. > > Karen, this may be why your subject was so sure of the day he entered Texas. > Note the dates. Thought you'd need this. Tom > > > ==== TXSSABA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an email with only the word unsubscribe in the body of the email to TXSSABA-L-request@rootsweb.com (or TXSSABA-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest list) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >