Something you maybe able to use on the list. This is from the 1850 census of Tarrant CO. Tx. This Fort is in Navarro District an is not the city of Ft. Worth! Major R. A. Arnold 33 Commanding office Ft. Woth from Miss. Dr. Thomas H Williams 23 Ft. Doctor from Mary Land La. John Bold 23 Dr. helper from S.C. Samuel H. Starr 33 second Lt. N. York Florida Arnold 10 born Florida Katherine M. Arnold 7 Ind. Sophia C. Arnold 1 Ky. Kate Arnold 26 Pa. Eliza Starr 27 Pa Kate Starr 7 N. York Now for the Soldier all below James B. Kepmer 32 Pa. D. McCany 32 Ireland Antonio Kemp 32 Germany Stephen Mosa 32 Pa. Nicholas Byer 34 Germany Joseph Shaffer 23 Germany William Delcher 27 Germany Henry Shulhy 26 Germany George Drisser 25 N. York John Wagner 26 Germany Simon Gristring 25 Germany Samuel Weaver 27 N. York Joseph Grass 25 Germany William Lickler 30 Germany Johnston Hughes 25 Ireland Antonio L. Mendy 30 La. Augustus Helmaring 25 Germany Frederick Burlege 27 Germany Thomas Kenmire 29 Germany John Hancia 27 Ireland Otho Kass 32 Denmark Peter Keough 34 Ireland John Lan 25 England Thomas Porthouse 33 England William Stacle 28 England William H Dixon 32 Mass. A. John Harrisson 27 Maryland Phillip Anderson 29 Scotland Hugh Boyle 29 Ireland Christopher Bockman 30 Bovaria William A Guinn 27 Ireland John Hambal 25 Ireland Thomas Danaky 27 Ireland Nathan Torkoopy 25 Poland John Lam 24 Switzerland August Poggenphol 30 Germany Bliss Miller 30 Va. Stephen Decater 26 N.York\ William Linsey 24 Conn. Hugh Brown 25 Nova Scotia Thomas Cummings 24 Ireland John Frilche 25 Germany James Gray 29 Ireland Christopher Kringber 23 Germany John McDonald 23 Ireland William Manley 23 England John Roberson 23 N. York Edward Reardor 26 Ireland Daniel S. Colland 28 Ireland Samuel Sinnage 24 Mass Crom Salivan 28 Ireland Edgart Bremer 27 Pa. Abram Harris 24 N. York John Barit 30 Ireland Fred Degleman 23 Germany Thomas Fristy 22 England Thomas Hoydon 21 Ireland James Higgins 24 Conn. John A. Coke 31 Germany John Meyer 36 Germany Charles McGlym 28 Ireland John McKenney24 Ireland John OKeff 38 Ireland Evonynius Remelin 25 Germany Fred Schrider 40 Germany James Ryan 30 Ireland John Lansola 24 N. York John Tucker 21 Ohio Fred Young 28 Germany Henry McCann 16 N.York John McCann 14 N.York D.F. Banks 28 N.York John Biggin 24 Scotland Dennis Coffey 24 Ireland Micheal Freeland 24 Ireland Joseph Langford 34 Ireland Herman Meyer 25 Germany Joseph Pierport 28 Maryland Thimothy Daily 32 Ireland Peter Fetzimons 24 Ireland John Ford 29 Ireland Anthony Lydon 33 Ireland James Mayson 24 Ireland Patrick Maherney 33 Ireland Morris Newmoon 24 Ireland John OBoyan 24 Ireland Micheal McConer 23 Ireland Patrick OBolihan 23 Ireland Charles W. Chiles 20 N.York Charles Oneal 26 Germany William McConoll 21 Ireland Peter Rily 28 Ireland James Willeth 21 Maryland Willaim Harron 3 Texas Alex Young 33 Texas Laurent Fleury 22 France Guillott Maxime 29 Germany Bour Joir 28 France Bour Gerimer 28 France Females in the Fort. Durcus Dugleman 19 Ala. Mary Harron 34 Ireland Margaret Harron 7 La. Della Mesland 23 Tenn The Commanding office R.A. Arnold was Ripley A Arnold born Jan 17 1817 in Miss. Graduated West Point 1838. Ft. Worth was formed 1849 and disbanned 1853 the soldiers move westward. Ripley did not he was killed at Ft. Graham Sept. 6 1853 while trying to arrest Dr. Josephus M. Stiener for drunkenness and falsifying. Both men drew there gun Major Arnolds fired 2 shots missing Dr. Stiener his gun misfired on the 3rd. shot Dr. Stiener fired 4 times and he died within 15 minutes. He is buried in the Pioneer's Rest 626 Samuel Ave. Ft. Worth Tx. Shortly after the census was taken in the summer of 1850 two of Major Arnold's children died they were, Sophie and Willis A. Arnold. He is buried with his children the land was set aside by Maj. Arnold best friend Dr. Adolphus Gounant it is on 3 areas, in 1871 after a cemetery Association was form Baldwin Sammuels gave 3 more areas adjoining Dr. Gounant land. Many FT Worth settlers are buried there and 75 civil war vet. General Edward H. Tarrant for whom Tarrant CO. is named is buried there also. After the Fort was disbanned the merchants and farmers took over the buildings and the city of Ft. Worth was formed. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Jones <auntjean@promail.com> To: TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com <TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Tarrant County Genealogical Resources? >>What other records are available for Tarrant County for the time of >>1852-1867? >>There are only a few Tax records, there isn't an 1860 census record, it >>is missing. Any other ideas for information sources? > > >This IS a VERY GOOD Question !! > >I have suspected for years it was a conspiracy by my ancestors to block my >exploring their business........ (ha Ha!) > >The 1860 census is missing and the court house burned in 1876 distroying >many of the records we need. Some early probate records do still exist - >this is worth checking if your person died during those years. > >I have found the Tax records VERY good and quite useful. What you find >online on the Tarrant Co. page is only those I had an opportunity to >abstract. There was more......much more. The Ft Worth Genealogy >Society's Quarterly publications have a lot of good information that may be >in other books but I've not run into it. > >So.......where have YOU found helpful info for Tarrant Co research?? > >