Index to Williamson co. Probates on-line at <<http://three-legged-willie.org>>

I came across this article that I saved from a 1995 Granger News issue. It lists businesses in Granger, Williamson Co., Texas as well as names of owners and what the business was. Hope that this helps someone. The following article was printed in THE GRANGER NEWS, Thursday, December 28, 1995, pg. 3. It had been previously printed in THE GRANGER NEWS, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, March 28, 1946. DO YOU RECALL THESE BUSINESSES? How many of these business and professional names can you recall? The list is taken from a business and professional directory for Granger for 1907. Of the list, T. E. Ford is the only one still in the same business. The list includes: Anderson & Gidney, physicians Barlow & Northcott, Blacksmiths, Wheelrights Brown, L.T., Groceries City Barber Shop, W. K. Hawkins, Prop. Barber Shop, Cook, H. F. Racket Store Corner Drug Store M.C. Cooke & Co., Props. Drugs & Jewelry Critz, R., Attorney; Davis, S.M. & Co. Nations The First National Bank I N Keller, Cashier T.E. Ford, Saddlery & Harness Fox & Miller, Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Granger Hardware Co., Hardware, etc. The Granger News (Weekly), Miss Maid J. Allen, Prop. & Editor, Also Job Printing Hill, Chas. W. & Co., General Store Jones & Pyle, Groceries Hodges & Henderson, General Mdse Jarrett (may be Jarrell) , J. M., General Store (J. M. Jarrell was postmaster at one time.) Jones & Pyle, Groceries Mark Jones, Banker (Unincorporated), First and Oldest Bank in Granger Krupa, J. F., Bakery Leubner, Miss P., Millinery Lindsey, F. W. Livery Lindsey, Joe, Dry Good, Ladies & Gents Furnishings McCurdy, W. N. , Drugs & Jewelry, Railroad Watch Dealer McLaughlin, A. J., Billiards and Pool, Cold Drinks and Cigars Martinets Bros., Photographers, Picture Framing & Art Studio Martinets, J. F. & Co, General Merchandise and Produce Meador, W. E., Meats Mexia, Rufus, Groceries Mutual Lumber Co., R.C. Rowland, Mgr, Lumber, Builders Hardware and Mutual Lumber Co., R.C. Rowland, Mgr, Lumber, Builders Hardware and Materials, Paints, Lime, Cement Brick, etc. Nunn & Pope, Jewelry Posey & Sheffield, Attorneys Pustejovsky, J. F., Cold Drinks and Cigars Reinhardt, M.B., Hotel St. Wrba W., Groceries & Racket Goods, Large Dealer in Produce Schramm, J. M., Groceries Storrs, A. W., Gin Struhall, Jim, General Merchandise The Star Tailoring Co., A. A. Spacek, Proprietor, Fine Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Swan, C. S., Meats Taylor, J. G., Gin Thompson Bros., Meats Thompson, J. A., Lumber, Builders Hardware and Material Paints and Coal, J. S. Fox, Mgr. Walker, J. W. & Co., Gin Wayman, J. W., General Store Wells, L. B., Blacksmith Wentrcek and Sefcik, Blacksmiths and Woodworkers, Horseshoeing a Specialty Williams & Shinn, Groceries Young, Fox and Miller, Horses and Mules Good Luck. Jackie

continued........... Out of the children of Samuel and Barbara Gordon, David Gordon who married Ailsie Edwards December 07, 1797 in Garrard Co., Kentucky, is the only one that I haven't been able to achieve further information about. David could be the key. Or.....it COULD be a sibling of the first Samuel Gordon in my database. Very, very frustrating.......... -------------------------------- End of TXWILLIA-D Digest V00 Issue #84 ************************************** From root@lists6.rootsweb.com Tue Aug 1 19:20:14 2000 Return-Path: <root@lists6.rootsweb.com> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by listsearches.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e722KEw27436 for <indexer@listsearches.rootsweb.com>; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:20:14 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e722KFr18507 for indexer@listsearches.rootsweb.com; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:20:15 -0700 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:20:15 -0700 Message-Id: <200008020220.e722KFr18507@lists6.rootsweb.com> From: TXWILLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com Subject: TXWILLIA-D Digest V00 #84 X-Loop: TXWILLIA-D@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TXWILLIA-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume00/84 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: TXWILLIA-D@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain TXWILLIA-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 84 Today's Topics: #1 [TXWILLIA] what to expect from the [Anna Price <AnnaPrice@ndp.com>] #2 Re: [TXWILLIA] Gordons of Giles Co [Ric <fdg@flash.net>] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from TXWILLIA-D, send a message to TXWILLIA-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.

i found an interesting site about what to expect from the 1930 census when it is released in 2002. http://wee-monster.home.att.net/1930.html the best ideas come after you think you've run out of them Anna HOUSTON PRICE presently seeking HOUSTON, HOWELL, WRIGHT, TUCKER, OWEN FiServ NDP - Client Services Technical Consultant Off: 512-345-1922

Yes , apparently she is very knowledgeable and I really appreciate her sharing that knowledge with me and others. Knowledge in these areas is not easy to come by. Thanks Linda! Anne mwise@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Ric <fdg@flash.net> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] Probate packets > I'd listen to Linda, folks. She knows her business. > > > > > LREMRY@aol.com wrote: > > > > In a message dated 07/05/2000 5:30:14 PM Central Daylight Time, > > MWise@prodigy.net writes: > > > > << Is this true of Arkansas as well? Are probate packets usually located at > > the court house? >> > > > > I can only speak to Bradley Co. AR, as that is the only experience I have in > > AR. And, yes, there were probate packets on file at the Bradley Co. > > Courthouse. So, probably true of other AR counties. The microfilm that you > > have looked at was probably (and I don't know this for sure) film of the > > probate minute books. The packets are the original loose papers. SOMETIMES > > these packets contain receipts, correspondence, etc. that does not get > > recorded in the minute books. > > > > There is no one reason why some of the packets are empty. When the WPA did > > the survey's, if there were no papers in the jacket, they recorded "deceased > > (or whatever), no papers". Did they grow legs and walk? Were they simply > > misplaced? Who knows? > > > > By the by, a source folks sometimes overlook in Texas are the Civil Court > > records. These, too, have papers filed in packets. In Williamson Co. the > > early packets are filed in boxes in the District Court Clerk's office, up > > through about Cause #5000 (can't remember what the time span is -- 1848 to > > ????). After that, they are on microfilm, available for viewing in the > > Clerk's office. This is microfilm of the actual papers, not the District > > Court minute books. They are indexed by both plaintiff and defendant. One > > has to go in person to search these records, but if you are in Georgetown for > > research, it is well worth your while to check these indexes. The District > > Court is now in the Williamson County Courthouse Annex, on Martin Luther King > > Blvd. -- not at the main courthouse. > > > > Linda E. >

I'd listen to Linda, folks. She knows her business. LREMRY@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 07/05/2000 5:30:14 PM Central Daylight Time, > MWise@prodigy.net writes: > > << Is this true of Arkansas as well? Are probate packets usually located at > the court house? >> > > I can only speak to Bradley Co. AR, as that is the only experience I have in > AR. And, yes, there were probate packets on file at the Bradley Co. > Courthouse. So, probably true of other AR counties. The microfilm that you > have looked at was probably (and I don't know this for sure) film of the > probate minute books. The packets are the original loose papers. SOMETIMES > these packets contain receipts, correspondence, etc. that does not get > recorded in the minute books. > > There is no one reason why some of the packets are empty. When the WPA did > the survey's, if there were no papers in the jacket, they recorded "deceased > (or whatever), no papers". Did they grow legs and walk? Were they simply > misplaced? Who knows? > > By the by, a source folks sometimes overlook in Texas are the Civil Court > records. These, too, have papers filed in packets. In Williamson Co. the > early packets are filed in boxes in the District Court Clerk's office, up > through about Cause #5000 (can't remember what the time span is -- 1848 to > ????). After that, they are on microfilm, available for viewing in the > Clerk's office. This is microfilm of the actual papers, not the District > Court minute books. They are indexed by both plaintiff and defendant. One > has to go in person to search these records, but if you are in Georgetown for > research, it is well worth your while to check these indexes. The District > Court is now in the Williamson County Courthouse Annex, on Martin Luther King > Blvd. -- not at the main courthouse. > > Linda E.

"No papers" may very well mean that they are not in the file for whatever reason--lost, stolen, mis-filed.... LKPF ----- Original Message ----- From: Virginia Brown <vlbrown@flash.net> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] William Clark > Well when my grandmother Inez Kittle Clark died while moving back to Texas > from La. in 1915. The took her out and buried her. A delayed death > certificate was filed in 1943 by her oldest son in Ill. It said stomach > trouble. She is buried somewhere in Sabine Co. > I think this was common back then. > I think that is what your "no papers means" The will may have been probated > the next year in Probate Records. > My grandfather was Walter Henderson Clark b 1858 Karnes Co. Tx. His father > was Isaac J Clark b 1818 Tenn or Al. He came to Texas in time to be on the > 1850 census in DeWitt Co. > I don't think there is a connection between our Clarks but we can never miss > a chance :) > I am looking for a William Clark that married in 1847 in Amite Co. Miss. to > a Montgomery. > Where is your William Clark from? > Virginia Clark Brown > > -----Original Message----- > From: MuDDCaTMan@aol.com <MuDDCaTMan@aol.com> > To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:22 PM > Subject: [TXWILLIA] William Clark > > > >I am in search of information on a William Clark. This William is listed > in > >the Probate Records of Williamson Co. on August 21, 1876. This record > lists > >him as "deceased, no papers" Does anyone know what this "deceased, no > papers > >means." There would have to be some form of paper transaction is recorded > on > >that date. > > > >Also there is another listing for Wm. Clark "deceased, no papers" recorded > in > >the Probate Records on Sept. 28, 1877. > > > >Does anyone have any information on this William Clark. I believe that his > >full name is Isom William Clark. I am researching Isom William Clark and > >many of his sons who moved to Williamson Co. during the late 1850's and > early > >1860's. Several of his sons were married in Williamson Co. and the > >surrounding counties. > > > >Some of these sons were Jesse Allen Clark, B.M.C. Clark, and Hezikiah Texas > >Clark. > > > > > >I know that two of his grandsons were married in the area. They were Isom > >Jackson Clark and Benjamin Franklin Clark, Sr. > > > > > >Keith Reed. > > > > >

Well when my grandmother Inez Kittle Clark died while moving back to Texas from La. in 1915. The took her out and buried her. A delayed death certificate was filed in 1943 by her oldest son in Ill. It said stomach trouble. She is buried somewhere in Sabine Co. I think this was common back then. I think that is what your "no papers means" The will may have been probated the next year in Probate Records. My grandfather was Walter Henderson Clark b 1858 Karnes Co. Tx. His father was Isaac J Clark b 1818 Tenn or Al. He came to Texas in time to be on the 1850 census in DeWitt Co. I don't think there is a connection between our Clarks but we can never miss a chance :) I am looking for a William Clark that married in 1847 in Amite Co. Miss. to a Montgomery. Where is your William Clark from? Virginia Clark Brown -----Original Message----- From: MuDDCaTMan@aol.com <MuDDCaTMan@aol.com> To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:22 PM Subject: [TXWILLIA] William Clark >I am in search of information on a William Clark. This William is listed in >the Probate Records of Williamson Co. on August 21, 1876. This record lists >him as "deceased, no papers" Does anyone know what this "deceased, no papers >means." There would have to be some form of paper transaction is recorded on >that date. > >Also there is another listing for Wm. Clark "deceased, no papers" recorded in >the Probate Records on Sept. 28, 1877. > >Does anyone have any information on this William Clark. I believe that his >full name is Isom William Clark. I am researching Isom William Clark and >many of his sons who moved to Williamson Co. during the late 1850's and early >1860's. Several of his sons were married in Williamson Co. and the >surrounding counties. > >Some of these sons were Jesse Allen Clark, B.M.C. Clark, and Hezikiah Texas >Clark. > > >I know that two of his grandsons were married in the area. They were Isom >Jackson Clark and Benjamin Franklin Clark, Sr. > > >Keith Reed. > >

But please, "LutherMarie", we all need this information (i.e., the deceased-no papers designation). If you're going to type it for one person on this list, can't you also send it to all of us? Thanks for your consideration. LKPF Surnames: ALLISON - REVEALE/REVEAL/REVEILE, ETC. and many allied families in Milam & Williamson & Bell & Falls Counties, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <LutherMarie@aol.com> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] William Clark > Don't rely too much on the "no papers" designation in the Williamson Co > records. Contact me directly and I will explain why and how I know...too > complicated and lengthy to explain here. Please use another > address<seigfrid@swbell.net>. Gayle Cloud >

Linda ~ I finally got a hold of the site. It had moved. http://eta.pha.jhu.edu/~dag/4thtex/tgr.html It still didn't have what I wanted.

In a message dated 07/05/2000 5:30:14 PM Central Daylight Time, MWise@prodigy.net writes: << Is this true of Arkansas as well? Are probate packets usually located at the court house? >> I can only speak to Bradley Co. AR, as that is the only experience I have in AR. And, yes, there were probate packets on file at the Bradley Co. Courthouse. So, probably true of other AR counties. The microfilm that you have looked at was probably (and I don't know this for sure) film of the probate minute books. The packets are the original loose papers. SOMETIMES these packets contain receipts, correspondence, etc. that does not get recorded in the minute books. There is no one reason why some of the packets are empty. When the WPA did the survey's, if there were no papers in the jacket, they recorded "deceased (or whatever), no papers". Did they grow legs and walk? Were they simply misplaced? Who knows? By the by, a source folks sometimes overlook in Texas are the Civil Court records. These, too, have papers filed in packets. In Williamson Co. the early packets are filed in boxes in the District Court Clerk's office, up through about Cause #5000 (can't remember what the time span is -- 1848 to ????). After that, they are on microfilm, available for viewing in the Clerk's office. This is microfilm of the actual papers, not the District Court minute books. They are indexed by both plaintiff and defendant. One has to go in person to search these records, but if you are in Georgetown for research, it is well worth your while to check these indexes. The District Court is now in the Williamson County Courthouse Annex, on Martin Luther King Blvd. -- not at the main courthouse. Linda E.

In a message dated 07/05/2000 3:28:17 PM Central Daylight Time, MuDDCaTMan@aol.com writes: << him as "deceased, no papers" >> This usually means that there are no papers filed in the probate packet -- that just the jacket is on file -- although I am sure there must be exceptions to this, after reading Galye's reply. IF you do discover that there are no papers in the packet, then you should look at the Probate Minute books. Most of what was in the packet will have been transcribled into the minute books. Linda Emry

Don't rely too much on the "no papers" designation in the Williamson Co records. Contact me directly and I will explain why and how I know...too complicated and lengthy to explain here. Please use another address<seigfrid@swbell.net>. Gayle Cloud

I am in search of information on a William Clark. This William is listed in the Probate Records of Williamson Co. on August 21, 1876. This record lists him as "deceased, no papers" Does anyone know what this "deceased, no papers means." There would have to be some form of paper transaction is recorded on that date. Also there is another listing for Wm. Clark "deceased, no papers" recorded in the Probate Records on Sept. 28, 1877. Does anyone have any information on this William Clark. I believe that his full name is Isom William Clark. I am researching Isom William Clark and many of his sons who moved to Williamson Co. during the late 1850's and early 1860's. Several of his sons were married in Williamson Co. and the surrounding counties. Some of these sons were Jesse Allen Clark, B.M.C. Clark, and Hezikiah Texas Clark. I know that two of his grandsons were married in the area. They were Isom Jackson Clark and Benjamin Franklin Clark, Sr. Keith Reed.

Frances, I don't think so. While there may have been some more distant relatives there than I am aware of I cannot identify any who had a Joe, married a Henderson, or moved to Fayette Co. As we know there are often larger family groups who moved. As far as I know the only Andersons to which I am related were the family of Stephen Anderson (1769-1844) all of whom I can trace pretty well. If I could ever find a cousin, uncle, etc., it would help with the previous generation's proper county in VA possibly. Sorry. Hurston Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: <MonTressa@aol.com> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] Gordons of Giles Co. > Did you find any Andersons marrying into the Henderson family of older Giles > Co. TN of which some of Giles became Maury Co. TN.? Did any of your Andesons > move to Fayette Co. TN? I ask this because my William C. Henderson's first > wife's (and mother of his eight children) (seven girls) name remains a > mystery to me. I have searched far and wide. William C. Henderson's only > male child was William Anderson Henderson. My researchers found William C. > living with an Anderson family in Fayette Co. TN. This name game of the son > could be that the Anderson family were great friends but I doubt it. Later, > I find that the Joe Andersons and the female Hendersons (all six surviving > girls and various cousins and their families moved to Williamson County) > families were heavy visiting friends there. Are your Williamson County > Andersons related to the this Joe Anderson? > > Regards, Frances Love Glass > >

Did you find any Andersons marrying into the Henderson family of older Giles Co. TN of which some of Giles became Maury Co. TN.? Did any of your Andesons move to Fayette Co. TN? I ask this because my William C. Henderson's first wife's (and mother of his eight children) (seven girls) name remains a mystery to me. I have searched far and wide. William C. Henderson's only male child was William Anderson Henderson. My researchers found William C. living with an Anderson family in Fayette Co. TN. This name game of the son could be that the Anderson family were great friends but I doubt it. Later, I find that the Joe Andersons and the female Hendersons (all six surviving girls and various cousins and their families moved to Williamson County) families were heavy visiting friends there. Are your Williamson County Andersons related to the this Joe Anderson? Regards, Frances Love Glass

Thanks for the info. Researching: Lee, Love, Henderson, of Williamson County. Frances Love Glass

This was posted on the Pittsylvania VA list, with permision to repost to fellow researchers. ***************** Hey Gang, We all need to inform our fellow researchers of Broderbund's census information. 1) At GenealogyLibrary.com, the 1810 census information they present transposes the male and female columns. By that I mean, the first five numbers they show are for females, the second five numbers are for male. This is contrary to the actual census reports that list the males in the first five columns and the females in the second five columns. 2) I just learned today that Broderbund's CD312, Census Index for Selected US Counties, 1800, also has the male and female columns transposed. As a result of these findings, I would consider any Broderbund products that list census reports from 1800 to 1840 to be suspect at best. Please pass this information on to your fellow researchers. I sent an e-mail to Broderbund when I found the errors in the 1810 index, I received no response. This does not make their information useless, you simply have to reverse the columns. Rick Monroe

Ric, I see your name on the Gordon and Williamson Co lists often. Both of which I am also a member of. My Williamson Co Tx ancestor was a Uriah Hardy Anderson (1810-1893) from Giles Co, TN who married Elizabeth Emmaline Gordon (1824-1897) from Greene co, AL. However, I have always suspected that there were connnections because in Giles Co right next to the Andersons in a community called Brick Church were quite a few Gordons. There was at one time a website from a descendent of these Gordons called something like "Sons of Samuel". In there I found no connection, but there are still some odd connections. My Emmaline Elizabeth Gordon is definitely from John and Ruth Gordon of VA>SC>AL/MS/GA, etc. There were many Gordons in the Old 96th / Union District area of SC 1750+. John and Ruth moved there from Truro Parish, Farifax Co, VA due to a Royal land grant of 450 acres in SC. All of their sons fought with Rev Militia at significant SC battles and received further land in AL, etc. where many moved in early 1800's. My direct ancestor Capt. William Gordon was with Brandon's Regiment and died in 1781 possibly a Rev War casualty...proof weak. I can't remember when the major southern push by the British began which resulted in the Cowpens victory, etc., but I think it was after 1781, so if William died as a result of militia service it would have been in Loyalist vs. Rebel militia conflicts, not the major push that resulted in Colonial victory at Yorktown. These Gordons were later very pro-CSA. I think I counted 58 Gordons who perished in Civil War from the portion of Gordons that are in the book I mentioned, Gordons of the Deep South. I got a photocopied version last year from a kind distant relative. Basically, it covers several of the children of John and Ruth Gordon. Not all branches of the tree are traced completely, though. About half did not move on to AL/MS and are not traced very deeply in this book. For instance, John Gordon Jr. (1736-1799) is recorded as having serveed with Colonel John Chevilette in the Cherokee Wars. He seems to have stayed in SC, but we have nothing on his wife, children, etc. Benjamin Gordon (1738 - ?) nothing except service also with Chevilette in Cherokee Wars. This service would have certainly gained land grants in land, but the southern states were still infested with Indians at this time, so land in MD, KY, TN, etc. might have been more likely about 1765'ish I would think. Besides we know nothing about the original John Gordon's relations in VA. No doubt they would have been Scottish. It would be a rare Gordon from elsewhere, and they seem to have been Presbyterians. Did some go to KY/TN, etc. ? John was born about 1710...not sure where, but he was married to Ruth ? about 1733 and purchased 367 acres in 1733 on Clerks run, Truro Parish, Prince William Co (now Loudoun) Va. There seems to be nothing about his immediate family or heritage. At least I have not seen it, and there are many, many Gordons on the list from this family. Since most of the book is about the family of two or three children who moved to GA then AL/MS and LA. These are primarily the younger sons of John and Ruth who got their land for Rev War service. The Indians were cleared from Giles Co, TN and south about 1805-1810, so that is when movement that directions seems to have been. My Andersons moved from VA to Sumner Co, TN about 1787 then to Giles Co, TN about 1806/7. I have always wondered if there was a possibility that the Gordons of Giles Co are relatives of the AL Gordons due to very thin logic as follows: My Gordon gggrandmother Elizabeth Emmaline was the daughter of Posey Gordon (1775-1830) 4th son of the above mentioned Capt. William Gordon. DAR records show this relationship as does his will. Derivation of the name Posey is another enigma which becomes even more confusing later. Posey married an Elizabeth Sims and moved to GA and then on to Greene Co, AL where many, many Sims and Gordons were quite prominent until the Civil War. This county is now heavily negro due to many large cotton plantations with large slave populations and rather poor now, but at the time of the War of Northern Agression it was the largest exporter of cotton of any county in the country. Gordons and Sims were actively involved with rather large farms each including many slaves. Posey Gordon died when many of his younger children were quite young including Elizabeth Emmaline my gggrandmother. At 13 her mother also died. This left Elizabeth and several siblings living with older siblings and other relatives including Sims' and Gordon's. Meantime, my gggrandfather who is 14 years older than Elizabeth was many hundreds of miles away living in Brick Church community of Giles Co. TN in the same neighborhood of many Gordons. He traveled to TX for the TX Rev (or at least part) and was awarded quite a bit of land in Williamson County, TX while his brother Matthew got land in Robertson Co, TX. There was a bit of an Indian problem still in these areas, though. He went back to TN and in 1841 married the 17-year-old Elizabeth Gordon. I do not know where they were married, AL or TN, and where he met her some several hundred miles away is a mystery. Since she was an orphan, I have wondered if she might have been living in Brick Church with relatives, but that is a total speculation with absolutely no info. In 1842 Elizabeth and U. H. Anderson moved to area which becomes Rock House of Williamson County, TX. U. H. inherited well from his father in Giles Co, TN, Stephen Anderson, in 1844, went back to get inheritance, returned to TX, and bought almost 5,000 acres in the area around Rock House. He is the one who gave the land for the school, etc. there. By Civil War he was listed as the wealthiest man in Williamson Co while his brother Matthew had that distinction in Robertson Co. Actually, that probably meant very little, but it is recorded. There were no good schools in the area, so in mid-1860's Elizabeth took a house in Round Rock where the Greenwood Academy was located so that the youngest three children could be better educated. There is a possibility of a political conflict between U. H. and his wife because U. H. and his brother Matthew had been avid Sam Houston followers and Houston was anti-secession. Obviously, the Gordons were very pro-Confederacy throughout. While both Matthew and U. H. had sons who fought for the Confederacy there is evidence that they may have been lukewarm in their own support. In fact, Matthew in Robertson Co. was a bit more than lukewarm. He disowned his son James Posey Anderson when James left to join the Confederacy in LA. This son was a casualty of the war at Holly Springs, MS, and father and son had not reconciled. There is no such evidence of disagreement between U. H. and his sons George Washington Anderson and Thomas Hardy Anderson who both served with the CSA Williamson County Greys, apparently. I descend from Thomas Hardy Anderson. In 1868 Elizabeth Gordon Anderson returned to Rock House with younger children to discover that her husband had taken another woman to his bed who later became "Aunt" Betty. There was a divorce with Elizabeth and younger three children moving to property owned in Limestone county, TX at Tehuacana site of the newly formed Trinity University (now in San Antonio). There they lived until death. The daugher Margaret married a Thames and gave birth to two daughters. She died in 1878 at age 22 of child birth however. Thames remarried and moved away somewhere. She is buried near her mother in Tehauacana Cemetery. Son James seems never to have married and is buried beside mother. He died one year after his mother in 1898 at age 36. Rufus, the youngest, like most other Andersons finished school at Trinity U. and went on to Cumberland Law School in Lebanon, TN. He died the year of his graduation from Cumberland of TB. The older children/s connection to their mother was rather strong, apparently, even after the divorce. Older children were grown and married by and large by the divorce. My own grandfather was named for a professor at Trinity as was his brother. Their father, Thomas Hardy Anderson, seems to have spent some time there after returning from the Civil War. Tehuacana is now practically a ghost town, the old college building is a stark yet impressive relic near the cemetery, and Trinity U. after about 50 year in Tehuacana plus another 30 or 40 in Waxahachie, has moved to San Antonio where it is no longer associated with any religioius body. Rather well known for drama department. This was originally a Cumberland Presbyterian institution which was their religion as well as most Scot/Scotch-irish-born southerners. I do not know if any related Gordons were students here. I would love to get historic information from the U. but have no idea of how to do so. Trinity has not responded to my emails. Above I noted that James Posey Anderson nephew of my gggrandfather was killed in Civil War. His name is an odder thing. It was my gggrandfather U. H. Anderson whose wife (later divorced) was a daughter of Posey Gordon, and we have many Poseys thenafter. However, James Posey Anderson was named such several years before U. H. Anderson married the daughter of Posey Gordon. I have long wondered if there might be some connection between my Andersons and Gordons back in the Rev War possibly serving under Gen Thomas Posey one of the heroes at Yorktown and the oft alleged illegitimate son of George Washington. Posey's fame could be such that more than 50 years after his death completely unrelated children were named after him, but that seems problematic unless there was a closer connection. He was never famous enought to be a cult hero like Washington or even Gen. Nathaniel Greene. My Gordons and my Andersons had Poseys before the marriage of Posey Gordon's daughter to U. H. Anderson. That's odd to me. Another weak link. I guess I could clear up in my mind any relationship in Giles co, TN between Gordons (yours, maybe) and Andersons in the Brick Church area, if you have knowledge of where yours are from which excludes any John & Ruth Gordon connection. Certainly, these names and areas are not uncommon, and coincidences do exist. I went into excessive detail in order to see if anything seems to jibe with your Gordons. It is not impossible to imagine that they would move to TX because they had relations there. Another probably unrelated issue is physical size. As I recall, the Samuel Gordon mentioned in the website I mentioned was almost 7 feet tall. My Anderson gggrandfather, U. H., was as well. Either the water in Giles Co, TN was unique when people were much smaller than now, or that is an odd coincidence as well. Oh well, just looking for clues in a "haystack". Does anything light a fire of recognition? Have a great day, Hurston Anderson Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ric <fdg@flash.net> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] Gordons of Giles Co, TN > My Gordons did come from Giles Co., Tennessee, but I've never read or > seen a copy of "Gordons of the Deep South". So I couldn't tell you > anything about the book. > > > > "L. Hurston Anderson" wrote: > > > > Ric, > > > > Do your Gordon's come from Giles Co TN before moving to Williamson co, TX? > > Are they from the "Gordons of the Deep South"? > > > > Hurston Anderson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ric <fdg@flash.net> > > To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 6:53 PM > > Subject: [TXWILLIA] thank you...thank you > > > > > So far, this is what I've been able to put together thanks to many of > > > you out there: > > > > > > Andrew Gordon (my cousin) and his wife, Eliza Goff, came to Texas in the > > > early 1850's and brought their children (and in some cases, > > > Grandchildren) to eastern Williamson Co. The two had eleven children of > > > which one baby boy, Robert McDonald Gordon, died at the age of 6 months > > > and is buried in Tennessee, five girls and five boys that survived to > > > maturity. Of those five boys, two have been identified to have died > > > during the fight for Southern independence, William Henry "Harry" > > > Gordon, killed on skirmish line near New Hope Church, Georgia, and was > > > buried on the battle field. He had recently been transferred to this > > > regiment from the 8th Texas Cavalry, Company "A" which he had joined > > > from Burleson County, Texas, and when shot said to his brother ( Gen. > > > George Washington Gordon ), "Tell father (who was living in Williamson > > > Co. at the time) that I died in a glorious cause", his last words, taken > > > from "Military Annals of Tennessee", vol.1, page 298: a chapter written > > > by Gen. George W. Gordon; David Martin Gordon who had joined the 8th > > > Texas Cavalry, Company "A" , Terry's Texas Rangers from Burleson County, > > > Texas and was killed in action as a Private at Pulaski, Giles County, > > > Tennessee, two that may well have fought for the 4th Texas (not found > > > yet), and one son that returned to Tennessee to become a rather famous > > > General and gentleman, General George Washington Gordon, who headed up > > > the Eleventh Tennessee Infantry. > > > > > > I do believe I have a lot here to be proud of and I'm anxious to find > > > the information on the other two brothers, John Goff Gordon and Andrew > > > Franklin Gordon. > > > > > > Fred (Ric) Gordon > > > of Williamson Co., Texas > > > > > > > >

Where are they from and who were the Gordon girls parents? ROSELANE@aol.com wrote: > > I have Mary Jane Gordon b Dec 3 1936 married a Conaway and a Nancy Gordon who > also married a Conaway. > > Teena