Anna, You mention seeking TUCKER family. Is this the same Tucker's in Willliamson County who married into the Rhea family? If so, they are my relatives. Don Holland -----Original Message----- From: Anna Price [mailto:AnnaPrice@ndp.com] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:41 AM To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXWILLIA] FW: TX records listing online this could save library time! Happy 4th of July to you and your family! Anna HOUSTON PRICE presently seeking HOUSTON, HOWELL, WRIGHT, TUCKER, OWEN FiServ NDP - Client Services Technical Consultant Off: 512-345-1922 > -----Original Message----- > From: Margaret McCleskey [SMTP:mamccleskey@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:02 AM > To: TXJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: TX Weather > > Joyce, > > You might find this web site helpful > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/local/index.html > > It lists all county records in Texas that have been microfilmed and are > available for interlibrary loan. > > Margaret > >

this could save library time! Happy 4th of July to you and your family! Anna HOUSTON PRICE presently seeking HOUSTON, HOWELL, WRIGHT, TUCKER, OWEN FiServ NDP - Client Services Technical Consultant Off: 512-345-1922 > -----Original Message----- > From: Margaret McCleskey [SMTP:mamccleskey@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:02 AM > To: TXJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: TX Weather > > Joyce, > > You might find this web site helpful > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/local/index.html > > It lists all county records in Texas that have been microfilmed and are > available for interlibrary loan. > > Margaret > >

David at the TSL sent me this announcement. IF YOU HAVE COPIER CARDS, USE THEM UP QUICK. The Genealogy Collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is awaiting the arrival of new photocopiers. The anticipated delivery is in early July of 2000. As we all know, the old copiers have seen better days. The new machines will produce better copies with much less down time. They will, however, lack the copy card feature. With that thought in mind, no new copy cards will be sold and patrons are strongly encouraged to use up all the remaining value on their cards as soon as possible. We are all looking forward to using efficient and reliable copiers. Yours very truly, David A. Baskin Genealogy Collection Archives and Information Services Division Texas State Library and Archives Commission dbaskin@tsl.state.tx.us http://www.tsl.state.tx.us 512-463-5463

My curiosity is aroused. What is Williamson Co in this, The Big Thicket? -----Original Message----- From: LutherMarie@aol.com [mailto:LutherMarie@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 4:44 PM To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] FW: Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and... Actually TX is five distinct areas rolled into one! It does make a difference to some people if you are from "The Valley", or "The Big Thicket", or "The Coast", or "West Texas", or "The Hill Country". These distinctions and some of the prejudices and snobbery that accompany them go back to pre-Statehood times. Native Texan, descended on one side from an "Alamo Hero" and on the other from one of the "Old Three Hundred"! Now I am glad to be "from Texas".

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Actually TX is five distinct areas rolled into one! It does make a difference to some people if you are from "The Valley", or "The Big Thicket", or "The Coast", or "West Texas", or "The Hill Country". These distinctions and some of the prejudices and snobbery that accompany them go back to pre-Statehood times. Native Texan, descended on one side from an "Alamo Hero" and on the other from one of the "Old Three Hundred"! Now I am glad to be "from Texas".

has anyone seen this? For the full press release, see http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm. Texas is neither Southern nor Western. Texas is Texas Anna Houston Price, FLMI, ACS FiServ NDP - Client Services Technical Consultant Off: 512-345-1922

Thanks. Maybe he was born "in between" and they couldn't make up their mind? Don -----Original Message----- From: SLocklinT@aol.com [mailto:SLocklinT@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 9:35 AM To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] Thrall / Shilo TX Shiloh, Tx is south of Thorndale on FM486 approx 9 miles. Shiloh and Thrall are NOT the same. It is in Williamson County though. But, as a matter of fact, when I still lived in Thorndale, the Thrall mail carriers delivered mail to a portion of Shiloh. If you look on a good map - you will find that Thrall is located on Hwy 79 between Taylor and Thorndale. Shiloh Baptist Church is just south of the intersection of FM486 S of Thorndale and FM112 between Taylor and Lexington. Hope this helps! Sarah Locklin Taylor Sandston, Henrico Co., VA (Formerly of Thorndale, Milam Co., TX)

I have an uncle who shows on different documents that he was born in Thrall, TX and also in Shilo, TX in 1924, both shown as being in Wms. County. I have never heard of Shilo. Could it be that the name changed and that both are the same? Does anyone on here know anything about where Shilo is or if it could also be the same as Thrall? Don Holland

Shiloh, Tx is south of Thorndale on FM486 approx 9 miles. Shiloh and Thrall are NOT the same. It is in Williamson County though. But, as a matter of fact, when I still lived in Thorndale, the Thrall mail carriers delivered mail to a portion of Shiloh. If you look on a good map - you will find that Thrall is located on Hwy 79 between Taylor and Thorndale. Shiloh Baptist Church is just south of the intersection of FM486 S of Thorndale and FM112 between Taylor and Lexington. Hope this helps! Sarah Locklin Taylor Sandston, Henrico Co., VA (Formerly of Thorndale, Milam Co., TX)

OK, now we might be getting somewhere. One of the reasons I'm asking is that on the 1860 census for Williamson Co., one of Andrew Gordon's sons is missing. His name was George Washington Gordon who graduated at the Western Military Institute at Nashville, Tennessee, in the late 1850's, then the West Point of the South. BUT.... is said to have been schooled in his younger years in both Mississippi and Texas. I KNOW that the family settled only about a mile or so east of Hare in the early 1850's. George went on to be quite a gentleman. Not only being a Brig. General for the Confederate States Army, but also being a Secretary of the Interior and a Representative from the state of Tennessee. Jackie Morgan wrote: > > You are talking about Thrall - in 1890 it was known as Stiles' Switch. My > grandmother was born there. Don' t know about any schools, but that would > be a different name to be looking for. > Good Luck. > Jackie Morgan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gang1173@aol.com [mailto:Gang1173@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:25 PM > To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] schools??? > > I live near the Hare community and have been here for 15 yrs. So far I have > never heard of one being there. They may have gone to Thrall (if it was > there) or to Taylor. Not really sure though. > Grace

And that was in the 1850's? That'll be great. I can hardly wait. Skyblue59@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 06/15/2000 6:11:49 PM Central Daylight Time, fdg@flash.net > writes: > > << > Here's a real good one for someone to lookup for me. What schools would > there have been in the Hare, Williamson Co. area during the early to mid > 1850's? And how would I go about finding the student rosters of any such > school? > > Fred Gordon > Taylor > > >> > Fred, > My MIL lives in Hare, I called her and she is going to ask around. Her > friend has a book that was written about the area, she'll get the title and > I'll pass it on. There was a school for that area called Hare School that is > now closed and is currently a Bar and Grill. When it closed, the students > started going to Thrall and Taylor, mostly Thrall. > Will get back to you when I have more info. > Sharon

Grace ~ This was in the mid to late 1850's. Taylor wasn't a town yet. Of course they may have gone to San Gabriel, too, but I don't know anything about San Gabriel to say. Gang1173@aol.com wrote: > > I live near the Hare community and have been here for 15 yrs. So far I have > never heard of one being there. They may have gone to Thrall (if it was > there) or to Taylor. Not really sure though. > Grace

You are talking about Thrall - in 1890 it was known as Stiles' Switch. My grandmother was born there. Don' t know about any schools, but that would be a different name to be looking for. Good Luck. Jackie Morgan -----Original Message----- From: Gang1173@aol.com [mailto:Gang1173@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:25 PM To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] schools??? I live near the Hare community and have been here for 15 yrs. So far I have never heard of one being there. They may have gone to Thrall (if it was there) or to Taylor. Not really sure though. Grace

Here's a real good one for someone to lookup for me. What schools would there have been in the Hare, Williamson Co. area during the early to mid 1850's? And how would I go about finding the student rosters of any such school? Fred Gordon Taylor

and are you going to copy the 1860 census for us and put it on line, or sell me the book you have? ;^) LREMRY@aol.com wrote: > > The 1850 census is on-line at http://three-legged-willie.org

Many children went to school in the homes of people...wives or others would teach. Documentation for this is in estate settlements and inventories in Williamson Co 1850 - 1870. It is possible that Hare School was in the home of people named Hare.

In a message dated 06/15/2000 6:11:49 PM Central Daylight Time, fdg@flash.net writes: << Here's a real good one for someone to lookup for me. What schools would there have been in the Hare, Williamson Co. area during the early to mid 1850's? And how would I go about finding the student rosters of any such school? Fred Gordon Taylor >> Fred, My MIL lives in Hare, I called her and she is going to ask around. Her friend has a book that was written about the area, she'll get the title and I'll pass it on. There was a school for that area called Hare School that is now closed and is currently a Bar and Grill. When it closed, the students started going to Thrall and Taylor, mostly Thrall. Will get back to you when I have more info. Sharon

I live near the Hare community and have been here for 15 yrs. So far I have never heard of one being there. They may have gone to Thrall (if it was there) or to Taylor. Not really sure though. Grace

Fred, The Texas School Census of 1854 would be a great help if it includes Williamson County -- I know some Texas counties are not included. There are probably more copies of the census than the one I've read at the Texas State Archives. The Census divides each county into districts and includes the parent's name (father) and names of children between the ages of 6 and 16. Alana