Eric, Don't know if you know this but if you click on the URL below and type in your 2-great grandfather's name it will show where his wife Jane applied for the pension. You can send off for the records and right now, it's taking about 9-10 weeks to receive them because of a big backlog. But it's worth the wait to have these papers. It shows Jane was in Milam Co. Good luck, Dolores http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html At 10:59 AM 6/28/00 EDT, you wrote: >I live out of just out of Florence near Lawler, but I regularly drive past >Rattlesnake Inn. All that I have ever noticed there are two or three bars -- >no gas stations, no churches, just bars. In fact, I thought until recently >that The Rattlesnake Inn was only the name of one of the bars, not realizing >it was the name of community. I've never noticed a cemetery, but perhaps >there is one off in the woods. It's about 10 miles northwest of the >intersection of I-35 and Texas 195 on 195. > >In a message dated 6/28/00 8:19:26 AM Central Daylight Time, >eghausam@gw.dec.state.ny.us writes: > ><< Has anyone heard of a cemetary or similar place called Rattlesnake Inn >located in the western part of Williamson County between Florence and >Georgetown? My gr-gr-grandfather Johnson Collins is apparently buried there. > He was a member of the Second Advent Christian Church (where's that?) when >he died in 1899 as a result of a wagon accident. He was also a civil war vet >and was active in the Texas reform movement (Farmers Alliance). Thanks > > ERic >> >