Thank you for your response - I have thought about that - He obviously met and married Mary Francis Daniels - whose father John H. Daniels came to TX in 1846. John Daniels was well known enough to be included in the 1892 History of Dallas Co. The family was a well established family. So Geo. H. had to be in Dallas County in 1872. I also have a Brandon/TN line with Walker connections. My father always said that if you scratch a Texan you will find a little Tennessee underneath. Thanks Shelby Brandon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alison Stevens Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TXWISE] possibility for whereabouts of George Henry Alexander in1870 Your George Henry Alexander may have been in Wise County in 1870-- but he may have been east or south of there, too. Many early settlers of Wise County moved a county or two eastward around 1870 because of the unsettled situation after the Civil War. Then when things calmed down, they moved back to Wise County. Of course, some of them moved into the eastern portions of what is now Oklahoma and missed all censuses whatsoever. I do have family members, though, that were in Wise and Palo Pinto and Erath counties in 1870 who the census takers just missed. Perhaps the census takers feared running into a Comanche war party? For example, Jonathan Hemphill Walker, wife Rebecca, their children, and their childrens' families were in the Wise and Parker county areas by the middle 1850s. They remained in Wise County through the Civil War, but in 1870 many of them were enumerated or doing business in Grayson County, Dallas County, Denton County, etc. The survivors were back in Wise County by the 1880 census. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Shelby... One thing that might help your work is land records, and finding when (if) he bought land in Wise county. As has been mentioned, Wise county (in 1870) was pretty much empty, since there were so many Indian raids. Of course, land records are very extensive, and these are not online.