Cory, In the book BIRTH RECORDS WISE COUNTY, TEXAS 1864-1902 by JULIAN G ALLEN, 1907, (it contains records of delayed births...maybe 10% of the births), I found the following: PEARSON, Carl Madison born 03/23/1901 Male, Boyd (25180) * father PEARSON, Jefferson Lee (MS) * mother PORTWOOD, Lula Nevada (TX) I hope this will be of help to you. Meral Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abacus Employment" <cory@abacusjobs.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: RE: [TXWISE-L] Marriage Records Book 3 >I just joined this site and I have no idea who David Pitts is, but he >sounds > like a good helpful source. Maybe Mr. Pitts can help me find out info on > my > great grandfather Jefferson Lee Pearson from Boyd, Texas. I am stuck. I > don't know where he came from or any links to him. If anyone else has > information, I would enjoy hearing from them. > Thanks, > Cory Pearson Killorin

Cory, I did some additional checking in the same book for Portwood females giving birth. This is what I found, ALLRED, Johnie Bruce 12/10/1889 Female Boyd (22948) parents * ALLRED, John Julian (TX) * PORTWOOD, Zula Annie (MS) ALLRED, Onie Roy 09/20/1888 Male Boyd (12799) parents * ALLRED, John Julian (TX) * PORTWOOD, Zula Annie (TX)...this 1 listed as TX.. DAVIS, Mattie Portwood 06/20/19894 Female Boyd (24650) parents * DAVIS, Samuel A (AL) * PORTWOOD, Zula Annie (MS) DAVIS, Stafford Madison 06/01/1900 Male Boyd (15396) parents * DAVIS, Samuel A (AL) * PORTWOOD, Zula Annie (MS) I also found some Portwood births, some looked promising to me, hopefully to you also. PORTWOOD, Bessie 08/06/1893 Female, Boyd (11051) parents * PORTWOOD, Levi (AL) * MOORE, Rachel (NC) PORTWOOD, Carrie Hortense 01/18/1891 Female, Boyd (17847) * parents * PORTWOOD, Charles Madison (MS) * RUSSELL, Madaline (TN) PORTWOOD, Enna 08/12/1900 Female, Boyd (4501) parents * PORTWOOD, James Allen (MS) * TAYLOR, Ann (TX) PORTWOOD, James Edgar 04/21/1902 Male, Boyd (4502) parents * PORTWOOD, James Allen (MS) * TAYLOR, Ann (TX) PORTWOOD, Kate Lee 09/16/1898 Female, Boyd (4500) parents * PORTWOOD, James Allen (MS) * TAYLOR, Ann (TX) PORTWOOD, Mae 02/03/1890 Female, Boyd (11192) parents * PORTWOOD, Levi (AL) * MOORE, Rachel (NC) PORTWOOD, Mildred Ann 12/26/1902 Female, Boyd (33082) parents * PORTWOOD, Sidney Lee (TX) * HULETT, Ion Anne (TX) PORTWOOD, Thomas Bruce 08/27/1893 Male, Decatur (7679) parents * PORTWOOD, William Bruce (TX) * PAYNE, Mattie (KY) PORTWOOD, Wayne Neil 10/02/1901 Male Boyd (5879) parents * PORTWOOD, Marshall Howard (MS) * CASTLES, Nannie A (MS) Good luck, Meral Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "MERAL DAVIS" <meda@advantexmail.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Marriage Records Book 3 > Cory, > > In the book BIRTH RECORDS WISE COUNTY, TEXAS 1864-1902 by JULIAN G ALLEN, > 1907, (it contains records of delayed births...maybe 10% of the births), I > found the following: > > PEARSON, Carl Madison born 03/23/1901 Male, Boyd (25180) > * father PEARSON, Jefferson Lee (MS) > * mother PORTWOOD, Lula Nevada (TX) > > I hope this will be of help to you. > > Meral Davis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Abacus Employment" <cory@abacusjobs.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:59 PM > Subject: RE: [TXWISE-L] Marriage Records Book 3 > > >>I just joined this site and I have no idea who David Pitts is, but he >>sounds >> like a good helpful source. Maybe Mr. Pitts can help me find out info on >> my >> great grandfather Jefferson Lee Pearson from Boyd, Texas. I am stuck. I >> don't know where he came from or any links to him. If anyone else has >> information, I would enjoy hearing from them. > > Thanks, > > Cory Pearson Killorin > > >