Ms. Carla, I'm digging in the Barnes family pool.....My great grandmother was Sara Jane "Jennie" Barnes, oldest daughter of Simeon R. and Nancy C. Barnes.....This family was enumerated in the 1880 census of Wise County, Texas. (Simeon was the oldest son of Bennet C. Barnes and Sara A Barnes, born ca 1849 in Hopkins County Texas. Enumerated in Hopkins in 1850, Enumerated in Wise County in 1860, Sara A and Children were in Hopkins county for the 1870 census but Bennet was missing. In 1880, Sara and children were in Wise county living not too far from Simeon R (S. R.) and his family) Simeon R. b. 1849 died ?????? Nancy C. ????????????????? in the 1870 census of Hopkins Co., Simeon and Nancy and Sara are in Hopkins Co. In 1880 they are back in Wise Co.... They sure made a lot of trips to Hopkins and Wise counties....Maybe they were avoiding the Comanche/Kiowa raiding....? I got a note saying that an S. Barnes was killed in a battle with the Comanche in Jack County.....Do you know of a date of that skirmish? Do you have any info on the death of Bennet C. Barnes between 1870 and 1880? So many questions, so few answers. Thanks, Gerald --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carla Womack" <carwom@ntws.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Gregory > Nelda, > Both the museum and the courthouse will be open the 14th of July. > The Museum hours are Monday and Friday 9:30 until 3:30, Tuesday, > Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday they are 9 A.M. until 4 P.me. The Museum > houses the Genealogical Archives for Wise County. We have Funeral Records, > Cemetery Records, Newspaper from 1880 until present on Microfilm, Census > records on microfilm from 1860 until 1930, family files and books, and we > have research from other states. Passenger listings, and a lot more. > The Courthouse is from 8 until 5. If you are looking up records, such > as, deeds, marriage, births, death, wills and etc. you will need to go to > the Records Building which is across the street on the corner of Walnut and > Trinity. The courthouse only has divorce and some civil records. > Thank you. If you would like to send a list of some of the names you > would be looking for we could see what we can find and have part of it > ready. Just send to the wisemuseum@ntws.net. > Carla Womack, President > Wise County Historical Society, Inc. > P.O. Box 427 > Decatur, Texas 76234 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LaDarlaK@aol.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:12 AM > Subject: [TXWISE-L] Gregory > > > > Forwarded Message: > > Subj:Wise County > > Date:7/12/2004 9:10:29 AM Central Daylight Time > > From:PhilNelG > > To:LaDarlaK > > > > > > > > We plan to come to Decatur this coming Wednesday, the 14th of July. > > Will the museum be open? > > Will the court house be open? > > My husband has ancestors that lived in Wise County. > > We are not sure if his grandfather's correct name. It is either Jonas or > John > > Gregory. > > We are not sure of his grandmother's name, maybe Betty, or Betsey. > > We only know they had 2 children.One was Turmon Morton Eli Gregory and > the > > other was > > Mary Katherine Gregory, who we think married Simford Odom. > > Thank you and Bless you for your work. > > Nelda Gregory > > >