According to rumor there is an old french fort until about 1830 near Winnsboro.I am told it is on or near the old Billy Jack Attaway land. Near where the spring branch meets the Sabine. Fort La Dout but I’m not sure of the spelling. How do I find more on the fort and do [...]
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Does anyone associated with this website have information about a place called Billy Goat Hill near Quitman? I was told William G. Sawyer was buried there but cannot find any evidence of it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Debbie deb7953@yahoo.com
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Requisitions and Acquisitions Co-chair Shirley Bates recently demonstrated the helpfulness of society members on a help request from an Illinois resident which was called into the Quitman Public Library. It turns out that the information was actually needed from Ector County, Texas. Here’s Shirley’s description of what she was able to do for the long-distance [...]
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A post on the Rootsweb Wood County Message board inquires about a convict camp in Wood County in 1880. If you have information or an interest in this, you can read the message board post at this link: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.wood/624/mb.ashx.
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I am currently working on my family tree on the name of Hearon. I am particularly trying to locate descendants of Charlie Hearon and Annie Warren Hearon. I am at a standstill trying to locate the cemetery where Annie Hearon was buried and when. I have found Charlie, Sr. already. My daddy, E. L. Hearon [...]
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I am researching my husband’s family genealogy. (I am fairly new at this and would appreciate any tips or information you can share.) I am trying to locate two of his ancestors: Joseph H Champion and Adison M Champion. I have found both on the 1920 Census. They were residing in Hawkins, Wood Co TX. [...]
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I am doing a family tree on the name Tomlin I understand Blair Denton Brown’s mother was Velma Mayebelle Tomlin. Velma Mayebelle Tomlin was my grandmother’s sister. I would like to share info. I could use some help from her descendants, if you know any of her descendants please have them contact me at the [...]
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I am searching for John William Hyde and Rosanna Morgan Hyde. They are listed on the 1880 US Federal Census in Wood County, TX. Their children were all born there. My Grandfather, Jefferson Davis Hyde and son of John William Hyde and Rosanna Morgan was the youngest child. I have been told that John William [...]
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Seeking info./connections re: Green Russell Smith b. 1844 GA, and his wife, Mollie E. (Brown) and family. They were in Mineola and Golden, Wood County, TX beginning about 1870. Green was a County Commissioner and lived in the Bellefonte Community. His daughters married into the Davenport, Wood, Russell, & Bullard families. This query was originally [...]
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John Butler, age 77, born in NC was listed in the 1860 Wood Co. TX mortality census. My 5th great-grandfather was a John Butler, born in 1782 in Sampson Co. NC. He moved with his wife & children to Dooly Co., GA where I last found him in the 1850 census. I found three of [...]
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