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Post by benotforgot on Apr 18, 2006 22:45:34 GMT -6
[/u] ... - 1017 170 181 Smithwick Noah 42 M Blacksmith 1000 N. Carolina
- 1018 170 181 Smithwick Therza 42 F Kentucky
- 1019 170 181 Smithwick Edward 9 M Texas
- 1020 170 181 Smithwick Martha 7 F Texas
- 1021 170 181 Smithwick Nancy 4 F Texas
- 1022 170 181 Smithwick Therza 2 F Texas
Even before 1850, as evidenced by his writings, Milam County was the stomping ground of Texas frontiersman Noah Smithwick. Among his reminiscences, Smithwick writes of his life experiences on the San Gabriel, Little River and Brushy Creek as they appeared in the original Milam County. The full text of this century-old Texas classic is available online at ... [/ul] [/quote] * T. J. Allen = Thomas J. Allen = 3rd husband of :: Matilda Connell Allen Allen nee Roberts (1808-1879) :: who was an older sister of my 3rd-great-grandmother, Mahala Sharp Hall nee Roberts (1816-1885). Both were daughters of early Texas alcalde, Elisha Roberts (1774-1844). Vickie.Everhart@gmail.com SEE ALSO :: |
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Post by benotforgot on Apr 18, 2006 22:53:20 GMT -6
[/u], had served a term in the United States army, and on being discharged at old Fort Jessup, near Nachitoches, invested their savings in general merchandise, opening a store in the Redlands, where they were well liked, Connel marrying old Elisha Robins' [sic] daughter*. Robins* [sic] was one of the most prominent men in that section.... [/ul] [/ul] [/size][/quote] * In 1834 John Connell dies at Viesca (Milam). He is survived by two children (including :: John H. Connell, Jr. :: born abt. 1833), as well as his wife, Matilda (Roberts) Connell (daughter of Texas pioneer, Elisha Roberts*). Connell moved to Texas as a young man with Sterling C. Robertson. He had established a mercantile business in Texas, and soon acquired considerable property. SEE ALSO :: |
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Post by benotforgot on Apr 18, 2006 23:04:21 GMT -6
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Post by benotforgot on Apr 18, 2006 23:46:04 GMT -6
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Post by benotforgot on Apr 18, 2006 23:49:40 GMT -6
Sam Locklin, longtime Milam County resident, penned the following info in 1940. [/u] John Fulcher lived on Dires Creek near Old Sunshine. He was one of the commissioners who were appointed to survey Bell County, which was cut off of Milam County. The court in Cameron ordered them to get a surveyor and survey the county to select the most suitable place for the county seat, near as they could get to the center. Bell County's seat also needed to be in a place where there was plenty of wood and water. The surveyors were also to either buy 250 acres of land, or get a donation and lay the town off for a courthouse and jail and such buildings as would be needed at that time. There were 150 acres donated for the town by the widow Allen. She once lived on the San Gabriel, six miles above where we lived. I knew her well. . . . [/ul] [/size][/quote] SEE ALSO :: |
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