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LOVE, JOHN WESLEY-Born near Jacksonville, February 23, 1858; married Texanna Pickens, December, 1882; owner of the noted Love peach orchard; directed an extensive onion-growing project in the Valley; one of the founders of the Jacksonville public school system; generous benefactor of Lon Morris Col- lege ; consistent promoter of the religious and civic advancement of Jacksonville; died April 5, 1925. After his death, Mrs. Love donated part of his estate as a state park, widely known as Love's Lookout.
LOVELADY, W. H .- Born in Somerville, Tennessee, July 3, 1836; married Miss Annice Amis to which union three children were born, Mrs. Lizzie Saulter of Troup being the only survivor ; settled near Jacksonville in the '50s and lived in Cherokee County the remainder of his life; enlisted in Confederate service, attain- ing the rank of captain; elected district clerk, 1866; long-time Jacksonville merchant, moving his business from Old Jackson- ville ; tradition makes him once the largest taxpayer in the county ; died June 28, 1902.
MARTIN, WILLIAM-Born in Kentucky, April 27, 1820; moved to Cherokee County, February, 1846; six months later married Carmelita Rutherford Bean; served in the Confederate army under Captain Wiggins; long-time elder in the Harmony Presby- terian Church; died February 24, 1903. The Martins and the Dickeys, prominent families in the Central High community, are his descendants.
McCORD, ANDREW H .- Born in Fayette County, Texas, Septem- ber 7, 1854 ; left an orphan at the age of eleven; moved to Rusk, 1869, and began carrying the mail to Larissa; worked at Tribble sawmill at $12 per month, saving wages to enter the Rusk Masonic Institute; made a crop for the use of books to begin the study of medicine; was graduated from the Missouri Medical College, 1879; began to practice medicine at Atoy, where he married Miss Margaret Maness, June 20, 1881 ; appointed prison physician by Governor Hogg, 1892, and held the office during six administrations; long-time president of the Cherokee County Medical Association; member of the Presbyterian Church; died August 29, 1912. Mrs. McCord is still a citizen of Rusk.
MCKNIGHT, JOHN MCPHERSON BERRIEN-Born in Alabama, August 26, 1844, son of Hiram and Martha McKnight; settled
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near Rocky Springs, west of Dialville, 1851; married Miss Mary Elizabeth Acker, 1867, to which union fifteen children were born, nine of whom survived him ; member of the Rocky Springs church for nearly seventy-five years; president county Grange organiza- tion; active in the Farmers' Alliance; member of the A. Jackson Lodge No. 29; died February 11, 1932. One son, J. B. McKnight, is county administrator for the National relief program.
NEWTON, G. A .- Born at Farmington, Tennessee, 1823 ; settled at Larissa, 1846; elder in the Presbyterian Church; helped to establish Larissa College; successful planter; after serving as justice of the peace and tax assessor, was elected Cherokee repre- sentative in the 18th and 20th Legislatures ; died at his home near Larissa, 1907. Two of his twelve children, W. A. and G. L. Newton, were Jacksonville merchants for some fifty years. W. A. Newton rendered signal service in establishing a cotton market in Jacksonville. G. L. Newton is still a Jacksonville citizen. E. M. Newton, another son who was formerly a Mt. Selman merchant, is also a Jacksonville resident.
NOELL, J. M .- Born in Lynchburg, Virginia; came to Texas in 1860 in an effort to retire from medical practice; bought a store in Alto but left its supervision to his brother, C. M. Noell, and devoted his time to his plantation; much sought as the owner of the only mad-stone in the county ; five children still live in Alto- John, William and Billington Noell, Miss Fannie Noell and Mrs. Jessie Fisher.
PERKINS, JAMES IRVINE-Born at San Augustine, August 30, 1847; father's death in the early '60s left him manager of large plantation ; entered Confederate service, 1864; was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia, 1871, and began practice at Center, Texas ; married Miss Myrta Blake, 1876, to which union seven children were born; after first wife's death married Mrs. Mary Pickens (daughter of F. W. Bonner, a pioneer Rusk lawyer and banker ), who survived him until 1934; moved to Rusk, 1882; in addition to service as district attorney and judge, served as state senator and as a member of the House of Representatives, sponsoring the Terrell Election Law; failing health ended his political career ; died in Rusk, February 25, 1923. His sons, B. B. Perkins of Rusk and James I. Perkins, Jr., of Houston, have followed him in the legal profession. Three daugh- ters also survive him-Mrs. James H. Kerr of Houston, Mrs.
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Tom Summers of Nacogdoches, and Miss Julia Perkins of Rusk.
PRYOR, ROBERT-Born in South Carolina, April, 1835; left an orphan at age of four; married Prudy Turner and after her death her sister, Nina Turner, to which unions nine children were born; settled near Rusk, 1859; enlisted in Confederate service, 1861; after the war operated a gristmill and gin on his large plantation in the Lone Oak community ; at one time operated four sawmills, sawing timber for the construction of the penitentiary, the Cotton Belt Railroad and the East Texas Baptist Institute (Rusk College) ; established Pryor Machine Shop and Foundry; furnished capital for first ice plant in Rusk; married Mrs. Vie Tucker, September 15, 1890, to which union three children were born; retired a few years before his death, January 10, 1910. One son, Robert Pryor II (1866-1932), succeeded him as an extensive sawmill operator at Lone Oak, where he was a recog- nized community leader. Another son, Ben F. Pryor, lives at Rusk. Mrs. Vie Pryor and two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Williams and Mrs. Esther Harrison, are also Rusk residents.
RAGSDALE, EDWARD BAXTER-Born near Raleigh, North Caro- lina, 1861 ; emigrated to Texas, settling at old Washington on-the- Brazos, 1835 ; removed to Sabine County on account of Mexican hostilities and finally settled at Jacksonville, 1847; member of Colonel Fannin's company, but illness kept him from Goliad; married Miss Martha Giffen, to which union seven children were born ; successful planter, surveyor and merchant; died October 3, 1883. His three surviving children, A. N., W. B. and J. E. Rags- dale, live at Jacksonville. The first two continue to operate the original Ragsdale business. A. N. Ragsdale is also a veteran surveyor and long-time director of the First National Bank. He recently retired after fifty-three years of service as Sunday school superintendent. The Ragsdale name is indelibly imprinted in the history of Jacksonville.
REAGAN, JOHN B .- Born in Tennessee, March 13, 1843; son of Richard B. Reagan, who was later a long-time sheriff of Cherokee County and a U. S. Marshal; married Mary Ann Dossett, daughter of Asa Dossett, another Cherokee pioneer, 1868; Rusk merchant; elected sheriff, 1884, and served some twenty years; superintendent of the Confederate Home during the Campbell administration ; died September 24, 1909. Probably no family surpasses the Reagan record for "sheriffing." Forest
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Reagan, now of San Antonio, followed his father and grand- father in this Cherokee County office. Left alone in the old home, Mrs. John B. Reagan is still one of Rusk's loved pioneers.
SHOOK, JEFFERSON-Emigrated from Missouri to Texas in 1843 as an itinerant Methodist minister with his circuit extending from Red River to the Gulf ; continued active in the ministry until his death ; practiced law in Rusk and became district attorney ; mayor of Rusk, 1866; established community known as Shook's Bluff on the Neches River ; died while conducting a meeting in Sulphur Springs, 1874. A son, Jefferson Early Shook, was a Rusk lawyer and newspaper man. A grandson, W. H. Shook, also chose law as his profession, serving the county as attorney and Rusk as mayor before moving his headquarters to Dallas. A great-grandson, John Louis Shook, is now beginning a legal career.
SINGLETARY, THOMAS H .- Born in Rankin County, Mississippi, June 24, 1841, one of the five children of Thomas and Peggy Harrison Singletary; accompanied parents to Cherokee County, 1846, settling in the Shiloh community; enlisted Company E, Seventh Texas Infantry, 1861, being once severely wounded, twice captured and promoted to a first lieutenantcy; after the war became a successful planter; tax collector, 1886-90; elected sheriff, 1896; twice married, first to Margie Ann King in 1865 and, after her death, to Mary Crocker, 1896, eleven children being born to these unions; died February 17, 1924. Two of his sur- viving sons, Ed Singletary of Rusk and T. H. Singletary of the Oakland community, are merchants. Three daughters also live in the county-Mrs. Athelston Holcomb of Alto, Mrs. John Smith of the Holcomb community, and Mrs. Henry Pryor of Rusk.
SMITH, THOMAS-Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 16, 1800; moved to Georgia and then to Alabama, where he married and became a wealthy planter; moved to a 1400-acre plantation near Larissa, 1842, the family making the trip in a fifteen hundred dollar carriage, with "Uncle Dan" as coachman; here, after a log house had served as temporary quarters, he built the most pretentious dwelling of ante-bellum days, widely known as the "Cherokee Mansion" and furnished, in part, with New York and Alabama products; served as a member of the Larissa College board of trustees; died October 13, 1864. Four
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generations of Smiths called "Cherokee Mansion" home, the J. W. Smiths being the last to occupy it.
SPAIN, J. J .- Born in Jackson, Mississippi, December 20, 1829; married Miss Martha McClure, April 28, 1855 ; successful archi- tect; served four years in the Confederate army ; came to Texas to recover his fortune; settled in Cherokee County at the inter- section of the Rusk-Linwood and Alto-Hatchett Ferry roads; acquired extensive plantation on which he operated a gristmill, a flour mill and a sawmill; donated lumber for churches of all denominations, together with his services as architect; frequently paid tuition for children without means of an education; died July 28, 1916. Mrs. Mattie Long of Rusk is the only one of his children living in Cherokee County.
SUMMERS, JAMES WILLIAM-Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, September 13, 1846; came to Cherokee County at the age of four ; married Miss Sallie M. Francis, December 31, 1874, to which union five children were born; Rusk merchant for some twenty- seven years; one of the founders of the First National Bank; supporter of all civic improvement programs ; rendered invaluable aid in financing the building of the East Texas Baptist Institute (Rusk College) ; steward in the Methodist Church and long-time Sunday school superintendent; died November 22, 1903. His only surviving children, Mrs. Will Copeland and E. L. Summers, live in Rusk. A grandson, Summers A. Norman, is a Jacksonville attorney.
TEMPLETON, JOHN ALLEN-Born in Bentonville, Arkansas, De- cember 15, 1844; grew up on a farm which his father opened, 1846, in what was then wilderness near Jacksonville; enlisted in Captain R. B. Martin's cavalry (Company I, Tenth Texas), 1861; captured at the battle of Chickamauga and held prisoner at Camp Douglas for nineteen months ; married Miss Adelia Fuller, daugh- ter of Doctor J. B. Fuller of Jacksonville, 1876; long-time Jack sonville merchant ; an authority on Cherokee history, the Temple- ton scrapbooks being a much sought fund of information; died in Jacksonville, 1931. His four surviving children live in Jack- sonville-Mrs. D. M. Melvin, Mrs. Ralph McDougle, Doctor A. F. Templeton, and Miss Hazel Templeton.
WHITMAN, MERTICE J .- Born in Georgia, May 1, 1845 ; moved with his parents to Starrville, Smith County, 1858; enlisted in
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Company A, Fourteenth Texas Cavalry, 1861; merchant in Starrville in reconstruction era ; first married Miss Jennie Bloom- field, 1870, to which union one son was born, Walter B. Whit- man of New York; married a second time to Mrs. Judith Bloom- field, Lee Whitman of Alto being the only child of this union; opened law office in Rusk, 1873; county attorney, 1876-82; county judge, 1882-90; died April 23, 1913.
WILLSON, SAMUEL ANDREW-Born in San Augustine County, January 9, 1835; admitted to the bar at the age of seventeen by . a special act of the Legislature ; attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District, 1856-60; a lieutenant and later a captain in Hood's Brigade ; severely wounded at Sharpsburg and taken prisoner at Gettysburg; called from law practice at Woodville to serve as district judge, 1866; began law practice at Rusk, 1868; district attorney, 1869; appointed by Governor Coke as one of committee to codify laws under the new constitution; member of the Court of Appeals, 1882-91; died January 24, 1892. Three daughters, Mrs. R. A. Barrett, Mrs. B. C. Hosmer, and Mrs. J. H. Meeks, live in Rusk. A son, Priest Willson, born and reared in Rusk, was for more than twenty years a member of the Court of Civil Appeals. He died October 16, 1932.
APPENDIX B
CHEROKEE COUNTY OFFICIALS 1934
Frank L. Devereux -Judge
J. W. Chandler, Jr.
Attorney
J. A. Smith Sheriff
A. M. Vining
District Clerk
F. C. Bingham
_County Clerk
C. L. Arnwine
Tax Assessor
J. W. Pearson
Tax Collector
E. S. Erwin
Superintendent of Schools
Mrs. Eugene Dupree.
Treasurer
W. H. Mason
Commissioner Precinct No. 1
B. M. Ray
Commissioner Precinct No. 2
J. T. Graves.
Commissioner Precinct No. 3
A. M. Jordan.
Commissioner Precinct No. 4
L. T. Moore
Surveyor
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Moore, Sue : Life of John Benjamin Long (A Thesis).
Muckleroy, Anna : Indian Policy of the Republic of Texas, South- west Historical Quarterly.
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Reagan, John H .: Expulsion of the Cherokees from East Texas, Quarterly of the Texas Historical Association, Vol. I.
Stanley, Mildred : Cherokee Indians in Smith County, Texas His- tory Teachers' Bulletin, October 22, 1924.
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Woldert, Doctor Albert : The Last of the Cherokees in Texas. Yoakum, Henderson : History of Texas.
The archives of the State of Texas at Austin, official records in Cherokee and Nacogdoches counties, the minutes of the Rusk Transportation Company, copies of early newspapers and private collections of historical documents, including the George L. Crockett Collection in the Stephen F. Austin State Teachers' College Library, have also furnished invaluable information.
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A
Aber, 89, 154 Able, 130, 134
Acker, 101, 109, 116, 118, 136, 145, 154
Adams, 101, 114, 115, 116, 120, 127, 143, 148 Adkinson, 27 Agnew, 116, 159
Ahearn, 125
Albritton, 108, 137
Alexander, 65, 76, 90, 95, 100, 107, 110, 141, 148, 154
Allen, 38, 121, 124, 125, 126, 135, 147 Allison, 28
Alto, 36, 51, 72, 74, 90, 108, 115, 116, 118, 124-126 Anderson, 49, 62, 100
Andrews, 88, 136
Applewhite, 143
Armstrong, 51, 107, 125, 134, 160
Arnwine, 117, 143, 144, 147, 168 Ashmore, 150
Atchinson, 143 Atoy, 150 Ault, 145 Austin, 2, 36
Avara, 143 Aycock, 65, 131
B
Bacon, 128, 129 Bagley, 95, 113, 116, 121, 155
Bailey, 117, 143, 145, 149 Baker, 28, 82, 101, 120, 128 Ball, 142, 147
Ballew, 117, 146 Banks, 34 Barcus, 107 Barker, 52, 65, 68 Barnes, 149 Barnett, 140 Barr, 15, 16, 124
Barrett, 85, 102, 167 Barron, 63, 70, 71, 74, 110, 122, 131 Barsola, 150 Bartee, 28 Bates, 149 Bauer, 131 Bays, 133 Beall, 28, 53, 90, 120, 155
Bean, 4, 19 ff, 26, 30, 36, 38
Beard, 107, 121, 122, 146 Becton, 127
Beeman, 121
Bell, 41, 127, 142
Benge, 14, 146, 147, 149
Berry, 122, 150
Berryman, 17, 19, 90, 116, 124, 125, 126
Billik, 140
Binford, 122
Bingham, 168
Black, 27, 52, 90, 129, 142
Blackjack, 108, 150
Blakey, 114
Blankenship, 91, 115, 120
Blasingame, 105
Blevins, 81, 84
Blount, 88, 116
Boger, 107
Boles, 95
Bolton, 91, 106, 114, 116, 135, 137, 143, 147, 155
Bone, 52, 120, 140, 141
Bonner, 36, 42, 51, 52, 65, 69, 70, 71, 74, 85, 104, 107, 113, 126, 131, 155
Boone, 21, 27, 29, 82, 105, 125, 148
Bounds, 144
Bowdon, 38
Bowie, 5, 21, 36
Bowles, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 27
Bowling, 143
Bowman, 88, 149
Boyd, 125, 126, 131, 156
Box, 23 ff, 33, 53, 120, 136, 137
Brachen, 130
Bradford, 101, 121
Bradshaw, 26
Bragg, 148 Brake, 52
Branham, 146, 147
Breithaupt, 128
Brewer, 149
Bridges, 134, 144
Brigman, 147
Brittain, 51, 52, 76, 126, 130, 149 Brock, 117 Brooks, 140
Broome, 38, 130, 146
Brown, 8, 53, 91, 105, 111, 112, 120, 135, 136, 137, 140, 146, 156 Brunswick, 95
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Bulah, 150 Burke, 129, 149 Burleson, 38 Burnet, 24, 25, 28, 52, 145 Burnham, 23
Burns, 148 Burton, 117, 141 Burwell, 148 Bush, 131, 132 Butler, 29, 52, 90, 107, 118, 125 Byrd, 71
Colliton, 91, 92
Comer, 87, 130, 142, 145
Concord, 150
Conner, 34, 142
Cook, 27, 28, 34, 35, 38, 40, 107, 122, 126, 131
Coolidge, 122
Cooper, 124
Copeland, 126
Corine, 150
Coupland, 35, 126, 129, 132, 142, 157
Cove Springs, 150
Cowan, 116
Cox, 110, 137
Craft, 96, 145
Crawford, 45, 52
Cribb, 145
Crosby, 27
Canady, 45
Cannon, 35, 36, 43, 52, 70, 126, 135, 146, 156
Caperton, 127
Carey Lake, 92
Carlton, 97, 141
Carmichael, 142
Carr, 149 Carter, 35, 44, 126, 128, 130
Casey, 145
Castleberry, 52
Dalby, 143
Daniel, 52, 85
Darby, 143, 144
Dashiell, 117
Central High, 150
Chandler, 52, 53, 144, 168
Chapman, 52, 121, 149
Davies, 106
Chase, 127
Cherokee Indians, 2 ff
Chessher, 135, 148, 156 Chester, 52
Chevaillier, 30
Childers, 142
Childs, 117
Chronister, 87
DeBusk, 139
Deckard, 52, 126
Decker, 88, 90, 116
Dement, 122, 145
Dendy, 147
Denman, 140
Denson, 29, 37, 51
Derrough, 149
DeVaney, 143
Devereaux, 53, 116, 168
Dewberry, 140
Dial, 87, 116, 142, 145, 149, 157
Dialville, 51, 108, 116, 145
Dickinson, 53, 82, 85, 95, 114 130, 145, 157 Dicks, 145
Dickson, 144 Dill, 16 ff
D
Caston, 122
Caver, 132
CCC Camp, 90
Daugherty, 38
Davenport, 15, 16, 124
Davis, 49, 52, 64, 71, 72, 95, 100, 118, 122, 126, 138, 144
Davidson, 149
Day, 87
Dean, 120, 133
Deaton, 122
DeBard, 133
Churchill, 116 Claiborne, 82, 101, 121, 157
Clapp, 135, 140
Clarke, 48, 52, 100, 127, 148 Cleaver, 142
Cloud, 52
Cloyd, 129 Clyburn, 101 Coates, 148 Cobb, 28, 134, 136
Cobble, 52, 114, 118 Cocke, 106 Coke, 38, 62, 72, 78
Cole, 64, 105, 144 Coleman, 81, 121, 150 Collier, 52, 82
Collins, 94 125
Cross, 142
Crossland, 34
Crume, 146
Culp, 48
Cuney, 147
Cunningham, 116
Curtis, 129, 132
C
Cameron, 126, 130, 142 Campbell, 52, 65, 66, 105, 129, 134, 140, 146, 151 ff Campground, 150
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Dillard, 32, 43, 71, 126 Dilley, 115
Dixon, 45, 100, 136, 138, 156
Fitzgerald, 95
Fleager, 114 Fling, 144
Florence, 90, 116, 119
Donley, 52, 157
Dorough, 102
Foard, 65, 66
Ford, 111, 114, 116, 117
Dotson, 143
Forest, 117, 149
Forest Hill, 19, 29
Forrest, 139
Fortner, 117
Fowler, 52
Fox, 130
Francis, 51, 65, 70, 74, 104, 116, 120, 131
Frazer, 52, 131
Frizzell, 29, 30, 125
Fry, 135
Fuller, 52, 106, 120, 122
Fullerton, 143
G
Gallatin, 75, 108, 117, 144
Gammage, 52, 62, 131
Garner, 117, 144
Garrett, 53
Gaston, 52
Gates, 28, 30
Gee, 28
Ghent, 146
Gibbs, 24 ff
Gibson, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 52, 53, 116, 117, 120, 126, 129, 130, 133, 140, 159
Gideon, 34
Giffen, 134
Gilbert, 142
Gilbreath, 143
Gill, 143
Gilliam, 122
Givens, 43, 51, 126, 130, 132
Glass, 39, 145
Glenn, 121 Glidewell, 52, 127, 134
Goetzman, 88
Gooch, 116 Goodridge, 137
Goodson, 98, 135, 145
Goodwin, 34, 149
Gover, 135
Graber, 70
Gragard, 135
Grange Hall, 31
Graves, 168 Gray, 52
Gready, 152
Green, 37, 41, 66, 131
Earle, 122, 133, 134, 136, 158 Early, 45 Easter, 30 Edwards, 82, 141 Egbert, 65
Eidom, 142 Ellis, 129, 132, 145 Emmaus, 150
Engledow, 28, 65, 142
Erwin, 44, 52, 109, 140, 168
Etheridge, 148
Evans, 30, 52, 131, 142, 144, 160
Evarts, 51 Everett, 88, 143 Ewing, 140 Ezel1, 147
F
Face, 122 Fain, 136 Falvey, 117, 149 Fariss, 87, 102, 142, 145 Farmer, 127
Fastril1, 88 Felps, 100, 145 Fendley, 136 Ferguson, 28, 117 Field, 3, 4 Finch, 51 Findley, 130, 131 Finley, 121, 133, 134, 137
Fisher, 125, 126, 134, 158
Fite, 137
Dodson, 137, 142, 143, 148 Dolby, 142
Donley, 52, 157
Flowers, 142
Dossett, 111, 126, 164
Doty, 65, 66, 124, 125
Douglas, 18, 112, 135, 158
Dove, 108
Dover, 96
Drake, 138, 142 Dublin, 141 DuBose, 52, 149
Duff, 117
Duke, 65, 112
Dumas, 129
Duncan, 24
Dunning, 140
Dupree, 168
Durham, 149
Durrett, 145
Durst, 5, 16, 18, 23, 27, 30, 35, 87 Duty, 142, 148
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Gregg, 26, 52, 74, 78, 81, 98, 114, 118, 132
Griffin, 51, 142 Grimes, 52, 135 Grisby, 122 Grisham, 145
Guinn, 52, 53, 70, 78, 79, 84, 95, 97, 102, 104, 105, 108, 111, 118, 126, 129, 132, 143, 159 Guy, 134
H
Haberle, 88, 116, 154 Hackett, 28
Hackney, 98
Halbert, 145
Hamilton, 28, 122
Hammon, 81, 122
Hardaway, 149
Hardgraves, 133
Harrington, 140 Harris, 48, 51, 103, 116, 125, 126, 127, 145
Harrison, 28, 30, 115, 125, 160
Harry, 52, 125
Hasinai, 1, 2 Hassel1, 24
Hatch, 52 Hatchett, 36, 150, 157
Hatton, 115, 117 Haws, 145
Heath, 144 Heermans, 121
Henderson, 144, 148
Hendricks, 52
Hendry, 105, 106, 129, 132
Henry, 43, 65, 126, 142, 144, 149, 150 Hensley, 148
Herndon, 38, 74, 147
Herring, 148
Herrington, 144, 149
Hicks, 23, 27, 48, 51, 66, 131 Hilencamp, 149 Hill, 23, 125 Hobbs, 48 Hodge, 95, 130 Hogan, 115
Hogg, 19, 38, 43, 44, 49, 52, 62, 83, 103, 104, 110, 128, 129, 151 ff Holcomb, 34, 90, 118, 122, 125, 150, 160 Holmes, 117, 143 Holsomback, 147
Hood, 38, 122 Hoppie, 108 Houston, 6, 11, 12, 27, 33, 36, 38, 82 Howard, 115, 116, 117 Hubbard, 38 Hufsmith, 115 Hughes, 122, 134
Humphrey, 92, 149 Hundley, 33 Hunter, 3, 4 Hurst, 120
Huston, 132, 160 Hutchinson, 137
I
Imboden, 120
Ingle, 134
Irby, 33, 126, 130
Ironton, 148
Irving, 103, 104, 125
Irwin, 117, 143
Isaacs, 34, 134
Isgate, 121
Ivie, 117
J
Jackson, 48, 49, 51, 70, 111, 126, 133 Jacksonville, 46, 51, 71, 72, 75, 97, 98, 100, 101, 105, 107, 108, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 133 ff
Jacobs, 150
Jameson, 52, 114
Jamieson, 52
Jarratt, 95, 96, 97, 116, 135, 145, 147 Jasper, 52 Java, 146 Jenkins, 51, 122, 144, 160
Jennings, 52, 62, 130, 142, 150, 161
Johnson, 52, 65, 131, 134, 140
Johnston, 145
Joiner, 45 Jolly, 129
Jones, 28, 66, 95, 120, 122, 131, 142, 143, 145 Jordan, 27, 117, 168 Joss, 104, 105 Jowell, 134 Justice, 122
K
Kehm, 76 Kendrick, 28, 142 Kerr, 109, 115, 117, 163
Kennedy, 134 Key, 114
Kilgore, 126
Killough, 6 ff, 33, 34, 44 Kimball, 48 Kimble, 16 ff Kinbro, 134 Kinchelo, 134 Kirksey, 52, 125 Koher, 124 Knox, 65, 128 Knoxville, 46, 51, 141, 142
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L
Lacy, 8, 10, 12, 26, 33, 36 Lamar, 1, 12 Lane, 122, 127, 134, 148, 161 Lang, 48, 126 Larissa, 40, 44, 45, 72, 100, 140 Larson, 148 La Salle, 1, 2, 36 Latham, 149 Lawlor, 135 Lefler, 107 Lewis, 24, 27, 51, 53, 115, 131, 148 Liles, 143, 148
Linder, 140 Lindsey, 52, 133, 145 Linwood, 30 Lippman, 124
Lipsitz, 87 Littlejohn, 87, 117
Lively, 147 Lloyd, 52, 148 Locke, 128
Lockranzie, 29 Lone Oak, 87, 150 Lone Star, 106, 142 Long, 39, 44, 62, 71, 100, 101, 108, 111, 126, 129, 130, 140, 141, 160, 161 Looney, 150 Love, 91, 95, 100, 114, 162 Lovelady, 99, 135, 136, 162 Luckett, 36 Lunsford, 145 Lyford, 138
M
Mallard, 70, 74, 104, 116, 117, 131 Malone, 28 Maness, 150, 162 Maples, 65, 68, 134, 135 Maris, 142
Marshall, 42, 127, 128 Martin, 38, 52, 64, 122, 126, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 142, 144, 148, 150, 162 Mason, 49, 137, 168 Matkin, 141 Matlock, 134 Matthews, 122, 125 May, 27 Maydelle, 108, 117, 147 Maynard, 122 Meador, 116, 145, 147 Meazles, 145 Mecklin, 138 Melton, 144 Mendenhall, 134 Meredith, 27 Middleton, 52 Midkiff, 20
Miller, 29, 39, 114, 116, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 145
Mitchell, 43, 104, 124, 126, 127, 128, 148 Mixon, 150 Moffatt, 30 Montgomery, 99, 143, 147 Moore, 28, 43, 51, 83, 109, 117, 118, 129, 145, 146, 147, 168
Morgan, 107
Morrill, 95, 98
Morris, 71, 107, 136, 142
Morrison, 130
Morrow, 144
Morton, 145
Moseley, 33, 38, 52, 120, 126, 131
Mound Prairie, 1, 2
Mt. Comfort, 46, 146
Mt. Hope, 150
Mt. Olive, 45, 46
Mt. Selman, 108, 117, 141
Mt. Sterling, 16, 26
Mt. Zion, 46
Muckleroy, 22, 124
Mullins, 65, 128
Murray, 148
Musick, 27, 116
Myers, 28
Mc
McCallom, 49, 137
McCord, 90, 95, 116, 129, 162
McClure, 116, 125, 137
McCracken, 147
McCrimmon, 142
McCuistion, 27 Mccullough, 134
McDonald, 52, 82, 122
McDougle, 52
McDugald, 51 McEachern, 49, 51, 105, 110, 126, 131 McElroy, 122
McFarland, 97, 120, 136, 137, 138 McGaughey, 30
McGill, 121 McGregor, 28 McGrew, 130 McKee, 44, 48, 97, 100, 140, 141
Mckinley, 148
Mckinney, 134, 135 McKnight, 42, 43, 100, 145, 162 McLeroy, 49
McMullen, 132
McNaughton, 138
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Neely, 70, 74, 90, 131 Nees, 116 Nelson, 28 Nevins, 105
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New Birmingham, 80 ff, 93 Newburn, 108, 138
Newland, 49
Newton, 71, 112, 115, 137, 140, 141, 163
Posey, 36, 147
Powdrill, 30
Powell, 117
Prather, 122
Price, 101, 147
Priest, 52, 65, 126, 130
Priestly, 144
Prigmore, 149
Primrose, 150
Prince, 117
Pritchett, 149
Pryor, 27, 87, 118, 131, 164, 165
Oakland, 150
Obar, 122
Ochiltree, 39
Odom, 28, 41, 53, 82, 118, 122, 131, 144, 145, 147, 149
O'Hair, 142
Old Palestine, 46
Oliver, 117, 149
Oppenheimer, 131
Orthwine, 90
Osgood, 130
Ousley, 99
Owen, 129, 132, 148 Ozment, 130
P
Padon, 129, 137
Palmer, 90, 99, 125
Pardew, 146
Parks, 33, 131
Parnell, 143
Parrish, 115, 116, 120
Parsons, 43, 51, 130
Partlow, 11
Patton, 105, 106, 149
Payne, 123
Peacock, 51, 144, 155
Pearson, 168 Peevey, 20 Perkins, 52, 53, 90, 117, 118, 120, 122, 163
Perry, 121
Phifer, 105
Philleo, 66, 70, 104, 105, 126, 130
Phillips, 101, 138
Pickens, 123
Roddy, 123
Rogers, 105, 110, 127
Ross, 65, 72, 73, 123, 145, 148
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Pine Town, 51, 146
Rountree, 52, 130, 134, 142
Rowe, 130
Rozelle, 149
Ruddle, 28
Rude, 145
R
Ragsdale, 101, 106, 111, 134, 135, 164
Raguet, 30
Raines, 44, 51
Ramsey, 52
Ratcliff, 146
Rawls, 27, 149
Ray, 52, 168
Read, 145
Reagan, 1, 12, 21, 38, 48, 70, 71, 74, 101, 122, 129, 164
Redden, 143
Redlawn, 150
Reed, 27, 28, 131
Reese, 148
Reeves, 142, 148
Reklaw, 117, 143
Renfro, 45, 48, 134
Renn, 131
Reynolds, 72, 148
Rhome, 62, 134, 135
Richardson, 107, 144
Richey, 117, 122, 143
Richmond, 95
Rierson, 140
Rivers, 105
Roach, 117, 147
Roark, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 46, 60, 125
Roberts, 38, 108
Robinson, 52
Piedras, 4, 5 Pierce, 142, 148
Pine Springs, 46
Rounsaville, 90, 115
Pinson, 148 Plair, 148
Pleasant Grove, 46 Ponta, 46, 101, 117, 143
Pool, 28, 149
Pope, 142 Porter, 52
Nicholson, 144
Nickerson, 150
Noel1, 40, 52, 124, 125, 163
Norman, 53, 114, 116, 117, 120, 122, 142, 143
Norris, 115 Northcutt, 148 Norton, 146 Nunn, 107
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Quaide, 142
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Rushing, 87, 134
Rusk, 10, 33, 34, 36, 38, 46, 48, 51, 74, 75, 76, 89, 102, 108, 112, 118, 126 ff, 134 Rusk State Hospital, 80 Russell, 98, 143, 147, 148 Rutherford, 34, 35
S
Sackett, 97 Salem, 150 Salmon, 142 Sanderson, 123 Sanford, 121
San Patricio, 16 Sardis, 150 Sartain, 71 Saunders, 122 Schmeder, 130, 132 Schochler, 98, 118 Scogin, 118 Scott, 122, 125 Scurlock, 147 Self, 123
Selman, 27, 29, 30, 39, 46, 125, 141 Sessions, 143, 149, 150 Sevier, 18 Shamass, 149
Shamblin, 52, 141 Shankles, 117 Shanks, 52, 104, 127, 128, 134
Sharp, 88, 96, 127 Shattuck, 47, 98, 115, 123 Shaw, 26, 52, 142 Shearon, 53 Shelton, 52, 121 Sheriff, 67 Sherman, 59, 99, 117, 123, 147 Shiloh, 46 Shipman, 137 Shoemaker, 95, 97 Sholley, 121 Shook, 52, 53, 114, 116, 117, 120, 125, 129, 132, 134, 165 Sides, 145 Simmons, 114 Simpson, 102, 117, 149 Singletary, 125, 130, 165 Sloan, 52, 118 Slosson, 82 Slover, 48, 71, 88, 90, 116, 117, 134, 144, 147 Small, 136, 137 Smith, 29, 52, 94, 116, 117, 133, 135, 148, 149, 165, 168 Sneed, 148 Social Chapel, 46, 51, 100 Sorrels, 122 Sory, 52, 115, 136
Sousa, 84 Sowell, 143 Spain, 87, 122, 166 Spear, 68, 136 Spinks, 117, 149
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Spivey, 122, 125
Spruill, 30, 135
Stafford, 105
Stallings, 123
Star and Crescent, 85
Stark, 98
Starkey, 147
Staunton, 107
Steagall, 143
Stephens, 128
Stevens, 140
Stewart, 106
Stinson, 36
Stitt, 127
Stockton, 123, 148 Stokes, 76
Stone, 53
Stout, 96
Stovall, 48, 134, 140, 144
Street, 49
Striker Town, 29
Stringer, 123
Stripling, 52, 125
Strother, 107
Stuart, 52
Sturdevant, 103
Summers, 114, 117, 125, 132, 143, 144, 166
Summerfield, 90, 108, 143 Sydnor, 65, 66
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Talladega, 141 Talley, 143 Tatham, 65 Taylor, 52, 62, 64, 65, 96, 144, 145, 146
Teague, 125
Tecula, 93, 148 Tejas, 2 Templeton, 49, 91, 106, 110, 133, 135, 137, 166 Tenney, 127
Tennison, 52, 143
Terrell, 18, 30, 31 Thomas, 52, 80, 147
Thomason, 35, 146
Thompson, 34, 65, 102, 107, 128, 130, 135, 136, 144, 145, 149
Thorn, 107, 127 Tilley, 76, 135 Tillman, 122 Tillotson, 131
Timmons, 28, 33 Tipton, 121, 142, 143, 144.
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Tittle, 125
Watkins, 116
Washington, 99
Watson, 134, 146, 147
Watters, 116, 126
Weatherby, 117, 118, 143
Weatherford, 66
Weeks, 117
Weimar, 125
Tumlinson, 133
Turney, 89, 134, 144 Turrentine, 107
Tyra, 117
U
Underwood, 116 Usher, 125
V
Van Zandt, 144
Vaughn, 28, 52
Vaught, 51, 126
Vehlein, 24 Vermillion, 108
Vest, 122
Vining, 34, 35, 51, 75, 107, 120, 126, 168
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Wade, 52, 126, 128, 141, 152
Wadley, 140
Waites, 148 Waldrop, 143
Walker, 28, 52, 96, 143, 145
Wallace, 131, 147
Yarbrough, 134 Yeomans, 48, 128
Walton, 123
Yoakum, 44, 45, 100, 140
Ward, 72, 130
Young, 66, 69, 93, 127
Warner, 117, 149
Yowell, 19, 116
Toler, 121 Travis, 52, 117, 118, 138 Trimble, 129 Troutman, 137
Truitt, 144 Tucker, 44, 132
Tullar, 128
Wells, 108, 118, 149
Westheimer, 140
Wettermark, 113
White, 82, 120
Whiteman, 90, 120
Whitescarver, 66, 131, 132
Whitley, 138
Whitman, 53, 70, 102, 114, 147, 166
Wiggins, 29, 48, 52, 65, 70, 71, 73, 74, 104, 133
Wightman, 51, 90, 157
Wilkinson, 115 Williams, 6 ff, 27, 29, 36, 42, 107, 116, 130, 146
Williamson, 117, 120, 138
Willson, 45, 52, 70, 71, 110, 111, 167
Wilson, 52, 128
Winfield, 107
Wolfe, 30
Wood, 6 ff, 93
Wooten, 134
Wrontenberry, 121
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Walters, 34
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