2 Unless otherwise noted, the facts in this section were obtained from personal conversations with Frances Lay Heathcock or with Lilly Belle Heathcock.

3 Bexar County Birth Records, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.

4 Reports of the incident were carried by the San Antonio Express (March 1, 1950, page 1) and San Antonio Light (March 2, 1950, page 5B). The articles may be examined on microfilm at the San Antonio Public Library.

5 Extensive research on Hathcock (Heathcock) genealogy has been published in several books by Douglas Wilburn Hathcock; 11002 Vivian Drive NW; Huntsville, Alabama 35810. The most recent installment, Hathcock Family History, Volume VI, Hathcock Families of Alabama and Other Southern States (1812-1880), 441 pages, was published privately in 1984.

6 D. W. Hathcock, Op. cit.

7 Carolina Observer, Richmond County, North Carolina, May 12, 1818. The obituary was also published in the Augusta, Georgia Herald.

8 Hosiah Hathcock sold land to Isom Johnson on 12 November 1799 (Chatham County Deed Book L, page 41). In 1800 Hosiah Hathcock received 200 acres of land from Charles Sun (Elbert County Deed Book U, page 96).

9 McIntosh, History of Elbert County, Georgia, 1790-1935, page 211. The following are listed: (a) 1804-05 Land Lottery of Georgia (Elbert County); Roziah Hathcock, William Hathcock, John Hathcock, Widfred Hathcock (Widow), John Hathcock, James Hathcock. (b) 1806 Land Lottery of Georgia (Elbert County); Oziah Hathcock, William Hathcock, Herbert Hathcock, Orphans of William Hathcock.

10 1790 North Carolina Census, Chatham County; William Hathcock, John Hathcock, Hosea Hathcock, James Hathcock.

11 Elbert County, Georgia, census of 1830 and 1840.

12 The original list of voters in this election is on file in the Georgia Department of Archives and History; it is reproduced in: J. H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, 1790-1935 (Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company: 1968) pages 73-74.

13 R. S. Williams and M. G. Griffin, Marriages of Early Edgecombe County North Carolina 1733-1868 (Rocky Mount, North Carolina: Dixie Letter Service:1958), p 87.

14 W. W. Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company: 1969).

15 Georgia Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia (Atlanta: John T. Hancock) p 102.

16 Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. III (Atlanta: Stein Printing Company: 1930) p 68.; Elbert Co., Georgia, Will Book.

17 G. G. Bell, The Bells in U.S.A. and Allied Families 1650-1977, LDS call number 927.273 B413c, p 456.

18 E. C. Betts, Early History of Huntsville, Alabama, 1804 to 1870, (Montgomery, Alabama: The Brown Publishing Co.: 1916) page 23.

19 Elbert County Marriage Book H (Rebound in Book L-F), page 28; "October 26, 1806; Denton Harthcock to Polly Jones, by James Christian."

20 Marriage Records of Madison County, Alabama, Book 3, page 272; "Dancy Hathcock and Lucinda Lansen, September 16, 1816."

21 In 1841 the Alabama Democrat carried a story reporting that the "2nd Rgt will be at Hathcock's place, Wm. B. Jones comm." Jones-Gandrud Collection of Madison County Alabama Records.

22 On February 20, 1836 John Hathcock was granted a license to sell liquor; Jones-Gandrud Collection of Madison County Alabama Records, Volume 183, page 88.

23 Applications for Land Grants: Nashville Land Office, v. 53, p. 69, 1813, Madison County, Alabama.

24 For a more complete speculation of the family of John Hathcock, Sr., see: D. W. Hathcock, "Hathcock Family History, Volume VI: Hathcock Families of Alabama and Other Southern States (1812-1880)," Huntsville, Alabama, 1984, page 20.

25 See inter alia, Madison County Court Record: Book 9; Madison County Circuit Court Record, Book 28. These records are kept on the 2nd floor Department of Old Records of the Law Library, across the street from the County Court House in Huntsville, Alabama.

26 Madison County Deed Book K, p 219. On November 9, 1825 John Hathcock bought from Richard G. Dunlap of Knox County, Tennessee 99.95 acres of land on Hurricane Fork of Indian Creek and 101 acres East of Hurricane Fork.

27 Marriage Records of Madison County, Alabama: Book 3, p 940.

28 Madison County Records: Minutes of Orphan Court; Book 2, p 227; Book 5, p 35.

29 The Shackelford information in this paragraph comes mainly from Delsa Spencer Smith; 3622 Arsenal; Memphis, Tennessee 38128. The source of Ms. Smith's information is a collection of Shackelford family group sheets compiled by Thomas Kelley Jones, of Lubbock, TX. During the 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Jones edited a genealogical publication called The Shackelford Clan Magazine. Copies of the magazine are in the Latter Day Saints Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. It is not known to this writer if Mr. Jones gives original sources for his information.

30 Leah Townsend, South Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805 (Baltimore: 1974), page 244.

31 Hosea Holcomb, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama (Originally written in 1840, Reprinted by West Jefferson Co. Historical Society: 1974) pages 280-81.

32 Madison County Probate Record Book 3, 1823-1826, page 70.

33 Madison County Deed Book O, p 566.

34 Jones-Gandrud Collection of Madison County Records.

35 Madison County Probate Records, p 495.

36 Loyalists in the Southern Campaign, Volume 1; this information is courtesy of Edgar Forrest Cook, Sr.; PO Box 305; Urania, Louisiana 71840; and Trisha Huddelston; Rt. 1, Box 440 BB; Palestine, Texas 75801.

37 February 2, 1786; Laurens County Deed Book C, page 5.

38 Laurens County Will Book D-1, page 330, bundle 16, package 5.

39 1850 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Census, page 29; the family consisted of Alfred (35, b Ga), Betsey (33, b Ala), John (17, b Ala), Asa (10, b Ala), Columbus (8, b Ala), Amanda (6, b Ala), Margaret (3, b Miss). Alfred checked the column marked "Cannot read or write." The population of Natchitoches Parish in 1850 was 5466 white, 881 free colored, and 7881 slaves.

40 For many interesting tales of early Nockenut, see: Karon Mac Smith, On the Watershed of Ecleto and the Clear Fork of Sandies (Seguin, Texas: Tommy Brown Printing: 1983).

41 This entry may be in error; the census records show that the family lived in Madison County Alabama in 1840 and in Natchitoches Parish Louisiana in 1850. It is reasonable that they may have lived in Mississippi temporarily on their westward migration, but unlikely that they backtracked before going to Texas in the mid-1850s.

42 1830 Madison County, Alabama Census: Alfred Hathcock (20-30), 1 male (0-5), 1 female (0-5), 1 female (20-30).

43 1840 Madison County, Alabama Census: Alfred Hathcock (20-30), 1 male (0-5), 1 male (5-10), 1 female (20-30).

44 1870 Guadalupe County, Texas Census, page 415: Alfred Hethcock (65, b Ga), Lizzie (45, b Va), Mary (17, b Miss), Martha (17, b Tex), Eliza (15, b Tex), Eliza (25, b Ala), Bun (7, b Tex), Alice (4, b Tex), William (8/12, b Tex). The last four people may be the wife and children of Columbus Hathcock.

45 1880 Wilson County, Texas Census, page 37: Alford Heathcock (79, b Ga), Elizabeth (60, b Va), Martha (20, b Tex), Elizabeth (20, b Tex).

46 Guadalupe County Texas Tax Rolls, Texas General Land Office, Austin. Alfred is credited with $275 worth of livestock. Son John Heathcock is credited with 50 acres of land (Jas. Wilder, original grantee) and $160 worth of livestock. The 1865 roll credits Alfred with $310 worth of livestock.

47 Wilson County Texas Probate Record C 100: July 25, 1864; Probate Court ordered an appraisal of the estate of Jos. Hobbs by W. K. Estell, Jesse D. Smith, and Alfred Hathcock. Ibid, C 142: November 27, 1865; Proceedings of the Probate Court during the existence of the Confederate Authority were set aside. Ibid, C 143: November 27, 1865; Appointed P. W. Hobbs, P. H. Hobbs, G. G. Helms executers of the estate and J. D. Smith, Alfred Hathcock, and Jacob Degan appraisers.

48 Texas Land Patents, State of Texas General Land Office, Austin; File 6523, Bexar 3rd Class; Alfred Hethcock; 160 acres; Patented by Alfred Hethcock August 15, 1871. The plat and field notes for this homestead are found in the Wilson County Survey Book, page 221.

49 Guadalupe County Texas Deed Book S, page 32: November 17, 1878; Consignment to Julius C. Birge following upon a Judgement in the U. S. District Court at Austin in the amount of $954.24 with interest dated February 17, 1878 of 75 acres in the M. C. Wing and 160 acres on the headwaters of the Ecleto 13 3/4 miles south 11o east of Seguin patented to Alfred Hethcock August 15, 1871. Dated before the signatures of H. S. and E. E. Hastings June 29, 1878.

50 The most common spelling of the family name was Hathcock until about 1870. The Madison County, Alabama group uniformly used Hathcock, and no doubt pronounced the name with a short a. In 1868, Alfred signed his homestead papers Alfred Hethcock. The spelling standardized as Heathcock between 1870 and 1880, although the name continued to be pronounced as heather rather than leaf, no doubt as a result of the earlier common usage of the pronunciation Hathcock.

51 The listing of John and Mary Heathcock in the 1900 Wilson County census indicates that they had been married 44 years at that time.

52 The 1850 Sumpter County Alabama Census (taken November 2, 1850), page 300, records Thomas Goodbread (35, M, Farmer, b NC), Malinda (35, F, b Ala), Elizabeth (17, F, b Ala), and Mary (12, F, b Ala).

53 Guadalupe County Texas Tax Rolls, Texas General Land Office, Austin.

54 Guadalupe County Texas Deed Book K, page 334.

55 Territorial Papers of the United States, Vol. VI, 1809-1817, (Washington: Government Printing Office: 1938), page 106.

56 Ibid, page 622.

57 Gillis, Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District, Inhabitants of Mississippi Territory Other Than Natchez, page 117.

58 National Archives, Washington: St. Stephens, Alabama, Credit Prior 773: February 14, 1816 Matthew Brewer purchased 159.4 acres of land in the district of Pearl River at $2.00 per acre, which tract was assigned to William Robinson. Payment was completed in 1820; the document is dated September 13, 1824.

59 National Archives, Washington: St. Stephens, Alabama, Credit Under 859.

60 Marengo County Alabama Will Book A (1820-1864), pages 154-157.

61 Most of the following information pertaining to the Goodbread family prior to 1840 was obtained from two individuals, James Taliaferro Goodbread (Route 1, Box 825; Cleveland, Oklahoma 74020) and Rudelle M. Davis (P.O. Box 13388, El Paso, Texas 79913). A book centering on Phillip Goodbread, authored by Mrs. Davis, was scheduled for publication in 1986 or 1987. Mr. Goodbread has written a 160-page summary of his Goodbread records, entitled Gutbrodt-Goodbread Family, which is registered under number Q 929.273 A1 #75 in the Genealogical Society Library of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.

62 York County, Pennsylvania public records.

63 The known children were Joseph, John, Phillip Jr., Thomas, Catherine, Jane, Mary, Sarah, and Rachel. For a more complete discussion of this family, see the Davis or Goodbread books.

64 National Archives, Washington, D.C.

65 H. H. Newton, Rutherford County, North Carolina: Abstracts of Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions, 1779-1786, pp. 7-98.

66 North Carolina revolutionary war pay voucher, Raleigh, N.C. (Morgan District), 1784.

67 Phillip Goodbread, Sr. has been approved by the California Society of Sons of the Revolution (1776) as a patriot (membership number 2492).

68 Mary Ledbetter was the daughter of Richard Ledbetter II and Mary Walton. For more information on the Ledbetter family, see R. C. Ledbetter, W. R. Ledbetter, J. R. Moll, and J. D. Tillman, Jr. Ledbetters from Virginia, Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, 1964.

69 Rutherford County, North Carolina Will book C, page 15. The will was dated 28 December 1807 and probated in July, 1814. In the 1810 census of Rutherford County, Mary Goodbread is listed as head of the household, suggesting that John died prior to that time.

70 1810 Census of Rutherford County, North Carolina; Leonard Daniel's District.

71 Marengo County, Alabama Marriage Records, 1818-1860, page 46.

72 There are several Land Patent files on Phillip Goodbread at the State of Texas General Land Office, Austin: File 75, Montgomery County, 1st Class; File 223, Montgomery County, 1st Class; File 73, Gonzales County, 1st Class. In these files are affidavits that Phillip Goodbread arrived in Texas in December, 1834.

73 Partition of Phillip Goodbread estate; Gonzales County Book 98, pages163-69. This partition, recorded 5 November 1870, deals with three parcels of land: (1) one league in Grimes County, (2) 1/3 league in Wilson and Gonzales Counties (the headright of Phillip Goodbread, Jr., deceased, and (3) 500 acres in Wilson County.

74 Marengo County, Alabama Marriage Records, 1818-1860, page 46.

75 1860 Census of Nockenut, Guadalupe County, Texas, page 294.

76 1870 Census of Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, page 413.

77 Guadalupe County Texas Probate Records, "Estate of Thomas Goodbread, File No. 629, Final Account of Attorney, Filed Feb. 9. 1878." The account gives the date of Thomas Goodbread's death as December, 1872, and states that his wife Malinda died in 1877. It indicates that Elizabeth Degan and Mary Heathcock were the only surviving children of Malinda and Thomas Goodbread and mentions Lammy Carr and the minors Douglas van Dorn and Percy van Dorn, the children of Mrs. Martha Bird, deceased, who was a daughter of the Goodbreads.

78 Wilson County Deed Book H, pages 130-132; 9 February 1880.

79 The iron was obtained from John Heathcock's granddaughter, Lilly Belle Heathcock, by the author in 1979.

80 Wilson County Census of 1900, Supervisors District No. 13, Enumeration District No. 118, Sheet No. 8. John and Mary, along with son Thomas, appear as household 120, next to James Alford on one side and Joseph Clark and family on the other side. The census was taken on 12 June 1900. John's birth is given as Oct, 1833 and his age as 66; Mary's as Dec, 1839 and 60. Mary is said to have borne 10 children, of whom 7 were living at the time.

81 Wilson County Death Records, Wilson County Court House, Floresville, Texas; Clerk's Number 97: "1 June 1904, 7 am; John Heathcock, b. Alabama, Age 70 years 8 months, exhaustion-measles, Sutherland Springs, Citizen, G.S. Depot."

82 Wilson County Death Records, Wilson County Court House, Floresville, Texas; Clerk's Number 170: "26 October 1905, 2 am; Mary Heathcock, b. Texas, Age 71 years, Died in Sutherland Springs, Exhaustion-typo malarial fever, Citizen."

83 This gravestone was found and photographed in July, 1977, by the author, Steven Heathcock, and James F. Heathcock.

84 Bee County Texas Marriage Records: 1858-1893.

85 National Archives Records Service, Washington, D.C.: Compiled Service Record of Asa (Acy) Heathcock. Enlisted 13 February 1862 at Yorktown, Capt. Cupples. Captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Arkansas January 11, 1863. Paroled January 31, 1863.

86 Asa's wife, Mrs. Bettie Heathcock, filed a Widow's Application for Pension after Asa's death on 3 September 1908. Her application essentially verifies his service record. In the application, reference is made to File No. 7388, presumably Asa's pension application file. At the time of the Widow's application, Mrs. Heathcock lived at 202 Sharer Street, San Antonio.

87 The obituary of William Edward Heathcock was published in the 12 July 1946 issue of the Floresville Chronicle-Journal: The article states that he was born in Atascosa County, Texas, and that he moved to Wilson County in his early childhood with his parents. He was married to Mary Bartlett 24 December 1891. He died in Floresville and was survived by one brother, Young Heathcock.

88 National Archives Records Service, Compiled Service Record of Columbus Hetchcock. Included in the file is a discharge certificate, quoted as follows in total: "Army of the Confederate States, Certificate of Disability for Discharge. Private Columbus Hethcock of Captain Arbuckle's Company (E) of the Third Regiment of Texas Infantry was enlisted by Leut Tucker at Salado Bexar County, Texas, on the 25th Day of November 1861, to serve for twelve months. He was born in Madison County, Alabama, is 21 years of age, six feet high, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, and by occupation when enlisted a stock raiser. Said soldier has been unfit for duty two months. (Signed) Charles L. Arbuckle, Capt Comdr Comp E, 3rd Regt J Infantry." The discharge was made at Fort Brown, Texas.

89 Texas Land Patents, State of Texas General Land Office, Austin; File 6524, Bexar 3rd Class; Columbus Hethcock; 160 acres. The file contains a letter, dated 11 July 1868, from A. M. Erskine, County Surveyor of Guadalupe County, concerning the conflict between the Columbus Heathcock survey and the prior Roberts and Wing surveys.

90 National Archives Record Service, Confederate Pension Application. On 31 May 1902, Columbus Heathcock's widow, Elizabeth Heathcock, filed application for a widow's pension.

91 Guadalupe County Marriage Records. 22 August 1867, James Shelton married Margaret H. Heathcock. The marriage was witnessed by J. E. Gardner and J. W. Asbury and performed by P. W. Hobbs, Minister in the M. E. Church South.

92 Guadalupe County Marriage Records. 10 August 1871, Jenkins Sifford married Miss Mary C. Heathcock. The marriage was performed by P. W. Hobbs, Minister of the Gospel.

93 Wilson County Marriage Records. 1 June 1884 Thomas Degan married Eliza Heathcock. The marriage was performed by Thos. P. Morris.

94 Wilson County Death Records, County Court House, Floresville. "13 Oct 1944, W. H. Heathcock, Male, White, Married, Died in Stockdale of heart failure and acute indigestion. Father: John Heathcock; Mother: Mary Goodbrad."

95 Certificate of Death, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.

96 Wilson County Death Records. "April 16, 1909, midnight. Florence Heathcock, b Texas, age 1 year 7 mos, died of duodenitis cold in country."

97 Joseph Hobbs' birthdate was obtained from a family bible belonging to Rachel Josephine Hobbs Helms. The bible also contains vital data for Joseph's wife Anna and their 13 children. A copy of the page containing the dates was shown to the author by Karon Mac Smith, of Nixon, Texas, in July, 1977. His place of birth was given as Maryland in the 1850 census of Walker County Texas and the 1860 census of Guadalupe County Texas.

98 K. G. Lindsay, Early Marriages In Indiana: Knox County, 1807-1832, Kenma Publishing Company, Evansville, Indiana, 1977.

99 The information pertaining to Zacariah Jones and his family was obtained from a book entitled Jones, Zacariah and Descendants, 1735-1971, compiled and published privately by Leoneade A. Ramsey and Olive J. Smith in 1971. The author obtained a copy of the book from Mrs. Smith in 1982. At that time she was 88 years old and lived 3350 NE 70th Street, Ocala, Florida 32670.

100 Delaware Military Archives, Volume I, p 52.

101 L. A. Ramsey and O. J. Smith, Op. cit.

102 For a history of Rowan County, see: Rev. Jethro Rumple, A History of Rowan County, North Carolina, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1881; reprinted by Regional Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1978.

103 Oral tradition from Enoch Jones, L. A. Ramsey and O. J. Smith, op. cit. Note that Ebenezer and Mary Jones did name their third son Vance.

104 Rowan County Deed Book 22, page 174, September 30, 1806.

105 Mrs. McCormick's address in 1973 was 504 West 5th Street; Bicknell, IN 47512.

106 Lewis Jones appears in F. A. Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, The Virkus Company, 440-442 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 1930, p 439-40 in the lineage of Mrs. Alvis Beatrice Wise Ramsey. The genealogy shows Lewis Jones' parents to be Ebenezer Jones (Am. Rev.) and Mary Roten.

107 Rowan County Deed Book 17, page 414. On December 2, 1800, Ebenezer Jones purchased 247 acres of land on Cedar Creek from John Johnson for $600. In a deed recorded August 22, 1810, Ebenezer and Mary Jones sold this 247 acres to Levin Ward for $1000. The deed was witnessed by son Smith Jones.

108 Obituary of Jincy Owen Jones Garten, published in a Kansas newspaper in 1891. The obituary states that Jincy was born in Rowan County on November 17, 1807, and came to Indiana Territory in 1810. This obituary contains the story about stopping along the way to raise a crop.

109 Margaret R. Waters, Indiana Land Entries, Volume 2, Part 1: Vincennes District, 1807-1877, The Bookmark, P.O. Box 74, Knightstown, IN 46148.

110 The discussion of the Battle of Tippecanoe and the Indian Troubles of 1811-12 that follows was taken from: Francis A. Thuis, History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886.

111 Captain Alfred Pirtle, The Battle of Tippecanoe, John P. Morton and Company, Printers to The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, 1900, p 120.

112 This information comes from affidavits filed by Joseph and Anna Hobbs in 1855-73 in Texas attempting to gain a land grant to which they believed Joseph to be entitled because of his service in the War of 1812. On March 3, 1855, the Congress of the United States passed an Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had engaged in military service for the United States. On October 13, 1855 Joseph Hobbs filed an application for land in Gonzales, Texas. In this document, Joseph Hobbs swore that he was a private in the Company of Captain Andrew Wilkey or Wilkie in the Battle of Tippecanoe, having mustered into service on September 18, 1811 and continuing in actual service for fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Vincennes on November 16, 1811. This application was not granted, the notation on October 25, 1856 being "No evidence of Capt Wilkey or Wilkie on Indiana roles on file in this office. Not on roles of Capt Andrew Wilkins of Indiana Mounted Riflemen from Sept to Nov 1812. A second affidavit was filed in Guadalupe County Texas on March 14, 1860. In this affidavit, Joseph stated that he enlisted about September 8, 1811 and served until he became disabled on October 30, at which time General Harrison permitted him to employ Reuben Alsop to serve in his stead until his honorable discharge on November 18. The application was accompanied by a written deposition by Reuben Alsop that he did serve Hobbs' tour of duty from October 30, 1811 until the day of rendezvous at Vincennes.

113 Francis A. Thuis, History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886, p 571-4.

114 Francis A. Thuis, Op. cit., pp 579-81.

115 Probate Records of Knox County, No. 77, Vincennes, Indiana. Ebenezer Jones was administrator and the security bond was witnessed by Lewis Jones and Vance Jones.

116 Material in this paragraph from Francis A. Thuis, History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886.

117 Information supplied by Jesse M. Jones, Jr. in a letter dated December 28, 1980 addressed to Mrs. Shirley A. Jones. Jesse Jones was descended from Ebenezer and Mary through their son Lewis Jones.

118 Deed Book C, page 24; Daviess County Records, Washington, Indiana.

119 The 1850 census, page 102, carries Ebenezer (aged 86) as the head of household, along with Wiley and his wife Anne and six children. The 1860 census, page 22, shows Ebenezer (aged 97) as a resident with Wiley and Ann and eight children.

120 On July 5, 1836, he was a Private in the Texas Volunteer Army under Captain William Scurlock; F. T. Ingmire, Texas Ranger Service Records, 1830-1846.

121 T. L. Miller, Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas 1835-1888, University of Texas Press: Austin, 1967, pp 349-50.

122 Military Service Records, Austin, Texas, Jacket No. 176.

123 Military Service Records, Austin, Texas, Jacket 2nd Class 3430.

124 Account of the Somervell campaign and Mier expedition from: H. S. Thrall, A Pictorial History of Texas (N. D. Thompson & Co.: St. Louis: 1879), pages 321-32.

125 Data in this paragraph taken from 1850 Texas census records: (a) Walker County, page 276. (b) Medina County, "The Texas Volunteer Company Stationed on the Medina River (Rangers)." (c) Lavaca County, page 332. (d) Limestone County, page 371. (e) Shelby County, page 001.

126 (a) Wilson County Texas Survey Record Book, page 217-20. (b) Texas Land Patents, State of Texas General Land Office, Austin; File 4448, Bexar 3rd Class; Pleasant H. Hobbs, 320 acres.

127 1990 Census of Wilson County Texas.

128 Texas Land Patents, State of Texas General Land Office, Austin; File 229, Bexar Preemption.

129 (a) Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 292. (b) Anna Hobbs' application for Joseph Hobbs' pension.

130 Guadalupe County Texas Probate Records, No. 405.

131 Henry Solomon Hastings came to the area from Panola County Mississippi in September of 1856. He was active in many local affairs and died in San Antonio at the age of 74 in 1907. Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 180.

132 Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 35.

133 Thomas Jones Smith came to Texas by way of Louisiana from North Carolina. He is buried at Bethel graveyard, northeast of old Nockenut. His tombstone bears the inscription "Killed by W. W. Davis and his Nigger Police in 1869." Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., p 1-2.

134 William W. Cockrum was the son of William R. Cockrum, who came to Texas from Mississippi in 1856. W. W. Cockrum was the first postmaster of Nockenut and died in 1868; he is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Seguin. Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., pages 114 and 294.

135 John Russell married Susan Cotter, daughter of Steven and Hannah Cotter. It is said that when the Civil War broke out, John Russell had Northern sympathies and left his wife and three children, never to return. Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 129.

136 James Degan was probably the father of Jacob Degan, who married Elizabeth Goodbread, daughter of Thomas and Malinda Goodbread, in Bastrop County Texas on August 3, 1854. The Degans were from Hessen, Germany. Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 180.

137 Del Weniger, The Explorers' Texas, The Lands and Waters, Eakin Press: Austin, 1984.

138 Karon Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 36.

139 Del Weniger, Op. cit., page 102.

140 A. Driscoll Rooke, "Ghost Towns of Texas," in Our Heritage, San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society Periodical, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1960.

141 Official Centennial Program and History of Wilson County, Wilson County Centennial, 1860-1960, September 19 through 25th, 1960, Floresville, Texas.

142 A copy of the original letter was obtained by the author from Pauline Mints Baker in 1980.

143 Guadalupe County Deed Book J, pages 412-13.

144 Karen Mac Smith, Op. cit., page 78 (part II).

145 Wilson County Probate Book H, pages 81-83, and 99-104, December, 1898. This reference is to the partition; there are many other entries in Books E, G, and H.

146 May Wilson McBee, The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: Baltimore, 1979, page 541.

147 United States Territorial Papers, Volume V, (Washington: Government Printing Office: 1938), pages 110-14.

148 Adams County Mississippi Deed Book B, page 280. Mary Lanehart was the daughter of Adam Lanehart, who was in the Natchez District as early as 1782.

149 Adams County Archives, Minutes of Court of General Quarters, Vol. II.

150 (a) 1805 Census of Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory; 1 male over 21, 2 females. (b) 1816 Census of Claiborne County, Mississippi. (c) 1818 Census of Lawrence County, Mississippi; 1 male over 21, 1 female over 21, 5 females under 21, 1 slave. (d) 1820 Census of Lawrence County, Mississippi; 5 males, 4 females. (e) 1830 Census of Hinds County, Mississippi; 7 males, 4 females.

151 Lawrence County (1819, 1820), Hinds County (1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1830, 1831, 1837).

152 Hinds County Mississippi Will Book I, 1822-1859, page 119. Almond Robbins married Catherine Fisher in Hinds County on March 24, 1834: Clara Wright Forest, Hinds County Marriages, 1823-1848.

153 1840 Hinds County Mississippi census, page 194. "Elizabeth Fisher, 0001100000000 0020000100000"

154 1850 Claiborne County Mississippi census, page 126.

155 1880 Hinds County Mississippi census, pages 260-61.

156 Clara Wright Forrest, Hinds County Mississippi Marriage Records, 1823-1848, Book 2, No. 565. "Isaac King and Mary Jane Fisher, David Fisher, bnds. November 25, 1847"

157 Hinds County Mississippi census; (a) 1850, page 137, P.O. Jackson: Isaac King (26, M, Planter, Tenn), Mary J. (23, F, Miss), Elia E. (1, M, Miss), Mary E. (3/12, F, Miss). (b) 1860, page 70, P.O. Jackson: Isaac King (35, M, Farmer, Ala), M. J. (33, F, Miss), E. (11, M, Miss), Ann M. (7, F, Miss), Florence (5, F, Miss), J. S. (4, M, Miss), W. G. (2, M, Miss), S. (7/12, F, Miss), E. King (75, F, NC).

158 Related to Karon Mac Smith by Dora King Hastings (daughter of Otha King) in 1979.

159 National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.; Confederate Service Records, Mississippi 1st Light Artillery.

160 Account of Grant's Vicksburg campaign taken from: R. M. Ketchum, The American Heritage Picture History of The Civil War (American Heritage Publishing Col, Inc.: New York: 1960), pages 308-25.

161 Related by Dora Hastings to Karon Mac Smith in 1979.