It is well arranged and its size makes it easy to tuck into a suitcase. The time period covered encompasses the last fifteen years of the Provincial Period, the eight years of the Revolutionary War and the seventeen years after the Revolution. The book is in alphabetical order by county and then alphabetical by first letter of the surname, and gives the date and people mentioned in the will. There are many handwritten notations in the margins that are certainly worth a look. Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. is sponsoring this event on 10 October, financed in part by the Texas Historical Foundation.
All profits go toward purchasing genealogy materials and microfilm for the genealogy section.
Jennifer believes she comes through his daughter, Martha Susan and her husband, Mr. McManess, parents a daughter who married a Lueke, who is the parent of her grandmother Anna Mae Lueke. She is writing in hopes that someone will phone her with information that might help her put back together the puzzle pieces once collected by her grandmother. The Indian raids forced them to move again and in 1867 they sold their land on Catlett Creek. Only the children reappear on records in the 1870's and beyond. She died about 1873.