MY TEXAS ROOTS

WHEN I BEGAN MY GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH I WAS UNAWARE JUST HOW DEEP MY ROOTS WERE IN THE TEXAS SOIL...OR FOR THAT MATTER HOW DEEP MY ROOTS WERE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT LAND CALLED AMERICA.

I HADN'T GROWN UP WITH OLD FAMILY STORIES OF..."YOUR GREAT GRANDPA FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR..." OR ANY WAR...NOR WITNESSED ANY HISTORICAL EVENT FOR THAT MATTER! BUT I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW JUST WHAT MY FAMILY HAD DONE...WHERE THEY HAD COME FROM... AND WHY.

SO HERE ARE THEIR STORIES...THEIR JOURNEYS...THEIR LIVES...WOVEN INTO THAT WONDERFUL TAPESTRY CALLED HISTORY. I HOPE THEIR STORIES WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND YOUR HISTORY...YOUR HERITAGE...YOUR ROOTS.

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FAMILIES

ESTES AND ALLIED LINES, REED AND WILLIAMS

MY OTHER FAMILIES IN TEXAS

BLACK	PA, TN, AR
COLE	PA, OH, IL, IN
HACKER	VA, WV
HUDSPETH	VA, NC, KY, TN
KIGHT	MD, WV, TX
LAUGHTER	VA, NC, MS
MERRELL	NY, NJ, NC, TN
NORMAN	ENG, VA/WV
RAGSDALE	VA, NC, SC, AL
REED/REID	SC, GA, AL
THOMAS	OH, IL, MS