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search in the Hill County Texas area & My Arnot Family Tree
Who traveled from Scotland, NY, Ont, Michigan, Texas areas
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These pages are created and maintained by
Debbie Richardson, 1998 - 2007 Đ
Most Genealogy info found at this site was found by
and collected from various sources by Cathy Shelley
Generous people have also donated data and their name
and email will be below those items.
WELCOME TO HILL COUNTY PAGE
I started this page for Cathy Shelley so she wouldn't have to repeat all the
info
everytime on her Hill List to help others in their search. You will find
for starters:
Obituaries Cathy found in the The Lakelander News; Reunions; Website
links;
Degraffenried Cemetery; Walling Bend Cemetery and much more.......Hope you
enjoy your visit!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HILL COUNTY AND HILLSBORO
EARLY SETTEMENT
Hill County was created in 1853 from a separation of our
eastern neighbor, Navarro County. It was a wilderness
populated by small bands of Indians, horse soldiers, bear,
antelope, buffalo, wild horses, and deer. Government forts
were established to suppress hostile Indian activity in the area.
One of these, Fort Graham, was supervised by Major Arnold,
the famous Texas soldier and founder of Fort Worth.
This area was settled by strong-hearted pioneer folk who saw
the value of the cross timber region as a natural resource for
supplying timber for homes and good soil conducive to cotton production.
The abundant natural artesian wells were attractive to both early
settlers and native Indians, such as the Cherokees, Comanches
and the friendly Kickapoos.
ON PAGES 1, 2, 3 (Mixed) For these newspapers:
Hillsboro Mirror
Abbott News
Lovelace News
Whitney Messenger
County Happenings
Local News Items
Bosque County News
Donated by "Neva Maloy"
No date given on the Closing Program, but must have
been between 1900 and 1904
Donated by Caron Wilcox
Donated by Barbara Pike
Donated by Kimberly Fairchild
NEW SITE
PLEASE NOTE ANYONE WHO HAD SENT BARB PICTURES BEFORE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME PICTURES WERE LOST FROM THE LAST SITE THEY WERE ON, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE PHOTOS AND RE ADD DESCRIPTIONS
Devoted to pictures of the People
and Places of Hill County.
THANKS! BARBARA SHULTZ FOR THIS GREAT SITE!!
If you have Pictures you would
Like to share of Hill Co. Please
email Barbara your pictures
Thanks to Shannon Peacock, A Lakelander Staff,
giving us permission to put the memory of Towash on our pages!
TO ALL OF YOU!
REFERENCES
A. Consultant - Mrs. Hattie Vance
B. Consultant - Joe Fields Morror
C. Consultant - Mr. J. R. Thompson
D. Hillsboro Mirror - 1930- Captain W. H. Webb
E. Consultant - Miss Janet Wood
F. Consultant - Mrs. Tan Brooks
G. Consultant - Mr. A. T. Thompson
H. Consultant - Mr. T. B. Bond
I. Consultant - Mr. John Abney
J. Consultant - Mr. L. Brin
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A CHAT ROOM TO FIND COUSINS IN HILL COUNTY
Cathy Shelley is the List Owner, Terrific helper !!
Just put the following address in the TO: on your email
then put in the body text, Subscribe, then your a member
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Last Updated Sunday, 30-Mar-2008 18:52:09 EDT
