With some trepidation, I begin my first posting on my first blog. I do not know if anyone but me will ever read this, but at the very least, it will be a way for me to keep up with my own genealogy research, and maybe help guide me as to how to proceed.
I have been doing some genealogy research for about five years now, but have only gotten really serious in the past three years. I primarily research the ancestors and descendants of Stephen Upson Smith and wife, Nancy Rust Smith, who arrived in Texas in the 1850's and settled in the vicinity of Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas. However, when information on other branches of my family comes my way, I try to pursue it. Eventually, I hope to thoroughly research ALL of the branches of my family.
This morning, I stumbled across a website about Beech Creek Farm, owned by the great-grandson of my gr-gr-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Self. http://beechcreekfarm.net/index.htm Apparently, the land which is now Beech Creek Farm in the vicinity of Cushing and Lilbert, Texas, was once owned by William A. Seaton, my gr-gr-gr grandfather. William A. Seaton was grandfather to Will S. Overall. In the 1930's, the farm was purchased by Roy Self, son of T. J. Self and Josephine Choate Self. I have written to Pat Barton, the grandson of Roy Self, who now owns the farm, to request a visit and further communication and sharing of information.
Today I ordered a CD from Carolyn Ericson, who has written the Gateway to Nacogdoches series. When I learned that Volume III, which covers Nac County residents from 1880-1930,
was available on CD for a fraction of the cost of the book, I decided to order it. Mrs. Ericson said she would get it in the mail today.
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