Wad and Nannie had eight children: Thelma married Tobe E. Brown died and later married H. He was so excited when he was able to drive his car up a steep hill to his daughter Altarita's home at the edge of Valley Mills. She had twenty grandchildren, fifty- two great grandchildren and fifteen great great grandchildren.
Perry Dorothy Martin of Clifton, Mrs. Gene Ginger Albrecht of Clifton, and Mrs. George Glenda Sears of Indiana. The Jaynes family moved by ox- wagons in from South Carolina. Charlie B. Lula had one brother, John Gibbons. The family lived on a ranch in the southern part of Bosque County. William Barton Jaynes had brothers. Seated in front is Mr. Barton Jaynes. On either side of them are twins Maude and Claud Jaynes.
Army and Nellie Jaynes Hill. These are Bob's brother and four sisters from Valley Mills. Picture taken in Tim A. Dodgion and Arra Mrs. Alex Ewing. Seven children were born to William Barton and Lula Jaynes. Nellie, married Ruel Hill, both buried in Valley Mills. They had one son, Ralph, married Oma Burch. He was stationed overseas during World War II in the fighting zones and had a rough time.
Ralph died a few years ago and is buried in Worthom Bend Cemetery. They were parents of five children all born in Bosque County. They built homes, churches and schools, mills for their wheat, gins for their cotton, and produced a thriving livestock business.
Bustling communities sprang up, and small towns flourished through the turn of the century. Much of this beauty and heritage is closely entwined with the abundant water-ways that traverse this region. These sources of water provide an unmeasurable asset to the land. The fertile, mineral-rich soil found throughout the limestone-laden, rolling hills of Bosque County are said to be its most important natural resource because wildlife and vegetation depend so heavily upon it.
County Clerk has birth and death records from , marriage, probate and land record from and court records; District Clerk has divorce records [2]. Bosque County has had three courthouses.
The first, a one-story log cabin built in the center of town was used until a larger frame courthouse was built in The courthouse burned in , causing county government to be conducted from a tent until when the present three-story stone courthouse was completed. Settled mostly by Norwegians in the western part of the county and Germans in the eastern part of the county.
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: [5]. Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. For general information about Texas denominations, view the Texas Church Records wiki page. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, have been recorded by the county. You can obtain copies of these land records by writing to the county clerk at the county courthouse. For more information, see Texas Land and Property.
The FamilySearch Catalog lists microfilm copies of deeds, trust deeds, and mortgages of many counties. Local histories are available for Bosque County, Texas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Texas Local Histories.
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Bosque County, Texas Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:. Probate records of Texas, United States Genealogy have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes. Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records. See the Wiki page Texas Probate Records for information about how to use probate records. Texas tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses.
Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists.
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