Re: TURNEY 1850-1890-Cherokee/Smith/Erath Co
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TURNEY 1850-1890-Cherokee/Smith/Erath Co
1/01/00
Have you tried contacting the Texas State Archives?They may have some records of the Ordinance Works, or of the explosion there.Also, they have records of the militia troops, too.I have a father and son who enlist in militia troops, but the father dies within months, before the troop is transferred to CSA (probably died of one of the camp maladies before they got into battle.)The son shows up in CSA records, but the father does not.The State Archives had the death date of the father.The Tyler Co, TX genweb site might have something in a history of the county.Some counties have volunteers who will do limited lookups.