HISTORY OF NEGROES OF LIMESTONE COUNTY - FROM 1860 TO 1939 - 
WALTER F. COTTON - 67pp. - FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1939 FIRST EDITION - 
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL EX-SLAVES OF LIMESTONE, 
COUNTY, TEXAS - THIS WORK WAS 1ST COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY 
LONGTIME MEXIA SCHOOL TEACHER WALTER F. COTTON AND PUBLISHED 
BY DR. J.A. CHATMAN AND S.M. MERRIWETHR OF MEXIA, TEXAS - VERY 
FEW COPIES OF THE 1939 PRINTING WERE PRODUCED AND THE TODAY THE 
ORIGINAL WORK IS RARE - PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE EARLIEST 
SETTLEMENT OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, THE ADVENT OF NEGRO SLAVES 
AND INFORMATION ON THE LOGAN STROUD FAMILY WHO FIRST 
BROUGHT SLAVES TO THE AREA - PROVIDES NAMES OF LEADING 
PLANTATION OWNERS ELMO ROSS, BILLIE BONNER, BILLIE LAMPKIN, 
MEMORY STROUD, BEATEN STROUD, MANDARD STROUD AND DR. OWENS 
- PROVIDES DETAILS OF DAILY LIFE ON THE PLANTATIONS - INCLUDES 
NAMES OF 30 SLAVE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN'S NAMES LISTED - 
DISCUSSES TOWNS OF MEXIA, GROESBECK, COOLIDGE, TEHUACANA, 
SPRINGFIELD AND, NOW LOST, COMMUNITIES OF BETHSADIA, NEW HOME, 
ROCKY, SANDY GROVE, WEBB CHAPEL, CEDAR, COMANCHE CROSSING 
AND DOYLE - INCLUDES FIRST HAND REPORTS AND RECOLLECTIONS 
FROM NUMEROUS EX-SLAVES - MANY MANY NAMES PROVIDED - 
PROVIDES VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS (REPRODUCED HERE) OF WALTER F. 
COTTON, UNCLE BUCK SIMPSON, S.M. MERRIWETHER, J.A. CHATMAN, 74 
YR. OLD MARY BETH CONNER, HENRIETTA WATSON, FIELD SCENE OF 
COTTON PICKING , WAGON AND MULES, W.G. JOHNSON, JIM REYNOLDS, 
GRAVE OF LOGAN STROUD, 64 YR. OLD SCHOOL TEACHER WALTER DAVID, 
GRAVES OF D.C. LACY AND MILLIE LACY, OLD BOSTON THOMAS HOME, 
ELI FOSTER WITH WAGON AND MULES, OSAR YOUNGBLOOD AND SONS 
WITH OX-TEAMS AND J.W. HURD ON PRIMITIVE TRACTOR, 90 YR. OLD 
UNCLE SIM CONNER AND 97 YR. OLD UNCLE PHIL FAVORS - NUMBERS OF 
OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES IN THE 
AREA - A VERY REVEALING CHAPTER ON STORIES AND TALES BUY EX-
SLAVES THAT PROVIDE A GOOD LOOK INTO THE LIFE AND TIMES FOR 
BLACKS IN "OLD-TIME" LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS - THIS FIRST EFFORT 
TO REPRINT WALTER COTTON'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK HAS BEEN DONE 
WITH EVERY EFFORT TO PRODUCE THE BOOK EXACTLY AS IT WAS 1ST 
PUBLISHED IN 1939 - PLEASE SEE IMAGE