Freestone County, Texas Bibliography Partial bibliography of some the books and microfiche available on Freestone County from perhaps your local library. This list is far from complete. BOOKS/PAMPLETS ------------------------------------------------------------ Obituary Books *1* "Obituary notices abstracted from the Teague Chronicle, Mexia Daily News and Fairfield Recorder" (Freestone & Limestone Counties, Texas) 1996? by Elizabeth M. Morrow (Notes- contains a list of Limestone County cemeteries compiled by Lisa M. Rothrock. County road maps--Capps Memorial Chapel Mortuary records--Ham Mortuary records-- Lawrence-Ricks mortuary record--Burials 1991-1995.) *2* Ham Mortuary, Teague, Freestone County, Texas : 1900-1959 compiled by Betty Moss Morrow. *3* Lawrence-Ricks Funeral Home, Teague, Freestone Co., Texas compiled by Betty Moss Morrow. 1960 into 1989. *4* Capps Memorial Chapel, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas : mortuary records - copied and compiled by Betty (Moss) Morrow. *5* The Fairfield Recorder Obits (Sept 26, 1890 - Sept 20, 1895) by Ann Farnsworth. Freestone Genealogy Society. 2003. *6* The Fairfield Recorder Obits (Sept 27, 1895 - Sept 25, 1899) by Ann Farnsworth. Freestone Genealogy Society. ------------------------------------------------------------ Cemetery Books *1* A brief history of Wilson Chapel cemetery : (near Donie, Freestone County, Texas) / [Wilson Chapel Cemetery Association Historical Committee.] May 2005 *2* Harrison Chapel Cemetery : peace to their ashes by Ann Thomas Farnsworth. c2004. *3* Mt. Zion Cemetery : surveyed 14 October 2003 by Ann Thomas Farnsworth, Tennille Hughes Snowden. *4* "Out-of-county burials" - compiled by Betty Moss Morrow. 1992. *5* Freestone County cemeteries : black - compiled by Betty Moss Morrow. 1992. *6* Freestone County cemeteries : white - by Betty Moss Morrow. 1992? *7* Index to Freestone County cemeteries: white and black - by Betty Moss Morrow. 1992? *8* Freestone County cemetery records with editor, Betty Moss Morrow. *9* Freestone County Cemeteries - Freestone Historical Commission. 1976. *10* An Surname Index to Freestone County Cemeteries - an Eleven Volume Work by Betty Moss Morrow done by David Strickland. *11* Resting Places - by Tracie Harris Ezell/Woodland Cemetery Association *12* Gleanings Along Our Way - by Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Gray. Driver Cemetery transcription. *13* "A mother left to mourn": Archeological and historical investigations at a nineteenth-century family cemetery at the Jewett Mine, Freestone County, Texas (Reports of investigations) by Eloise F Gadus *14* "Your Antioch Family" : A history of Antioch Baptist Church, Cemetery, and Turllington Community of Freestone County, Texas by Linda Mullen, Paula Snider, and Cindy Eisen. 2012. *15* "A Brief History of Wilson Chapel Cemetery" (Near Donie, Freestone County, Texas). by Beverly Roberts Farris. May 2005. ------------------------------------------------------------ History Books *1* A History of Freestone County Texas, Volume I. Freestone County Historical Commission. 1978. *2* A History of Freestone County Texas, Volume II. Freestone County Historical Commission. 1986. *3* A History of Freestone County - Its Communities - Its People. Freestone Genealogy Society. 2006. *4* Flames After Midnight (Murder, Vengeance, and the Desolation of a Texas Community by Monte Akers. 1999. University of Texas Press. *5* Teague, Texas Centennial Celebration Commemorative Book April 21, 22, & 23, 2006. 2006. *6* Streetman, Texas 1906-2006. by Sherrie Carroll Minze. 2006. *7* Kirvin Centennial 100 Years 1906-2006. by Sonny Session and Linda Carter. 2006. *8* Freestone Frontiers - Quarterly of Freestone County Genealogy Society. 1981-current? *9* Official Texas Historical Markers of Freestone County by the Freestone County Historical Survey Committee in 1974. *10* Freestone County - A Pictorial History - Vol I by the Fairfield History Club. 2003. *11* Woodland Cousins. Their Kith and Kin. by George Alice May Randolph in 1974. Aus-Tex Distributors, Inc of Austin, Texas. *12* The Texas Almanac for 1857. 1966 reprint by A. H. Belo Corporation of Dallas, Texas. *13* Theses. Browne, Philip Dale, The Early History of Freestone County to 1865. M. A. Thesis, University of Texas, Austin, 1925. 179pp. 4to. Plates, maps. *14* Till Freedom Cried Out: Memories of Texas Slave Life (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series, No 6) by T. Lindsay Baker ------------------------------------------------------------ Church Books *1* Centennial Souvenir of the First Baptist Church - Fairfield, Texas 1856-1956. Centennial Commemoration June 10, 1956. *2* "Your Antioch Family" : A history of Antioch Baptist Church, Cemetery, and Turllington Community of Freestone County, Texas by Linda Mullen, Paula Snider, and Cindy Eisen. 2012. ------------------------------------------------------------ Census Books *1* 1860 Federal Census - Freestone County, Texas. Compiled by Ann Farnsworth. 2001. *2* 1880 Federal Census - Freestone County, Texas. Compiled by Ann Farnsworth. 2002?. *3* Historical and genealogical handbook of Freestone County, Texas: Including 1860 Federal census, 1860 mortality schedule, 1885 map of Fairfield, Texas (County seat of Freestone County) by Steven R Butler ------------------------------------------------------------ Military Books *1* United Confederate Veterans of Limestone and Freestone counties, Texas : Joe Johnston Camp, no. 94, minute book 1 and 2 / Patricia Bennett McGinty. 2001. *2* Veterans of Freestone Co., Tx., with roadmap to these cemeteries a.k.a.Roadmap to Freestone County, Texas, cemeteries--white by Elizabeth M. Morrow. 1993. *3* Known veterans buried in Freestone County cemeteries : listed by cemetery compiled by Betty Moss Morrow. *4* Two Stars in the Southern Sky - General John Gregg C.S.A. and Mollie by Davis Blake Carter in 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------ Reflections Books *1* Dear trails : a genealogical column appearing in The Mexia Daily News, Mexia, Limestone Co., Texas and The Teague Chronicle, Teague, Freestone Co., Texas by Betty (Moss) Chaney-Morrow. *2* Land Without Ghosts is Dirt - Hunting Stories of Freestone County by Forrest Edwards Wood, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------ Kids Books *1* Queen of the Trinity Star by Barbara Fryer Price. 1997. Eakin Press in Austin, Texas. ------------------------------------------------------------ Family/Surname Books *1* Sheffield/Evans, Freestone County, Texas by Betty (Moss) Morrow, Samuel Sorrell Chapter DAR. 1992. *2* The Bonner Family History by Sue Bonner Thornton. 1972. *3* "Odom Oracle" by Sherrie Paty Barber. Oct 2009. *4* "Oliver Young Bonner & Sarah Hope Robinson and their descendants". 2007. by Lena Fay Canady Bonner, Eric Bonner Wood, John Young Bonner Jr., and Michael Edd Bonner *5* "Thomas Oliver Bonner Family History". 2002. by John Hawkins Bonner ------------------------------------------------------------ Marriage Books *1* Marriage records: Freestone County, Texas, 1851-1923. by Betty Moss Morrow. *2* Freestone County, Texas, marriage records - by Frances T. Ingmire. 1985. *3* Marriage License Books Volumes A, I-VIII - Freestone County, Texas - by Freestone Genealogy Society. Undated. *4* Marriage License Books - Colored Volumes II-III - Freestone County, Texas - by Freestone Genealogy Society. Undated. *5* Freestone County, Texas marriages, 1851-1888 by Marion Day Mullins - 1956 ------------------------------------------------------------ Court Books *1* Freestone County, court records, 1852-1870 by Betty Moss Morrow. 1987. ------------------------------------------------------------ Biography Books *1* Memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas. 1893. Lewis Publishing Company. 980pp. 4to. Illus. *2* Rev. ed. of: Memorial and biographical history of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas. 1893. Revised by Weldon I. Hudson. 1984. *3* Reprint of biographies from the Lone Star State published by Lewis Publishing Company : containing biographies of early settlers of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas / arr. in alphabetical order and indexed by Stephenie H. Tally-Frost. 1966. *4* Gus Wortham: Portrait of a Leader - By Fran Dressman. Published by Texas A&M University Press. 1994. ------------------------------------------------------------ Government Books *1* Freestone County post offices / by Uel Davis. 1965. *2* Freestone County post offices. Freestone County Historical Commission, 1977. ------------------------------------------------------------ Social Groups Books *1* A century of fraternity, 1855-1955 : Cotton Gin Lodge, No. 154, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Kirvin, Texas, November 26, 1955. *2* Texas Masonic Deaths, by Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff-Kelsey, and Ginny Guinn Parsons. Printed by Heritage Books, Inc. 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------ Cultural/Archaeological/Geology Survey Books *1* Hawker, H. W. and others, Soil Survey of Freestone County, Texas. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Government Printing Office, [Series of 1918], [53]pp. 8vo. Fold map. *2* Cultural Resource Survey of Area F of the Jewett Mine Freestone County, Texas; Authors : Jay Peck, James T. Abbott, Charles D. Frederick, Patrick L. O'Neill, Abby C. Treece; Publisher : TRC Mariah Associates; 1996 *3* Archaeological Testing of Nine Sites: North Tract Big Brown, Freestone County, Texas; Authors : Clell L. Bond; Publisher : Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc.; 1982 *4* Archaeological Investigations At the Limestone Electric Generating Station, Limestone, Freestone, Leon, and Robertson Counties, Texas Author: H.G. Wooldridge; Publisher : Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc.; 1982 *5* A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed TXU Electric Company Limestone-Watermill 345-kv Transmission Line in Ellis, Navarro, Freestone and Limestone Counties, Texas Author: Michelle R. Dippel; Publisher : PBS&J; 1999 *6* Settlement of the prairie margin: Archaeology of the Richland Creek Reservoir, Navarro and Freestone Counties, Texas, 1980-1981 : a research synopsis – 1982 *7* Cultural resource investigations for the Big Brown CVI Revision (F.M. 2570 South) Mine area, Freestone County, Texas – 1994 by James S Schmidt *8* Final report: Report on the archaeological survey of the proposed Folk#2 gas well project, for Apache Corporation, located on state of Texas lands in Fairfield State Park, Freestone County, Texas – 1996 by Christopher A Cojeen *9* Archaeological survey of the Fairfield-Trinidad Pipeline, Henderson, Navarro and Freestone Counties, Texas: Report submitted to Northern Natural Gas, Southern Methodist University – 1975 by Jeffrey J Richner *10* National Register of Historic Places Testing of Historic Sites 41FT592, 41 FT600, and 41FT619 and Archival Research for Site 41FT574 Located Within Luminant's Turlington Mine Freestone County, Texas – 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------ Misc Books ============================================================= MICROFORM (ie. Microfiche, etc.) Government Records *M1* Freestone County tax rolls, 1851 thru 1910 [microform]. ------------------------------------------------------------ Marriage Records *M1* Marriage records [microform] : Texas [counties, 1837-1905] / copied from records in the County Court House by Anne Johnston Ford and Marion Day Mullins...[et al.] ; indexed by Polly Harmonson and Jackie Harmonson... [et al.]. ------------------------------------------------------