Road Overseer's Return 1871, Henderson County Texas Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by East Texas Genealogical Society © copyright 2002 East Texas Genealogical Society ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** Henderson County , Texas- December 17, 1871 Road Overseer's Return Mr. John G. Ratliff Overseer of the County Sir: The following is a list of hands that worked on the road and the amount of time each hand worked on the road that runs from Tyler, Smith County, Texas to Athens, Henderson County, Texas, by the Lolar (Colar?) Bridge on the Neches River and by Brownsburro (Brownsboro): commensing at the Henderson County line near Hamburg post office and working to the bridge near Brownsburrow on Kickapoo Creek: H. Chandler worked 4 days Hiram Neff worked 4 days James Ingram worked 4 days David Cade worked 4 days W. B. French worked 5 days J. D. French worked 4 days T. J. Hair worked 4 days R. Wyet (Wyatt) worked 4 days F. Holiman worked 2 days P. P. Johnson worked 2 days G. T. Gilkey worked 2 days Elic Tinerson worked 4 days Glen Curent worked 4 days J. J. Kuyerkendall worked 4 days (Kirkendall) J. R. Cantrell worked 4 days Assistant Overseer The above said road is worked out in good passable order cler (clear) through. Since all roads had an overseer and all neighbors worked on a section of the road, it can be determined where a person lived, espicially if the person owned no land. These records are stored in the Couty Court House in the Commission Office East Texas Family Records. Vol 12 No 1 Spring 1988 By Estelle Corder.