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Membership in the Fort Worth Genealogical Society is not a requirement
of this application, nor is it a benefit of membership in Pioneer Families
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Pioneer Families of Tarrant County
Imagine what life must have been like in the early days of Tarrant County.
First, Bird's Fort, then Fort Worth was established bringing the soldiers
who would protect the early settlers from natives. The winters were bitter
and discouraging. The spring rains would bring huge hail stones that destroyed
crops in the fields. Afterwards, the Texas heat would bake the farmers fields
dry until wide cracks would open at their feet. Then came the great cattle
drives that would raise huge clouds of dust as they made their way north
along what would become known as the Chisholm Trail. It was our ancestors
who were the pioneers that endured these hardships and who would come to
build the communities of Tarrant County out of land, cattle, oil and rail.
If you descend from one of the Pioneer Families of Tarrant County, you
certainly would want your family's rich heritage recorded, preserved and
celebrated. Eligibility is open to anyone who can prove direct decent from
an early Tarrant County family who resided here in or before 1870.
Instructions: |
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Download and print the
Application. |
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Read and follow the Rules
of Evidence. |
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Sign the Release (included with application) that grants publication rights
FWGS. |
4. |
Complete the application and gather the appropriate documentation. Please
do not send your original documents. Photocopies, digital scans, or other
facsimiles will suffice. |
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Send the release, application, documentation and $10 registration fee
to FWGS. |
Applicants are encouraged to include additional biographical information
and/or photographs of their Tarrant County ancestors. The Society plans to
publish a book of all qualifying applications.
Upon approval of your application by the PFoTC Review Committee, you will
receive a membership card and certificate of membership in Pioneer Families
of Tarrant County. You will be informed when publications becomes available
as a result of this project. Membership in PFoTC is perpetual and no addition
fees or dues will be required. |
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Apply for Membership now.
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If you are interested in this project or know someone who might be, please
open and read the Rules of Evidence and the Application. Once you open these
forms, you can print them or save them on your computer. Adobe Reader is
required to open these documents. If you do not already have the Reader program
installed, it can be downloaded free of charge by clicking the Adobe icon
above.
If you have questions about this program or your pending application,
please contact:
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Roy Combrink |
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Rita Martin |
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Rita Bryan |
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Pioneers Found Here
1848-1870
The names contained in this index come from a variety of sources that
may aid you in locating records to establish you pioneer ancestor's residency.
Note: Merely finding your ancestor's name in this index is not sufficient
proof of residency; you will be required to provide photocopies of the original
source records.
Some of these records may not provide enough evidence to prove residency.
For example, a person who was issued a land grant may have never come to
Tarrant County, or a person paying taxes here may actually live in another
county.
It is not required that the pioneer's name appear in this list as there
are numerous other local records that will be perfectly acceptable as proof
of residency.
Records used to compile this index include:
1850 Census of Tarrant County
Tax Lists from 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1860, 1863 and 1864
1867 List of Registered Voters
First Settlers of Tarrant County Texas (land grant abstracts)
Cemetery Records of Burials 1870 & Earlier (partial)
List of Early Tarrant County Sheriffs
All of the above records can be found on-line at the
Tarrant County TXGenWeb
Project
Members of Pioneer Families of Tarrant County
PFoTC Member |
Qualifying Ancestor(s) |
Earliest Year found in County |
2005 Charter Members |
Joe Ellis Ericson |
Ruth Smith Brown |
1850 |
Doris Ray Taylor |
Archibald Franklin Leonard
John Arnold Mugg, Sr. |
1848
1865 |
Annie Lee Clark |
James Hardesty
John Hardesty |
1854
1854 |
2006 Charter Members |
Deborah McVean |
Daniel McVean |
1857 |
Gladys Wylie |
Archibald Franklin Leonard
John Arnold Muggs, Sr. |
1848
1865 |
2007 Members |
Susan Williams |
Rachel Cameron Overton |
1851 |
James Blacklock |
Hiram A. Walker |
1844 |
David Smith |
Dizanna Catherine Throop
Lucinda Catherine Foster |
1850
1846 |
Ronald Wright |
Isaac Power
Mary Jane Power |
1853
1853 |
Stephen Mason |
Jacob Albert Zinn |
1863 |
2008 Members |
Eleanor R. Edmondson |
James Kidwell |
1855 |
Jewell C. Sheppard |
Andrew Jackson Edwards
John Thomas Hill |
1867
1867 |
Theresa Lynn Weddell |
James Oliver Teague |
1870 |
Carol Jan Cowley |
Hiram A. Gray |
1858 |
Marvin Gayle Martin |
Andrew Jackson Edwards
Joseph Collin Brownfield |
1867
1867 |
Gordon E. Tandy |
Roger Jackson Tandy
George Edward Tandy |
1855
1855 |
William Henry Thomas |
Isaac Ellis Thomas |
1848 |
2009 Members |
Francis Shawn Martin |
Andrew Jackson Edwards
Joseph Collins Brownfield |
1867
1867 |
James Thomas McKinney |
Christopher Columbus McKinney
Elizabeth Catherine Moore |
1853
1853 |
Robert Edgar McKinney |
Christopher Columbus McKinney
Elizabeth Catherine Moore |
1853
1853 |
2013 Members
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Richard Lynn Teague |
General Marion Teague
Elizabeth Bales Teague |
1859
1859 |
Paul Ricky Creswell |
Lytle Buford Creswell
William Creswell |
1857
1861 |
Isiah Edwards, Jr. |
Ripley Allen Arnold |
1849 |
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