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Welcome to the Journey 16 Jun 2011 | 05:20 pm
Thank you for visiting my genealogy site for the book, Trek to Texas: 1770 – 1870. Yes, this is an actual book, though the number of copies are scarce, which is one thing that prompted the idea for pu...
Inserts 9 Jul 2010 | 12:08 pm
As with many a book, my copy of Trek to Texas has a few things tucked lovingly inside the pages. Some I put there myself, including the clipping from my Grandmother’s obituary and the flower I kept fr...
My Sons Have Gone Away 9 Jul 2010 | 11:59 am
by M.L. Foster I watched them grow, these Sons of mine, From baby boys to men, Their milk-white skin burn raw and red, Then turn to deep dark tan. I taught them how to play, to work, To make of life a...
Amnesty Oath 9 Jul 2010 | 09:53 am
Amnesty Oath of M. Berry Anderson Foster My only copy of the Amnesty Oath that M. Berry Anderson Foster took, swearing his allegiance to the Union at the end of the U.S. Civil War is only a photocopy ...
My Grandmother, Evvie Reeves 8 Jul 2010 | 01:20 pm
Grandma was the person who first gave me the copy of Trek to Texas and inspired me in many ways. Below is the copy of her obituary and the white rose that I pressed into the book from her funeral. At ...
Web Bibliography 6 Jul 2010 | 09:49 am
Note: Trek to Texas does contain an unlisted, and unnumbered Bibliography on page 197, however it appears to be an incomplete list in addition to not noting the location of sources used within the boo...
01. Title Page and Introduction 5 Jul 2010 | 09:01 am
Trek to Texas 1770 – 1870 Pearl Foster (O’Donnell) Copyright 1966 History of early Texas pioneers Tarrant – Denton – Cass & other counties Dedicated to Charles Edwin Wright, Jr. William Richard Wright...
02. Preface 4 Jul 2010 | 09:56 am
Though this work has been arduous, there have been many compensations – the history that I have learned, the friends that I have made, and the fascinating road I have traveled with my ancestors – acro...
03. Table of Contents 3 Jul 2010 | 11:13 am
Ambrose Foster Family Page 43 Allen History and Families 117 Battle at New Orleans 20 Bird’s Fort 27 Birdville Baptist Church 114 Bounty Land War of 1812 168 Carolina Pioneers 7 Cass County (Bo...
04. Foster Coat of Arms 1 Jul 2010 | 03:44 pm
Foster Crest: An arm in armor embowed, holding in the hand a broken tilting spear: proper. Motto: Si fractus fortis. (If broken, still strong.) Foster Arms: Argent, a chevron, vert, between three bugl...
