Robertson County
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TXGenWeb Robertson County Books & Master's Thesis |
| Author / Researcher | Areas Of Interest |
| Professor Michael Waters |
Texas A&M University Associate Anthropology Professor Dr. Michael Waters has extensively researched Camp Hearne (Hearne's World War II prisoner of war camp) and has created a Camp Hearne website. Additional information is available at Camp Hearne Collection. As part of his on-going research, Dr. Waters wishes to hear from people who have pictures, correspondence, artifacts, any other information or items relating to the camp. If you have information relating to Dr. Waters' research that you wish to share, contact him at mwaters@tamu.edu. Dr. Waters' book on Camp Hearne is slated for release by Texas A&M University Press in early 2003. |
| Professor Dale Baum |
Texas
A&M University History Professor Dale Baum (https://history.tamu.edu/baum/)
is researching the genealogy & history of Robertson County's
Hearne
& Lewis families. Of particular interest are: Asaline Hearne, an
illiterate freedwoman who
immediately after the Civil War managed to test the limits to achieving
racial justice in Robertson County; & Matthew Gaines, an
ex-slave of Christopher
Columbus "Lum" Hearne, who after slavery, served as Senator in the 12th
Texas Legislature. Additional Matthew Gaines information is at www.tamu.edu/gaines/index.html.
If you have information relating to Professor Baum's research that you
wish to share, contact him at d-baum@tamu.edu.
"Robertson
County Books & Master's Theses" Professor Baum's recent book about
Robertson County during the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
entitled Counterfeit
Justice. In the same
location, you also could include my forthcoming article about Robertson
County scalawag gang leader Benjamin Brown:
Dale Baum, "The Old Hero of Many Cowardly and Bloody Murders": Scalawag Gang Leader Ben Brown" in Kenneth W. Howell, ed., "Still the Arena of Civil War": Violence and Turmoil in Reconstruction Texas, 1865-1874 (Denton: University of North Texas Press), forthcoming.
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Please note: this work was done many years ago therefore the emails may no long be good.
| Title Of Literary Work | Description | Carnegie |
| War
Activities Of Robertson County 1917-1919 |
By Seldon Bain Graham, 1933 University of Texas Master's Thesis. Volunteer Jo Ella Snider Parker typed a detailed index to this work. It is at Robertson County War Activities 1917-1919. | Yes |
| History
Of Robertson County |
By Lawrence Ward St. Clair, 1931 University Of Texas Master's Thesis. Volunteers Jo Ella Snider-Parker (SPJPVine@aol.com) & Kent Brunette retyped this work. | Yes |
| The
Men & Women In World War II From Robertson County |
A copy of this book was
loaned to this site by Clarence and
Margaret Petty Adams. Volunteer Jo Ella Snider-Parker (SPJPVine@aol.com)
retyped this
work. It is at World War II.
[A copy of this book is needed] |
Carnegie Needs Copy |
| Early
Development Of Robertson County |
By Ivory Freeman Carson, 1954 North Texas State College Master's Thesis. Volunteer Jo Ella Snider-Parker (SPJPVine@aol.com) beautifully retyped this work. This thesis is at Early Development Of Robertson County. | Yes |
| A
History Of Cotton Culture Along The Middle Brazos River |
By Manford Eugene Jones, 1939 University of New Mexico Master's Thesis. Texas A&M University History Professor Dr. Dale Baum purchased a copy of this thesis from the university's library and contributed it to this site. It is used with permission of Manford Allen Jones, son of the author Manford Eugene Jones. This work is at Cotton Culture. | Yes |
| Hearne On The Brazos | By Norman McCarver, Sr. & Norman McCarver, Jr., Century Press of Texas, San Antonio, TX, 1958, 369 pages (including a 234-page "Biographical Sketches" section of Hearne-related individuals & their families). Price is $46 (including shipping). Contact clazhome@msn.com to make purchase arrangements (including credit card sales). Before his March 2002 death, co-author Norman Lowell McCarver Jr. granted permission for this book to be displayed at this site. It is at Hearne On The Brazos. | Yes |
| The National Hotel | By Ruth Rucker Lemming, Eakin Press, Austin. (about Rucker family hotel in Franklin) The author's daughter Jean Willette Lemming Chaney has granted permission for this work to be placed online at this site at National Hotel. | Yes |
| Ghost Towns Of Robertson County |
By Mary Kathryn Spiller Briggs. This book is at Ghost Towns Of Robertson County. |
Yes |
| The Irish
Of Staggers Point |
By Mary Katherine Thompson Galloway, Mary Kathryn Spiller Briggs, Marjorie DeMaret Hicks, 1973, 42 pages. This book is at The Irish Of Staggers Point. | Yes |
| Deutsch
Colony Of New Baden |
By John George Meyer, 1882, New Baden, TX, 16-page booklet (with large fold-out map), University Of Texas At Austin, The Center For American History Collection. A copy of this booklet promoting New Baden to potential European settlers has been translated from its original old-style German to English by volunteer Jens Heik. This booklet is at Deutsch Colony Of New Baden. | Yes |
| Robertson
County Probate Index 1838 - 1939 |
This index was published in September 1941 by the Works Projects Administration. The names of deceased persons, minors, and people who were declared non-competent mentally are neatly typed & arranged alphabetically. Filing dates and case numbers are also provided. This soft cover book totals 75 pages. This index is at Probate A - G, Probate H - O, & Probate P - Z. This book can be purchased online at Mountain Press for $24.50. Shipping is $3.50 for the first book plus $1.00 for each additional book. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
|
1850
Robertson County Census |
A soft cover, spiral bound, 36-page, indexed book containing actual photocopies of the handwritten records of the 1850 Robertson County Census can be bought online for $5 plus shipping/handling from SK Publications. A typed transcript of this census is at 1850 typed census. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| 1860
Robertson County Census |
Compiled by
Mary Collie-Cooper. A
soft
cover, spiral bound, 72-page list 1860 Robertson County Census
information. This book is dated July 1985. Cost is
$6.50 (includes shipping). Contact
marycoop@tca.net
to make purchase
arrangements. Author Mary Collie-Cooper has granted permission to
display this work online at 1860
transcript.
NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. |
Yes |
| Robertson
County Marriage Bonds 1838 - 1873 |
By Inez Boswell Biggerstaff, 4 volumes. These marriage bond records are at Book One, Book Two, Book Three, & Book Four. | Yes |
| Robertson
County Tombstone Inscriptions |
By Inez Boswell Biggerstaff, 19 leaves, published between 1945 & 1968. Tombstone inscriptions & readings from Calvert, Franklin, Hearne Norwood, Owensville, & Wheelock cemeteries. This work's information has been incorporated into the lists available for the indicated cemeteries. | Yes |
| 1941
WPA County Inventory |
The "Historical Sketch" chapter & "Bibliography" from this work have been beautifully retyped by volunteer Darlene Klonaris for inclusion on this site. These are at 1941 WPA County Inventory. | Yes |
| My Tall Mountain | (historical recollections of early Hearne with information on Belcher & Stewart families). By Harper C. Stewart (brother of Lutie Stewart Wilson immediately below). This work appears at My Tall Mountain. | Yes |
| It Used To Be | (historical
recollections - includes many references to early Hearne) By Lutie Stewart Wilson (sister of Harper C. Stewart immediately above). |
Yes |
| Franklin General Store Ledger |
This 1892 - 1893 ledger of a general store in Franklin was purchased in 10.2002 at an e-bay auction. It contains hundreds of surname entries, including many full names (not just initials). This list is available at Franklin Store Ledger; see also New Baden Immigrants On Franklin Store Ledger. The original ledger is at the Carnegie. | Yes |
| Brief
History & Genealogy Of The Hearne Family |
The 1907 revision of William T. Hearne's book, complete with the 1912 addendum, is at www.cragun.com/brian/hearne/history/index.html. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| Port Sullivan: Ghost Town |
By John Martin Brockman, 1968 Texas A&M University master's thesis, 187 pages. Port Sullivan was in Milam County, just across the Brazos River from Robertson County. [A copy of this work has been obtained & the author has granted permission for it to be placed online at Port Sullivan: Ghost Town. A copy of this thesis will be donated to the Carnegie.] | Yes |
Please note: this work was done many years ago therefore the emails may no long be good and the prices may not be correct.
| Title Of Literary Work | Description | Carnegie |
| Lone
Star Stalag: The Story Of The World War II German Prisoner Of War Camp Of Hearne, Texas |
By
Texas A&M University
Anthropology Professor Dr. Michael Waters. This long-awaited
book
is now available for purchase. Contact clazhome@msn.com
for purchase
information
& details! Cost: $19.95 + $4 shipping & handling = $23.95 NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. |
Yes |
| Historical
Recollections Of Robertson County |
By Richard Denny Parker. Edited By Nona
Clement Parker, 1954, Anson Jones Press, Salado, Texas, 254 pages,
index, maps. This county history book details the development of
Robertson County by the original settlers through the mid-20th century.
It contains family history & historic information on Benchley, Bremond,
Calvert, Franklin, Hearne, Mount Vernon, Owensville, Port Sullivan, &
Wheelock. The
Robertson County Historical Commission
has reprinted this important book. Contact clazhome@msn.com for purchase information & details! Cost: $35 + $4 shipping & handling = $39.00 NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. |
Yes |
| Folks Of Robertson County | By Edwin H. Cooper. Short stories from The Franklin Advocate, The Hearne Democrat, and The Calvert Tribune newspapers. For purchasing information, contact: Edwin H. Cooper, 9365 Clyde Acord Road, Franklin, TX 77856, 979.828.3460, edcooper@tconline.net. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| A History Of Robertson County |
By John Walter Baker. The fifth edition of this book is available for purchase through the Calvert Historical Foundation. This well written, 560-page, hard cover book is a "must have" for people researching Robertson County and its families (sample chapters on New Baden & Wootan Wells). Price is $41 (including shipping). Contact clazhome@msn.com to make purchase arrangements (including credit card sales). The table of contents for this book is at A History Of Robertson County. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| History Of The
Snider Family of Robertson County |
By Leonard & Daniel James Kubiak, 1987. Available for purchase online for $27.95 at www.forttumbleweed.com/sniderbook.html. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| Polish
Footprints, November 1999, Summer 2000 |
The November 1999 and Summer 2000 editions of the Polish Genealogical Society Of Texas (PGST) publication Polish Footprints are almost entirely devoted to "Poles Of Robertson County, Texas." Copies of these issues can be purchased from PGST for $12.65 each (includes shipping and handling). For further information, go to www.pgst.org. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| Franklin Cemetery Book |
The Franklin Cemetery Association has recently published a book ($25 donation requested) that contains an up-to-date list of burials in this cemetery. An accompanying CD (an additional $10) contains pictures of many of the tombstones. This book does NOT include information on the adjoining Franklin North-South African American Cemetery. To purchase a copy of this book or CD, contact Shirley Van Huss [svanhuss@txcyber.com] or write to Franklin Cemetery Association, Inc., P.O. Box 215, Franklin, TX 77856. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| Sam Baker Winston County's Gunfighter |
By Edward Herring. Chapter 3 of this book contains information on Limestone & Robertson Counties as well as the Baker, Bates, Brooks, Brown, & Sanders families. $23.95. E-mail en_herring@hotmail.com. [Note: Edward Herring is donating a copy of this book to the Carnegie. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. ] | Yes |
| Robertson County Marriages 1838 - 1875 |
Compilation by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire. This 1980 work contains almost 3,000 vital records. Recordation dates, groom's surname, and bride's maiden name are listed. Spanning almost 40 years, information is clearly typed and neatly documented. This soft cover book, which totals 58 pages, also contains a surname index. This book can be purchased online at Mountain Press for $14.50. Shipping is $3.50 for the first book plus $1.00 for each additional book. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| 1844 &
1850 Robertson County Census |
Compiled by Barbara Sanford, 3301 Chestershire, Pasadena, Texas 77503, 1993, 33 leaves. | Yes |
| Whistle In The
Piney Woods: Paul Bremond & The Houston, East & West Texas Railway |
By Robert S. Maxwell. University Of North Texas Press, 1999, $24.95. This book contains some information on Paul Bremond, H&TC and I&GN railroads, & no information on the town of Bremond or Robertson County. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | Yes |
| Sandbars
& Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation On The Brazos |
By Pamela Ashworth Puryear & Nath Winfield Jr., With introduction by Joseph Milton Nance, Texas A&M University Press, 1976. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| Texian
Odyssey: The Life & Times Of Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock |
By Mary Foster Hutchinson. Released April 2003, $24.95, Eakin Press, P. O. Box 90159, Austin, Texas 78709, 800.880.8642, www.eakinpress.com. NOTE: the price may not be correct as this page was made several years ago. | On Its Way |
| Nazi
Prisoners Of War In America |
By Arnold Krammer. This book contains references to Camp Hearne on pages 64, 70, 130, 149, 171, 173, 178, 185, 261, & 267. Excerpts of passages containing significant information about Camp Hearne as well as this book's table of contents are online at Krammer POW Book. Additional information about this book, including sample chapters, is online at Nazi Prisoners Of War In America Book. | Yes |
| The
Lone Star & The Swastika: German POWs In Texas |
By Richard P. Walker. The index indicates that Camp Hearne or Hearne are mentioned on the following pages of this book: 3, 12-15, 27, 40, 51, 67, 69, 74, 75, 82, 83, 88, 89, 91, 96-103, 124, 125, 127, 134, 143, 145, 146, 148, 156, 157, 167, 181, 187, & 188. Excerpts of passages containing significant information about Camp Hearne as well as this book's table of contents.. Available through Eakin Press, Austin, TX. | Yes |
| The Reluctant
Warrior: Former German POW Finds Peace In Texas |
By former Camp Hearne prisoner of war Heino R. Erichsen. While references to Camp Hearne appear on pages 12 and 207, the description of this POW's experiences at Camp Hearne appears on pages 55 - 66. Excerpts of passages containing significant information about Camp Hearne as well as this book's table of contents are online at Erichsen POW Book. . | Yes |
| Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony In Texas | By Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). Additional information, including the full text of Volume I in a searchable format, is at Robertson's Colony. | Yes |
| Fruits &
Flowers In The Wilderness: Thirty-Six Years In Texas & Two Winters In Honduras |
By Z.
N.
Morrell, the entire book by this early day circuit-riding preacher in
Robertson's Colony is on the University of Michigan website at
Fruits
& Flowers In The Wilderness.
These
pages may be freely searched and displayed. Copies of this book can
be purchased from:
(1) Christian Education Coordinating Board, 333 North
Washington
St., Dallas, TX 75246, 214.828.5240; (2) Texas Baptist Historical
Center - Museum, 10405 FM 50, Brenham, TX 77833, 409.836.5117; (3)
Baylor Book Store, Box 6325, Waco, TX 76706, 817.755.2161.
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Yes |
Out Of Print
| Title Of Literary Work | Description | Carnegie |
| Cemeteries In Robertson County |
By Verna Corn Floyd & Vernelle Corn. 1980, D. Armstrong Co., Inc., Publishers & Printers, Houston, Texas, 303 pages, index, 53 cemetery lists. | Website Needs Copy |
| Family Traditions | By Mary L. Smart, 4-Pines Publishing Co., Bremond, TX 76629, copyright 1992. A compilation of articles that appeared in the Calvert Tribune. [Note: Mary L. Smart has loaned her copy of this book to this website. Printed copies will be given to the Carnegie Library, Smith-Welch Memorial Library in Hearne, Bremond Public Library, & Robertson County Library in Franklin; selected chapters will be placed online at this site.] | On Its Way |
| Franklin
High School Chaparral Yearbooks |
Copies
of pre-1919, 1920, 1921,
1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934,
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, & 1939 Franklin
Chaparral yearbooks are
needed to help complete the Franklin High School Library's yearbook
collection and for placement online at this site. |
Franklin School Needs Copies |
| New
Baden School Yearbooks |
No
yearbooks from the New Baden
school (open through 1955) are in local libraries or online.
Records from this school are needed to complete the Franklin High
School Library's yearbook collection and for placement online at this
site. |
Franklin School Needs Copies |
| Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. LXXXV, No. 2, October 1981 | Texas State Historical Association, Austin, TX, John S. Garner article entitled "The Saga Of A Railroad Town: Calvert Texas 1868-1918." | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| The Land Of Beginning Again: The Romance Of The Brazos | By Julien Capers Hyer. 1st Publisher: Tupper & Love, Atlanta, GA, 1952, hard cover; 2nd Publisher: Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1970, hard cover. | Yes |
Books
& Articles Written By
Local Authors, About Robertson
County & Its
Residents, Or Based In Robertson County
| Title Of Literary Work | Description | Carnegie |
| Joshua Beene & God |
(loosely based upon Bald Prairie & its early citizens) By Jewel Gibson. Random House, 1946, New York, NY. Paperback By Texas A&M Press, 1997, College Station, TX. | Yes |
| Black Gold | By Jewel Gibson. Random House, 1950, New York, NY. Signet Paperback, 1951, New York, NY | Yes |
| On She Goes | (historical recollections - includes some very limited references to early Hearne), By Lutie Stewart Wilson (former Hearne, TX resident) | Yes |
| Strings | By David A. Williams (Franklin, TX resident) | Yes |
Church Records
| Title Of Church Record | Description | Carnegie |
| Membership Records & Minutes Of The New Baden Little Flock Baptist Church | In a private collection. These frail church records are currently being processed for placement online at New Baden Baptist Church. The original hand-written work will be donated to the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. A printed transcript will be donated to the Carnegie. | On Its Way |
| Membership Records Of The Easterly Baptist Church | In a private collection. These frail church records will be processed for placement online at this site. The original hand-written work will be donated to the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. A printed transcript will be donated to the Carnegie. | On Its Way |
| A History Of First Baptist Church, Calvert, 1869-1972 | By The Historical Committee, Mrs. Gladys J. Casimir, Chairman. In the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. | Yes |
| A History & Reminiscences Of Bremond Grace United Methodist Church, 1861-1978 | By James L. Turner. Texian Press, c 1978. In the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| And The People Said: The History Of The Bremond First Baptist Church |
By Carroll, Annie Hermoine Kirkpatrick. Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, c 1982. In the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| The First One Hundred Years, 1872-1972 : A History Of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hearne | H. & K. Printing & Publishing, Bryan, TX, c 1972. In the Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
| A History Of The Headsville Baptist Church |
?, In a private collection. | Carnegie Needs Copy |
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