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Texas Bible Records
- Campbell Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Conway & Smith Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Cross Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Harrell Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Hasten Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Journey & Sanders Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Kendall Family Bible originally owned by Daniel J. Kendall and Novella Norton Kendall who resided in Pilot Point. Daniel was the son of Allen and Elizabeth Brown Kendall. Many of the Kendall family members are buried in the Pilot Point community Center. Donated by Betty Crockford.
- Self Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
- Winkler Family Bible – Fannin County, TX
Texas Biographies
Texas Cemetery Records
- Texas Cemetery Records
- Bee County
- Cass County
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Henderson County
- Hill County
- Hunt County
- Lamar County
- Limestone County
- Orange County
- Red River County
- Upshur County
- Van Zandt County
- Texas Census Records
Texas Church Records
- Quakertown by Laura Douglas
- Freedman’s Town & St. James A.M.E. Church by Nita Thurman
- St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church by Nita Thurman
- St. Emmanuel Baptist Church History
Historical Narrative researched and written by Marvlous Gowans for Texas Historical Commission Subject Marker Application. Denton County. 2006
- St. Emmanuel Baptist Church History
- Traveling Preachers in Hopkins County, Texas
Fannin County Church Records
- Union Baptist Church Record and Roll Book 1906-1908 – Black Church
Texas Court Records
- Texas, Concho County Probate Records, 1879-1940
This collection contains records from Concho County, Texas. It is being published as images become available and, at this time, it contains only deed and probate records. - Dimmit County Probate Index
This listing is from the Dimmit County Probate Index. It includes information for deceased individuals only. The index includes information through the 1950’s. - Fannin County Courts
Texas Directories
- Denton County in the 1890-91 State Gazetteer & Business Directory
Digital images from the Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1890-91. Includes pages from the Gazetteer and Alphabetical Directory for Denton Businesses and the Planters’ and Farmers’ Directory for Denton County, which lists 717 names.
Fannin County Texas Directories
- The Bonham City Directory for 1899-1900
- Scollard’s 1899-1900 Honey Grove City Directory
- Scollard’s 1899-1900 Ladonia City Directory
- Maloney’s 1910-1911 Honey Grove City Directory
Honey Grove, Ladonia, Windom and Wolfe City Telephone Directories
1928, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
Hopkins County Directories
Texas Ethnic Records
Texas Genealogy
Texas County Genealogy and History
- Index of County Records on Microfilm
- Index to Republic Claims
- Index to Texas Adjutant General Service Records, 1836-1935
Denton County
- Towns & Communities In Denton County compiled by Emily Fowler & Alma Lain Chambers
- Charlotte Bond Bradley by Jim Morriss
- What Is Broome Road? (Broome Family) by Jim Morriss
- New Facts about an Old Pioneer Family (Chinn Family) by Jim Morriss
- Morriss & Gerault Roads Part 1 (Gerault Family) by Jim Morriss
- Griffis Corner on Grapevine Lake (Griffis Family) by Jim Morriss
- Tom Harpool by Jim Morriss
- Morriss & Gerault Roads Part 2 (Morriss Family) by Jim Morriss
- Let’s Not Forget (Sublett, Fry, & Mundy Families) by Jim Morriss
- The Founder of Bartonville (Bentley B. Barton) by Jim Morriss
- The Bard of Argyle (H.L. Harrell) by Jim Morriss
- The Great Denton County Land War by Jim Morriss
- Who’s Lake is it Anyhow? by Jim Morriss
- The First Boy Scouts of Dentonby Jim Morriss
- Our First Boy Scout Camp by Jim Morriss
- Denton County’s Big Mob Hit by Jim Morriss
Fannin County
Hale County
- Hale County Texas Bibliography 2nd Edition, by John Sigwald
An annotated list of books which make reference to the people and places of Hale County, Texas. - History of Hale County, Texas by Mary Cox
- Fact & Folklore of Hale County, Texas
McLennan County:
- Annual Review of the Austin Avenue M.E. Sunday School
- Brief History of the Austin Avenue United Methodist Church
- Register of Physicians in McLennan County, 1874
- Register of Physicians in McLennan County, 1875
- Register of Physicians in McLennan County, 1882
- Some Notable Persons in First Street Cemetery
- William McKendree Lambdin: A Pioneer Methodist Minister and Educator of Texas
Nolan County
- Organization and Development of Nolan County Texas
Taylor County:
United States Genealogy
United States GenWeb Project
TXGenWeb County Websites
Anderson, Andrews, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Buchanan, Buchel, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Cibilo, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Davis, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, De Witt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Ellis, Encinal, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Foley, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Greer , Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, La Salle, La Baca, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Navasota, Neches, Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Paschal, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Spring Creek, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Waco, Walker , Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wegefarth, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata, Zavala.
TXGenWeb Town Websites
Carrolton, Conroe, Crockett, Duncanville, Farmers Branch, Magnolia, McDade, Montgomery, Morgan’s Point, Porter, Sachse, Splendora, Sweetwater, Willis, The Woodlands.
American History and Genealogy Project
Andrews, Archer, Callahan, Denton , Eastland, El Paso, Fannin, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hopkins, Kinney, Maverick, McLennan
Texas History
- History of Fannin County Texas
- History of Fort Bend County Texas
- Hopkins County Texas Genealogy
- The great Galveston disaster
Containing a full and thrilling account of the most appalling calamity of modern times.
Texas Land Records
- Land Titles Issued In Fort Bend County From 1824 To 1832.
- Texas, Concho County Land Records, 1879-1926
This collection contains records from Concho County, Texas. It is being published as images become available and, at this time, it contains only deed and probate records. - Dimmit County TX Land Grant Records
Listings of land grants in Dimmit County
Texas Military Records
Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935
The Service Records series combines both official service record files from the Adjutant General’s Office and alphabetical files created by other agencies that contain records related to an individual’s service in a military unit. The information contained in an individual’s file varies considerably. Some files contain only small strips of paper with one or two brief sentences while others contain several lengthy, detailed records. Information can include measurements of uniforms, payments for mustering-in, warrants of authority, individual equipment records, general orders, oaths of allegiance, pay vouchers, powers of attorney, and discharge verifications. The names listed in the index do not represent all people who served in the various units, only those represented in the records described above. If an individual is not found in the index, it should not be assumed that they did not serve. They are simply not represented in this particular records series.
Texas Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
- Republic Claims
The Republic Claims series of Comptroller’s records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846. The files include supporting documents such as vouchers, financial accounts, military records, receipts, notes, or letters. The records comprise four groups of payments made for services rendered during the period 1835-1846: Audited Claims, Republic Pensions, Public Debt Claims, and Unpaid Claims. - Republic of Texas Passports
The Republic of Texas passports collection contains 55 documents. These include requests for passports, orders to issue passports, and one proclamation granting entrance into the Republic. Some relate to the freedom of movement within the Republic of Texas, while others request access to Mexico, the United States and Europe. Most documents were created between 1836 and 1845, although two are from the 1850s. The majority are written in English and some in Spanish. The collection can be useful for placing individuals in the Republic of Texas around the time the passport was requested or granted. - Santa Anna Army in Ft. Bend County, Texas
- Civil War Records
- Civil War Veterans Buried in Hale County
- Texas Civil War Battlefield Map
- Confederate Indigent Families Lists
- Index to Confederate Pension Applications
- Texas Civil War Pensions
- Texas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls
- Terry Rangers in Ft. Bend County, Texas
- Original Field Staff
- Terry Rangers, Company A
- Terry Rangers, Company B
- Terry Rangers, Company C
- Terry Rangers, Company D
- Terry Rangers, Company E
- Terry Rangers, Company F
- Terry Rangers, Company G
- Terry Rangers, Company I
- Terry Rangers, Company K
- F Company 24th Texas
- Other Members of Company H, from Fort Bend County
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I. - World War I Records
- World War II Records
- World War II Casualties – Army – Army Air Corps
- Texas World War II Casualties, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
- Collin County
- Men and Women from Collin County in the Armed Forces during World War II is a publication recognizing the Collin County citizens who served their country in various capacities throughout the second World War. It includes a picture and a brief bio of each service member including Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of WWII.
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
Texas Military Records by County
- Dimmit County Confederate Pensions
- Dimmit County Military Discharges Index
The index includes information through the year 1946. - Soldiers Service Edition
The Carrizo Springs Javelin published a special “Soldiers’ Service Edition” of the paper listing the area service members in December 1945.
Texas Native American Records
- Texas Indian Tribes
- Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements of Texas
- Native Tribes about the East Texas Mission’s
- Current Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State
- List of Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
- State Recognized Tribes
- The Dugan Indian Feud, Fannin County, Texas
Texas Newspaper Records
- Collin County
- McKinney Newspaper Birth, Engagement and Marriage Index 1980-1989: Excel Format | PDF Format
- McKinney Newspaper Birth, Engagement and Marriage Index 1990-1993: Excel Format | PDF Format
- McKinney Newspaper Obituary Index 1884-1899: Excel Format | PDF Format
- McKinney Newspaper Obituary Index 1900-1999: Excel Format | PDF Format
- McKinney Newspaper Obituary Index 2000-present: Excel Format | PDF Format
- Collin County Newspapers from the 1880s-1930s
Digitized and searchable Collin County newspapers from the 1880s-1930s are now available on the Portal to Texas History website, and more are being added. The Collin County Genealogical Society partnered with The University of North Texas’ Texas Digital Newspaper Program in digitizing these newspapers from the best available microfilm copies obtainable. This project has been primarily funded by a $4,000 grant from the Collin County Historical Commission with the remainder coming from the Collin County Genealogical Society.- The Collin County Mercury
- The Daily Courier
- The Daily Gazette
- The Democrat
- The Lion Roar
- The McKinney Advocate
- The McKinney Examiner
- The McKinney Gazette
- The McKinney Weekly Democrat-Gazette
- The Semi Weekly Courier
- The Southern Jerseyite
- The Weekly Democrat-Gazette
- Colorado County
- Colorado County Newspaper Archive Online 1857-19801981-2015
- Banner Press 1985-Present
- Colorado County Citizen 1857-Present
- Columbus Plaindealer 1880
- Eagle Lake Headlight 1903-Present
- Galveston Tri-Weekly News 1855-1873
- Garwood Express 1913-1915
- Houston Morning Star 1839-1844
- Indianola Bulletin 1853-1872
- Indianola Times
- Indianola Weekly Bulletin
- Indianolia Courier
- La Grange Journal 1880-1933
- New Ulm Enterprise 1986-2007
- Telegraph and Texas Register 1835-1853
- Texas Monument 1850-1854
- The Indianolian
- Weimar Gimlet and Mercury 1885-1937
- Colorado County Newspaper Archive Online 1857-19801981-2015
- Denton County
- The Early News Index
A subject listing of events before 1908 as reported in various Denton County Newspapers. This is a work in progress last updated 01/2012. Please contact the library for the complete articles. Include the citation in your request. - Denton Record Chronicle Archive
Access to the back issues of the DRC from 07/2004 to current issues. - Wedding Anniversaries and Family Reunions in the DRC: 1930s-1970s
An index of wedding anniversaries and family reunions in the DRC from the 1930s-1970s - Dallas Morning News Historical Archive
A unique historical digital image collection accessible by keyword and date searching. To access this from the NewsBank website, choose America’s GenealogyBank, then choose Historical Newspapers, pick the state, and then the title, - Pilot Point Post Signal 1910-1912
The Library has a few issues of the Post SIgnal. This is a work in progress, last updated 10/08/2010. - Letters to Santa: Transcribed from the Denton Record Chronicle (1909-1923)
Letters from Denton’s children to Santa were published yearly in the Denton Record Chronicle. In addition to the simple list of items they wished for, the letters include a glimpse into their personal lives and into the community concerns of the time both local and world-wide. - Denton County Birth Announcements
Click on the decades to search the indexes for birth announcements posted in the Denton Record-Chronicle and other area publications. The “Before 1909” file is a work-in-progress last updated January 2012. Please contact the library for births in the 1980s. - Denton County Marriage Announcements
Click on the decades below to search the indexes for marriage announcements posted in the Denton Record-Chronicle and other area publications. The “Before 1909” file is a work-in-progress last updated January 2012. Please contact the library for marriages between 1908 and 1929 and in the 1970s. - Denton County TX Death Announcements
Click on the decades below to search the indexes for Obituaries and Death Notices posted in the Denton Record-Chronicle and other area publications. The “Before 1909” file is a work-in-progress last updated April 2013.
- The Early News Index
- Hale County
- Plainview 1908-1921
- Abernathy 1970-2007
- Hale Center 1923-1975, 1985-2010
- Petersburg 1931-2007
Texas Obituaries
- Texas Obituary Project
The goal of the database is to include all obituaries that have appeared in the publication This Week in Texas, focusing especially on the “AIDS years” of 1982 through 2000, but beginning in 1975. And I estimate progress to be about 99% complete. Significant data from other publications, like the Montrose Voice, Houston Voice, Dallas Voice, etc, are also included, and more will be added as available. - Colorado County Obituaries
This is an index to obituaries for people with long association in Colorado County or buried here. Each obituary should have a link to the cemetery referenced. There are currently over 12,000 obituaries online. - Dimmit County Obituary Index 1972-2011
Index by date of Dimmit County area Obituaries
Texas Vital Records
Texas Yearbooks
- Dimmit County
- Fannin County
- Bonham High School Yearbooks 1911-2012
- Whitewright School “Bell” Yearbooks 1941-2007
- Windom School Yearbooks
- Hale County
Western Garrison Life
Descendants of David E. Harding of Mansfield, MA
Choctaw Traditions – The Council Fire, The Nahullo
The faces of the Choctaw and Chickasaw men of sixty years ago were as smooth as a woman’s, in fact they had no beard. Sometimes there might be seen a few tine hairs (if hairs they might be called) here and there upon the face, but they were few and far between, and extracted with a pair of small tweezers whenever discovered. Oft have I seen a Choctaw warrior standing before a mirror seeking with untiring perseverance and unwearied eyes, as he turned his face at different angles to the glass, if by chance a hair could be found lurking…
The Choctaw Life & Warrior
Many of the ancient Choctaws were a dept in the art of singing their native airs, of which they had many; but all effort to induce one of them to sing alone one of his favorite songs was fruitless. They invariably replied to the solicitation in broken English, “Him no good.” Then sing me a war song. “Him heap no good,” with an ominous shake of the head. Then sing me a hunting song. “No good; he no fit for pale face. “Well, sing me a love song. “Wah”! (an ancient. exclamation of surprise now obsolete) much love song, him bad, no…
Choctaw Nation and the Greer County Dispute
The Dispute In The Right Of Ownership Of Greer County Between The United States And Texas. The petition of the Attorney General of the United States affirms that according to the treaty of Feb. 22, 1819 made by the United States and the King of Spain, which was ratified two years later, and so proclaimed by both the United States and Spain, and that by the third article of the treaty it was provided and agreed that the boundary line between the two countries west of the Mississippi River shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of…
Mission’s Among the Southern Indians
In the year 1819 the Synod of South Carolina resolved to establish a mission among the Southern Indians east of the Mississippi river. The Cherokees, Muskogee’s, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws then occupied Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Rev. David Humphries offered to take charge of the intended mission. He was directed to visit the Indians, obtain their consent and select a suitable location. Rev. T. C. Stewart, then a young licentiate, offered himself as a companion to Mr. Humphries. They first visited the Muskogee’s (Creeks), who, in a council of the Nation, declined their proposition. They then traveled through Alabama…
The Choctaw Claim
Ever since the dispute between Texas and the United States commenced concerning the title to Greer County, the Choctaw Nation had two of its ablest men in Washington over hauling the old treaties and watching the movements of both disputants. The United States by the Doak’s Stand Treaty in the autumn of 1820 ceded all its territory to the Choctaw’s south of the Canadian River to Red River along the western line of the Indian Territory. The Cherokees had been ceded all north of the Canadian. Texas claimed that the Red River mentioned in the treaty of 1819 between the United…
Early Exploration and Native Americans
De Soto and his band gave to the Choctaws at Moma Binah and the Chickasaws at Chikasahha their first lesson in the white man’s modus operandi to civilize and Christianize North American Indians; so has the same lesson been continued to be given to that unfortunate people by his white successors from that day to this, all over this continent, but which to them, was as the tones of an alarm-bell at midnight. And one hundred and twenty-three years have passed since our forefathers declared all men of every nationality to be free and equal on the soil of the North…
The Cherokee Revolt – Indian Wars
From the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia and Tennessee to Arkansas and their establishment upon the reservation allotted to them by treaty with the Government in Arkansas, they have, until the period of this outbreak to the narrative of which this chapter is devoted, been considered as among the least dangerous and most peaceable of the tribes in that region. But through various causes, chief among which has been notably the introduction among them of a horde of those pests of the West the border ruffians; these half wild, half-breed Nomads were encouraged by these Indians, as it…
General History of the Western Indian Tribes 1851-1870 – Indian Wars
Narrative of the Captivity of John Ortiz – Indian Captivities
John Ortiz, a Spaniard, Who was Eleven Years a Prisoner Among the Indians of Florida In the year 1528 Pamphilo de Narvaez, with a commission, constituting him governor of Florida, or “all the lands lying from the river of Palms to the cape of Florida,” sailed for that country with 400 foot and 20 horse, in five ships. With this expedition went a Spaniard, named John Ortiz, a native of Seville, whose connections were among the nobility of Castile. Although we have no account of what part Ortiz acted in Narvaez’s expedition, or how he escaped its disastrous issue, yet…
Indian Hostilities in California and New Mexico – Indian Wars
Briscoe County Texas Cemeteries
Most of these Briscoe County Texas Cemetery Records are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following cemetery transcriptions and photos can be found at Briscoe County Texas USGenWeb Archives: Rhea Cemetery Photos Silverton Cemetery Photos The following cemetery transcriptions can be found at Cemeteries of TX Project: Milo Cemetery Resthaven Cemetery Rhea Cemetery Silverton Cemetery Hosted at Briscoe County Texas WikiTree Resthaven Cemetery Silverton Cemetery Hosted at Briscoe County Texas Gravestones Photo Project (Up to 50 photos per page) Resthaven Cemetery aka Quitaque…
Unknown Tribes of Indian Bands, Gens and Clans
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens, clans and phratry. Often very little information is known or they no longer exist. We have included them here to provide more information about the tribes. We have listed these bands by location as we can not find any other connection to tribes. Mississippi Amicoa. Mentioned by Coxe (Carolana, 14, 1741) as a tribe on the Honabanou, an imaginary river entering the Mississippi from the west, 15 leagues above the mouth of the Ohio. It is probably an imaginary tribe. Amilcou. Mentioned by Iberville in connection with the Biloxi, Moctobi, Huma, Paskagula, etc., as…
1910 Texas Census Map
1910 Texas Census Map
Texas Genealogy at Ancestry
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Native Tribes about the East Texas Missions
Population of the East Texas Indians
It is easy to gain an exaggerated notion of the numerical strength of the native tribes. Popular imagination, stimulated by the hyperbole of writers for popular consumption, has peopled the primitive woods and prairies with myriads of savages. Students however, have shown that this is an error, and that the Indian population has always been, in historical times, relatively sparse. In their efforts to counteract these exaggerated notions, they, indeed, have leaned too far in the opposite direction. The Hasinai, apparently one of the most compact native populations within an equal area between the Red River and the Rio Grande,…
General Character of the East Texas Settlements
It will be helpful, as a means of conveying an idea of the true nature of the work attempted by the early Spaniards, to present a brief sketch of the general character of these Indian settlements and of their numerical strength. They were a people living in relatively fixed habitations, and would be classed as sedentary Indians, in contrast with roving tribes, such as the neighboring Tonkawa west of the Trinity. They subsisted to a considerable extent by agriculture, and lived, accordingly, in loosely built agricultural villages, for miles around which were detached houses, located wherever there was a spot…
Other East Texas Indian Tribes
Of the location of remaining tribes we know even less than of the last, and can only record the few statements made of them by the early writers. Three leagues west of the Nasoni Joutel entered the village of the Noadiche (Nahordike) ((Relation, in Margry, op. cit., Ill 388.)) who, he said, were allies of the Cenis, and had the same customs. This location corresponds with that assigned by Jesus Maria to the Nabiti, and the tribes may have been identical. The site designated was apparently west of the Angelina River and near the southwestern corner of Rusk County. Similarly,…