Old Settlers Association
of
Grayson County
The Sherman
Democrat
July 4, 1976
American Always
Edition
PIONEER STORIES ENLIVENED MEETINGS
More than 200 early-day
pioneers were recorded as living in Grayson County at the time of the
first Old Settlers picnic (August 1879).
They represented almost
every state of the Union and several foreign countried in their
birthplace. According to the minutes of that first picnic in 1879
the early day pioneers still living at that time, their birthplace, and
date they came to the county follow:
| NAME | BIRTH | CAME |
| | |
| J.M. Akers | Missouri | 1855 |
| R.V. Allen | Tennessee | 1854 |
| Frank Baker | Texas | 1852 |
| George Baker | Texas | 1854 |
| J.E. Bell | Texas | 1852 |
| J.B. Blundle | Missouri | 1845 |
| S.D. Brown | Texas | 1849 |
| T.S. Barnett | Alabama | 1858 |
| G.D. Bartholomew | Tennessee | 1848 |
| J.C. Bartholomew | Texas | 1847 |
| W.T. Bartholomew | Texas | 1840 |
| Batchellor | Vermont | 1858 |
| Jack Bearfoot | Arkansas | 1858 |
| Elijah Chisam | Texas | 1842 |
| John Chisam | Tennessee | 1833 |
| B.T. Christian | Tennessee | 1844 |
| S.M.B. Christian | Tennessee | 1837 |
| G.S. Cobb | Mississippi | 1858 |
| J.M. Collins | Kentucky | 1856 |
| Phoeba Collins | Arkansas | 1849 |
| T.P. Collins | Kentucky | 1858 |
| C.R. Crenshaw | Texas | 1853 |
| J.D. Crenshaw | Texas | 1857 |
| J.W. Davis | Tennessee | 1852 |
| M.C. Davis | Missouri | 1848 |
| Mrs. Synthia Despaine | Missouri | 1848 |
| D.C. Despaine | Texas | 1848 |
| Mrs. E. Dunkin | Tennessee | 1845 |
| W.R. Dean | Tennessee | 1852 |
| B.R. Dye | Missouri | 1845 |
| John Dean | Texas | 1856 |
| J.W. Dimond | Texas | 1853 |
| Eli Diamond | Texas | 1856 |
| Col. P.R. Diamond | Georgia | 1848 |
| T.J. Dove | Virginia | 1854 |
| Ed Dishman | Kentucky | 1851 |
| (Dick?) Dillard | --- | --- |
| J.M. Dean | Texas | 1851 |
| P.M. Davis | Tennessee | 1837 |
| George Chronister | Texas | 1850 |
| C.P. Coy | Kentucky | 1851 |
| Rev. E. Couch | Arkansas | --- |
| A.T. Cook | Missouri | 18-- |
| H.P. Chisam | Texas | 1844 |
| Wm. Chisam | Texas | 1848 |
| E.K. Chisam | Texas | 1846 |
| J.C. Chisam | Texas | 1849 |
| T.B. Crenshaw | Texas | 1855 |
| Wm. Chancellor | Als | 1845 |
| T.H. Criger | Kentucky | 1836 |
| Calvin Copenhaven | New York | 1848 |
| S.E. Elliott | Mississippi | 1855 |
| J. England | Illinois | 1857 |
| Dr. R.W. Eddlman | Missouri | 1852 |
| J.P. Eddlman | Missouri | 1852 |
| A.E. Eddlman | Texas | 1856 |
| S.J. Eddlman | Texas | 1856 |
| E. Eddlman | Texas | 1858 |
| A. Eddlman | Texas | 1856 |
| Joel Eaton | Texas | 1843 |
| Thomas Eaton | Texas | 1849 |
| D. Endy | North Carolina | 1859 |
| Mrs. M.J. Endy | Alabama | 1847 |
| E. Emmerson | Texas | 1825 |
| J.C. Freeman | Alabama | 1836 |
| Wm. Fisher | Missouri | 1844 |
| Elder Witsaul Fisher | Missouri | 1846 |
| E.P. Gregg (?) | Alabama | 1852 |
| E.R. Gambler | Missouri | 1853 |
| F.J. Gambler | Missouri | 1853 |
| C.A. Gray | Texas | 1856 |
Old Settlers Association History
Susan Hawkins
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