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Scottish
Surnames of Texas *
Family Histories *
* Texas Heroes
of Scottish Descent *
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Walker County Pioneer Certificates
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* Recommended
Reading * Related
Links
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The Texas Scottish Heritage website is dedicated
to the preservation of the stories of our Texas pioneer families. We have a current project
designed to research the earliest Texas settlers of Scottish descent.
If
your family can trace its Texas roots to the early to mid 1800's, please contact
us with your family stories. Find
you name below and help us fill in the history!
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The Scots who
came to America, and ultimately to Texas, wove a
"tartan" all their own with their very lives.
Each strand was essential to the strength of the fabric and
the beauty of the design. Scots came to Texas from
England, Ireland and from other states. Many of the
descendents were of mixed blood as they reached out to form a
new home... a new nation.
History is
more than statistics... the living story is the personal
one. Although the truth lies in the story of those
who made it, the obvious is all too often lost amid the
"proven". Much of our site is dedicated
to preserve the personal stories, and where possible sort
through the facts to find the truth.
It is our
sincere hope that the stories we share will spark a
remembrance and lead you to preserve your own stories - ask
your elderly, search old letters and Bibles. When you do
discover "Your-story" - please share. We would
love to hear it!
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Stories will
be linked to the names below as they become available.
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SCOTTISH
SURNAMES OF TEXAS
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you have any of the following names** in your family tree,
then you could be of Scottish
descent! Click on the family name for links & family
histories.
**Note:
the names in RED are also names of Texas counties.
There are 254 counties in Texas and at least 113 of Scottish
connections.
Check out the personal
stories - Early Texas
Families of Scottish Descent*
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| Anderson
Andrews*
Atkinson
Armstrong Austin
Bailey Barnes
Beaton Bee
Bell
Bowie
Brewster
Brooks Brown
Burnet Caldwell
Calhoun Cameron Campbell
Carson
Cass
Chambers Clay
Cochran Coleman
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Collingworth
Cooke Coryell
Crane
Crosby
Crockett Crow Culberson
Dallum Dallas Davis
Dawson Denton
Edwards
Ellis
Fisher Franklin Gilbert
Gillespie Gordon
Gorley*
Gray
Gregg Grimes
Gunn Guthrie Hale
Hall |
Hamilton
Hardin Harris
Harrison
Hartley
Hays Hemphill
Henderson
Hill
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Hunt
Hutchinson
Jackson
Jefferson Hogg
Johnson Johnston
Karnes James
Kennedy
Kent
Kerr |
King
Kinney
Knox Lamb
Lee Leslie
Lindsay
Lynn MacLeod* Martin
Maverick Mason
Maxwell McCulloch McLennan McMullen
Mills
Mitchell
Moore Montgomery
Morris Newton
Ochiltree Parker
Polk Potter
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Randall
Reeves Rhea Roberts Robertson
Ross
Rusk Shaw
* Simonton*
Smith Somerville Stevens
Sterling
Stonewall Sutton
Taylor
Walker
Ward Williamson
Wilson Wise
Wood Young |
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with "Mc" or "Mac"... and
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Help us research
the Scottish descendants of Texas.
If your family
came to Texas in the 1800’s please let us know
We are
interested in historical data as well as personal accounts.
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| Walker
County Pioneer Certificates |
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**DO YOU HAVE KINFOLK OF
WALKER COUNTY, TEXAS?? |
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The Walker County, Texas Genealogical
Society is celebrating the new millennium by awarding Pioneer
Registry Certificates to descendants of early Walker County residents.
These awards are to recognize
descendants of people who settled in Walker County, Texas over 150 years
ago and those descendants of people who were in the county over 100 years
ago.
There is an application fee of $15.00
per certificate. If you have more than one qualifying ancestor, the
cost if $15 per ancestor.
Current county residency is not a
requirement to apply for one of these certificates.
If you need an application mailed to
you, send a long SASE to Pioneer Registry - WCGS, P.O. Box 1295,
Huntsville, TX 77342-1295.
Please notify us at Texas Scottish
Heritage Society if your ancestors qualify AND are of Scottish
descent. We will consolidate a listing and post to our
website.
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LINKS
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Clan
Names - database http://www.scotlandsclans.com
Trace your ancestors - http://www.ancestralscotland.com/
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Reading |
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Duncan McLean traveled from Orkney to Texas in the
late spring of 1995 to go in search of the legendary Bob Wills and his Texas
Playboys... Both a quest for a musical grail and a wildly funny travelogue,
Duncan McLean has captured the singular wonders of Texas and its maverick
inhabitants, its staggering 110-in-the-shade heat, and, above all, the glorious,
mongrel music - that he crossed the world to hear.
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