INDEX

Alcohol

Drinking, 21

Adams County (OH), 8

Anson County (NC), 5

Barr. John, 22

Bartering, 19

Bear hunting, 20

Bears, 15

Blackwell, Benjamin E., 18

Boggy Depot, 11

Buchanan County (MO), 10

Carter, Abraham, 23

Carter, Andrew, 23

Carter, Bill, 23

Carter, John, 23

Childbirth, 9

Childcare, 17

Cloth

Jean, 15

Making, 17-18

Coffee’s Station, 11

Colbert’s Ferry, 11

Crops

Corn, 16

Flax, 16

Cotton, 16

Daviess County (KY), 5

Dawson, Jonas, 28

DeKalf County (MO), 10

Diseases: Tuberculosis, 9;

Typhoid Fever, 9

Education

Tuition, 18

Fencing, 15

Food preparation, 17

Fountain County (IN), 6

Grayson County (TX), 12

Hampton, Lena Chipman, 7

Hedgcoxe, Henry O., 22

Helms, Axie Ann, 10

Helms, Elisha, 7, 8

Helms, Elizabeth, 7

Helms, George, 5, 23

Helms, James, Sr., 5

Helms, James, Jr., 7

Helms, Jane, 7

Helms, Jim (James), 13

Helms, John

Helms, Jonathan, 5

Helms, Margaret, 7

Helms, Sanford, 6

Helms, Sarah Elizabeth, 27

Helms, Thomas

Helms, Tilman, 5

Helms, William, 7

Honey Creek, 12

Indian trouble, 13-14

Kendall, Elisha, 8

Kendall, James, 8

Kendall, Samuel, 8

Land

Clearing of, 16

Lawsuits

State of Texas v. Bill Carter (1848), 24

Slander, Helms v. Carter (1849), 27

Slander, Dawson v. Carter (1854), 53, 59

State of Texas v. Richard Helms, 70

Ledbetter, James, 23

Livestock

Caring for, 15

Log cabin

building, 13

for widow and heirs

McNamar, Polly, 8

Malaria, 9

Montgomery County (IN), 9

Northwest Territory, 6

Peters Colony, 10

Red River, 11

Religion, 20

Republic of Texas, 10

Robinson, E, 22

Rice, William, 22

Roberts, Z., 22

Skaggs, Robert, 25

Savage, James, 24

Schools , 18 (see Education)

Simkins, T. C., 22

Snider, Charles (Charlie), 20

Stanley, Catherine, 11

Stanley, Page, 11

Texas Road, 11

Transportation, 11

Turner, Sarah, 8

Vance, Fountain I., 26

West Shawnee Trail, 11

Wilcox, George, 22

Williams, Joseph, 10

Wilson, Leonidas, 28

Wilson, Pleasant, 27