Genealogy Projects tagged with Panola County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Panola County, Mississippi

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Panola County, Mississippi. Official Website Panola County was established February 9, 1836. Panola is the anglicization of ponolo, a word meaning thread in both old Choctaw and Chickasaw and cotton in modern Choctaw. Adjacent Counties Lafayette County Tate County Yalobusha County Tunica County Tallahatchie County Quit...

  • Panola County, Texas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Panola County, Texas. Jonathon Anderson, a migrant from the United States and founder of Panola County, donated about 500 acres of land in the 1800s to get the county started. The county was formed in 1846 and developed for cotton plantations. It was named after a Choctaw/Chickasaw word for cotton. Adjacent Counties & Parishes ...

  • Bethlehem Cemetery, Carthage, Texas

    Location: Six miles south west from Carthage (in Panola County) on Hwy 315 to County Road 106 then left to County Road 108. This area is known as the Snap Community. This cemetery was established prior to 1875 on land deeded by W. R. Page. Several generations of early Panola County families are buried here. This is also the site of Bethlehem Methodist Church officially established in 1875 by t...

  • Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Texas

    Historical Marker Transcription: -------------------------- Church Bethel Organized on Saturday before the 4th Lord's Day in September 1843 by Rev. Isaac Reed, a pioneer Baptist minister in his home two miles northwest. Moved to this spot in 1874. The original minutes of organization are in the possession of this church. Erected by the State of Texas 1936. -------------------------- Reve...