who desire a more extended search of, and report from them than is practical for the department to make at the present time."

I wrote the adjutant-general of North Carolina, at Raleigh, for information on the same subject, and he answered that nearly the entire records on file in that office had been destroyed or carried away by the Federal Army in 1865. The William Hearne spoken of is the ancestor of the Hearne family at Hearne, Texas.

Tabitha, second child of Wm. And Tabitha Hearne married Frank Truitt. Children: Mahala, Malinda, Mary, Abigail and George. Mahala married Isaac Edwards and had several children. Malinda married Green Spurlin and raised a large family. Mary married Peter Driskill, raised a large family, and died near Tyler, Texas. Abigail married William Ashcroft. George married a Miss Ashcroft, and lived near Tyler, Texas.

Selby, son of William and Tabitha Hearne, born 1792, in Ga., lived through life in Louisiana, and died 1844. His wife Miss Elizabeth Ransom, was born 1797, died 1853. Children: Columbus, died 1865; married Ellen Gilmore. Children: Charles, Selby, John, and Martha, all of whom are dead but John, who now lives at Palestine, Texas. Tabitha, born Sept. 9, 1817, married Thomas Powell 1837; he was born 1813. Children: Victoria, born 1838, married William Hudgens and is now a widow, living in Georgetown, Texas; their children are: Walter, Willie, Tabitha, and Maggie. Walter married Miss Oliphant; he is a railroad man, living in Cleburne, Texas. Tabitha married Albert Vance, and lives in Kyle, Texas. Maggie married Robert Hyer, and lives in Georgetown, Texas. Second child of Thomas and Tabitha (Hearne) Powell, Adolphus, born 1839; married Elizabeth Adams. Children: Georgia, Tabitha and Adolphus. Georgia married William Scott, and lives in Atlanta, Texas. Tabitha and Adolphus both live in the Indian Territory. Third child of Thomas and Tabitha, born Aug. 24, 1873; Lavinia (called Linnie), born Nov. 8, 1875; and Bama, born Aug. 29, 1879. Fourth child of Thomas and Tabitha Powell, Selby, born 1845, married Rebecca Adams. Children: Effie, Victoria, Johnnie (girl), and Thomas. Fifth child of Thomas and

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