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James Tinsley, Patriot ​By Ann Meador History Taskforce (published in the Houston Chronicle and Conroe Courier)

Read our new researched story of James Tinsley, Revolutionary War Patriot

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James Tinsley, Patriot ​By Ann Meador History Taskforce (published in the Houston Chronicle and Conroe Courier)

Everyone is invited!

Everyone is invited!

14th year!

Join us! June 27 for a family fun and educational event honoring America's 250th birthday and hear of the local heroes who fought in the American Revolution.

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Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" White Davis
Wife of Nat Hart Davis, Montgomery, TX

The 26-page document below was found among loose papers pertaining to the Nat Hart Davis family when the 22,000 documents in the Gandy Collection were digitized in 2025 by the History Taskforce. The entirety of the collection is being indexed by Family Search and should be available online to everyone soon. The author of the 26-page document is not known, but because of the content, it may have been written by someone in the family of Sarah Elizabeth White, also known as Betty, the wife of Nat Hart Davis. The author of the handwritten notations on the document is also unknown. Some of its information can be verified by entries in the family's Bible. The document's content focuses on their marriage and on members of the White family. It contains information about the deaths of her first two children, burial by a hollow oak and plantings taken from her family home and planted by the graves by Nat Hart Davis. These included lilies, rose of Sharon and hyacinth. (Pages 6, 8, and 20) A detailed description of their original house (now the Davis Museum in Montgomery) and information about other early residents of Montgomery is included.

​This is a true historical look at the lives of many people during those times.

Sarah E. White Davis Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" White Davis Wife of Nat Hart Davis, Montgomery, TX The 26-page document below was found among loose papers pertaining to the Nat Hart Davis family when the 22,000...

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Members of the History Taskforce met with students at Lone Star College - Kingwood on April 28th during a history-themed cultural exhibition. We helped students start their family trees and provided links via QR code to free resources. We explained some of our successful projects which can be found at Historytaskforce.org.

Wednesday morning, state, county and city officials and citizens honored J. GOLDSTEIN DuPREE, who served as one of twelve Black state legislators in the 12th Texas Legislature during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period in the early 1870s. It is believed that he is buried in an unmarked grave in the historic African American Montgomery Memorial Cemetery.

The marker memorial ceremony was held at the Montgomery Memorial Cemetery which recently was recognized with a county historical marker. The ceremony was organized by our MCHC member T J WILKERSON who served as the Master of Ceremonies and organized the program. Also participating in the ceremony were State Representative WILL METALF, County Judge MARK KEOUGH, and Montgomery city mayor SARA COUNTRYMAN.