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- From: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much)
- Subject: Re: Searching for LICKSKILLET, Robertson Co, Texas
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.232735.25700@casbs.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
- References: <1993Jan24.152809.11073@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:27:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.152809.11073@news.eng.convex.com> rcox@convex.UUCP (Robert Cox) writes:
- >A brother of my great-grandfather named Fredrick Cox lists on his
- >military pension that he was born in Lickskillet, Robertson Co., Texas,
- >on November 10, 1844. Anyone heard of this town? I can't find it on
- >any Texas map, gazetteer, or list of ghost towns.
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- Yes, I've heard of it. It was pretty tiny, and all I remember of it
- is the name. It may not exist anymore. See if you can find a 19th or
- early 20th-c map of Texas in the geography section of your library.
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