| TABLE OF CONTENTS THE THORNY TRAIL - NOVEMBER 1974 Vol. III No. 1 | ||
| SOCIETY RECORDS | ||
| Midland Genealogical Society Officers | 1 | |
| Programs of the Midland Genealogical Society | 1 | |
| Midland Genealogical Society Membership and Exchanges | 2 | |
| MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDS | ||
| Midland County, Texas Officials | 6 | |
| Midland Postmasters and Post Offices | 7 | |
| BIBLE RECORDS | ||
| William M. and Sarah J. McKinney Family Bible | 8 | |
| Dishner Family Bible | 8 | |
| Parsons Family Bible | 9 | |
| William Rhodes Family Record | 10 | |
| Conder Bible | 11 | |
| Nixon Bible | 12 | |
| LETTERS | ||
| Letter by Adolphus Cole | 14 | |
| Letter by Janie Smith | 14 | |
| Letter by J. J. Byrne | 20 | |
| CEMETERY RECORDS | ||
| Bethesda Presbyterian Churchyard Tombstone Inscriptions of | ||
| the Revolutionary War Soldiers - York Co., S. C. | 24 | |
| Donahue Cemetery (?) - Williamson Co., Texas | 25 | |
| Baptist Church Cemetery - Bell Co., Texas | 28 | |
| MILITARY RECORDS | 29 | |
| CHURCH RECORDS | ||
| First Minutes of the First Baptist Church, Midland, Texas | 30 | |
| Pastors of the First Baptist Church, Midland, Texas | 31 | |
| SCHOOL RECORDS | ||
| Elm Grove School Scholars Fayette Co., Illinois | 32 | |
| Indian Creek School - Collingsworth Co., Texas | 32 | |
| FAMILY SKETCHES | ||
| James W. Lawrence, A Midland Pioneer | 34 | |
| COUNTY RECORDS | ||
| Howard County, Texas Marriage Records | 40 | |
| Fannin County Texas Bonham & McKinney Road | 43 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | 44 | |
| INDEX | 47 |