| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - FALL | 1976 Vol.V No.2 |
| MIDLAND COUNTY RECORDS | ||
| Pioneer Midland Families Brown & Dorsy by Carolyn Sowell | 1 | |
| Brief History of Midland County - - by Carolyn Sowell | 2 | |
| Two Official Historical Markers in Midland | 3 | |
| Midland County Military Marker Dedicated, Nov. 11, 1976 | 4 | |
| Sons of the Republic of TX Kathryn Stone O'Conner Award | 4 | |
| MILITARY RECORDS | ||
| Veterans Buried in TX | 5 | |
| Allowances for Continental Line, 1792, Hillsboro, N. C. | 5 | |
| United Confederate Veteran Reunion, 1932, Mineral Wells, TX | 5 | |
| BIBLE RECORDS | 5 | |
| Matthias & Frances RICHARDSON, Pendleton, S. C. (1749) | 6 | |
| LETTER | ||
| David Crockett, Washington City, 26 May 1834 | 7 | |
| 1252nd Combat Engineer Battalion Reunion, Midland, Tx, July 1976 | 7 | |
| WILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA | ||
| ELLIOT, FOLSOM, GRADY, SANDERS, SMITH, compiled | ||
| by Mrs. W. M. Thompson | 8 | |
| DIARY | ||
| Luvisa Jeanette Simpson FAULKNER, 10 Apr to 2 July 1900, TX | 9 | |
| FAMILY HISTORY | ||
| Capt. James Emerson HATIKINS, 1829 IN--1913 TX | 14 | |
| Marriage Record of Alexander the Great & Minda Neal, 1874 | 18 | |
| CEMETERY RECORDS | ||
| Evergreen, West Plains, MO by Pearl Johnson Mitchell Stoner and | ||
| Violet Johnson Torrey of Lead, SD | 19 | |
| QUANDARY QUARTER | 21 | |
| INDEX | 23 |