| Table of Contents | The Thorny Trail - Fall | 1995 Vol. XXIV No.1 |
| Society Records | ||
| Officers | I | |
| Membership | 3 | |
| 1995-96 Program | 5 | |
| Midland County, Texas Records | ||
| Deed Book 1 | 7 | |
| General | ||
| Tuberculosis - The Journey West | 16 | |
| Where Did You Get That Name? | 34 | |
| Family Records | ||
| Letter - T. T. Thornton | 20 | |
| Six-Generation Charts | ||
| Fay Couger Grissett | 22 | |
| Ted Gunn | 24 | |
| Beverly Brown Roberts | 25 | |
| William M. Harris | 27 | |
| Billy H. Morrison | 29 | |
| Donna Raybon Morrison | 30 | |
| James N. Howell, III | 31 | |
| Joyce Grimes Howell | 33 | |
| Deed for Slaves - James H. Armstrong | 36 | |
| Book Review | ||
| The Carpers of Roane County | 40 | |
| The Genealogy of Jacob Aertsen Van Wagenen | 41 | |
| Blairlin III & Blairtrees | 41 | |
| Quandry Quarter | 38 | |
| Order Form | ||
| Midland County, Texas Records - Vol. I | 43 | |
| Index | 44 |