FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS

Among the four million slaves in the United States in 1860 were the greatgrandparents and grandparents of the author Beginning with them the story of the Fears family is written The authors father Jonathan Turner Fears vividly told of relatives far and near living and long departed He heard stories about his familys growing up in Nacogdoches Appleby Caro and Trawick about World War I and many other places peoples and events in Nacogdoches County and around Eastern Texas He has preserved this family history here for unless we pass along these treasured stories and consciously dig into our past our knowledge of our ancestors will grow dim and become lost to our descendants The author after years of family genealogical research herein shares the joy of his discoveries and invites readers to join him in finding and preserving the precious memories of ancestors There is joy in finding and preserving those memories and in ensuring that ancestors are never forgotten and that their names will always be spoken Chapters include Georgia Gone to Texas The Matriarch Born A Slave A Stern One A Teachers Daughter Christopher Columbus Fears Augustus Gus Fears and Roxie Burk Hill Jonathan Turner Fears Belma Denman Roxie Fears Jonathan Turner Fears Jr James Denman Fears Shirley Mae Fears Johnny Lee Fears Joel Van Fears Beedie F Fears and Caroline Fears Legal documents with vivid descriptions of individual slaves numerous photographs and a fullname index add to the value of this work