of the
2008
AMASON * AMERSON
HERITAGE QUEST
June 13-14
in
Nacogdoches, Texas
by
The Family of Elmar Amason
Descendants
of
Jesse Amason & Sarah Ann Inman
Many Thanks to Ruby, Tammy, Linda and Sheila
2008
AMASON * AMERSON Heritage Quest!
 |
Gathering at Barnhill's Steak & Buffet Restaurant |
included descendants of
Uriah (b. c. 1784), Eli (b. 1790), Benjamin (b. 1798), Jesse (b. 1803) and Isaac (b. c. 1805)
five of the six known sons of Uriah and Bethany Amason
PLUS
representatives of other branches of our AMASON family
 Stacy Amason relating the circumstances contributing to the relocation of Thomas U. Amason's family to Mississippi c. 1872. |
 Collection of Elmar J. Amason, including the fife passed down in the Amason family. |
 Maurice Amason telling the story of the relocation of Jesse Amason's family to Arkansas |
Jesse Amason
(b. c. 1808 in Georgia; d. 1870 in Shelby County, Texas)
Son of
Uriah Amason (b. c. 1784) and Elizabeth Rachels (b. 1790)
Arrived in Tejas, Republic of Mexico in 1834
Veteran of the Texas Revolution
Siege of Bexar & Battle of San Jacinto
Also served as
Captain in O. M. Robert's Regiment, 11th Texas Infantry Confederate States of America
 New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery |
 Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery |
Our next
AMASON * AMERSON HERITAGE QUEST
in 2010
in Georgia