| TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE THORNY TRAIL - FALL 1986 | 1986 Vol. XV No.1 |
| Page | ||
| SOCIETY RECORDS | ||
| Dedication | 1 | |
| Necrology - Margaret Curnow | 2 | |
| Necrology - John J. Redfern, Jr. | 3 | |
| Society Officers | 4 | |
| MIDLAND COUNTY, TX RECORDS | ||
| Midland County Marriage Volume II | 5-7 | |
| Midland County Brand Book 1 | 8 | |
| Midland County Postal Money Orders | 10-13 | |
| Midland County History Sources | 14-16 | |
| First Settlers of Midland | 22-23 | |
| FAMILY RECORDS | ||
| Succession of Israel Rogers | 17 | |
| Roll Call of Ancestors - 1836 | 19-20 | |
| C.C. Hammock Letter - 1862 | 25 | |
| Alfred T. Person Letter - 1862 | 26 | |
| Six Generation Chart - Dorothy Sanders | 27 | |
| James Albert Vincent Bible | 28 | |
| Hartsfield Rev. War Records | 28 | |
| Baze and Sons Marriages | 29 | |
| Election Ticket from The Osceola Times, AR | 30 | |
| The Trinity Counnty Star News Items | 31 | |
| Six Generation Chart - Taylors | 32 | |
| Six Generation Chart - Wheats | 33 | |
| GENERAL | ||
| Land Measurements | 9 | |
| Texas Land Records | 18 | |
| Book Review - The Rubys | 21 | |
| Book Review - Pearce, Bartlett, Matthews, Smart | 29 | |
| What's In A Name? | 24 | |
| QUANDRY QUARTER | ||
| Queries | 34 | |
| INDEX | 35-42 |