The Next Hopkins County Genealogical Society Monthly Meeting to be Held April 17th

April 13, 2025 – Join us in-person, if you can, by Zoom, if you can’t make it!

Thursday, April 17, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. @ 611 N. Davis St., Sulphur Springs Tx– Geral Davis

Gerald Davis was born in 1965 in Clarksville to Loreane Reeves and Hertis Davis.  He has been doing genealogy for at least 46 years.  He will be speaking to us about North East Texas slaves and the history of Texas.

Gerald says his research has taken him all over Texas (Red River, Lamar, Cass, Marion, Hopkins, Fannin, Grayson, & Harrison Counties), Oklahoma, Arkansas (Hempstead, Lafayette, Sevier, Miller, & Little River Counties), Louisiana (Caddo, Bossier, & DeSoto Parishes), Mississippi (Adam, Wilkinson, Yazoo, Issaquena, Hinds Counties), Tennessee (Montgomery, & Davidson Counties), and Kentucky (Todd, & Christian Counties). He has family dating back as early as July 1818 in Spanish Texas, coming out of Madison County, Alabama.

Gerald is a 1984 graduate of Clarksville High School. He attended Paris Jr college in 1989.  In 1992 he relocated to Ft. Worth, Tx. In January of 2011 he moved back to North East Texas (Clarksville).  Since 2017 he has been living in Lamar County and often fills in when needed at the Lamar County Genealogical Society library.You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Mar 17, 2025 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/y2Qha3NUQ6S8FSJo7NTmkA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Gerald Davis
Gerald Davis

Author: Matt Janson

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