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Mark Silas Tackitt: A Royse descendant who's his own grandpa Wherein Mark Silas Tackitt tells of how his trail back to his Royse Roots in Adair County, to visit the Royse Cemetery sometime in early October. And he verifies in this story - for a fact - that Royse City, the capital of Rockwall County, Texas, was founded by an Adair Countian, as was so much of the Texas and the rest of the West. By Mark Silas Tackitt Oh, dear. I have become my own grand pa. Recently saw this brief CM story: Worth reading: A story in Sunday, October 8, 2006, Lexington Herald-New features Battle of Perryville re-enactor Mark Tackitt of Seattle, WA, whose great great grandfather, Confederate Lt. Colonel Silas Tackitt, was born in Adair County, KY. To read the entire story, Click Here. The story has a delightful ending. (from ColumbiaMagazine.com 2006-10-09 03:08:16)I remember that article. That was from my first ever visit to Kentucky when I was the chief of staff to the commanding general for the Confederate side. My rank at that event was Lt. Colonel. I wasn't born in Adair County. I hail from Orange County, CA. By coincidence, I became a Kentucky Colonel on that trip for my efforts in making that reenactment occur. I had wanted to make it to Columbia on that trip, but didn't have sufficient time to do more than drive through. I was very disappointed. I did get to Lawrenceburg and visited the resting places for a different line of my family, the Dawsons. It's easy to remember the Dawson family. They sold land in 1869 to the Ripy family which distilled an adult beverage now known as Wild Turkey. My great great grandfather Garrett Burgess Griffin (Byrd) Royse was born in Adair County, but was no where near the battle of Perryville. He was in the 9th Missouri Regiment of Infantry doing duty in the TransMississippi Theater. This means he was west of the Mississippi River. He and his brother, Albert (Bud) Royse, were both in Company I - as in Indian - of the regiment. Both moved to Missouri well before the war. Byrd Royse of Adair County moved to Texas after the war and founded a small railroad town twenty miles east of Dallas called Royse City. He eventually sold his land and settled in Custer County, Oklahoma. Many of the Royses blew out to Southern California during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's. Byrd and Bud Royse were sons of William and Mary (Stone) Royse of Adair County. William Royse's father was Soloman Royse, the Revolutionary War soldier, who resided and died in Adair County. Various cemetery markers in Adair County can be found for the siblings and their decendants of my ancestors. I have yet to locate markers for their parents, William and Mary Royse, or for their grandparents, Solomon and Sarah (Stotts) Royse. The Royse line is verifiable to Aaron Royse who was a teamster under Col. George Washington during Braddock\'s Retreat during the French and Indian War. All the Royses in Adair County who left a footprint in the 1800's come from this line. Genealogy and history can sometimes seem like a tangle of names, dates and places. To me, it's all about the people. In this case, it's my people of your community. Coming to Columbia is special as I get a brief opportunity to see the countryside that my ancestors saw and have a moment with my extended family in their final resting places. I am very much looking forward to it. - Mark Silas Tackitt Comments re article 15067 Link Perryville reenactor has Adair ancestor NOTE from CM: This story raises the age old question in Adair County: If Mark and Jan Royse had to name their baby after a Texas city, why did they name him Tyler Royse, after the city made famous by Walter Baker's brother, Dr. Tyler Royse, instead of naming him Royse City Royse? It troubles me. - Ed Waggener) This story was posted on 2012-09-16 05:26:30
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