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From: "Earlayne Chance" <>
Subject: [TXBELL] Kinney's Fort, Williamson County, Tx.?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:23:54 -0500


Joe, I'm sending you a letter that I received from my son, Michael Chance,
who lives in Round Rock and drives a Harley... he was out "off-roading" a
week ago and came upon a marker in a field... what follows is his report
from his second visit out there... I looked at the TxGenWeb pages for
Williamson County and didn't find any record of this site in their listing
of "lost" communities. What can you tell us about it?
Earlayne Chance

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> The fort that I found was called Kinney's Fort. The monument says that it
> was founded in 1839 as the first settlement in Williamson Co. I traveled
the
> area pretty thoroughly and didn't find any structures remaining. However,
> there are several old mounds around the area. They appear to have created
> some time ago since trees and other vegetation have overgrown them. There
> were also several old road beds and creek crossings leading to the site.
> Nothing else to mention though. Other than several old broken bottles
around
> the site. Anyway, I guess you'd need a metal detector to find anything
good.
> Everything is probably long since buried.

> Love AMA
>

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