Calling All Descendants!

In January 1867, 435 freedmen, women and children left Kingstree, South Carolina to travel by train, ship, and train again to land in Marlin/Falls County, Texas, where they hoped to build a better life for themselves and their families. On July 11, 2026, a monument will be installed at the Falls County Courthouse to memorialize the names of every traveler who made this brave journey.

Descendants of the Shaw family, Sharon Styles and Angela Shaw Ross, are on a mission to reveal as many family connections as possible ahead of the ceremony, through genealogical tools and research. They would be happy to help you build your family tree, especially if you have deep roots in Falls County. If you recognize any of the names on this list as your ancestors, or think a name sounds familiar and might be a relation, please contact Sharon, Sharon.kay@sbcglobal.net , or Angela, honey_be_2001@yahoo. com. Cyrus Shaw Mary Shaw Frank Shaw Bayard Shaw Philander Shaw Maria Shaw Lizzie Shaw Betty Shaw Joe Shaw Eliza Shaw Jack Shaw Jennie Shaw Richard Shaw Betsey Shaw July Shaw Nero Shaw Clanda Shaw John Shaw Thomas Shaw Lizzie Shaw Polly Shaw Moses Shaw Moses Shaw Jane Shaw Dency Shaw Adam Shaw Carolina Shaw Renza Shaw Ben Shaw Nancy Shaw Abram Ford Fortune Kinder Bina Kinder Paris Kinder Mike Kinder Nero Kinder Nellie Kinder Handy Cockfield Mary Cockfield Vernon Cockfield Letty Cockfield Emerson Cockfield Andrew Cockfield Will Cockfield Linda Cockfield