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Balch Springs, Texas
Posted by: Gene Balch (ID *****7244)	Date: January 12, 2004 at 19:23:04
In Reply to: Re: Greene, TN Balch families by Geneva Balch	of 983

Hi Geneva,
Thanks for your note. Yes, I'm hoping something will surface on Thomas and his family. Perhaps with more of us looking for it...... !
On Balch Springs. Yes, I read where the historian for Balch Springs had stated that the town was named for the two Balch brothers (John and Hezekiah Benjamin -- sons of Elijah Whitfield Balch and Mary (Molly) Green) who fought with Sam Houston in the Texas war of Independence. However, I disagree strongly with this and I will send you the reasons why if you will email me at my gbalch@cox-internet.com address. I have sent this same info off to the library there in Balch Springs, but did not receive a reply from their historian.

Gene

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