Bill Text: TX SR19 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the members of the McAfee family on the occasion of their 2023 family reunion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-15 - Reported enrolled [SR19 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR19-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the members of the McAfee family on the occasion of their | ||
2023 family reunion, held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; and | ||
WHEREAS, The genealogical history of the Texas McAfees can | ||
be traced to enslaved people owned by Dr. John Miller McAfee of | ||
Woodstock, Georgia; two of those people, Nicy and her son, Miles, | ||
were first mentioned in Miller's will of 1854 and later, together | ||
with Miles's wife, Millie, they were included in the 1870 Georgia | ||
census; Miles and Millie had eight children, including Alonzo | ||
McAfee; sometime before 1883, Alonzo moved from Georgia to | ||
Franklin, Texas, where he married Susie Hawkins; and | ||
WHEREAS, Alonzo and Susie acquired a farming homestead in | ||
Franklin that comprised more than 250 acres of land, where they | ||
raised and educated their children; Alonzo managed the family | ||
farm, while Susie focused on caring for and instructing their | ||
children and providing an education to many of the local Black | ||
children; Alonzo and Susie were active in their church with | ||
Alonzo serving as a deacon and superintendent and Susie working | ||
as a district missionary, and the McAfee name became well known | ||
and highly respected in the Franklin community and throughout the | ||
area; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although no McAfees reside in Franklin today, | ||
over the past 140 years, descendants of Alonzo and Susie have | ||
spread across Texas and elsewhere; approximately 100 descendants | ||
reside in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and more than 200 live in | ||
the Houston area; like their ancestors, today's McAfees possess a | ||
deep-seated work ethic, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, | ||
and a steadfast spirit of service; 168 acres of the original | ||
McAfee homestead remain in the McAfee family, and numerous | ||
McAfees, including Alonzo and Susie, are interred in the | ||
North-South Cemetery in Franklin; and | ||
WHEREAS, The 2023 McAfee family reunion is a fitting | ||
occasion for the McAfee descendants to gather in celebration of | ||
their family's proud heritage and to join together in their | ||
shared commitment to family history, unity, and loyalty; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend the members and | ||
descendants of the McAfee family for carrying on their family's | ||
rich history and strong spirit and extend to them best wishes for | ||
a joyous family reunion; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the family as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 15, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |