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