HUNT COUNTY (JENKINS, WILLIAMS, MILES families)

1. Josephine Cemetery, where some of J. W. Miles children are buried, including John Henry Miles.
2. Site of J. W. Miles 160-acre farm near Collin-Hunt county line, northern quarter of Littleberry Harrison 640-acre survey. NW corner of farm at junction of FM6 and County Road 2606. Nearby creek runs through length of property. Paid $4,800 in 1901 (cash and promissory notes). No evidence of Miles selling land. Was apparently still living here in 1920, when federal census was taken.
3. IOOF Cemetery, on FM 6, west of Caddo Miles, J. W. Miles (great-grandfather) and fourth wife (Mary Alice Hefner) graves, also grave of son Layton Monroe Miles.
4. 3904 Simonds Street, in Greenville, where J. W. Miles died on May 19, 1928
5. Audie Murphy/Cotton Museum, 600 I-30 East, Greenville, TX 75401
6. Site of Thomas W. Jenkins 100-acre farm, part of John C. Bates Survey, north of Greenville, on waters of Cow Leech, a branch of the Sabine River, about 4 miles north of Greenville, date of purchase unknown; sold portions in 1876 and 1878 and presumably what remained also in 1878, before moving to Lamar County. Precise location uncertain. Corner is about where State Hwy. 34 starts to curve to the left.
7. Site of John I. Williams farm NOT KNOWN. Didn't visit.
8. Audie Murphy Birthplace THC Marker on U.S. Hwy. 69. MARKER ON RIGHT.
9. Audie Murphy THC Marker on U.S. Hwy. 69. MARKER ON LEFT.
10. Headwaters of Sabine River THC marker on U.S. Hwy. 69. MARKER ON RIGHT.

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