Across the Frontier

By: Gary C. Cole
Garland, Texas
August 1973

Forward

It is a privilege enjoyed by few to be able to trace one's family back over 350 years to its beginnings in America.  Even fewer can trace their ancestral line to the Middle Ages.  We are fortunate that others have left a comparatively easy path to follow back to England and the 13th century.

The three and one-half centuries of American history following the settling of Jamestown is essentially a history of the movement of people from the Atlantic coast inland then across one frontier after another.  And that is the history of the Cole family in America as they moved inland in Virginia then across the frontier to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas.

As the Indians were subdued in one area after another and forced ever west ward, new frontiers were opened.  The promise of cheap, fertile land drew the Coles along with many other adventuresome pioneers over sketchy and unmarked trails to areas scarcely vacated by Indians and herds of buffalo.  The land was filled with uncertainty, hardships, marauding outlaws, and threats of Indian attacks.  But, this didn't deter the pioneers hardy enough to move across the frontier.

Editor's Note: We are still n the process of transcribing this document.  At this time, the author cannot be verified nor located.  It is believed that he is deceased and attempts to contact him and family members at his last know address and city has failed.  If anyone has any family contacts for Gary C. Cole please contact us at Cole Family Genealogy.

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