For Jodi: Thanks for creating and managing the ADRIAN mailing list. I have found many of the postings by list members to be interesting and helpful. >For Mitchell and Bob : >... Both of you sent me information on your lines that trace back to >David ADRIAN (ADRON) in South Carolina who immigrated from Germany. I >just want to make sure that you know each other Dr. Mitchell ADRIAN and I have been in contact and have exchanged information of our ADRIAN line. Thanks for facilitating our contact. For all: I am a descendant of David ADRIAN (spelled ADORAN in the first South Carolina census), who immigrated to America about 1769. He and some of his several sons migrated westward from South Carolina to Alabama and Georgia. I am descended from his grandson, John David German ADRIAN, who accompanied and served as interpreter for the Cherokees on their trek on the Trail of Tears from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839. He later moved to Smith County, Texas, and sired a considerable progeny, many of whom live in eastern and central Texas. My maternal grandmother was the granddaughter of John David German ADRIAN. The below linear ahnentafel shows her lineage to David ADRIAN. While I was visiting my 91-year-old mother in Oklahoma City recently, she told me that an uncle or cousin on her ADRIAN side many years ago had a professional genealogist research their family line. She said that he traced it back to HADRIAN, Emperor of Rome, and that the name had been shortened from HADRIAN to ADRIAN. Unfortunately, she was not certain of the identity of the relative who had the research done, and I have not been able to find any trace of the research. Our alleged relationship to the Emperor of Rome may just be a bit fanciful, but I know that Emperor HADRIAN was a Spaniard (Spain was part of the Roman Empire), and, in my perusal of directories and records searching for ADRIANs in Texas, I have found many listings of people with the ADRIAN surname and Spanish given names, i, e,. Jose Fernando ADRIAN, etc. I have been interested in recent postings on this list which appear to add credence to our supposed descent from HADRIAN. I would be grateful to hear from anyone with information of David ADRIAN or his possible relatives and will provide to any interested researcher additional information of my ADRIAN line, including a Word 97 document file listing those descendants of David ADRIAN of whom I have information. Bob Bumpas Ashburn, Virginia Linear Ahnentafel : Mary Alma ADRIAN to David ADRIAN --- 1st Generation --- 1. Mary Alma ADRIAN Birth 21 Feb 1885 Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas. Burial 10 Nov 1961 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. --- 2nd Generation --- 2. King Lollar Melvin ADRIAN Birth 25 Feb 1853 Smith County, Texas. Marriage 23 Jun 1878 Elizabeth Savannah DAVIDSON; Van Zandt County, Texas. Death 6 Aug 1935 Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. Burial __ ___ ____ Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas. --- 3rd Generation --- 4. John David German ADRIAN Birth 18 Mar 1815 Georgia. Marriage 28 Oct 1834 Winney DYER; Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia. Marriage 15 Apr 1856 Sarah TURNER; Smith County, Texas. Death 29 Sep 1887 between Edom and Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas. Burial __ ___ ____ Edom, Van Zandt County, Texas. --- 4th Generation --- 8. Fleming Fowler ADRIAN Birth __ ___ 1787 Rockhill, York District, South Carolina. Marriage 25 Aug 1808 Mary MCDONALD; Franklin County, Georgia. Death 20 Sep 1871 Haralson County, Georgia. --- 5th Generation --- 16. David ADRIAN Birth __ ___ ____ Germany. Marriage b __ ___ 1787 Rachael FLEMING