Hi -- I picked up the e-mail below off the PML I receive daily (an old service of RootsWeb). I am NOT researching the Hightower family. However, I am curious to know if anyone know's anything about the "Nixon's Store" mentioned in the e-mail below. My husband had Nixons in West Ga/East AL and would be curious to know more. Thank you! Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From: rjtrouttgenie@comcast.net >To: HIGHTOWER-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 08:30:41 -0600 >Subject: [Hightower] HIGHTOWER family from AL & GA > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: HIGHTOWER, THOMPSON >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CFj.2ACIB/660 > >Message Board Post: > >It's been awhile since I last posted. I'm really struggling with >this HIGHTOWER >family and looking for any leads out there! This is what I do know: Clarie V >HIGHTOWER (m) John F THOMPSON on 23 Oct 1887, near NIXON'S store, Cleburne County, AL. They already had 2 children before marriage, so assuming that this >was a pretty remote place with judge Bartlett Owen making the rounds on a >limited basis! Also current family say that HIGHTOWER was Indian, so >this may of >been the cause for delayed marriage! Children born in Anniston, Calhoun, AL >between 1882-1887. Last child (b) in Plant, Humphrey county, TN in >1900. Josie, >John, Marion, Vonie, Sarah,Sherman & Francis the baby. >I have no previous info on HIGHTOWER family, so Clarie just dropped >in? We have >another family story of a brother or 1/2 brother, Dock, who was >murdered in TN. >He left a wife Mary and at least 2 children, Sid and Ulysis. I can trace Sid >thru his death. I have found info confirming this, but NO additional leads to >help with background history. John THOMPSON could be from GA, possibly with a >previous marriage. After moving to Plant, TN with all of the children, he is >recorded in the 1900 census then abandons the family. I can trace >Clarie(Clara) >and her family from 1900 thru present. Lose John though with family history >having him moving back to Rome, GA to start a saw mill business, >can't confirm >any of this info. It is possible that the HIGHTOWER family owned land around >Rome, GA but can't confirm. This is my brickwall, would really like >help or any >ideas from you all!