This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams,Mahan,Cotton,Cox,James,Myers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.coosa/4107/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John H. Williams b. 1800 N.C. d. 1891 Ala. md. Mary Mahan, daughter of Thomas Mahan and Naomi Cox, b.1811 Knox Co., Ky. They were found on 1850 Coosa Co.Ala. Census. Children were, Eli, Martha, James, John Milton, George, Mary, David, Richard, and Sarah. Mary Mahan's sister, Rutha Mahan m. Charles K. Cotton and early 1860 they took several of Mary and John's children with them to Henderson Co., Tex. to live. It isn't known what became of Mary. Son of John and Mary, John Milton Williams m. Nancy Myers and they moved first to Miss. and then to Conway Co., Ark. Nancy Myers parents were John Henry Myers and Sarah "Sallie" James, b. Warren Co., Ga. Though these known name associations with the above names and others I know of, I have backtracked John H. thru the following census and trying to figure out just who his father was. I believe it's possible this Williams line began in Northampton Co., Va.(N.C.) as Quakers, as the Cox family were known Quakers and found with the above names. 1809 Madison Co., Ala. Census: Mahan Cotton Williams Cox Lollar (another connection much later on down the line) 1810 Logan Co., Ky. Census: Williams Mahan James 1930 Warren Co., Ga. Williams Cotton James I also found John Milton Williams and wife Nancy in Lafayette Co., Miss. in 1870s, James in Prentiss Co., Miss. These Williams and James were found in Conway Co., Ark. on the 1880 Census. Been searching for years for the parents of John H. Williams and hoping these earlier locations and other surnames will help someone else identify any of them.