----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Goodrum" <marygoodrum@magtel.com> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:08 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Lauderdale families >I am researching the Curtis family of Lauderdale County. James W. Curtis > first appears in Lauderdale in the late 1820's and lives there until > sometime after the 1840 census, when it is assumed that he passed away.. > Isaiah Curtis, believed to be his son, appears in the 1840 census of > Lauderdale with his first wife, name unknown. In the 1850 census Isaiah > is > listed with his second wife, Nancy, and his children. Her maiden name was > Barr and her first husband was R.D..Darrell/Doyle. A year or two after > the > 1850 census he and his sons move to Hempstead County, Arkansas. This move > is made without Nancy Barr Curtis. It is unknown what happened to her. > This Curtis family moved from South Carolina, to Kentucky, to Tennessee > and > on into Alabama. > > Mary Goodrum > marygoodrum@magtel.com > > > >