[email protected] wrote: > > Hester, Young, House, Kirsch, Isom, Isham, > Waldre(o)p,Sanders,Berryman,Briley, Wright, Thorn,Jeffreys, > Nelson,Kessler,Kemmerling, Bainlien,Shirle,Jenkins, Dobbins,Williams, > Fincher,Embree, Carr, Cox, Matthews,Farmer,Achelly, Hart,Taylor, Sloan, Hand, > Kellough, Cotter, Spring, Grissom, Drake, Buchanan, Bohannon, Brown, Jamison, > Beals, Nance, Blakeney,Dhority, Walker, Bates, Malone, Minter, May, Gaunt, > Woolman,Reed, Reid, Reeder,Darby, Davis > > These are all the last names of my great grandfathers and grandmothers. I am > researching all of these last names and they are in some way connected to > the Lauderdale or Colbert County area. If you recognize any of these names > in your line E-mail me and I will send you my grandfather or grandmother's > name with that surname and any dates that apply to him/or her. I am real > interested in tracing the descendants of these and finding any long lost > cousins. Thanks, Amanda Hester [email protected] Hi Amanda and Lists, I have been searching for info on my gg grandparents for years. William M. TAYLOR b. 1847 TN d. aft 1880. Married bef 1877 Mary E. (Mollie) BRISBY b. Jan 1854 TN d. 12 Sep 1891 Bell County TX. Mary E remarried on 20 Aug 1890 to L. B.(Bugg) Stewart in Rutherford co TN. Mary E.'s parents were William K./H. BRISBY b. 22 Aug 1824 TN d. 13 Aug 1909 m. 18 Aug 1847 Keziah (Kizzie) GRISSOM b. 13 Dec 1823 AL d. 27 Jan 1905 TN. William's parents were John BRISBY (1783-1852)and Rosa F. CLENDENNING (1786-1880) Keziah's parents were William GRISSOM (1799-1892) and Nancy ? (1801-bef 1870) William and Keziah had 4 children William L., John T., Mary E., and Fannie Brisby, all born in TN between 1849-1864. They are listed on the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Maury co TN, in the 6th Civil Dist. Have corresponded with Monte H. Knight of Maury co TN . Mr Knight told us : "Regretfully, I cannot find a lead on the GRISSOM line(that, of KEZIAH BRISBY ( 1823, Ala. -1905,Maury)). Evidently, this line was situated just over the Maury/Giles counties line, having removed north out of Ala., up into the Giles area, post 1823." "The most prominet name, here, from earliset times, is that of GRESHAM(corruption, GRISHAM) - stemming from old Benoni Gresham, Senr." There is, in the 1830 census, a William GRISSAM(sic) household, as follows: 2 males 5-10 (1820/25) 1 male 30-40 (1790/1800) 1 female under 5 (1825/30) **1 female 5-10 (1820/25) 1 femalde 20-30 (1800/10) he is located in the same general area (southeastern Maury Co.) as the BRISBY/TAYORS; that being the old Fountain Creek area, working down toward the Maury/Giles counties line-maybe, a bit more to the west, in the direction of the old 4th Dist. He is near the families of Royla-Fry(Frey)-Freeland-Lowrance-Moore, et al: all, indigenous to the extreme southeastern boundary of Maury co. ** correct age grouping for KEZIAH,b.1823- (but, I'm unable to prove this, at this time-)" The GRISSOMs were in Lauderdale and Limestone counties of Alabama. Does any of the this ring a bell with anyone? Thanks, Doyleen Routh [email protected]