Hello Anne, Here's what I've found in my research of ALLISON's in Hardin County, Tenn. I'm an Allison descendant, but I'm not connected (not that I'm aware of) to this family of Allisons. — Tom Evans (1) 1 George Augustus ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1835, Alabama Burial: Graham Cem., Hardin Co., Tennessee Hardin County Grave #5880492. 1880 Census, Hardin Co., TN, District 6, ED# 46, Sheet 27, Line 33, along with wife Josephine, sons Jasper, Wiley, Clayburn, and daughter Stoedosey. Spouse: Josephine SMITH Born: abt 1850, Tennessee Burial: Graham Cem., Hardin Co., Tennessee Hardin County Grave #5880493 Children: Jasper (~1863-) Wiley (~1867-) Stoedosey (~1873-) Clayburn Smith (1876-1964) (2) 1.1 Jasper ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1863, Tennessee (2) 1.2 Wiley ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1867, Tennessee (2) 1.3 Stoedosey ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1873, Tennessee (2) 1.4 Clayburn Smith ALLISON ———————————— Born: 29 Jul 1876, Tennessee Died: 1 May 1964 Burial: Graham Cem., Hardin Co., Tennessee Hardin County Grave #5880585. Family Researcher: Jimmy Smith E-mail: JFS1944@aol.com Spouse: Mary E. INGLE Born: 20 Jan 1888 Died: 15 Aug 1973, Savannah, Hardin Co., Tennessee Burial: Graham Cem., Hardin Co., Tennessee Hardin County Grave #5880585. SSN 415-82-0830 Children: Lettie Irene (~1905-) Delmar (1907-1997) Hester (~1911-) George (~1916-) (3) 1.4.1 Lettie Irene ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1905 (3) 1.4.2 Delmar ALLISON ———————————— Born: 16 Nov 1907 Died: 19 Jan 1997, Savannah, Hardin Co., Tennessee SSN 414-07-5641 Last Residence: Savannah, Hardin, TN 38372 (3) 1.4.3 Hester ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1911 (3) 1.4.4 George ALLISON ———————————— Born: abt 1916 In a message dated 2/20/06 8:00:21 AM, ALLISON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > X-Message: #6 > Date: 20 Feb 2006 00:55:58 -0700 > From: abrizendine@earthlink.net > To: ALLISON-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <MB07qaJY4kJSFsxf4yp0000161a@MB07.myfamilysouth.com> > Subject: Re: Franklin Co. Alabama Allisons > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hZ.2ADIB/1618.1.1.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > James Madison was the brother to my Clayborn Smith Allison.  We do have > connections in TN but I cannot find any that would connect us to Clay Allison, > the Shooter.  I do have the genealogy on Clay Allison that was given to me by a > relative if you are interested.  My ggrandfather, Clayborn Smith Allison > migrated to Texas in the late 1800's but his brothers George, Cornelius, and one > other brother went to Hardin Co. TN after the Civil war.  George was married > to a Josephine Smith from TN.  I have a photo of James Madison with my > grandfather's youngest sister.   My line:  Elijah-Clayborn-Albert Augusta-Mary > Pauline Allison (my Mom)  You are correct about the stories of Clay Allison in > our family but I cannot find the connection as yet. > Anne >