Hi Kim and list here is my sad story. And btw Kim limiting the Surnames to 3 works out well for my misbegotten family(grin). I have only found 3 surnames in my families here and unfortunely very few male ancestors who showed up for the arrival of the new additions to the family (sigh)). See my Genealogy report below. Btw Kim there were Ivey families living near My Lafarlett/Patterson family on Paint Rock. I noticed that they were also in Sevier County Tn where the above family came from in 1847-8. Descendants of Bright Generation No. 1 1. BRIGHT1 He married RACHEL 1830, . She was born 1785 in Ga. Notes for BRIGHT: Rowlin from 1840 Census may have been the husband of Sarah. Who is James H. from land grant records??? Notes for RACHEL: Much of the order of this family is conjuncture, They are living together during the 1850 Census. Rachel (Sr.) is dead by this time and I believe she is the mother of the Bright's we find in Marshall county in 1850,but have yet to prove the link with the Indian heritage and the seemingly disregard for the institute of marriage it certainly gives me a headache! Possible Children of BRIGHT and RACHEL are: i. Sarah Turner (probably wife of Rollin Bright) ii. MARY (POLLY) BRIGHT, b. 1812. iii. NATHAN BRIGHT, b. 1820, Ga. *. iv. RACHEL BRIGHT, b. 1832, Ga.(mine) v. MARION FRANCES BRIGHT, b. 1833, Guntersville, Al. Notes for MARION FRANCES BRIGHT: moved to TN and then to Mo vi. REUBEN CHAPMAN BRIGHT, b. 1835.(think he is son of above Sarah and Rollin Bright) Generation No. 2 2. RACHEL2 BRIGHT (BRIGHT1) was born 1832 in Ga. Notes for RACHEL BRIGHT: Rachel never married and Bright is her maiden name. This family is a real puzzle. She owned property from her father or grandfather ? She also was able to have hired help help on the 1870 Census.(windered if he might have been father of her children but no proof). She educated her son as a teacher. How in the world did she do it in the time period she lived? She also said her father was born in England and this is certainly the Bright family from Ga and NC. She was living with Sarah Bright and Henry Turner in 1850. She was also preganet with her first child which she named Sarah. Much of this is presumed information for the great part, This family was Cherokee and may have been married in the Indian manner. Which allows for marriage and divorce at the discretion of both parties. What is know is that several sources(descendants of various members of family) say that Sarah (the elder) and Rachel were Cherokee, one source said Sarah spoke no English but have nothing to prove t! hat claim. What is know is that Some of the Brights went to Indian Territory during the removal, and other remained and hide on Look Out Mountain until the soldiers left. Marion Frances Rachel's brother went to Indian Territory in the l880's to visit or stay with his cousin's the Wilson's he had with him his younger children his wife recently dying. He had a couple grown children who stayed in Al. While he was there he died the children were raised by an Indian family. Because of the few records left.. mostly land records, there is quite a bit of unknown information on this family. Children of RACHEL BRIGHT are: i. SARAH ANN3 BRIGHT, b. 1850, Guntersville, Al. ii. WILLIAM W BRIGHT, b. 1856, Guntersville, Al. 3. iii. JOHN L BRIGHT, b. February 14, 1861, Guntersville, Al; d. October 26, 1926, Stanford, TX. iv. ELIZABETH BRIGHT, b. 1867, Guntersville, Al. v. LUCINDA BRIGHT, b. 1869, Guntersville, Al; m. MURRY. Generation No. 3 3. JOHN L3 BRIGHT (RACHEL2, BRIGHT1) was born February 14, 1861 in Guntersville, Al, and died October 26, 1926 in Stanford, TX. He married MARY KATE LAFARLETT August 07, 1887 in Guntersville, Al, stepdaughter of HENRY WILLIAMS and natural daughter of SARAH LA FARLETT. She was born September 20, 1865 in Guntersville, Al, and died November 09, 1937 in Stanford, TX. More About JOHN L BRIGHT: Fact 1: Stanford, TX Notes for MARY KATE LAFARLETT: There is a story the Sarah(Mollie's mother) was raped during the last year of the Civil War, and this could be true Gunntersville was a hotbed during this period with frequent raids on the town and Civilians. It was burned more than once and there is documention of many of the citizens being injured. At any rate she gave birth to my greatgrandmother without the blessings of any church or civil authority. I was told by an older relative this story. There were several instances of fatherless families in this family am not too sure what to believe, however giving her the benefit of the doubt the others had several children before marriage(if they bothered at all) and she only had Mary before she married Henry Williams with whom she had a large family. Children of JOHN BRIGHT and MARY LAFARLETT are: 4. i. LILLIE GOLDEN4 BRIGHT, b. July 24, 1888, Guntersville, Marshall, Al; d. January 12, 1958, Roswell, NM. ii. MAYBELL MINNIE, b. May 20, 1890, Guntersville, Al. iii. MARVIN BRIGHT, b. March 22, 1893, Guntersville, Al. iv. AGNES ESTHER BRIGHT, b. June 13, 1895, TX. v. WILLIAM EMIT BRIGHT, b. February 12, 1898, TX. vi. SARAH DAISY BRIGHT, b. May 19, 1901, TX. Descendants of George Lafollett Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 LAFOLLETT was born 1776-1796. He married ELIZABETH GANN. She was born 1793 in Jonesborough Washington Co TN, and died before1887 in Sevier Co TN. Child of GEORGE LAFOLLETT and ELIZABETH (GANN) is: 2. i. JEREMIAH2 LA FARLETT, b. 1813, TN; d. Abt. 1858, Marshall Co, AL.(they has severa other children, however this is my line) Generation No. 2 2. JEREMIAH2 LA FARLETT (GEORGE1 LAFOLLETT) was born 1813 in TN, and died Abt. 1858 in Marshall Co, AL. He married PRICILLIA PATTERSON Abt. 1845 in Sevier Co TN, daughter of PATTERSON.Jeremiah has a serioud falling out with his parents possible because of his marriage to Pricillia who was Cherokee. At any rate he left Sevier County and took his family to Marshall County Al and changed the spelling of his name to Lafarlett. She was born 1820 in TN, and died Aft. 1880 in Marshall Co, AL. Children of JEREMIAH LA FARLETT and PRICILLIA PATTERSON are: i. ALMEDA3. ii. MARTHA LAFARLETT. iii. MARY LA FARLETT. iv. JAMES HENRY LA FARLETT. 3. v. SARAH ANN LA FARLETT, b. 1849, Al. Generation No. 3 3. SARAH ANN3 LA FARLETT (JEREMIAH2, GEORGE1 LAFOLLETT) was born 1849 in Al. She married HENRY WILLIAMS 1869 in Guntersville, Al. He was born 1851 in TN. Notes for SARAH ANN LA FARLETT: May be relative of Wm Golden appears in 1850 Marshall Co Al Notes for HENRY WILLIAMS: Henry adopted Mollie when he married Sarah. Sarah was raped when she was 14 and had Mollie. Children of SARAH LA FARLETT and HENRY WILLIAMS are: 4. i. MARY KATE4 LAFARLETT, b. September 20, 1865, Guntersville, Al; d. November 09, 1937, Stanford, TX. ii. LUCINDA WILLIAMS, b. 1870, Guntersville, Al. iii. LINDA P WILLIAMS, b. 1873, Guntersville, Al. iv. JOHN M WILLIAMS, b. 1875, Guntersville, Al. v. BELL IDA, b. 1877, Guntersville, Al. vi. JAMES E WILLIAMS, b. February 21, 1880, Guntersville, Al. Generation No. 4 4. MARY KATE4 LAFARLETT (SARAH ANN3 LA FARLETT, JEREMIAH2, GEORGE1 LAFOLLETT) was born September 20, 1865 in Guntersville, Al, and died November 09, 1937 in Stanford, TX. She married JOHN L BRIGHT August 07, 1887 in Guntersville, Al, son of RACHEL BRIGHT. He was born February 14, 1861 in Guntersville, Al, and died October 26, 1926 in Stanford, TX. More About JOHN L BRIGHT: Fact 1: Stanford, TX Children of MARY LAFARLETT and JOHN BRIGHT are: i. LILLIE GOLDEN5 BRIGHT, b. July 24, 1888, Guntersville, Marshall, Al; d. January 12, 1958, Roswell, NM; m. (1) OSCAR POUNDERS, 1905; m. (2) ELIJAH LEE BELLAH, December 13, 1913, Waco, McLennon, TX; b. August 01, 1872, Randolph, Al; d. October 19, 1932, Gotobo, Ok. Notes for LILLIE GOLDEN BRIGHT: She was married 1st to Frank Alred he died from an attack of appendicitis, then she married Oscar Pounders who was Hazel and Mae's father. He died from kidney disease.Notes for OSCAR POUNDERS: he died from appendicitis when Hazel and May were very small. Notes for ELIJAH LEE BELLAH: Wrote a column for the Biweekly Farm Report published in Dallas TX he met Lillie through the column. After the death of his first wife Ida Evans he stopped writing for a while. When he went back to the column he ask for letters from readers that remembered his column. Lille a widow with two small children answered the request they began a correspondence that lasted for a year. They had never met in person when Lee proposed, however they had exchanged pictures. She was living in Hillsboro with her parents he had her met him at the train station and they went to Waco and got married. Romantic, Huh? More About ELIJAH LEE BELLAH: Fact 1: Gotobo, Ok ii. MAYBELL MINNIE, b. May 20, 1890, Guntersville, Al. iii. MARVIN BRIGHT, b. March 22, 1893, Guntersville, Al. iv. AGNES ESTHER BRIGHT, b. June 13, 1895, TX. v. WILLIAM EMIT BRIGHT, b. February 12, 1898, TX. vi. SARAH DAISY BRIGHT, b. May 19, 1901, TX.