My gtgtgdmt was Nancy amerson Lewis m James Cochran Barker. They came from NC, to Carroll Co, TN, to Drew Co in 1855. Throw this one in yr stack. Rebecca ---------- > From: Terri Lee Wolfe <terrilee@ipa.net> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ARDREW-L] > Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 10:26 PM > > I still say that these names are all interlinked if enough sifting is > done.......they may not be directly, but they are going to be > collaterally......the Clays/Spotswoods/Dandridges/Fieldings/Lees/Lewises, > etc. are all one mighty intertwined bunch in my gestimation. > > I wish I had the 3 different copies of the Lewis family history because > they tie this all together. I'm convinced that this is where many of these > common lst names are originating. As I said before, in my > great-grandmother's family, the Lewis name was so important that many of > the children carried it either as a first or middle name. These were > prominent families, and even though the money and fame had dwindled by the > time each generation added 15 to 30 grandchildren, the blood line was still > there. Family connections to greatness are hard to release even after the > presitige of money and position are gone. > > This is just a matter of unraveling, but it might take another > generation.*smile* > Beth Thurman > or > Terri Wolfe > Monticello, AR > 367-2701