At 6:55 PM -0500 10/29/98, Jeannie Mitchell wrote: >Can anyone tell me if there was some sort of migration trail or connection >between these two counties? I have an ancestor, Henry O. NASH, who was in >Old Tishomingo Co., Miss in 1850, Drew Co., AR in 1860 and eventually (by >1880) in Independence Co., AR. Seemed an odd route of traveling to me. Jeannie, you are hitting on one of my favorite subjects. I'd also love to know what the big 'draw' was around this time frame. Our Loveless ancestor, John Wesley, brought his wife and children over to Drew County from Tishomingo County, MS, around 1858/9. He travelled with two of his brothers, Joshua and George. Apparently also making this trip from Tishomingo, MS with the Lovelesses was the J.J. Duboice family. Now, according to cousin Lynn White, J.J.'s big brother W.P. Duboice was already over here by that time. He must have gotten word back to Tishomingo that Drew County was a pretty good place to be. I will have to ask cousin Lynn whenabouts the first Duboice family came over. From the census records, W.P. Duboice was in Tishomingo Co. in 1850, but in Drew Co. in 1860. Same for all the Lovelesses I mentioned. Mr. Ed Sanders of the Ark. Genealogical Society also had some Tishomingo County ancestors who made the move to Drew County around the same general time frame--the Bussell family. So there does seem to be a nice little connection between the two counties. I'd be interested in learning of more families who made this move! Would be glad to compare notes on where the Duboice & Loveless families were living after I get home tonight and can check my census notes. :-) Oh, and you asked about migration--I would like to listen to the tape again to get the details (it's at the Drew Co. archives), but Ida Belle Knowles Grubbs (a granddaughter of John Wesley Loveless mentioned above) said that her aunts remembered crossing the Mississippi River on a flat-bottomed boat coming over to Drew Co. --Melissa