The ROGERS and THORNTON families were in Tippah Co., MS by 1830s and came to Drew Co. by 1859. They went to TX first, and came back to Drew. Tippah Co., MS (for those of you not looking at a map) is near Tishomingo. There was an old migration trail across from SC > Northern GA > Northern AL > Northern MS and into southeast AR. It was the northern route to TX, as opposed to the southern route through Louisiana (Natchez). Land was getting scarce in the southeastern states and the "west" was opening up for settlement, so folks headed west. As one of the early settlers in MS stated in a letter to his relatives in SC, "I can be poor easier in MS than I can in SC." I thought that was a wonderful statement. :-) Hope this helps. Karen Groce On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 KESSAROSE@aol.com wrote: > Jeannie Mitchell wrote: > >Can anyone tell me if there was some sort of migration trail or connection > >between Tishomingo Co, Miss & Drew Co., Ark >> > > I am also very interested in what drew people to Drew Co between 1849-1860; > mine didn't come from MS, but some came from NC and others from TN, and all of > them came during that span of time. > amy > >