jdickens@tcac.net wrote: > > Does anyone know of any Crowleys that came from Jackson Co., > AL to Greene Co., Ark about 1810-60? I was looking for my Jesse > Williams in 1850 Jackson Co., AL census and there are Crowleys > next door, one head of household is named Asa Crowley and I have > forgotten the other. If these Crowleys came to Greene Co it could > indicate that the Williams in Jackson were the ones who came to > Greene Co also. I've found that Greene Co folks often lived near > each other before they came to Ark. > > Thaks, Cindy Dickinson There were definitely Crowleys in early Greene Co., though I can't say at the moment whether they include an Asa. Crowley's Ridge was named after one of the earliest white settlers in northeast Arkansas, Benjamin Crowley, who lived in the Walcott area. But they were there long before 1850, and I read they were from KY. -- Sandi F. in Jonesboro, Arkansas protean@ipa.net