I descend from William JANES b. ca. 1785 and d. 1846 in Clark Co. AR. He migrated to Ste. Genevieve, MO, Bellevue Settlement, around the time of the Louisiana Purchase and is found in Private Land Claim records. His land abutted John JANES, Jr, Jarred JANES and Joseph McMURTREY. The other JANES names, along with my William are traced to Lawrence County, AR s early as 1817 from a deed directly linking the eldest John JANES to property in Ste. Genevieve, MO. William was a JP in the Union Twn. beginning in 1818 and continuing for a number of years. I believe his siblings to be John (who remained in Lawrence/Randolph Counties), Jarret (who eventully migrated to Hempstead County and then Texas), Joseph (moved along with Jarret), Massask (moved along with Jarret and Joseph), Samuel (remained in Lawrence/Randolph Counties), George W. (married Catherine Russell and moved to Hot Springs and Ouachita Counties), and Elizabeth Jane (who married William Black a prominent lawyer). My William JANES removed to Clark County ca. 1825 where he was also a judge. Among other names found to have migrated at this time from Lawrence County were Janes SLOAN and Joseph HARDIN, Jr. I believe Williams wife, Jane, could have been a daughter of Joseph HARDIN but have found no proof. William remained in Clark County until his death in 1846. Linda Rogers Mesquite, TX ********************************* duggie2.home.attbi.com