-----Original Message----- From: Robert Majors <rmajors@alltel.net> To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:05 AM Subject: [ARDREW] Surnames MAJORS, MANN and HELLUMS >My ancestrial roots to Drew Co. go back to the early days of >the county, what is now southern Lincoln Co. I was born >in Monticello in 1947. The first Majors to move into Drew Co. >was Elbert L. Majors. Elbert moved into the Co., near the >Springhill area about 1851, with his wife Elizabeth, from Rhea >Co., TN via Tippah Co.,MS. He purchased land in the area >and was a farmer. About 1858/1859 he moved and bought >land in Jefferson Co. were his father William Majors, and >brothers livied after migrating to AR from TN. Elbert's brother, >James W. Majors, was my great great grandfather. James W. >Majors married Annie Hellums. James W. servied in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was wounded >at the Battle of Chicamauga and died from the wounds a few >years later, 1873, at which time Annie, his wife, took her >children and moved to Lincoln Co. with her sister and father, >Jacob Hellums. > >Jacob Hellums and his wife, Cintha White, moved to early >Drew Co., Smith Township, from Fayette Co., AL via Tippah Co., >MS, about 1858. > >Annie Majors sister, Neayte Hellums Majors, (Annie and Neayte >married two Majors brothers) married Alexander W.Majors, >who was killed in the civil war at the Battle of Pea Ridge, AR. >Neayte had five children. Two of her daughters married Mann's, >(probably brother). Cintha Carolyne Majors married Aurelius >Mann on Jan. 26, 1871 and Martha Majors married Eugene M. >Mann on Nov. 2, 1871. > >I am interested in finding out what happened to Aurelius and >Cintha Carolyne Mann and also Eugene M. and Martha Mann. >Today there are several Mann's that live in Drew Co. Could >they be the seeds of these two couples. Any information >would be greatly appreciated. > >Robert Majors > > > > > >