Hi Jean, My own line of Ford's came to north Texas and settled in Ellis County just south of Dallas County in about 1880. This was my GG Grandparents, George W. Ford and Clementine Lee Ford. Several of George's brothers and sisters also came to Texas and settled in this same area. One was Rowena Ford who had married an Adams and someone else and she was widowed twice and came to Texas to raise her children. She was older than George. He also had a brother named William who I think also came to Texas but don't know a lot about that. There were other Ford siblings who did not come to Texas that I know of and probably stayed in Arkansas but I do not know where they all wound up so there is a chance that one of them may be connected to your Ford's. I found a descendant of Mary P. Ford, a sister or George's who was a librarian in Russellville several years ago and she had the old Ford family Bible that belonged to George's mother, Margaret Kindle Ford and she had really kept amazing records and that was a huge help to me. I got a copy of it. On the Lee's: My Lee's were also from Anson Co, N.C. so there maybe a connection with us there. I do think there may have been a James Lee in that family too. It has been a while since I've worked on that line but my e-mail address is [email protected] so e-mail there if you'd like to talk more in detail about these lines. My Tate's lived in different area's of Arkansas, I think but I found them mainly in Yell County and my Great Grandfather, Zachariah B. Tate was the youngest of Zachariah Tate and Martha Timmons children. Martha died when Zack was still a kid and Zachariah, Sr. remarried and moved to another part of Arkansas. My Zack, Jr. moved in with his oldest brother, John W. Tate. Jane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARPOPE] ARPOPE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 69 Hi Jane, My ancestor is Robert Huggins b 1809 NC, he was first found in AR at Galley Rock in 1850 he owned Lot #3 there, he later went to Perry Co and died ca 1887 in what is now Conway Con on Pettit Jean Mountain. One of my first cousins, Ruby Upchurch, d/o Zack and Viola Huggins Upchurch m an Orville Ford ca 192? in AR but is found in the 1930 census of Seminole Co, OK, is Orville any of your family, I have a history of annother Ford in that area who migrated from Conway C0, I'll look it up if it would be some help to you. Did any of your family come to OK? I', a;looking for Lee family who I think may have come to AR with Robert, I believe he was in the Anson, Mecklenberg area of NC and played back and forth across the SC line in that area. As a matter of fact there is a Benjerman R Huggins in that area who could be Robert's brother and he m a Jane Lee, d/o of James Lee and Benjerman R was the ex of his will. Annother of my cousins m a Tate in OK too, but I know very little about that line. We just might have some things to share. Jean<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.<BR> (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)</HTML> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There were Ford/Foard in Mecklenburg County now Cabarrus County living on the waters of Muddy Creek. The Ford family lived next to Jacob Self. There is also a line of Ford in now Wake/Johnston Counties NC. There was a Baptist meeting house in Cabarrus/Meckelneburg known as Haynes Meeting House. The Baptist Preacher John Culpepper witnessed some of the deeds of the people who lived near Haynes and were moving west. Most of the people living near the meeting house had come earlier from southern Wake County and then Cumberland County. From some source, I have seen where this line of Ford moved to TX. I wonder if tied to the Pope County bunch? The Lee family were also baptist. They were from Johnston/Wake County to the Little River area in now Montgomery County NC and then to upper Anson near the Rocky River. They attended nearby Rocky River Baptist where John Culpepper was prominent minister. There was a migration of the early Particular and Regular Baptists from the area of Wake/Chatham County NC south in the 1770's. The two groups did not respect each other and competed for new members. The race was not healed until in the 1780's the group came together in GA. The Culpepper family had in part moved to GA and may be involved in that too. Anyhow, I wonder if the Lee and the Ford family had both come from the areas around Wake County NC?