I have Armenta Moore Cotton md to Samuel Cotton and her parents as George & Nancy Moore. I found Nancy living with Armenta & Samuel on the 1850 AR,Searcy Co., Campbell twp, dwg.195. Sorry I don't have anything that will help Rita but does anyone have Nancy's maiden name? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Dewayne Treat <dtreat@bulldog.afsc.k12.ar.us> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:06 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] Re: Cottons > Rita, > Sorry, but, I don't have anything for you either.....Cottons are a big > part of early Searcy Co. history...surely someone can help you!!!! > Dewayne Treat > John & Rita Floyd wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, Dewayne, I'm sorry that I can't help you with the Cotton/Patterson > > question, but am hoping you might be able to help me. (AH! There's > > always someone bugging you, isn't there?!) I'm hoping that you might > > be able to tie the Cotton line to my Moore/Lay line. We suspect that > > it is possible at least that Samuel Cotton, who married Aliminta > > Moore, is Levi Moore's brother-in-law? I guess I should ask it this > > way--do you know if Aliminta Moore/Cotton is Levi Moore's sister, or a > > niece? Levi and Sara Frances' daughter Louisa married William Lay, my > > great grandfather. Do you have anything concrete on this Cotton/Moore > > tie-in? Thanks greatly for any help you can give and sorry I can't > > help you. Rita Floyd > > > >