Meg I totally enjoyed your overview of the migration folks. I learned alot from your story! I descend from Isaac Hill RITCHIE and Elvira ARMSTRONG through their son Calvin Dewitt R. who married Ellen Florence PHILLIPS, dau of Trenton Charles PHILLIPS and Sarah F. HARRIS. My direct line did NOT come to North Texas. We came to Oklahoma about 1911 instead. It wasn't until about 1940 that my family came to Texas, even though I am a Texas native. In fact, I moved to California from Waxahachie, so reading about all this family of mine right there in North Texas has been quite interesting. You seem to be very knowledgeable about the family so I have another migration question. What caused the migration to Sharp County, Arkansas? I know it was Lawrence County in 1860 when most of my family arrived. But I have the ARMSTRONGS who came from Alabama, and the RITCHIES who came from Marshall County, TN, and the PHILLIPS who came from somewhere in TN, and the HACKNEYS and AHARTS who came from Trigg County KY, and the HOLDERFIELDS who came from Haywood Co, TN. Why would all these families from different areas arrive at about the same time in such a small town as Ash Flat? I would be happy to exchange information with anyone in these families. I have a database on Rootweb Worldconnect at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET& db=hartresearcher&id=I243 Corrections are welcome. Marcia in California