Hi Janet, I apologize for this long winded message, but hopefully someone on one of the lists I am posting to will have some information I am searching for. I have the genealogist's bane - a brick wall with my direct line from SC > Alabama > Texas. However, I'm making slow progress with the Arkansas Honeycutt's. In the tree below, I don't have the county in Alabama, where the brothers were born and no family records. William Jackson Honeycutt is my direct line. The census records over the years are consistent with the birth locations. A grandson of William Jackson named Finess Raymond Honeycutt was living in Clarksville, TX as late as June 1937, when he applied for a Social Security account. He was working for the WPA. Sometime after 1937 he disappeared for awhile, but resurfaced briefly, then later he was never heard of again. I just recently found him through the Social Security Death Index in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas. That's where the info stops on him. I'm almost positive he was remarried either in Arkansas or Texas before his death in 1970. What I find interesting about Union County, Arkansas, is the number of Honeycutt's that lived there. I am wondering if Finess knew of a family connection there. I ask myself, why would he leave Red River County, TX, for El Dorado, Arkansas? Since there is usually a logical reason why a person chooses a place to live, and Finess wasn't known to be overly enthusiastic about working, I would bet that he had found a relatives there. Descendants of Honeycutt 1 Honeycutt b: in South Carolina . +Unknown Honeycutt b: in South Carolina .... 2 William Jackson Honeycutt b: October 05, 1834 in Alabama d: April 21, 1864 in Red River County, Texas ........ +Elizabeth Wharton b: April 02, 1836 in Alabama d: August 31, 1904 in Red River County, Texas .... 2 Green Berry Honeycutt b: November 03, 1832 in Alabama d: May 20, 1905 in Red River County, Texas ........ +Martha Ann Matilda Bearden b: April 10, 1838 in Spartanburg, South Carolina d: March 30, 1904 in Red River County, Texas Another Arkansas connection is below. Thomas Avery Honeycutt was born in Alabama about the same time as William and Green Honeycutt. Thomas migrated from Alabama to Drew and Bradley counties in Arkansas and by the 1900 census, arrived in Red River County, Texas. Coincidence? Descendants of Thomas Avery Honeycutt 1 Thomas Avery Honeycutt b: August 1836 in Alabama . +Mary Deborah Hardy d: Bef. June 1900 .... 2 Sarah Sebrena Honeycutt b: 1869 in Arkansas d: July 03, 1948 in Red River County, Texas ........ +Edward Walker Knight b: 1853 in Pickens County, South Carolina d: 1936 .... 2 Mary J. Honeycutt b: August 1876 in Arkansas ........ +John Gilmer b: February 1876 in Arkansas .... 2 John T. Honeycutt b: May 1860 I am still working through this one, but Joseph J. Honeycutt lived next door to Thomas Avery Honeycutt in Red River County, TX, according to the 1900 census. Joseph's wife Susan (Sudie) is the daughter by a previous marriage to Mavlin Victoria Bearden and James Perry Lipe, James later marrying Octavia Honeycutt. Descendants of Joseph J. Honeycutt 1 Joseph J. Honeycutt b: 1871 in Arkansas d: July 22, 1911 in Lamar County, Texas . +Susan Frances Lipe b: March 07, 1872 d: August 02, 1957 in Red River County, Texas Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition Paris,TX: ReBroMa Press, 1999: From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #7; p.330; Service #187; charged to cash; order given by O. Bearden; secured by Lone Star; date of funeral 23 Jul; place of death Aikin Hospital; services at Avery, [Red River Co.]; Physician J.M. Hooks; cause of death intestinal hemorrhage; date of death 22 Jul 1911 at 10 pm; occupation of deceased - carpenter; married; aged 41 years; body shipped to Avery; casket manufactured by Texarkana 5/9; interment at English Cemetery in Avery; casket price $50.00; burial robe $10.00; embalming $25.00; washing and dressing and 2 transfers $5.00; total $90.00. And then I have H. Matt Honeycutt from Arkansas. He arrived in Red River County, TX prior to 1890 and married a daughter of Green Honeycutt, named Octavia, on 4/1/1890. They had a son born in December of 1890 named Ira and he states in census records his father was born in Arkansas. I have no birth or death info on H. Matt and do not know what became of him. Octavia died 3/18/1896 and was buried in Red River County beside her first husband, James P. Lipe. Her tombstone reads, O.E. Lipe 1860-1896, with MOTHER across the top. James Lipe died in January, 1888. Descendants of H. Matt Honeycutt 1 H. Matt Honeycutt b: in Arkansas . +Octavia Eugenia Honeycutt b: November 20, 1860 in Red River County, TX d: March 18, 1896 in Red River County, TX .... 2 Ira Lem Honeycutt b: December 18, 1890 in Avery, Red River County, TX d: March 07, 1965 in Lamesa, Dawson County, TX ........ +Dexter Rebecca Duncan b: April 19, 1896 in Arkansas d: June 23, 1978 in Lamesa, Dawson County, TX *2nd Wife of H. Matt Honeycutt: . +J. C. Stewart Dan Honeycutt Kansas City JKCUSIMANO@aol.com wrote: Hi Dan, I print and keep most of the messages posted even though the names may not be familiar to me. I am a believer that NOTHING should be overlooked (never know when it may fit the "puzzle"). I will be glad to go through my files for these names. Also, can put you in contact with researchers here in Louisiana and in California. I am discovering that all Honeycutts are related but in some instances cannot yet find the connection. Where are you located? Which Honeycutt is "your"? I was told that "my" Honeycutt, John, migrated from NC (although I do not have proof in writing), to AL, MS and eventually into North Louisiana. Then several went on into Texas and Illinois. The puzzle just keeps growing. Look forward to hearing from you. Janet Cusimano New Orleans