I have a question, or curiosity, you might say, about William Grant Barrett, s/o Arthur Barrett and Mary Caradine. Why did Arthur and Mary name their son William Grant? Was it after a family member? There was a William Grant who married Elizabeth Boone, sister of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman. William traveled with Daniel and fought with him in various campaigns and uprisings. William and Elizabeth's daughter, Mary Grant, married Moses Mitchell, whose issue was of about 8 children. Family lore has it that our family is related to these Boone/Grant/Mitchell principals, but I have not been able to prove out. I keep seeing the Grant name pop-up in our family ancestry, and this William Grant Barrett has my curiosity up. I know the naming paradigms of first names down thru family lineages, but it seems a lot of middle names come from the last name of the wife's or other parentage. We have other similarities in the family [Pacific Lamberson (Mitchell) Barrett, George Turner Mitchell, John Whitten Barrett, etc.] I know I'm probably rambling here, but does anyone have any thoughts on this? R/Steven ........................................... S T E V E N M I T C H E L L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] Pictures Sheryn, I sure hope one of your questions for Gaye is "Why did so many of our Newton/Neshoba, MS Barretts move to Monroe, LA?" This has always intrigued me, but I have never had an answer. Perry Lysander Barrett (s/o Wm. Grant Barrett) had too many mouths to feed in MS. At one point, about 1910, he was trying to feed over 20 women and children -- all of them his children, grandchildren, nieces & nephews. When she was 16, my grandmother was sent to Columbus, GA to work in a cotton mill. Eventually, her brother, all her sisters, her mother (Lillie Leona Barrett McCarty) and Perry Lysander Barrett followed her there. My father remembers that they were a very close knit family. He says that, if it had been possible, they would have all lived on the same city block. I guess you could say that better food and shelter caused these Barretts to move from MS to GA. Ann Cummings ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== Reuben Barrett Family Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237