Currently and until the 18th of April Ancestry is allowing non members to search the Marriage database. There are 51 Bottom marriages including Miles. This if FYI. http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3723.htm Remember My new Email address is JLANTRIP@prodigy.net

I am a Rootsweb supporter I contribute annually to rows which is keep in business largely by donations. When you donate you become a Rootsweb supporter and are allowed to submit surnames for a special service that Rootsweb provides. And that is a periodic message giving you information on new postings of the surname that you selected. I chose BOTTOM and here is a small sample of the type of information that you receive. ------------------------------------------------------ This database has about 200,000 records. Its URL is http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/wisconsin/wisconsin.pl The information below is a subset of what is available at the URL above. If you'd like to go straight to the complete record, skipping the home page of the dataset, replace XXXX in http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/wisconsin/wifull.pl?XXXX with the digits appearing at the end of the line (under the column titled "offset"). Last name First name Init Date County Acres Offset BOTTOMS FRANCIS 1856 Vernon 0.0000 42427050 BOTTOMS FRANCIS 1856 Vernon 202.3400 42427314 BOTTOMS JOHN 1855 Grant 80.0000 41790926 BOTTOMS JOSEPH 1855 Iowa or Lafayette 80.0000 41525211 ================================== Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, from the General Land Office's Automated Records Project. The data from the CD-ROM was extracted and prepared for the archives of the ARGenWeb project by Joy Fisher, then indexed by RootsWeb. This database has about 200,000 records. Its URL is http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/arkland/arkland.pl Last name First name Init County Sec Twp Rng Acres ---Date--- Warrant Name and/or Remarks BOTTOMS ALFRED Lee 29 2N 4E 160 1828/12/15 BOTTOMS ENOS (AR) BOTTOMS JOHN A Lawrence 9 18N 3W 0 1885/06/30 (AR) BOTTOMS JOHN A Lawrence 9 18N 3W 160 1885/06/30 (AR) BOTTOMS MARY Cleveland 7 8S 11W 39.65 1894/03/15 (AR) BOTTOMS ROBERT Scott 12 3N 28W 0 1883/02/10 (AR) BOTTOMS ROBERT Scott 12 3N 28W 160.76 1883/02/10 (AR) BOTTOMS ROBERT Scott 7 3N 27W 0 1883/02/10 (AR) BOTTOMS ROBERT Scott 7 3N 27W 0 1883/02/10 (AR) BOTTOMS THOMAS N Scott 11 3N 28W 0 1885/05/09 (AR) BOTTOMS THOMAS N Scott 11 3N 28W 0 1885/05/09 (AR) BOTTOMS THOMAS N Scott 12 3N 28W 160 1885/05/09 (AR) ================================== Remember My new Email address is JLANTRIP@prodigy.net

News about BGA entries About 49 new entries on Bottom(s) surnames recorded in Civil War. Go to TOPICS, then CIVIL WAR section. Bottom(s) Genelogical Archives (BGA) at: http://www.bottoms.org If you have additional civil war data, I would appreciate getting it so I could incorporate into one master list. I do have a few additional notes on the 49 entries which I do not have time to enter. If you would like a copy of my notes (on notepad), just let me know and I will email to you. Bill Bottoms bbottoms@intercom.net (you may notice that my ISP dropped the "shore" from email address) or webmaster@bottoms.org PS. Would like to get Bottom(s) family reunion dates/places so I could add a page with that data listed. Please email. Thanks Bill

Can anyone help Jeff? Harvey -----Original Message----- From: california-kid@webtv.net [mailto:california-kid@webtv.net] Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 8:08 PM To: HarveyBottoms@CSI.com Subject: Eugenia Bottoms Mr. Bottoms, I am a great-grandson of Foahman Barrong, whose first wife was Eugenia Bottoms. They lived in Pike County. I am researching the Barrongs, and was wondering if you could give me any info. you have on the Barrongs. Foahmans dad was John Barrong who is last in 1870 census of Clark county. Johns wife remarried and went to Pike county. Her name was Lucinda Wesson(Lou). She married a Parr.......and is buried in Antioch cemetery in Delight. Looking forward to hearing from you! Jeff Ingram

Hello Everyone, Thank You to each and every person who has visited our website, we received over 3500 hits this weekend alone. We've updated and added several new pages. NEW PAGES 1870 - Federal Census - Webster County, Missouri - Benton Township 1850 - Polk County, Missouri - Mortality Schedule 1881 - 1893 Polk, County Death Register - Entries fromVolume #1 & #2 A List of Active Cemeteries in Polk County A List of Abbreviations and their meanings from the Federal Census CEMETERY ADDITIONS Polk County, Mo. Gorden Cemetery Pickel Cemetery White Cemetery Webster County, Mo. King Cemetery Rader Bridge Cemetery Whittenburg Cemetery LAST WILL and TESTAMENTS William WINTON MISC. A New Genealogy Report for our MATHIS Family Several New Queries have been posted PLUS........ Many New LINKS have been added to our Directory of GENEALOGY HOME-PAGES. Until Next Time and we hope to see you soon! Sincerely, Sharon Day SHARON'S GENEALOGY CORNER http://www.mocom.net/~2days Some major names from our research; ALEXANDER, BLACKWELL, BOTTOMS, BROYLES, CALLAWAY, COSSEY, CUNNINGHAM / CUNNYNGHAM, DAY, DUNKEL, FARIS/FARRIS/FERRIS, HEATH, HOLLOWAY, HOOSANG, KING, LATIMER, LEE, LOONEY, MATHIS, McSPADDEN, MITCHELL, PASS, PATTON, PAYNE/PAINE, PICKEL/PICKLE, PISTOL, RILEY, RUBOTTOM, RULE/RUYLE, SELL, SHELTON, SIKES, SLAGLE, SPEAK, SHOUN, SLEMP, SPEARS, SPIVEY, VANHUSS, VENABLE, WILHITE/WILHOIT, YOUNG

Hi Harvey, We've talked before. I am interested in visiting your site. Please let me know how I can get access. Thanks Gary Pace gpace@pacbell.net On Friday, March 12, 1999 8:06 AM, Harvey L. Bottoms [SMTP:HarveyBottoms@CSI.com] wrote: > While not in competition with Bill's Bottoms Homepage which I support 100%, > I have started a homepage for the Bottoms family of Bradley Creek area of > Rutherford County, Tennessee on MyFamily.com. May I say, that I believe > that this is one of the greatest things since sliced bread. Only invited > people can get to it as it is passworded. > > The reason that I am bringing it up here is that if anyone is interested in > this Bottoms family, please let me know and I will make it possible for you > to visit as I am the administrator. We have pictures of the Bottoms family > from yesteryear, some of which, I will need to be posting on Bill's site. > We also have a number of historical documentation as well as some of my > written logic and history. > > For those of you that have several members researching the same line, I > highly recommend this site. It's free; you get 10 meg of disk space. It > has a place for your photographs. It has a gedcom tree site. It has a > place to store documentation. It allows you to mass email the members. It > has a chat room for your group. It allows you to maintain a in-depth > profile of each person. You can set up your information to group them. In > my case, I used the sub-lines as my grouping. Plus you can group various > sites together; for me I have a site for my lines other than Bottoms and > another for my wife's lines. > > You can email me at HarveyBottoms@CSI.com. > > Currently we have almost 50 individuals invited and a total of 19 have > already became part of the group. > > Harvey > > > >

Thank you for bringing this up. I believe that if you visit the following URL that should answer your question. http://www.genealogy.org/~ngs/halberts.html Those folks suckered my mother and several of my friends. Jim Lantrip. -----Original Message----- From: Maraudermn@aol.com <Maraudermn@aol.com> To: BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com <BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 11:34 AM Subject: [BOTTOM-L] Re: BOTTOMS Book Howdy All: My brother-in-law who is a descendant of the BOTTOMS Family of Chesterfield Co., VA. recently informed me that there was a new book on the BOTTOMS Family. It is titled: "The New World Book of Bottoms" Has anyone heard of this book? It is by chance another one of the cleverly concocted schemes by Halbert's of Bath, Ohio to obtain money and provide very little genealogical information? Your responses will be greatly appreciated. Warmest Regards, Bernie in Northern Virginia

Memorial Services for TJ Bottoms All Peoples Christian Church, 822 E. 20th St., Los Angeles, California is planning two services to mourn the death and celebrate the life of the Rev. TJ Bottoms. Here is the latest information as of 12-24-98: All Peoples Family Interment Service -- December 30th, 1997 -- 7pm at All Peoples Christian Church. All are welcome, but the service is primarily for members of the congregation. All Peoples Celebration of the Life of TJ Bottoms -- January 4, 1998 -- 3pm at All Peoples Christian Church. All are welcome. The organizers of this service thought the date would facilitate the attendance of TJ's friends and colleagues from outside the Los Angeles area. As of 12-24-98, plans for a service in Indianapolis, TJ's home town, were not concluded.

While not in competition with Bill's Bottoms Homepage which I support 100%, I have started a homepage for the Bottoms family of Bradley Creek area of Rutherford County, Tennessee on MyFamily.com. May I say, that I believe that this is one of the greatest things since sliced bread. Only invited people can get to it as it is passworded. The reason that I am bringing it up here is that if anyone is interested in this Bottoms family, please let me know and I will make it possible for you to visit as I am the administrator. We have pictures of the Bottoms family from yesteryear, some of which, I will need to be posting on Bill's site. We also have a number of historical documentation as well as some of my written logic and history. For those of you that have several members researching the same line, I highly recommend this site. It's free; you get 10 meg of disk space. It has a place for your photographs. It has a gedcom tree site. It has a place to store documentation. It allows you to mass email the members. It has a chat room for your group. It allows you to maintain a in-depth profile of each person. You can set up your information to group them. In my case, I used the sub-lines as my grouping. Plus you can group various sites together; for me I have a site for my lines other than Bottoms and another for my wife's lines. You can email me at HarveyBottoms@CSI.com. Currently we have almost 50 individuals invited and a total of 19 have already became part of the group. Harvey

Dear Group, Most of this was posted in Jan 98 but so much has been done by so many since then that I wanted to do an update. First the Family of John Alexander Bottoms as I know it then some comments. JOHN ALEXANDER BOTTOMS b. 1 Aug 1829, Rutherford Co, TN, s/o John R Bottoms and Nancy Jordon; d. 17 Mar 1910 at Opposition, AR, and is burried in the Opposition Cem.; married 23 Sep 1857 in TN to Minerva Jane Crouse b. 8 Mar 1833, Rutherford Co, TN, d/o Harmon George Crouse and Mary Ann Murry; d. 8 Feb 1907 at Opposition, AR, burried in the Opposition Cem. They had the following children: JAMES BOTTOMS b. abt 1859 in TN died bef 1870. MARY BOTTOMS b. 1861 in TN, d. 1871 in AR, burr. Opposition Cem. JOHN W (Johnny) BOTTOMS b. 1 Dec 1862 in AR; d. 3 Jul 1911; burried in the Crossroads Cem near Portia, AR; married 27 Aug 1884 to Tennessee Watts b. abt 1869. WILLIAM (Pete) BOTTOMS b. 16 Aug 1865, d. 11 Sep 1937; never married; bur. Opposition Cem. THOMAS M BOTTOMS b. 5 Jul 1867 in AR, d. 11 Mar 1934 Ravenden, AR; burried Opposition Cem.; mar. 2 Jan 1989 in AR to Emler Mae (Emma) Summers, b. 29 Jan 1870; d. 9 Nov 1949; burried Opposition Cem. ELIZABETH (Lizzie or Id) BOTTOMS b. 6 Feb 1867 in AR, d. 14 Oct 1959; Burried Opposition Cem; m. 28 Dec 1887 to Bledsoe (Bletch) Holder b. 13 Jan 1863; d. 14 Jan 1929 burried Opposition Cem. JOSEPH BOTTOMS b. 6 Feb 1871in AR, d. 21 Feb 1955; burr. Opposition Cem.; married 10 Jan 1894 to Mary (Mollie) Holder b. 1876; d. 1959; burr. Oposition Cem. SARAH (Sally) BOTTOMS b. 25 Aug 1873 in AR; d. 9 Oct 1957; burried Opposition Cem; married 10 Feb 1892 to Henry Deyling b. 11 Aug 1864; d. 18 Feb 1950; burried Opposition Cem. Some notes. The Bottoms moved to the Portia area of Lawrence County, AR, after the birth of James but before the 1860 census. They went back to TN (I believe Gibson County) for a year. Mary was born there. My mother thought James died there since his grave is not marked in the Opposition Cem. All I know for sure is that he did not make the 1870 census. When they came back they lived near Opposition, Lawrence County, AR, a town that no longer exists. Anyone looking for the Opposition Cemetery should start at Ravenden, AR and ask for directions. The cemetery is still active. They were back in time for all the other children to be born near Opposition, Lawrence, AR. All but James and Johnny are burried there. I can somewhat do the families of all those who had families. My ancestor is Tom Bottoms. I have details on that one. Tom Baird

Howdy All: My brother-in-law who is a descendant of the BOTTOMS Family of Chesterfield Co., VA. recently informed me that there was a new book on the BOTTOMS Family. It is titled: "The New World Book of Bottoms" Has anyone heard of this book? It is by chance another one of the cleverly concocted schemes by Halbert's of Bath, Ohio to obtain money and provide very little genealogical information? Your responses will be greatly appreciated. Warmest Regards, Bernie in Northern Virginia

Howdy All: My wife is a descendant of the BOTTOMS Family from Chesterfield Co., VA and Henrico Co.,VA. It is my understanding that there was a woman (name unknown) who lived in Chesterfield Co., VA and did a considerable amount of research on the Bottoms Family. When she passed away several years ago all of her genealogical records were donated to the Chesterfield County Generlogical Society. Does anyone out there know anything about this donation? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Warmest Regards, Bernie in Northern Virginia

There is a Mesquite in Dallas Co., Tx. which became a county in 1846. Hopkins County, formed in 1846 also, is North East of Dallas back towards Texarkana. Could this be Mesquite, Dallas Co., Tx?

Keith, I have received your rootsweb posting. As of right now, I cannot tie my Bottoms line directly to yours, however, some of my Bottoms relatives went to Texas in early 1900s, and it is believed, though not verified, that they went there to join other relatives who had been there for a much longer time. The only areas that I know about at this time are near Dallas and Fort Worth. My mother was born in Benbrook, Texas, which now is a suburb of Dallas, but in 1917 was part of a very large ranch. My grandfather, James Alfred Bottoms had gone there to work as a carpenter. His father was John Alfred Bottoms of Cullman, Alabama. It is possible that he went to Texas about this time, or had been there earlier. Please stay in touch and I will let you know of any information I get which may be related to your lines. Sincerely, Arlene Hampton Birmingham, AL

looking for any information. John Thomas Bottoms born 1839 Tenn dont know where in Tenn. Charles T. Bottoms ?? mother Matilda born 1821 Tenn. Sister Nancy born 1837 Tenn Married Willis Chapman 8-29-1855 sister Elmira born 1842 Tenn married Franklin Chester 9-25-1856 John Thomas Bottoms married Aurilla Jane Hargrave 9-14-1865 in Mesquite, Hopkins County was in Texas Cavalry in civil war I would like any info. on Father and Mother as I can not go any farther. Keith

To: AYoung a/k/a Albert Curtis Bottoms According to your message below your father Vergil Bottoms had a brother Ed and a brother Alley. Alley Bottoms is a/k/a Allie Alexander Bottoms, the father of William "Bill" Kincaid Bottoms whose address is Route 3, Box 27, Blanchard, OK 73010-9206, telephone number 405-485-3812. I talked with William "Bill" Kincaid Bottoms on the telephone this date and he would like to hear from you again. Please call him or write to him. He has done a lot of research on your family and would be happy to help you further. Allie Alexander Bottoms was married twice. The maiden name of his first wife was Beggs and they had two children: 1) James Bottoms, and 2) GennaVe Bottoms. James Bottoms and his wife, Becky Bottoms' address is 3112 Del Rancho, Del City, OK 73115, telephone number 405-677-3727. GennaVe Bottoms is deceased. Allie Alexander Bottoms and his second wife, Linnie Ruth Kincaid, had four children: 1) William "Bill" Kincaid Bottoms, 2) John Bottoms, 3) Hugh Bottoms, and 4) Paul Bottoms. William "Bill" Kincaid Bottoms and his wife Loretta Bottoms' address is Route 3, Box 27, Blanchard, OK 73010-9206, telephone number 405-485-3812. John Bottoms lives in Oklahoma City, OK. Hugh Bottoms lives in Miami, FL and Paul Bottoms lives in Wynnewood, OK Pat (Bottoms) Wallace ---Original Message----- From: Harvey L. Bottoms <HarveyBottoms@CSI.com> To: BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com <BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: [BOTTOM-L] FW: acquainted? >Albert sent this request to my cousin John. Can someone out there help >him? > >Harvey > > >-----Original Message----- >From: jbottoms@bcstexas.com [mailto:jbottoms@bcstexas.com] >Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 8:26 AM >To: Harvey Bottoms >Subject: Fw: acquainted? > >Harvey, >Was wondering if any of them names mentioned in this Email I received might >be familiar to you? >John >-----Original Message----- >From: AYoung2r@aol.com <AYoung2r@aol.com> >To: jbottoms@bcstexas.com <jbottoms@bcstexas.com> >Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 9:30 PM >Subject: acquainted? > > >|John, >| >|I was raised in Oklahoma. I went to school in Wynnewood with the name of >|Albert Curtis Bottoms. I know that I have a number of relatives in the >|Midwest but time and distance as made them unavailable to me for the past >60 >|years. >|My Father was Vergil - his brothers were Alley, and Ed. >|? >| >| > > > > >

Albert since this request to my cousin John. Can someone out there help him? Harvey -----Original Message----- From: jbottoms@bcstexas.com [mailto:jbottoms@bcstexas.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 8:26 AM To: Harvey Bottoms Subject: Fw: acquainted? Harvey, Was wondering if any of them names mentioned in this Email I received might be familiar to you? John -----Original Message----- From: AYoung2r@aol.com <AYoung2r@aol.com> To: jbottoms@bcstexas.com <jbottoms@bcstexas.com> Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 9:30 PM Subject: acquainted? |John, | |I was raised in Oklahoma. I went to school in Wynnewood with the name of |Albert Curtis Bottoms. I know that I have a number of relatives in the |Midwest but time and distance as made them unavailable to me for the past 60 |years. |My Father was Vergil - his brothers were Alley, and Ed. |? | |

Dear Cousins: Recently I received information on the Establishment of the Bottom/Bottoms Family Association depository Lists serviced by Genweb and housed at Rootsweb. Bill Bottoms who manages the Bottoms home page initiated the Boards. The purpose is to categorize the information that YOU contribute for others to see. Its called sharing. Although I do not know who ultimately owns the information placed there, It is free for all to see, copy and use. No strings attached, that is to say, its in the public domain. I believe that if each of us will just cut, copy and paste information we already have it will be a benefit to all of us and even to those who might be interested later. Additionally This will help Bill in that he will not have to maintain all the categories information. For some reason Bill's messages to me have been rejected by my IP and My messages to Bill have been rejected by his IP. I guess we will have to go get a free Email acct some where so that we can communicate. I do not know what the problem is but it appears to be consistent. The following URL will help lead you to the Family Association Lists of Not only the Bottoms but to any that exist of other Surnames. I figure the URL to the Index is better than the direct URL to Bottoms. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Happy Bottom hunting Jim.

Dear Jewel, Thank you so much for contacting me. I am particularly excited about hearing from you because in over 20 years you are the first person who possibly thinks that my Frances (Bottoms) Sims might be related to this particularly Bottoms family. Since I have never come up with anything concrete directly connecting her, I have looked very hard at their, (Malachi and Frances (Bottoms) Sims, surroundings wherever they lived. And sure enough, in every situation, this same Bottoms family turns up near them. Did you have any thoughts on the Mary A. that lived with them in Barbour CO. AL at the time of the 1850 census? She and Frances were both born in SC and she was only a few years older than Frances. Do you know where in SC this Bottoms line might originate or come from? Have you come across any Sims connections in your Bottoms and Hartsfield lookings? Frances and Malachi had to have some association with the Hartsfield's since they were married by J.H. Hartsfield in Pike CO. GA. Yes, Jewel, I deffinately intend to keep in touch. Please let me know if you find out anything on Frances' connection. She is one of my long lost links, and I put finding out about her at the to of my ancestor priority list. Cynthia-- >I have read with interest what you have found on the AL Bottoms' >families. >The Bottoms' and Hartsfields are closely related through at least >three generations from the late 1700's to the mid 1800's. James >Madison Bottoms (My GGGfather) married Eliza McElroy Hartsfield in >Pike Co., January 1840. This was a second marriage, as his first >wife, Elizabeth Lockhart, had died 8 days after childbirth in October >of 1839. Eliza (Elizabeth) was a young girl, 19 years of age! James >Madison Bottoms had 8 children in his first marriage, and with the >unfortunate death of Elizabeth Lockhart, was required to find a young >wife to help him. Eliza Hartsfield and James Madison Bottoms are >buried in a family cemetery in Fayetteville, GA. I have recently >restored and fenced the graves, as they are a hazard on a Golf Course >today!! Eliza and James had an additional 8 children. > >James and Elizabeth's children are: Nancy, b.1822, John S., b.1825, >Susann, b.1827, Louisa Jane, b.1830, Lavinia, b.1832, Lucinda >Caroline,b. 1834, Aaron L., b. 1836, and Martha Prudence, b. 1839. >James and Eliza's children are: George Washington, b.1840, Sarah >Elizabeth, b. 1842, Francis Marion, b. 1845, Mary Ola, b.1850, James >M. (Madison), b.1851, Robert Hampton, b. 1854, Richard Anthony, b. >1858, and Thomas Jefferson, b. 1860. > >As you can see the Bottoms' were found of revolutionary heros and >named many of their children after those who we consider "founding >fathers". > >In your letters to Bill and Gary, the mention of my great aunts book, >"Bottoms Families in America" is indeed a start, but in no way should >it be the final on any data gathered! Although Almira Bottoms Butler >did much research, she conjectured plenty! I am in the process of >discovering additional information on the families of Burrell and >Sarah Bottoms, James Madison and his brothers and sisters. > I believe Francis Bottoms is a sister of James Madison Bottoms. >Burrell is a favorite family name, and I continue to look for written >documentation of Burrell Bottoms and Sarah Hartsfield's marriage and >family. I do know that Burrell received a GA Gold Lottery land grant >in 1820. And that he had lands in what is now Pike County, possibly >Pickens, Forsythe, and Gwinnett counties. He may also have had some >claims in Wilkes, Oglethorpe, and Jones counties. I need to travel >to GA to find the detailed land descriptions of the lottery winnings. > Burrell sells land to James Madison, and James sells land to other >during his time in Pike County, 1820-1830's. James moved to >Fayetteville in the 1840's. The current thought is that James' >brothers were John, Noel, Davis, Parker, and Burrell. And that the >Burrell you mentioned as being destitute may be indeed this brother. >I doubt very seriously it is the grandfather Burrell, married to >Sarah Hartsfield. There are many (3-4 each) John, James, and William >Bottoms' in Georgia and Alabama at this time (1820-1850). > >I would like to meet with a group of these folks interested in the >Bottoms' of the Burrell family-- just to see what we could >collectively come up with!! There will be a Bottoms family reunion >in Scottsboro AL over the July 4th weekend, 1999. We are all >descendents from James Madison and Eliza Harstsfield Bottoms son, >Thomas Jefferson. I would like to invite anyone who would like to >join us to do so! We may have to go back a few more generations!! > >Please keep in touch with me on the above research-- I am still >barking up some of the same trees!! I would like to speak with >anyone who has any information about Burrell Bottoms-- whatsoever!! >Thanks Jewel Wellborn, 2 Mtn Cedar Lane, Littleton, CO. 80127 > >____ >Jewel and Tom Wellborn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Researching these Genealogy lines: Sims (line 1)....(includes: Vinson, Wright, Bottoms, Hartsfield, Wilmot, Nichols, Hamlin) SC>GA>AL Sims (line 2)....(includes: Hilson, Odom, Austin, Hill, Ashburn, Forsyth, Falconer, Symes) VA>NC>SC>GA>AL SIMS line 2 possibly originating in Great Britain:Dorset, Somerset, Devon. Bradberry line. (includes: O'Neal/O'Neill, Cogdell, Gilmore, Barksdale, Harvey, Burnley, Terrell, Randolph) GA>AL O'Neal/O'Neill (includes: Bradberry, Sellers, Smilie, Raiford, McMillen/McMillin, Frizzell, Ellis, Edwards) GA>AL Kirkland....... (includes: Singleton, Kellum, Tabor, Kuykendall,Hartfield) SC>TN>GA>AL>MS>LA>TX Singleton...... (includes: Kirkland, Major) MO>TX

In a message dated 99-02-12 19:39:07 EST, you write: << drches01@pop.uky.edu (Donald Chesnut) >> Hello Don! I also descend from this family. My fourth great grandmother was Mary "Polly" Bottoms. ---------------------------------------- 4. F Child: Mary "Polly" BOTTOMS Birth: About 1774 Spouse: SMITH ---------------------------------------- I was wondering if you had any other information on her. I had her name listed as Mary Briggs Bottoms - married to Rev. Thomas Smith 6/12/1797 in Jefferson Co., TN. Do you know if she was married once before - to a Briggs? Do you have any information on her children. Rev. Thomas Smith was a pastor in a church in Cocke Co., TN for over forty years - and even preached a surmon on his 100th birthday. I had her children listed as: John, James, Mary, Lyddia, Thomas B., Sarah and Thomas L. (Thomas L. Smith appears as a "child" on the 1850 Cocke Co., TN census in the household of Thomas and Mary Smith - it seems unlikely though, that they had two sons with the same name of Thomas, doesn't it?) I can definately trace my ancestry to Thomas L. Smith - but still am unsure if his parents were actually Mary Bottoms and Rev. Thomas Smith. Thanks much for your help! Julie Walters