This email was sent to Harvey Bottoms Who placed it on the List but due to the formatting of the original message in HTML it was rejected and sent to me, Jim Lantrip, I have copied the Text version from the original. And put it back on the List. Thanks Harvey for forwarding it. I hope someone can help Sonja. Dear Shirley, First of all, it is an honor to be addressing a person with the last name of Bottoms. That I know of , I never have had the pleasure before, although my Great Grandmother was a Bottoms. I saw your posting on GenForum re: Arvie Zelia Bottoms and my bottom lip fell all the way to my chin. My g-grandmother's name was ARZELIA Bottoms! She went by Arzelia, but her first name was actually Bertha. She and my g-grandfather, David Chester, lived in Northern Georgia, and supposedly her father, Noel Bottoms, (married to Mathilda Richie in SC) , had accompanied his father, Parker Bottoms (married to Sarah Teague) from South Carolina, Abbeville District. Here is my problem: I cannot find Parker's mother or father, sisters or brothers in SC. I can find Bottoms there, I just can't make a definate connection. Also, it would appear that the family moved west after the War Between the States. Noel served as a nurse in the Confederate Army, and was a member of the Dalton Boys. I don't know where Parker was at this time, as I cannot find him. Maybe dead or already moved west. My g-grandma evidently married and stayed in GA with her husband. I am wondering if your Bottoms ancestors might have been brothers or uncles to Parker. I saw a book that my sister bought on the Bottoms family (mainly of Texas) and you could put us beside them and we would fit right in. My grandma and grandpa moved to Texas from GA early in their marriage. They moved to be near family. I don't know whose family, but I don't know of any of my other lines that moved west. They did not like the dust storms and my grandma hated the gela monsters, so they moved back to GA. But I am thinking that it was my grandma's family that they went to join. Arzelia was her mom. I know that one or more of the lines of Bottoms in Texas are related to us, and I would love to make that connection. Maybe you can help me. Does anything I have said jive with your materials? It is a long shot, but the names are so similar that I thought maybe it meant something. I will be eagerly awaiting your response to my email. Thank you for your time and effort God bless you for your help. Sincerely, Sonja Walker, Beatrix2000@ivillage.com |<^>| A self made man usually worships his creator.