Steve and Betty, I have the William Bottoms Aug. 16, 1865 - Sep. 11, 1937 born in Lawrence Co., Arkansas and William Bottoms born 1848 that Jim mentioned as being born in Gibson County, which is incorrect. He was born in Wilson County, Tennessee. I ran across a William Bottoms in Lauderdale County, Tennessee which belongs to Lester Bottoms. They were originally from Alabama. Harvey Researching the following families: Bottoms, Keas, Stribling, Chambers, Hodges, Golden, Sweeney, Lovelace, Welch, Pettit, Cagle and others. -----Original Message----- From: BOTTOM-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:BOTTOM-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Steve&Betty Snow Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 4:26 PM To: BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOTTOM-L] William BOTTOM or William BOTTOMS I am trying to sort out the various William BOTTOM or William BOTTOMS about whom I have information. Can anyone help sort these out? William Bottom/s b. about 1828 , probably TN - died ? Patent Description AR0660__.244 Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 11060 Misc. Document Nr. : Patentee Name: BOTTOM, WILLIAM P Signature Date: 07/01/1859 William BOTTOM, son of John and Nancy BOTTOMS BOTTOMS, William -- b. 16 August, 1875; or 1865 - 11 September, 1937 William F. BOTTOM/S (10 Nov 1855 TN-16 Jul 1889, AR) William Bottoms, b. Oct 1864 in Ark., parents unknown., d. abt 1902, William Forrest Bottom died in Memphis in 1996 Can anyone add other William Bottom/s who lived in TN or AR or MO? ==== BOTTOM Mailing List ==== If you have a url for a Bottom/Bottoms Web site send it in Email to me at JLANTRIP@prodigy.net and I will place it in one of these Tab lines.