Thanks, Harvey! I came to the conclusion that the only way I could get a handle on some for whom I have only one date or event is to try to vacuum clean the William Bottom bits and see what fits with what. Why couldn't the families have used more unusual names!!! Betty Harvey L. Bottoms wrote: > 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. > > ==== 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.