Mitzi, My BROWNINGS came from VA into TN and IL. I think most of them were either Baptist or Methodist. Yulonda Quick Nolen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitzi Hammond Perkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [BROWNING] John Moses Browning > Hello and thank you all for responding. I have been tracking my Browning > line for a few years now and I am familiar with the E.F. Browning book and > the William Hurley book. > I have been told on more than one occasion taht there is no connection > between the 'Northern Brownings" and the "Southern Brownings". I assume this > to mean those Brownings who followed the Mormon trail west and those who > went south into Mississippi, Texas, etc. I have always felt that there was > a connection; that they are of the same lineage. Also that for some reason > there was a big disagreement in the family that caused a permanent rift. I > only recently found that John Moses Browning is connected to my family and > that he was one of the northern Brownings and also a Mormon. All my > previously known Brownings were southern Brownings and protestant--Baptist, > Methodist, etc. I wonder if religion was the reason for the split in the > family? I know that politics and religion are real 'deal-killers' as far as > wills and inheritances are concerned. I wonder if it was enough to erase > all connection? Does any one else have northern and southern Brownings in > their ancestry? > I also know that my own Brownings split again after coming to Collin County > Texas, causing part of the family to move away from a beautiful homeplace > and take up residence elsewhere. I don't know the reason for the split yet. > I do know that my great-great-grandfather William C. Browning and wife, > Rachel Carithers are solitary figures buried in a small grove of trees in > pastureland belonging to new owners, while the remainder of the family are > buried in well-marked and well-kept cemeteries. > Mitzi Hammond Perkins > > > ==== BROWNING Mailing List ==== > Surname Resource Helper: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/b/r/BROWNING/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >