on 10/26/00 10:47 AM, Beth Lackey at [email protected] wrote: > > --WebTV-Mail-11941-426 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > When I was reading your letter I felt a heart worm feeling of happiness > for you, I think that's what we all dream about. > At the end of your letter to my surprise I saw your Gray surname. > I also have the Gray surname. My Grey's married into the surnames > Meadows, Jeffreys and Rye. There are other's that are not my direct > descendants, and I can't remember them right now. Where do your Gray's > come from? A lot of the Gray's that I have now is in the Al. area. > Hope to hear from you soon, I'm so happy to hear your good news, It > gives us hope. > Beth > > ............BOO............... > HAPPY HALLOWEEN > My Family Surnames; > Langley, Casteel, Shields, > Nalley/ Nally, Nelson, Gray, > Meadows, Rye, Jeffreys, > Borden, Green, Brummett >> From Beth in Missouri > > > --WebTV-Mail-11941-426 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.31) by > storefull-175.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 > 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) > Received: by smtpin-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 1406D100; Thu, > 26 Oct 2000 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) > Delivered-To: [email protected] > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by > smtpin-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id > 54439142; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:28:37 -0700 (PDT) > Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id > e9Q2WLA05977; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:32:21 -0700 > Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:32:21 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed Oct 25 19:32:20 2000 > User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:31:47 -0700 > From: Susan Donahue <[email protected]> > Old-To: DanvilleCrossing <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <B61D01C3.1B7%[email protected]> > Mime-version: 1.0 > Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > Subject: [DC] Cousins Found > Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/13732 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > Hello List...I've been away for several months, during which I moved from > Illinois to Nebraska. It took a while to settle in, but I'm back to doing > family research, with a new computer and renewed enthusiasm. > > About a month ago, after years of looking for traces of my West Tennessee > ancestors, by mail, on-line, and in person, I discovered that I had > neglected to pay attention to some important clues...phone books! Two > cousins, seperated from my branch of the family by three generations and > 70-some years, discovered me. Imagine my surprise upon larning that they > lived in the Danville Crossing area, in Waverly and New Johnsonville. I > have passed that way several times in my research, but had my eyes focused > on graveyards, courthouses and libraries, and missed my real-life kin. We > have swapped stories, photographs, etc., and sarted to bridge the gaps in > our history. From now on, I will watch for the trees in the forest, and try > not to trip over my own roots. > > Susan Barger Donahue > [email protected] > [email protected] > > (Searching BARGER, HURT, BRIGANCE, PRYOR, GRAY & HUIE in TN) > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... > is that normal ??? > > > --WebTV-Mail-11941-426-- > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My genealogy software won't accept "spaceship" > as a "Place of Birth"..... Now What ???? > Hello, Beth Thanks for your nice note. My gr-gr-grandmother, Catherine Gray, was the wife of William O. Barger, Sr. They lived in Tippah County, MS until 1862. After the Civil War, they lived in Henderson County, TN, which was William's birthplace, and later, in the 1890's, they moved to Henry County, TN and moved west to Oklahoma during the Land Rush. We don't know who her parents were, but we have an old photograph of Catherine and William. She had long dark braids, and it appears that she was either Indian, or part Indian. There were Grays from Tippah County who were Chicasaw Indians who owned a mill and inn. I can't prove any connection, but it is an intriguing possibility. One of the hard parts of researching Grays is that there were so many of them in West Tennessee. Susan Barger Donahue