>Does anyone know anything about the Downings in Montgomery Co. ,AL ? My gr- >grandparents were Enoch Wells Downing ( b. 1847-d. 5Jan1911 ) and Susan >Rebecca Canty ( d.1912 ) . I recently restored their graves in the Canty >Cemetery off Mt. Zion Rd. in Montgomery Co. and would love to learn more about >them.They are the only gr-grandparents of whom I have no pictorial record. I >think his parents were Joseph Spencer Downing and Sarah Jane Luke with his >paternal grandmother being a Spencer and his maternal grandfather a Wells ( >Enoch Wells ? ) . I was told that the Downings came to Montgomery in 1838 in >the same wagons as the Cantys, Benbows, and Turnipseeds from South Carolina ( >either Sumter or Laurens Co.s). Any help at all will be appreciated. The only >grandparent I knew was a Downing...Sarah Jane "Clevie" Downing Pugh and I know >the least about her family of all my lines. There is still a crossroads >outside of Montgomery on Hiway 82 that is referred to as >Downing. Sincere >thanks, jbpnomad@aol.com > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > Re: Enoch Downing: I suggest you write Delma W. Phebus, 1630 Mohr Road, Evansville, IN 47720-7116 for a query I saw and made note of [unknown publication, probably The Helper] in 1994. Her line is Joseph Downing b 1777 South Carolina, married Mary Wells and had children: William, James, Martha, Joseph, Thomas and George. That is ALL I know about this family. Sherry