The Faris family may be key to our brick wall. We are the Riggins family and two branches of this prolific bunch left NC about 1795-1805. One group went to TN,KY,IL,MO. The other branch went to SC,GA,AL. Both traveled with Faris families. Margaret Faris dau of James Faris and Anne married John Riggin about 1807 in TN(?) and they are found in Madison Co IL in the early 1800's. Margaret's parents seem to have birthed two younger siblings of Margaret's in SC in the late 1700's. The other group of Riggins/Faris people were in Talledega Co. Al in the 1850's. Before that time they were in Ga, and possibly SC. Wesley M.D. Faris, James Faris and Mary Long (Lang) Faris were all listed in the 1880 AL census as being born in Al (all in 20's-30) with a Mother from TN and a father from Georgia. They all married Riggins' and lived next to each other. Help! Thanks , Maryellen