I found mine in Franklin Co., TN - not sure where they came from. They were there in the late 1700's. Then in 1817 they went to IL. Debi Sharon's Genealogy Corner wrote: > > I am researching my Farris/Faris lines in Claiborne, Carter & Johnson > County, Tn. These Farris families migrated to Tn from Washington & > Russell County, Va in the early 1800's. My direct Farris line left > Johnson County, Tn., abt. 1869 and migrated to Polk County, Missouri. > I will be more then happy to share what info I have. > > Sharon Wilhite Day > http://www/mocom.net/~2days > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in Farris -- Debi Fort Myers, FL df620@gate.net - - - - - - - - - Funny, I don't remember being absent minded.