Forwarded message from Molly LcLaughlin. Please respond to Molly at [email protected] > I have came across a John M. Fowler with my own Georgia research and = > have tried to find the connection with this Fowler and my husband's = > Sansom-Malone genealogy. Some of the other families connected with = > Daniel Malone, who along with John M. Fowler witnessed an 1817 deed of = > Micajah Sansom, Jr. (bought land of a James Pridgeon)...in Jasper Co., = > Ga. does include the Echols family, so is there a general connection? = > Both Daniel's family and Micajah, Sr. were of Lunenburg Co., Va. and = > from my recall there are Fowlers in Lunenburg Co., Va. Obediah Echols, = > Jr. son of Obediah, Sr. and a brother of Milner Echols md. Susan Sansom = > who lived at one time in Clarke Co., Ga. before moving to Walton Co., = > Ga. Their son, Robert M. Echols md. a girl from Clarke Co., Ga. also = > and he is the namesake of Echols Co., Ga. He died in the Mexican War. = > His wife, Mary Melton Echols, and her mother, all live in Walton Co., = > Ga. 1850. Obediah and Milner were sons of James Echols who d. 1825 in = > Clarke Co., Ga. and James son of a Richard Echols. James Echols came to = > Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary war and lived near William = > Sansom who md. in Wilkes Co., Ga. an Elizabeth Napier, d/o Richard = > Napier. The records suggest a Louisa Co., Va. origin. =20 > Always search the genealogy of all the folks who lived around your own = > suspect family and go back on their genealogy or area of where they = > moved to the area. Lots of clues are in your family's neighbors and = > friends in this area. They stayed together and married together much = > more than is common any time since. Don't just follow your relatives, = > follow those they deal with too...you won't be disappointed.