Well, a lot of folks from Burke and Jefferson did roll into Russell County, AL, which is right across the river from Columbus, GA. Never forget one thing about most migrations -- they moved almost dead west from their original location. I always tend to say they did not move exactly due west but somewhere along a line "south of west," because we know they all lived north of 30 degrees north latitude which makes the sun actually appear south of directly overhead at 12 noon, even in the summer. This tends to make them move more south of west than they would a lesser latitude. Before the end of the Indian Wars, even as late as the 1830's, it was tough going in states like AL and MS. I always love revisionist historians who like to say, today, these poor little Indians never harmed anybody, but that is pure hogwash. They even murdered some of my ROBINSON bunch in Wayne and Charlton Counties as late as the 1840's and these ROBINSONS were part Indian (Tuscaroras of Duplin County, NC), as the story goes. These were tough times and not for the meek and those who were looking for someone to blame for their troubles, like so many of our generation, today. I can just imagine some attorney from our generation attempting to file suit for some of the trivial things they file suits for today - they would have been thrown out of court so fast they may have ended up in a completely different county. Not to mention the tar and feathers that would probably accompany them. <grin> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ARTNFRAMES@aol.com> To: <GAJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [GAJEFFER] Families of Jefferson County, GA > In a message dated 6/27/2004 8:47:36 AM Central Daylight Time, > jclarke@rose.net writes: > Hi, > When I see BROUGHTON, I generally look towards Charleston. I also know > there were some had large land holdings in the southwest portion of Morgan > County, GA near the Jasper County, Ga line, early. I do not know where > they > came from or where they went but since they are an early Charleston > family, > I look at them, closely. > > John R. Clarke > Thomasville, GA > Thanks John, This is a strange lot. I have searched and so far all the > Broughton's from Sc say they don't connect. Hub Broughton told me that the > Russell > Co, AL / Jefferson Co,Ga, Bunch has always been a mystery. I will check > Charleston and see what I can find. > > Betty > > > ==== GAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > GAJEFFER-ADMIN@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >