Hi John - I have a CUNNINGHAM family from Hart County - JAMES CUNNINGHAM m. ELIZABETH A. HENDERSON - daughter ELIZABETH ANN CUNNINGHAM b 1859 Pay Up, Hart, County, GA m. GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN b. 1851, Elbert County, GA... Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Clarke" <jclarke@rose.net> To: <GAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [GAMORGAN-L] Spring Roll Call - RANKIN > Linda, > It is funny you mention RANKIN and AL. I carry several RANKINS who were > around various members of the DANIEL family which is my primary area of > interest. David RANKIN married a Mary MOORE of Mecklenburg County, North > Carolina. She was the daughter of Hugh MOORE and Margaret FITZGERALD who > later migrated to Chambers County, AL -- the same place that some of the > FITZPATRICKS of Morgan County, GA also migrated to. The FITZPATRICKS are > tied to my Morgan County, GA DANIEL-RICHTER bunch. The children of David > and Mary married a B. W. JONES, John W. DANIEL, and a Mary P. -- all before > 1860 but I have no other information on them. > The CALDWELLS also interest me. I have a CALDWELL family that migrated > from Somerset County, Maryland to Green County, North Carolina and then to > Jefferson County, GA. The family of Spencer, Robert and Simon CALDWELL and > I know there were collateral links between Burke, Jefferson and Morgan > County, GA in my DANIEL family so I assume there may have been in other > families. . > There is a CALDWELL family that was collateral with the James CUNNINGHAM > and Anne THOMSON family of Charlotte County, VA. Some of these CUNNGHAMS > later migrated to Greene County, GA and are tied to one of the DANIEL > families of Greene County -- the Cunningham DANIEL family. I do not think > these DANIEL families were related and there were other DANIEL families in > Greene County, GA. > > I get the sneaky feeling that siblings of some families moved into Burke > and their siblings into Greene County, GA. Later, their children migrated > into Jefferson County, GA and their nieces and nephews into Morgan County, > GA. In other words -- when a family migrated to GA, they split up with some > parts of some families moving into Burke County, GA and their siblings into > Greene County, GA or that general area. They may have done this so as to > facilitate the families overall claim to Revolutionary War land grants > because Louisville, Jefferson County, GA was the State Capitol for about 10 > years before the capitol was moved to Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA. > Or, a older brother moved to Burke, got the land grants for their younger > siblings, based on their father's RS service, and their younger bothers > later moved to Greene County, GA or that general area. > As most may know, there was a lot of politicking in the acquisition of > these land grants, especially the early ones..... > > John R. Clarke > Feel free to visit my website at: > www.outdoorwriter.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Preston" <neecamp@juno.com> > To: <GAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: [GAMORGAN-L] Spring Roll Call - RANKIN > > > > I am looking for Joseph Calvin (or Campbell) RANKIN (b. 18 Apr 1816 UNK, > > d. 4 Apr 1871 Cherokee Co., AL), whom, it is believed resided in Morgan > > County, Georgia, prior to 1870. It appears he resided with one Robert > > Caldwell RANKIN, who married Elizabeth (Betsy) AKINS (1818 Morgan Co., > > GA), in Morgan County in the mid-1800s, but it is not known for sure if > > Robert was Joseph's father. > > > > Joseph married Mary Elizabeth GRAHAM (d/o Alexander and Mary [surname > > unknown] GRAHAM) before 1866, probably in Alabama. Their children were > > Robert Russell, Henry Emma, and Joseph Alexander. It is likely that this > > was his second marriage, but I have no confirmation of a first. > > > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to > > neecamp@yahoo.com. > > > > Regards, > > Linda > > *************************** > > Linda Preston - Stuck in Southern California > > Primary: neecamp@yahoo.com/Secondary: famtree5@juno.com > > RESEARCHING: Camp, Nutt, Pippen/Pippin, Dennis, Neal, Webb, Vestal, > > Rankin, Ray, Allen, and oh so many more! > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > > > ==== GAMORGAN Mailing List ==== > > Don't forget to change the Subject line of your message when you change > the subject of a reply message. > > > > > > > > ==== GAMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation for longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > Click on the following link and your message is ready to send > Mail Mode: > mailto:GAMORGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > Digest Mode: > Mail Mode: > mailto:GAMORGAN-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >