Linda- Hi! I am forwarding this email to see if you have any initials in the info that you have...Is John listed as John H.? This would make a connection with Thomas. That would be 2 brothers of the list you sent me. Can you tell anything by the following email? Let me know...Leslie --- James Childers <jameschilders@bellsouth.net> wrote: > In the 1850s there was a tailor living in Spring > Place, Ga in Murray County by the name of John H. > Williams. There was a tanyard that was sold to a > Henry Williams. > > I will search my books further and try to find more. > Good luck. > > James Childers of Murray Co. > > Leslie Riney wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > My name is Leslie Riney and I am from Cape > Girardeau, MO. We are having a family reunion > tomorrow and I have just been online and looking for > any information that I can find on my ancestors. My > great, great grandfather lived in Murray Co. So far > I have not found any information on him and great, > great grandma. Should you ever find anything, I > would appreciate it if you'd pass it on to me. All > I currently know is that his name was John Williams > and her name was Margaret Williams. They had a son > named J. R. Williams who moved to Illinois when he > was 18 and married Mary Whirlow in 1881. So I guess > I'm looking for them being in Murray Co. somewhere > around 1863 and before. I have searched the > cemetaries so far and found nothing. I did find > some Williams' and I suppose they could be related, > although I don't know for sure. I do not know if > John or Margaret had brothers and sisters, nor do I > know yet, what Margaret's maiden name was. I am > going to continue to try and tr! > ac! > > k down any Williams' that I can find online and > make contact. Maybe someone, somewhere recognizes > these names. If you know of any Williams' still in > that area, who may be interested and who may want to > contact me, please do print this out and give them > my email address...Anything would be greatly > appreciated, for I am trying to find out where this > side of the family originated from...Also, if you > know who compiled the cemetary lists...they did a > wonderful job!!! The music was most enjoyable while > I searched... > > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: > GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: > GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ===== Leslie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com