This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meadows and Moore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/He.2ADE/1343.1 Message Board Post: Hi Leigh: My husband's Moore line came to Wilkinson County in the early 1800's and went to Jackson Co. FL around 1860, then to Covington Co. AL. My husband's gggrandfather was James Moore born 1806 SC who married Elizabeth Meadows born 1816. I have a lot of information on both the Moore and Meadows lines so maybe if we put our heads together we can figure these folks out! I am fairly certain that the Meadows family in Wilkinson came from Spartanburg Co. SC and are related somehow to John Meadows RW soldier who was living in the household of Joseph Meadows in the 1840 census. I have the pension records of John Meadows but his children are not named. According to the census records and other researchers it looks like John might have married 3 times and had around 20 children but I haven't found anything that names these children. I have found a land record dated around 1838 in Spartanburg Co. from John W. Meadows giving his land and household belongings to his son John W. Meadows Jr. f! or love and affection and I think this might be when John Meadows left Spartanburg County and moved to Wilkinson County to live with Joseph Meadows. The time frame is right. I don't have your John Lee Meadows in my database. Was his family originally in Wilkinson County? Do you have other information such as dates or where he was born? Also, please tell me more about your Moore line. Looking forward to hearing from you! Janet Moore