Here is Ellen's address she isn't on the list yet. Pauline Ellen M. Crawford emcraw@azstarnet.com Cassie wrote: > Hello, Hello > I am on a lot of List and had just about given up on nearly all of them. > Until I saw Helen Oliver's message come through. I wasn't even going to > take the time to read it. All the others that I had read that came through > the list I never new if I was related or not. > But on yours I recognized the name Hitt/Holtzclaw and John Hitt and Franky > (Frances) Banks. > My ancestors are: > Peter Franks b.; 6 Dec 1781 in Wake Co., NC and died 14 Aug 1866 in > Beinville Parish, LA. He married Rachel Hitt 5 Aug 1808, daughter of John > Hitt and Frances Banks. This information was from the Bible of Peter > Franks. They were probably married in Cape Girardeau Co., MO. > Is the same John Hitt and Frances Banks as yours? Were yours in Wilkes > Co., GA. also? > I am descended from Peter and Rachel (Hitt) Franks' son Henry Franks (m. > Nancy Crow in La.) their daughter Mary E. Franks who m. William Y. Hudson > 1867 in Union Co., AR, their daughter Margaret "Maggie" T. Hudson who m. > Levi T. Music. Henry Franks died in Coryell Co., TX in 1923. > Cassie/Margaret Rainwater > > Ellen M. Crawford wrote: emcraw@azstarnet.com > > I am very interested in the Hitt-Holtzclaw families. My husband is > connected through his mother as follows: > John Hitt d Cape Girardeau MO m Frankie Banks > Mary Katherine Hitt b 1797 d 1878 Cape Girardeau married John > Randol > Jane Elizabeth Randol b 1816 d 1865 Tarrant co TX married > Richardson Mitchell Elliott. > Mary Louise Elliot b 1840 d 1877 Tarrant co TX married John J Watson. > Rachel Emma Watson b 1866 d 1903 Tarrant Co TX married #1 William > Slaton, #2 William Jennings Reed. > My mother-in-law was a daughter of the Reeds. > > Do you have any information on the Hitt-Banks family? I have > been told that John Hitt was a son of Henry Hitt and Alice Katherine > Holtzclaw. I > would appreciate any help. I do appreciate your time and attention in > reading this. Ellen in Tucson emcraw@azstarnet.com