Darlene, I have Howell family in White Co.,Tenn.that moved to Texas before 1880 o.My husband's grandfather was sent to live with them when his mother Tabitha Howell died in 1887.I think the person that he was with was John Howell.I have a census that places him in the house of John Howell in Tx.1900 as a young man I think 22 years old.I have these Howells on the Howell Web site.It is the family of John Howell and Nancy Brewer from Va.and White Co.Tenn..This might be of interest to you.It was really a large family of Howells. Jeany