I will try to send you some information....but it may be two weeks...I suspect your widow moved either because of church or relatives and I suspect relatives....Lets see...there was an 1855 census wasn't there....You might find her neighboring a relative...I will send you what I have from various books that indicate some families that moved together....as i said it may be two weeks as i am leaving tomorrow on a trip..bettty At 09:30 AM 1/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Ms. Richardson: >In reading your response about the Primitive Baptist Church, I was struck >with the connection between Maury County, TN and Macoupin County, IL. > >I have been researching Wilson Whitworth and wife Margaret Edging Whitworth >who married in Madison County, IL 1838--both from TN. An Edging/Edgin family >and Whitworth families are found in early Maury County, TN, so I've searched >for a connection in that county. > >The couple was censused in Madison County, IL in 1840 with one son. Wilson >died in March 1850, and the 1850 census later in June, shows widow Margaret >and 5 children. Margaret Edging Whitworth moved to the Carlinville area of >Macoupin County sometime after that, where she died in January 1857. >Macoupin County Court records indicate her 5 children were placed in various >Carlinville homes, where we can find them in 1860 census. There is no record >of her burial site. > >I have been unable to learn what brought Margaret and her family to >Carlinville after her husband's death. Do you have information on the >surnames of families that were part of this religious group? It is the first >time I have seen a connection between these two counties and may have some >bearing on Margaret's move to Macoupin County. Margaret died intestate and >her estate was negligible. > >Jan Miller > > >==== ILGREENE Mailing List ==== >Visit the Greene County USGenWeb Homepage! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgreene/green.htm