In a message dated 6/25/01 8:58:56 AM, grannyfelder@msn.com writes: << According to an article I have , passed along to me many years ago, many of our people left Perry Co. Al. in 1841 for two reasons: >> My Liggin ancestors left Perry Co., Ala. in 1844. My great uncle has written a family history from information that he remembers hearing from his grandparents and great grandparents. James G. Liggin and his son James Lewis Liggin and their families farmed in Perry Co., Ala. A daughter married and moved to Mississippi. She started sending them letters describing the land in north Louisiana. It was said to be teeming with deer, bear and fish. My great grandfather, James Lewis Liggin, decided to check it out and left on horseback with a month's supply of food and money. He liked what he saw and returned to Alabama. The family sold their land there and moved by wagon to Union Parish. His daughter and her husband joined them. This was in 1845. Prior to Alabama they lived in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sherwood Liggin and his son James G. Liggin moved from Virginia to Georgia in 1792. He was a patriot in the American Revolution and received a draw in the Wilkes Co. land lottery. I have found many of my ancestors lived in Wilkes Co. at this time. They eventually moved into Alabama and then north Louisiana. Maradee LIggin Cryer