Some members of these families (and others) migrated from Butler County, Alabama to Bienville, Red River, Desoto Parish, Louisiana area c. 1870s. PEARCE/PIERCE, NORRIS, DEAN, LEE, BURKETT, RILEY, FRANKLIN, MYRICK, GARRETT, PUGH PEARCE family married these names in LA: COBB, ARD, HOUSTON, PATTERSON, PROTHRO--also possibly HAY and PARKS of Union and Ouachita parishes My main research is in South Alabama counties: Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Covington, Wilcox, Lowndes, Crenshaw-- Surnames: BLACK, HALL, MORRIS, HARTLEY, LEE, BROOKS, REID, PARKER, BURKETT, JOINER/JOYNER, PEAVY, Robinson, CAVE, MASON Cheryll Sumner Mobile, Alabama