Waneta, My mcElroys came to East Texas from Kentucky by way of Missouri. The story goes that three brothers left Missouri together ca.1845-50, headed for Texas. I have documented two of them; John W. and William "Will" W.(my 2g.gr.father) both married in Sabine County, Texas and raised families (large ones) here. They are both buried with wives in McElroy Cemetary which is in the Moore Plantation Wildlife Preserve in the Sabine National Forest, Sabine Co.,Texas. As for the third brother, I have only the name...James Addison or Madison McElroy. I have no family info on him at all. He seems to have left the area where his brothers settled and prospered. Between them, at one time, they owned abt. 1600 acres of good farm land. I'd really like to see if we can tie your lines into mine. Julie Freeman Pineland, Texas >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MCELROY-L] RE: McElroy Publication >Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:09:42 EDT > >In a message dated 8/5/00 8:04:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< My mother is a McElroy from East Texas. I am collecting McElroy lines > from all over the U.S. . Anyone who is interested in submitting their >work > (with sources, please) would gladly be credited for their hard work if >and > when it ever comes to publication. I'm not sure that one person, alone, > could accomplish this task as "OUR CLAN" has been very prolific over the > generations. > >> >What McElroy's did your Mother come from. My McElroy's were suppose to >have >migrated to Lamar County, Texas [near Paris, Honey Grove, etc.] from Bell >County, Texas. They came to Texas by way of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, >Ark., and other places nor necessarily in that order... ha. > >Would love to hear from you again. And, in a bit I'll send you several >generations from my ancestors to see if you've run across any of them, or >if >any could be tied into your family tree. > >Waneta McElroy Arner >Bulverde, Texas > > >==== MCELROY Mailing List ==== >Remember it will help if you post in the subject line, the primary name, >area of interest and dates, when making a query. Example: James McElroy, >Franklin, TN, abt. 1856! > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com