Our McElroys from Scotland,Ireland to America about l729 to the present time. JAMES McElroy 5th greatgrandfather and Sarah McCune McElroy from County Down Ireland to Pa.abt.l729 Son JOHN b. abt. l729 County Down Ireland d. l795 Mecklenburg county,N.C. He had siblings born in America named Archibald,Hugh,Samuel,James, Mary and Elizabeth. Hugh,Samuel and James married sisters Nancy,Mary and Margaret Irvine and eventually settled in Kentucky after being in Pa and Va. Archibald was believed to have died at the Battle of Kgs. Mt. in l780 in S.C. Sisters, Mary and Elizabeth I do not know any additional information on.Want to learn about them eventually. JOHN 4th greatgrandfather Married Martha (probably Moore) and had at least 9 known children: James, John Jr. Sarah,Violet, Hugh, WILLIAM -my husband's 3rd greatgrandfather; Anne,Archibald and Samuel. All of the above are believed to have been born between about l750 and l774 in either Va. or N.C. Surnames that are connected thru some of these marriages are Davis, Smith, McWhorter,Stevenson,Calhoun ,Sprayberry,Sullivant-Dunklin. WILLIAM was b. abt. l767 probably in Prince Edward county,Va. went to Mecklenburg county,NC married Elizabeth Unk. about l794. They had 9 children: Martha D; JOHN -our 2nd greatgrandfather b. March l797 Mecklenburg county,NC. Hannah J., Rachel, James,Nancy Martin McElroy; Elizabeth H., William and Sarah "Sally". I have the names of spouses and some additional information on 7 of the above 9 chidren. James and William are the two I have no additional information on and it is believed that James probably died young but I have no proof of that . JOHN b. l797 Mecklenburg co.NC.- greatgreatgrandfather- was married 4 times and died in July of l865 in Cross county,Arkansas. His wives were Unk. Cry(e) possibly Shy ; # 2 M.A.Belk; # 3 Mary Stevenson and # 4 Rachel McDuffy. He had a total of l5 children that we are aware of by the first 3 wives and none by the 4th wife who he married after the census was taken in l860 . He had one daughter by Miss Crye b. abt. l8l8 probably Mecklenburg co.NC. He had 4 children by # 2 Mary Belk : William B. b . abt. l823 , Darling B. b. abt. l825; John C. b. abt. l827 and Paramelia Armintha b. abt. l829. These were probably born in N.C. or Ga. some records indicate one thing and other records another. By wife # 3 Mary Stevenson he had l0 children : Andrew J; Elizabeth; Margaret;James H. (George and Issac who died in their teens in Arkansas and were never married) Robert P; Martha Jane; Ann and LICURGUS. The first 8 children by Mary Stevenson were born in Ga. and the last in Arkansas! and unk. as to where Ann was born as some records indicate Ar. but have seen it listed as Alabama so she may have been born in route to Arkansas from Georgia when the family moved in l848. LICURGUS MCELROY -greatgrandfather- b. l85l in St.Francis county,Arkansas. d. in l885 in Arkansas. Married Emily Nelson abt. l875 probably in Arkansas. She was b. l853 in either Ga. or Al. she died in l882 in Ar. They had 3 children: WILLIAM GIDEON MCELROY -GRANDFATHER- b. March l876 Ar. Levi I., McElroy b. Dec. l878 Ar. and Susie McElroy b. abt. l880-l882 Ar. died about 3 years of age Ar. WILLIAM GIDEON MCELROY , grandfather b. March 3l, l876 Ar. died in Quanah,Texas June l942. Married Letitia Jane Kent in Independence co.Ar. in l896 . They were the parents of 6 children: CLARENCE ALBERT MCELROY b. January l899 Batesville,Ar. and Jewel; Edna E; Ollie; Edythe Marie and Licurgus Bivens. Jewel and Licurgus Bivens both died in Ar. before the family moved to Texas abt. l9l9. CLARENCE ALBERT MCELROY father; b. January 6,l899 Batesville,Arkansas; married Hazel Inez Stanaland on August 244, l92l in Kirkland,Childress county,Texas. They had 7 children: the first 5 being born in Texas and the last two in New Mexico. They moved to New Mexico abt. l933. Children are" Willie Lea; Iris Vivian; Reginald Voyne (Donald Neal- my husband) Robert Dean, Frances Merle and Esther B. Two are deceased and two live in New Mexico and 3 in Texas. DONALD NEAL MCELROY and I married in l958 in New Mexico and we have 3 daughters and one son all married and 8 grandchildren. We are both retired and live in Moriarty,New Mexico. I am willing to correspond with anyone researching any of the above people and will share information when and how I can. Some I have loads of info about and others very little . Areas where family were known to have lived in different generations include: Bucks county,Pa. possibly cumberland Co.Pa then by the late l740's in Campbell and Prince Edward county,Va. Some to Lexington Ky by l779 others to N.C. and S.C. and into Ga. Counties that are known are Mecklenburg county,NC. in the waxhaws settlement area which was on the South Carolina line and then some in DeKalb co.Ga. and others in Murray County,Ga. Our greatgrandfather then went to St.Francis county,Ar. in l848 and another county called Cross was formed from St.Fr.in l862 and the family never moved just the county name changed. Several counties in Arkansas have played rolls in the McElroy family that we are related to. St.Francis, Cross, Independence,Jackson,White to name a few and there are other McElroy's in other counties and some are descendants of siblings from back in the l700 time frame from the Va. Ky. and N.C. areas. Our grandfather lived in Childress and Hardeman counties in! Texas after moving there abt. l9l9 from Independence county,Arkansas. Feel free to contact me at the address listed below if you are interested in corresponding ref: any of the names I have listed above. I am willing to share if and when I can and some of the info. I have obtained is well documented and other info is only suspected so do not claim to have proof of everything . Good luck to all in your own research. Beverly McElroy grannymc8@zianet.com