Hello! I do research on the Oliver family and my Oliver family is from Va. and went to Clark Co., Ky. before Tenn. You might have a look in Ky. before going to Tenn. Marian in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <IDAMADISON@aol.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 5:37 PM Subject: [MOTANEY] TANEY Co. families Oliver/Archer > My Taney County families are James and Rachel OLIVER who were in Taney by > early 1830s, and the ARCHER family, which by the time they arrived in Taney, > included mother Ann, and her children William, James Madison, Moses, Frances, > Elias Thomas, Jane and Sarah. > > William Archer married Abigail Oliver who died early leaving him with several > children, among them a girl named America. William, Ann, and Moses are later > found in Jasper Co., Mo, and after that I have lost them. > > Frances Archer married John Oliver and remained in Taney Co., James Madison > Archer married Lucinda Jane Oliver and moved to Tarrant Co., TX, Wise Co., > TX, and Montague Co., TX where he is thought to have died close to 1900. All > of these Olivers who married Archers were siblings and children of James and > Rachel Oliver. > > James and Rachel also had James Jr., Milton, Cynthia, Elizabeth, and Martha. > I'm sure if I've left someone out, one of my cousins will remind me. > > I descend from James Madison Archer and Lucinda Jane Oliver who came to TX by > 1852. At least three of their children later went on to Indian Territory > (now Grady Co.,) in OK. Their son, Robert Lee Archer donated land at Bailey, > near Marlow, for a school, church and cemetery. > > I know that the father of the Archer children was Elisha Archer and died in > 1832 in MO. He fought in the Black Hawk Indian Wars. He was born in TN and > his father in VA, but I can't find ties back to TN or to the many Archers of > VA. > > Is anyone else researching this family? > > Ida > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it."--George Santayana > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >