Hi Marilyn Thank you for the information. I have received information from several researcher and so I am trying to clarify and correct what I have. I appreciate your help. I have heard from others who are trying to determine the connection between Elbert and Thornton. He could have been a son of Thornton or a nephew. There was also a James R Hancock in Pickens County Alabama who filed a homestead claim near Thornton's claim. James could have been Thornton's brother? I have also heard from others that Thornton was part Native American. This has not been verified. Thanks for your help. Joanne -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Conner <conner4@nstar.net> To: MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com <MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 27, 2001 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [MSITAWAM-L] Fw: Hancock-Brown >Joanne: > >Archibald Griffin was my great-grandfather. His wife, Frances Adaline >Hancock, was the daughter of Elbert Hancock (b. 1817) and Miranda Crawford >Hancock, not Thornton & Eliza's daughter. This information is confirmed >on Frances' death certificate. Frances was born Feb. 8, 1839 and died of >a stroke in Polk Co. AR on Jan. 8, 1917. > >We have been unable to determine the identity of Elbert's parents, but >strongly suspect that Thornton is his father because both left SC and were >in Pickens Co. AL at the same time. Elbert and Miranda are on the 1850 >census of Marshall Co. MS along with their daughter, Frances A. That is >the last time Elbert is found. In 1860, Miranda is in Itawamba Co. along >with Archibald and Frances (Hancock) Griffin and Thornton's other children. > >I have e-mail addresses of two other people researching Thornton Hancock >but will send them to you privately. > >Marilyn Griffin Conner >Tuttle, Oklahoma > > >At 02:32 PM 8/26/01 -0700, Western Williams wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Western Williams <westernproperty@mindspring.com> >>To: MSINTAWAM-L@rootsweb.com <MSINTAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 1:00 PM >>Subject: Hancock-Brown >> >> >>Hi >> >>I am interested in hearing from anyone who can add to my information on >>the family of Thornton B. Hancock and Eliza Green Hancock. >> >>Thornton was born in South Carolina c1799, he died in Delta Cty Texas in 1889 >> >>Eliza and Thornton (T.B.) Hancock had the following children who were all >>born in Alabama. >> >>Nancy C Hancock b 1828, married George Hamilton 23 Dec 1852 in Itawamba Cty >> >>Joseph A Hancock b 1834, married martha Miller 23, Oct 1859 in Itawamba Cty >> >>Francis A Hancock b 1836 married Archibald Griffin 12, Nov 1857 >> >>George Alexander Hancock b 1837, Married Melissa Brown 22 Dec 1858 in >>Itawamba Cty >> >>Tabith Cumi Hancock b 1841, married Willis Hester 3 Sept 1860 in Itawamba Cty >> >>Ira Judson Hancock b 1844 >> >>Calvin L Hancock b 1845 >> >>Thornton and his family moved to Itawamba Cty around 1845. >> >>Thanks >> >>Joanne >>westernproperty@mindspring.com >> >