Sometime after the civil war and before 1870 quite a few families came from Hall and Jackson County, GA to Marshall County, MS in a caravan of wagon trains. I have heard as many as 30 families came at that time. The ones that I am certain of were, Gilmore/Gilmer, Buffington, Evans and Simmons. While most families remained in Marshall County, a few returned to Georgia. I imagine that Wm. Ellis Buffington came at this time. According to the book, Randolph, Hawkins & Related Families, by Edith Hawkins Griffin & Joanne Powers, William Ellis Buffington that married Mary Marsaline Miller was the son of John Harlan "Harle" Buffington and Massey Booker. The book also has his death date as 1879. There is no mention of Mary M. Miller's parents. My g.g.grandmother was Amanda E. Miller from Jackson County Georgia. She married John Harlan Gilmore/Gilmer and her sister Mahulda Ann Miller married John Harlan Gilmer's brother, William Lafayette Gilmer. Both families were among those that came to Marshall County from Georgia. Amanda and Mahulda had two brothers; John Harwell Miller who married Sarah A. in Jackson, Co., GA and William P. Miller. I have no information on William P. Miller, but there is a William P. Miller on the Marshall County census, Southern district. I am going from memory, but I believe it is the 1870 census. The Gilmore/Gilmer and Buffington families intermarried a lot and it is probably worth checking the Wm. P. Miller on the Marshall County census. If you don't already have the Buffington family back to our emigrant ancestor, Richard Buffington of England, you can e-mail me direct and I will send you what I have on Buffington and connected lines of Harlan and Cope. Hope this helps rather than confuse. Sylvia Akin