Frank, My Peels also left Tishomingo Co, MS in the mid- 1850's. The family story goes that they went by wagon train; they settled Peeltown in Henderson (now Kaufman) County, TX. They were looking for "elbow room" and a good place to farm. Now, as to your ancestors leaving Arkansas in the middle of the Civil War -- could they have been Union sympathizers? I don't know much about Arkansas, but I'm assuming it was a Confederate state. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> To: <mstishom@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Ritter > Lyllye: > My Martin family moved from Tishomingo County MS to Van Buren County AR > between 1850 and 1860. > I couldn't find out why. Later on, they moved (right in the middle of the > war) to Illinois. > Frank >