My husbands Hall's left Arkansas for Illinois, as well, during the beginning of the civil war. They spent from the early 1800's to as late as 1910 in courts from Tenn to Ok proving that they were Portugese and not black (so that they could get their children in white schools). There was some 'new law' or 'law suddenly enforced' by sheriffs regarding free blacks in Arkansas that made them decide to leave Ark for Illinois. I googled 'Turnbo Manuscripts' and found stories online (ark history). There is a search box that you can search a surname or place. I found 10 articles that spoke directly about my Hall's and loved reading it. Kelly in Texas From: Sharon Peel Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:17 AM To: mstishom@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSTISHOM] Ritter/Peal 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 > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSTISHOM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the messageGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com