The Wiliam Clement McKenny family, who left Tish County headed to Texas in late 1852-early 1853 must have been one of the first families to leave. Their story is on page 416 of the Tish County History and Families book. One of their daughters Mary Eliczabeth [lizzy] b: 1833 married Alexander Murphy b: 1825 on the way to Texas. My question is, who was Alexander's parents, he is in the right age range to be a brother to James Murphy [1816], who married Catherine Farris. George Frieda <fjgb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: My Amerson's went to Hill Co. in late 1890 Figured they must have known someone there. Several of his children stayed in the area when he went to Tuxado, Jones Co., TX Frieda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sims, Bobbie A" To: "Brenda Whitfield" ; Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Surnames - Mississippi to Texas - Sims, Hart, Harlin > > I can corroborate that several northeast Mississippi families > (Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Prentiss counties) moved to Hill County, TX. > Some of my Sims, Harts and Harlins made that move, although not until > the late 1890s. > > Family stories say that they took the train from Burnsville/Iuka and got > off in Hillsboro, Hill County, TX. The lure was supposedly good, cheap > land to raise cotton as a cash crop. > > The cemetery Brenda is referring to below may be New Woodbury Cemetery > in Hillsboro. > > If anyone has connections to the Sims, Hart, and Harlin/Harlan/Harland > families from northeastern Mississippi, I'd like to compare notes with > you. > > Thanks. > > BSims > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mstishom-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:mstishom-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Whitfield > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:53 PM > To: mstishom@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Surnames > > Thanks for the post, Jerry! and eveybody; whew! > > Jerry, there was a whole slew of folks who left Tishomingo County and > went > to Texas way back when'; in fact, they tell me that there is a cemetery > in > Hill County, TX, that is made up mainly of folks who moved from > Tishomingo > County, > Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:44 PM > Subject: [MSTISHOM] Surnames > > >> Howdy To The List, >> >> My Tishomingo County, Mississippi kinfolk were Bottoms, Cagle, >> Elliott, >> Gober and Godsey if I remember correctly. >> Thanks for increasing the activity on the site. Its a good thing. > >> Keep >> up the good work. >> >> Take Care, Jerry from Texas >> jdeanc@aol.com >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message ------------------------------- 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 message --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.