This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS, COURTNEY, HOLT, BREWER, GHOLSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/746.2 Message Board Post: I am tracking WILLIAMs in this area that came from the Fort Smith, AR area. My family is out of Jenkin WILLIAMS, b1790-1800 VA, d1843 prob AR. He married Angeline GHOLSON and their childre were: Mary Ann (m Henry D. COURTNEY), b1824 AR, d1911 Davis, OK; Eliza, b1828 AR, Amanda (m Zebedee BREWER), b1830; Benjamin F., b1832; Alexander H., b1832; George Washington (m Mary Jane HOLT), b1838; and Robert, b1840. Many of these siblings lived aorund the TX/OK border. I am interested in your WILLIAMS background. I have also gathered other WILLIAMS names in the area in the hopes they would tie into mine, but I don't have yours. If interested, please contact me at firegrl@sierratel.com