hi, I have an interesting question. I have a Lafayette William Barnhill and Elmer Bivins from Garvin Cou. OK who signed an affidavit that Theodore F. Barnhill was a resident of Oklahoma ( for a civil war pension). I have Theodore Barnhill , wife Rebecca and son Preston Barnhill ( Lafayette Preston Barnhill) who were in Montague Cou, TX for the 1880 Census. My Wilson family also came from TN, Hawkins County to Montague County after the war. I know they were there in 1900. Then I have the 1880 census from Montague County , TX listing this family. BIVINS, E.G. 49 AL NC GA (is this the Elmer Bivins from above?) M.E. 39 TN TN TN J. A. 23 TN AL TN S.E. 8 TN AL TN Wilson, M. [lab] 20 TN -- -- Wilson, B. 1 TX -- -- Ward, J.C. 45 GA GA GA V. F. 42 GA GA GA Is this just a co-incidence that Barnhills, Bivins and Wilson all ended up/ went through Montague County.? I know a lot of people went to TX after the war, but I dont know that my Barnhills knew my Wilsons before my grandmother Barnhill married Jesse L. R. Wilson. Grandmother Barnhill was born in Indian Territory , OK. I dont recognize the Wilsons in the Bivins household. Reagon Dillard Barnhill, brother to my grandmother Emma Preston Barnhill married a Velma Lou Ward , circa 1960s. Does anyone know these families? Any ideas. Did the Barnhills and Wilsons know each other in TN? thanks Janice Sutherland