This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Hill, Roberts, Deason , Darden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oZEBAIB/3944 Message Board Post: Looking for parents of James Brownlee Russell 1810 -1875. He was born in the Carolinas died in Pope cty AR. , was married to Nancy HILL in 1828 Tuscaloosa cty AL. Lived in Coosa/Elmore cty Al until just after 1850, then moved to Cooke cty TX, then moved to Izard cty AR by 1861, then to Pope cty AR by 1870. Nancy Hill's parents were John Hill and Margaret Stover Hill of Tuscaloosa AL, Talladega AL and Ashley cty AR. People possibly related to or accquainted with them moved to Tarrant cty TX, Bell cty TX, Hopkins cty TX, Union cty AR. Person of interest is a John Russell who died mid 1850s and owned land in Cooke cty TX and had heirs in Hopkins cty TX. Henry Russell ,born abt 1790s of Tuscaloosa AL went to Tarrant cty TX between 1850 and 1860 may have been related but was not his father. Others related somehow to Russells in Tuscaloosa were Roberts, Powells, Deasons, Dardens, Henry Russell was from Franklin cty TN before coming to Alabama.... Gail