There were some Speer's and Miller's that married into the Hodges Family in Jefferson Co., Alabama, Any kin? I have been hunting the Parents Names of my GG Grandfather, Leroy H. Hodges born in 1806, he was in Laurens Co., in 1830 then in Abbeville Co., the Old 96th Dist in the 1840 Census, and then on to Jefferson Co., Alabama in the 1850 Census where he died. One of Leroy's Grand Son's was Charles Wesley Hodges married a << Maggie >> Margaret Frances Brake, which was related into the Speer Family. PeggySue <O'Shields> Gaddis [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: [Abbeville] historical info > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Young, Speer, Miller, Clowdus, Murpree, McDonald, Bridges, Ellis > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/980 > > Message Board Post: > > It seems a fair number of my ancestors were born in or around Abbeville District in the early 1800s and later many of them moved to Jefferson Co and Blount Co AL in the 1830s and 1840s. Just curous about whether Abbeville was a gateway to the deeper south or just why so many seemed to come from and end up in the same places. > > Some of the family names: Young (reputed Cherokee), Miller (Methodist preacher), Speer (married a Young), Copeland (married a Miller), Clowdus and Murpree (married a Clowdus). > > I've really just started my research and am not organized yet, but these coincidences caught my attention. Any websites out there about the history of Abbeville? Or any other sources to satisfy my curiousity? > > > ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== > The blood and courage that renowned them > Runs in your veins; >