Jacque Ott wrote: "My ancestor WILLIAM WILEY DEASON and wife NANCY CAUDLE also moved from Lancaster Co. to Monroe Co., AL. Do you have any information indicating the route they might have taken or any information on other families that might have been in the group." ***** The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi: With Early Records Concerning the Faulkenberry/Fortenberry Familes of the South, by Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger, of Clarkston, GA, published by Southern Historical Press (Easley, SC) mentions another family to migrate about 1819. The Faulkenberry or Fortenberry family was in what became Lancaster County, SC in the early 1750s. A 1789 petition from residents of Great and Little Lynches Creek was signed by Benjamin Deason and several Faulkenberys. A 1794 petition was signed by Abraham Deason, Benjamin Deason, William Deason, and several Faulkenberrys. Israel Falkenberry was born in Lancaster Co, SC in the early 1780s and died in Monroe Co, AL in 1861. His wife Tabitha may have been a Williams. They named a son Deason Falkenberry in Alabama who lived ca 1825--1864. Deason Falkenberry and wife Eliza Ann Nettles Holloway named a son Judge Deason Falkenberry (1863-1943) who is buried at the Philadelphia Baptist Church cemetery. Israel's brother William went to Mississippi. Their father was John. As for routes, the book says only: "By looking at the map showing the most likely route taken by settlers going to southern Mississippi, it should be noted that the area settled by Israel's family is less than ten miles from Burnt Corn, Alabama. Burnt Corn was the location of the intesection of many early trails and roads." (page 281) The place they actually settled was near Tunnel Springs, AL. The copy at which I looked is at the library in Lancster, SC. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com