Charmaine, Here is a follow-up as to Black and Killian comnnections: At NCGenweb found Black marriage bonds: Now I am going to try to write it as it appears on one of the pages of Black marriage bonds as the other may be cleaned up and looks different the list just give the Black first name and women are in small letters: est(h)er (KILLIEN) Nathan Thompson 19 aug 1785 060-01-125 LINCOLN William killen john moore 076229 Now in the transcription I found at genforum, the Killian in brackets was after William Killen´s name, which would make sense. i.e. explaining that HE was a Killian. So, it looks like I have to order the original bond to see what´s going on. At any rate this new find clarifies that John Moore was witness and not minister. As to sons of Andreas = Anrew Killian, there appear to be 6: Leonard (accounted for); John (partially accounted for - online trees give 7 children and no Elizabeth, though he is supposed to have had 8 children and his wife was named Elizabeth); David, Samuel, Andrew and Crate (not in birth order and all apparently listed in his will). Linda -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af [email protected] Sendt: 28. maj 2007 09:23 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: [SELLERS] Margaret Minerva Sellers of Sellers Family from NC,TN & MS, wi... Linda: Since many of these early settlers to the western portion of N. C. flow together, so to speak, I was curious who might also show up in 1850 St. Francois Co., MO, where the widow Jane Sellers and her children were living. First I have a question. Is there a relationship with the Samuel Thompson, age 55, born NC who is listed on page 152B. He is widowed with a small child in the household named Justina M. Thompson, age 4, born MO. Jane Sellers is listed on the next page 153A..and there is the daughter Justiana Sellers age 15. I also have a comment. About the end of the 1820's a small migration of loosely related families from western NC began to move into Missouri. One family was that of George Cathey, Jr. Most of the children accompanied him and his wife. William Cathey whose daughter married Nathan Thompson Sawyer remained behind in Macon Co., NC. You find the Cathey groups spread around several MO. counties in 1850. Another group who migrated into Haywood Co., NC were the McFarland's, who then moved across the border into Greene Co., TN, and that eastern TN area. George Cathey, Jr's son George Cathey married Anna McFarland (born TN). They later appear in Cass Co., MO. Needless to say I was surprised to find a couple of this McFarland family groups also listed in St. Francois Co., MO in 1850: Three McFarland's listed living in St. Francois Co., MO in 1850 - Jacob M., John H. and William A. McFarland, all lived in the same Buncombe/Haywood Co., area as Nathan Thompson, et. al in 1800/1810. Several other NC born individuals who look like they may also belong to the same groupings, but I have to compare with earlier censuses and such before I can be positive. Just wonder if there is some undiscovered family connection which brought Jane Sellers and her children to settle in St. Francois Co., MO. I noticed the question about the Killian name spelling. Some of these Lincoln Co., NC Killian's marry into another one of my lines, and it was a very prominent surname is old Lincoln Co., NC. There is Killian's Creek, and there was the old Killian Meeting House. You still find the area fairly inundated with the Killian family surname, although you will find it spread through out the western NC counties now. But, just a little strange to see a German speaking individual serving as bondsman to one's who weren't. Is there some kind of inter marriage with the Thompson or Black family lines in Lincoln Co., NC (or the earlier Tryon Co., NC, which was abolished after the Revolutionary War, with part of Tryon taken to form Lincoln and the other portion forming old Rutherford Co., NC )? Charmaine ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message