Charmaine, Yes, I noted Samuel Thompson in St. Francois MO also and the Justina M. daughter caught my eye. Only problem though is his age. Samuel Thompson, son of Nathan Thompson and Esther Black was b. 15 Mar 1790. But mistakes have been made before on censuses. I tried to follow him in later censuses but could never find him or Justina. There were some other of Jane´s brothers who went to MO, Lorenzo Dow and Thomas went to Daviess Co. MO. Jane seemed to stick close to family because she was in Tippah MS in 1860, where here brother JW Thompson lived. Maybe she went with Mr. Sellers to MO and he died there or along the way and her children joined her there. Margaret Minerva Sellers Ross, my ggggrandmother, was widowed 25 Aug 1848. She was pregnant and my gggrandmother, Martha Verlinchia Franklin Ross who was b. 6 Jan 1849 in TN. Note that Margaret Minerva Sellers´s brother John Sellers had child James R. who was 8/12 in 1850 and b. MO. I tend to think the family went west together. Yes, and perhaps Jane migrated to where a brother was living. It´s interesting that you found other North Carolinians from the old neighborhood in St. Francois. I have also noted how people followed one another around. The Ross family who the Sellers children md. were in Lincoln NC from around 1785-1806 and then went to Bedford TN, part of which became Coffee Co. TN. As to the Killians and why William would have been bondsman for the marriage of Esther Black and Nathan Thompson, I have tried to figure out the connection. I looked up data about the Killians and though I have found no proof of a connection other than the Killians and Blacks living in the same area early on I did find one tree that said that Esther was Esther Killian Black (now the tree itself is not online at ancestry anymore and I don´t know if the person just assumed (due to the bondsman) that Esther was a Killian. I´d sure like to know!!! I think I have Esther´s parents pinned down as being Thomas Black and Elizabeth UNK. When Elizabeth was widowed, she married Morris Cox (who was also widowed). Morris Cox was the brother of Rebecca Cox, who was the mother of Sarah Bonham who was the mother of Oliver Franklin Ross who md. Margaret Minerva Sellers. So, family ties again, with intermarriages. I noted that Andrew Killian (besides Leonard who was father of William) had another son, John who md. an Elizabeth and that they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. Perhaps my Elizabeth UNK was Elizabeth Killian? John was b. 1725/6 so he could be the possible father of Elizabeth UNK who had child Esther b. 1769. Thank you so much again for your help! 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 )? 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