I'm afraid I can't help on your specific SHAWs, but you asked, "Why did my SHAWs go specifically to the Greenville (Hunt Co.), TX area?" Two possible reasons: 1 - It is on the migration path. Look at an old map; there were only a few places to cross the Mississippi River. From there follow the logical paths to Texas. One is along what is now Highway 82 and there are others just north and just south of it. I have driven those roads, and they are covered with historic markers telling of early settlers. 2 - The "biggie": cheap land and a chance to start over with little or no land. They couldn't declare bankruptcy then; they just moved away and left a sign on the door, "GTT (gone to Texas)". If they had a little money they could buy land for 50 cents an acre. QUOTE OF THE DAY "In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times." --Winston Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: <rarecoins1@webtv.net> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: [SHAW-L] SHAWs of TX/AL/GA > Hello... > Help...please! I'm looking for my 4th gf and his ancestry. I have the > following facts: > 1: My ggg gf James SHAW m. Roda FARRAR in Morgan Co., GA, 1 MAR 1820. I > believe that he was about 20/23 then. D.O.B. 1797/1800. > 2: There was a Henry SHAW who m. a Dorothy BARNETT in Morgan Co., GA, in > 1812...his 2nd marriage. Could this be James' father and hence my > long-lost 4th gf? > 3: My g gf, b. 1855 in Benton (Calhoun Co) AL was named Henry Newton > SHAW. Was Henry > a coincidental naming? > 3: There are both Horace and Homer SHAWs > in Morgan Co, GA in the early 1800s that I do not believe are direct, > lineal ancestors. . My gf was named Homer and his brother was named > Horace in the Greenville, TX area in the late 1800s. Another > coincidence? > 4: I have been told that the first child born in > Greenville, TX, was a SHAW in the 1840/1850 time-frame. It appears that > all my SHAWs were in GA c. 1800, AL c. 1850-1880 and the Green- > ville, TX area 1880-on. Why did my SHAWs go > specifically to the Greenville (Hunt Co.), TX area? > 5: My SHAW line m. the FARRAR line more than once. There are FARRARs in > the Greenville-area as well. > Can a GA, AL and/or a TX SHAW please give me a hand or an idea as to any > of this? I have all clues and no real conclusions. Help! :-) > Related names/lines in TX: FARRAR, REAVES, McELYEA > Related names in AL: FARRAR, REAVES > Related names in GA: FARRAR, REAVES, > BARNETT. > Many thanks for any advice/data/guidance. > > A. Dale Shaw, Jr. > Philadelphia > rarecoins1@webtv.net > > A Christmas toast! > "I raise my cup of Christmas cheer > to SHAW sisters and brothers; > and, what I've found, is most profound: > some look better in kilts than others!" > > ~ADS,Jr/2000 > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > >