I can tell you about one group who left TN for AL 1815-1818. They were all with Jackson during the War of 1812 which ended early 1815. They were back in TN say May or June of 1815....and some of them by that fall were in Alabama. Capt. John Looney and wife Rebekoh Turney arrived St. Claire Co AL 1815....their home is now a museum. Rebekoh's family was from the Smith/Dekalb/Cannon Co area near Liberty TN. But John and Rebekoh had been all over TN, one child was born near Cumberland Gap I know. Rebekoh Looney's brothers - Joseph Turney who married a Mote in TN, and Daniel Watson Turney were in AL at least by 1818. Daniel Watson Turney along with Alfred Gandy were first settlers of Gandy's Cove in Morgan Co AL. They were founders of the first church there in 1818. I think maybe some of the Gilliams might also have made the move to AL. (two Gilliam women married Turney men in TN, but both moved to AR in 1830s). another of the Gilliam sisters was Temperence who married Phillip Klepper/Clepper and that group went to Boone Co AR in 1830s with some of the Turneys. One Gilliam sister went to Alabama - Frances Gilliam married 1801 Rutherford Co tN to John Deloach. John Deloach died 1820 where Birmingham is now - was it Elyton then? Anyway, they connect to the Patterson family who hopped back and forth between Alabama and Tennessee. Why the move to Texas after the war in 1865.......I don't think Texas was destroyed like some of the other parts of the south. Well, guess all the south was messed up, but also remember that there were pockets of Union people - in eastern TN, NW Arknasas, parts of MO, KY, North Carolina, even Alabama.....part of Virginia became a new state - West Virginia....they were southerners who stayed with the Union. After the war, it was very difficult for them so most of them moved on but wanted to stay in the south. Texas, NW AR were areas where they could start again. You have to think about the hatred during the war between the two sides, and there were families just torn apart with some on one side, and some on the other. As far as money, they probably did not have much, they took what they had and moved in groups....often either family members or men who had been in the same units during the war. For some reason I guess Texas was a place where they felt safe and could begin again. By the way, someone once told me that TN sent more men to the Union army than many of the northern states sent. Also, wasn't there some problem in Texas at the beginning of the war with some who did not want to leave the Union? Mary

By the way-didn't the northern army swoop down on the people in Ar. and it was either fight for them or die where you stood? Why are northern people still called damn yankees in central Ar. Two 1/2 bro. one fought for the north-one fought for the south were killed on the same day by the same people and hurriedly buried in the same grave. Harold Miller wrote: > I can tell you about one group who left TN for AL 1815-1818. They were all > with Jackson during the War of 1812 which ended early 1815. They were back > in TN say May or June of 1815....and some of them by that fall were in Alabama. > > Capt. John Looney and wife Rebekoh Turney arrived St. Claire Co AL > 1815....their home is now a museum. Rebekoh's family was from the > Smith/Dekalb/Cannon Co area near Liberty TN. But John and Rebekoh had been > all over TN, one child was born near Cumberland Gap I know. > > Rebekoh Looney's brothers - Joseph Turney who married a Mote in TN, and > Daniel Watson Turney were in AL at least by 1818. Daniel Watson Turney > along with Alfred Gandy were first settlers of Gandy's Cove in Morgan Co AL. > They were founders of the first church there in 1818. > > I think maybe some of the Gilliams might also have made the move to AL. > (two Gilliam women married Turney men in TN, but both moved to AR in 1830s). > another of the Gilliam sisters was Temperence who married Phillip > Klepper/Clepper and that group went to Boone Co AR in 1830s with some of the > Turneys. One Gilliam sister went to Alabama - Frances Gilliam married 1801 > Rutherford Co tN to John Deloach. John Deloach died 1820 where Birmingham > is now - was it Elyton then? Anyway, they connect to the Patterson family > who hopped back and forth between Alabama and Tennessee. > > Why the move to Texas after the war in 1865.......I don't think Texas was > destroyed like some of the other parts of the south. Well, guess all the > south was messed up, but also remember that there were pockets of Union > people - in eastern TN, NW Arknasas, parts of MO, KY, North Carolina, even > Alabama.....part of Virginia became a new state - West Virginia....they were > southerners who stayed with the Union. After the war, it was very difficult > for them so most of them moved on but wanted to stay in the south. Texas, > NW AR were areas where they could start again. You have to think about the > hatred during the war between the two sides, and there were families just > torn apart with some on one side, and some on the other. As far as money, > they probably did not have much, they took what they had and moved in > groups....often either family members or men who had been in the same units > during the war. For some reason I guess Texas was a place where they felt > safe and could begin again. > > By the way, someone once told me that TN sent more men to the Union army > than many of the northern states sent. Also, wasn't there some problem in > Texas at the beginning of the war with some who did not want to leave the Union? > > Mary > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp