My Ruth Ann Smith and children left Talladega, Ala (I think) (altho George Washington Smith was born Ga, who was head of family, and died about 1871 Ala) after she became a widow and came to Texas to be near her sister and husband, the Claunch family. They came by ship, landing in Indianola just ahead of a big storm, and had to rush inland as quickly as they could. So they also came from other State ports but I have no idea where. Perhaps Mobile,Ala.??? For what its worth. Jean [email protected] Cindy Bolinger wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------20270AAD9B46D1E18F6EF749 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I believe you are referring to Indianola, Texas. Lots of German and Czech > immigrants came in that way. But from the east, they would probably have come by > wagon. > > What happened that increased population was the end of the Texas Revolution for > independence from Mexico in 1836, and then the decision of the Texans to become a > state of the United States, in 1845. > > Before statehood, Moses Austin and his son Stephen led families in under Mexican > approval to start settlements. These primarily came from Alabama, Louisiana, > Mississippi and Tennessee (1820-1830). > > Hope that's not information overload. I just happened to have this information > handy. > Cindy > > Harold Miller wrote: > > > I wonder what was going on in Tyler, Smith Co Texas about the 1854 time > > frame? I have a group who were born in TN, moved to Illinois in 1820s, > > around 1854-1856 they were in Tyler, Smith Co Texas. the husband died there > > in 1862, he had been a lawyer, etc. in Illinois, also a Colonel or something > > probably in Black Hawk War???? I am just beginning research on him, but > > wonder why the move to Texas so late in his life? Seems his sons fought in > > USA IL units during War in 1860s, but his family in TN had among others - > > Peter Turney who was Col. of 1st TN Regiment and in 1880s Governor of TN. > > So it is a southern family, my branch was in Arkansas and was CSA, with some > > of the cousins being USA. Could this move have been because of the war > > coming? Did he feel he would rather be in Texas if there was a war coming? > > Or what was there about Tyler at that time? > > > > Do you know why your family moved from GA to Texas then? For land? that > > was the usual reason. Will see what I can find about routes at that time. > > Seem to remember something about there being an old port where a lot of > > people came in, but it is not there anymore. > > > > Mary > > > > ==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== > > Please remember that real people read the messages you post. > > Got a problem? Got a gripe? Don't take it to the list! > > Send me a message, and I'll try to take care of it: > > mailto:[email protected] > > --------------20270AAD9B46D1E18F6EF749 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Cindy Bolinger > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > > begin: vcard > fn: Cindy Bolinger > n: Bolinger;Cindy > org: Big Planet http://dwp.bigplanet.com/caboling/ > email;internet: [email protected] > note: "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." - Janis Joplin > x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 > x-mozilla-html: TRUE > version: 2.1 > end: vcard > > --------------20270AAD9B46D1E18F6EF749-- > > ==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb is Free! But Rootsweb is supported by volunteers and > contributions. Show your support and become a member. Click here > for more information: > http://www.rootsweb.com