I was talking with a cousin that has been researching Bedford Co for many decades, I asked her this question her answer was that during and after the Civil War sympathizers for the Confederates in this area moved to AR and to TX. Parts of Tx have many roots still to Bedford Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Coop" <lac47@bellsouth.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Bedford County families in Arkansas > I used to wonder about that, too. However, this was a new country and > each time new areas were opened up (taken from the Indians), these people > would go for hopes of cheap land and a better life. I think they often > found it wasn't a better life, but were probably too broke to return. All > my grandfather's brothers went west and did, apparently, do quite well. > He stayed in Bedford County. > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <willoughbyj1@cs.com> > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:31 AM > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Bedford County families in Arkansas > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Smith > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/303 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi! Does anyone have any info on why so many Bedford County families > migrated in the 1870's/1880"s from Bedford county to Arkansas? My Joseph Y > Smith left his family sometime after 1870 census and went to Craighead > County, Bono/Jonesboro, Arkansas with a few other family members where he > married c 1877 and had a child per the 1880 census for Craighead County. I > have always wondered what was the attraction for him to leave his family > and go to Arkansas and have just noticed recently there seems to be alot > of Bedford County families who did the same around the same time period. > Also would like any info on the Smith family from the Hall's Mills area. > Joseph Yarbrough Smith was born to John and Martha Smith c 1843 in Tn. > John died before 1850 as Martha is listed as a widow on the 1850 Bedford > County census. Any info would be helpful! > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I have family (mostly Hamil) and they had allied family and associates who were in Bedford Co., TN in 1820. My family moved west to Haywood Co., TN before moving to East Texas in 1838. So there were probably friends and relatives in Texas and Arkansas. Betty Stokes ----- Original Message ----- From: "AM" <Amom45@www.att.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Bedford County families in Arkansas > I was talking with a cousin that has been researching Bedford Co for many > decades, I asked her this question her answer was that during and after the > Civil War sympathizers for the Confederates in this area moved to AR and > to TX. Parts of Tx have many roots still to Bedford Co. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Coop" <lac47@bellsouth.net> > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Bedford County families in Arkansas > > > > I used to wonder about that, too. However, this was a new country and > > each time new areas were opened up (taken from the Indians), these people > > would go for hopes of cheap land and a better life. I think they often > > found it wasn't a better life, but were probably too broke to return. All > > my grandfather's brothers went west and did, apparently, do quite well. > > He stayed in Bedford County. > > > > Linda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <willoughbyj1@cs.com> > > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:31 AM > > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Bedford County families in Arkansas > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Smith > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/303 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Hi! Does anyone have any info on why so many Bedford County families > > migrated in the 1870's/1880"s from Bedford county to Arkansas? My Joseph Y > > Smith left his family sometime after 1870 census and went to Craighead > > County, Bono/Jonesboro, Arkansas with a few other family members where he > > married c 1877 and had a child per the 1880 census for Craighead County. I > > have always wondered what was the attraction for him to leave his family > > and go to Arkansas and have just noticed recently there seems to be alot > > of Bedford County families who did the same around the same time period. > > Also would like any info on the Smith family from the Hall's Mills area. > > Joseph Yarbrough Smith was born to John and Martha Smith c 1843 in Tn. > > John died before 1850 as Martha is listed as a widow on the 1850 Bedford > > County census. Any info would be helpful! > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >