Hi Al, The message sent to you regarding DOUGLASS' in Johnson County was forwarded to me. My gggg grandmother was Jane (Jernnie) DOUGLASS. Jane had married a man by the name of WRIGHT(his given name is not known.) Janes husband was called to VA., because of his fathers death, after he had completed his business in VA., he started his return trip to his family in TN. and he was never heard from again. Jane and her two sons, George Douglass WRIGHT, and John Angel WRIGHT apparently joined a large group of extended family members and friends who were migrating to MO. It was prior to 1820 that they arrived in what was Howard County, and it was there that she married a John CULL/CULLEY. It is my opinion that where they originally settled was at that time in Howard County, but, as the years passed, several counties were organized from the original Howard County, the last being Johnson County. Jane and John CULL lived and died in Post Oak Twsp., in Johnson County the ballance of their days, and are buried in Shiloh Cemetery there. Jane's sons married sisters, Elizabeth and Eliza. And the 1850 census in Post Oak Twsp., lists seven or eight DOUGLASS housholds, that I am convinced are relatives of Jane's. By coincidence there was also a William WRIGHT and his wife Polly, and their family there also, and he does not appear in our direct Wright line, so I think there is a very strong possibilty that he was Jane's in- law. Presently I am attempting to tie all of the DOUGLASS families and the WRIGHT's together who were in Post Oak Twsp., So if you have information on the DOUGLASS families in Johnson County, it is very likely that we can relate them and solve some long standing mysteries. I have some very interesting information on my WRIGHT family, but nothing on the DOUGLASS family. Hopefully my long story will have a familiar ring to it, I will be very interested in hearing from you. Frank H Slaven Mesa, Arizona fslaven1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]