Does anyone know where the name Caney Fork came from? I'm trying to find out information about an Elizabeth Allen who married a Caney (first name unknown) and is found in the 1870 DeKalb County census living with her parents and daughter. Thanks, Claudia Allen

Hi Claudia, Who were Elizabeth (Allen) CANEY's parents? Bill Allen <[email protected]> [email protected] wrote: > Does anyone know where the name Caney Fork came from? I'm trying to find out > information about an Elizabeth Allen who married a Caney (first name unknown) > and is found in the 1870 DeKalb County census living with her parents and > daughter. > Thanks, > Claudia Allen

My name is John Crawford. I've been researching my family tree for a number of years. My Grandfather, Craven Allen Crofford, was born in 1972 in TN. He had a sister who died of TB in her 20's and a brother named John who was older than he. My grandfather told my father and aunt that his parents died when he was 6. This would have been circa 1878, the year of the yellow fever epidemic. He said that the neighbors took he and his siblings and raised them. The neighbors who took his brother, John, moved away and he never saw John again. I recently found my grandfather in the 1880 DeKalb County, TN census. He was with the following family; Chas. Crofford 62 b. VA Elizabeth Crofford wife 54 b. TN Rachel Crofford dau. 14 b. TN Margaret A. Crofford dau. 12 b. TN Craven A. Crofford son 8 b. TN I noticed that the last two children have the middle initial of the A, while Rachel did not have a middle initial. If my Grandfather is correct about his age when his parents died this is the family that raised him. There is a four year span between Margaret A. Crofford and Craven A. Crofford... which would allow for an older brother named John, as my Grandfather mentioned. I have another cousin, who's relative died around the same era. She finally found his wife and children in KY where the children had assumed the step- father's name. Their true last name was used as their middle name. Does anyone have a couple named Allen who died around 1878? Thanks, John Subject: [TNDEKALB] Caney Fork > Does anyone know where the name Caney Fork came from? I'm trying to find out > information about an Elizabeth Allen who married a Caney (first name unknown) > and is found in the 1870 DeKalb County census living with her parents and > daughter. > Thanks, > Claudia Allen