Sorry, Lenora, I have no Norris connections to the McAdoo family in my database. I'll run both the Mitchell and Norris names by the members of the McAdoo @ yahoogroups.com mailing list and see if we get any response. Cousin Cathy in Wichita ----Original Message Follows---- From: LAnde12781@aol.com Reply-To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] McAdoo--- Mitchell Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:33:32 EDT Sorry Cathy.. Don't have any information other than that land sale, If I remember right around 1860's. I was surprised to come across it in Trigg KY . but had found my grandfather Wm. Mitchell by accident when I was looking for a different relative there. Now since that time I have viewed Trigg many times as there is a huge batch of Mitchells there and I think that's where I will eventually find the "original" Mitchells's. and in the course of this search I saw quite a few McAdoo's.. So I decided that Sarah must be related in some way to grandmother Arabella Mitchell and possible shared property???? Its been a puzzle. I learned last year that Arabella Mitchell's maiden name was Norris. Have you seen any Norris in your connecting and searching this area. Wm Mitchell and grandmother Aramenta Hays were from Dickson TN. until they left for Lyon Tn for a very brief time and had a child there. They had no reason to be there unless it was to visit some of the Mitchell relatives... They left for Texas and arrived in Texas by 1870. There were a lot of Hays family there too, (grandmother Aramenta Hays Mitchell) so there might be another connecton. The land deeded to Wm R. Mitchell and signed by Arabella Mitchell was just a land deed..so why would Sarah McAdoo be singed on also.?? Sometimes the signature looks like McAtee but I have been assured it was actually McAdoo. Certainly wish we could combine these families! Keep in touch if you find out more. Sorry I am of no help at this time. Lenora ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm Have you posted your histories or lore lately? To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp