I've checked my Hickman County 1807-1993 book to no avail. No listing of a Jesse ROSSON or John or Maria WILLIAMS. SOrry. If I get a chance, I'll check my copy of SPence as well. Regards, Gordon Harbison MomNat@aol.com wrote: > Hello Hickman County List, > I have just joined this list. Thank you, Gordon for your kind welcome. > I am trying to track down my ggg grandparents, John M WILLIAMS and Maria > (Mirah, Marie, Miricah) ROSSON (b.April 8, 1808). What I know is that they > were both born in NC, started their family in NC, moved to TN and then to > Gallatin County IL. Maria died in Posey County IN. > > They had the following children: > Jemima WILLIAMS, b. Jan 14, 1844 in NC (m. GINGER, SHELL) > Margaret WILLIAMS, b.July 11, 1846 in TN (m.Melton CAPEHART) > Catherine Elizabeth WILLIAMS, b. Sept 1, 1848 in TN (m. Ira HUTCHINSON) > Andrew G. WILLIAMS, b.abt 1852 in TN (m.Laura CAPEHART) > > In addition, family says that either John or Maria were married previously. > They brought two daughters by this marriage with them to IL. All family knew > is that they had come up from TN. > > Too many WILLIAMS, so I tried looking for ROSSON. Went through census records > and found quite a few ROSSONs in Chatham County, NC. I started looking for > Jesse ROSSON, since there was an older individual by this name who was born > in NC a few houses away from Maria WILLIAMS when I found finally found her on > the 1870 Gallatin County IL census. I figured he might be kin. Maria was a > widow living with Jemima, Margaret, Catherine and Andrew. I know that John M > WILLIAMS had been killed in the War Between the States. Don't know what state > he served from or what side he fought for. Family says he is buried in TN. > > So, I then started looking in TN for this Jesse ROSSON. Found him in Hickman > County, TN. Here I am. Figure they may have been here between 1844 and > 1860's. > > My information is from census, death records and indexes and marriage > certificates and indexes and from family. I have looked through many, many > census records and have not found John and Maria together yet anywhere. > > Thank you for any thoughts, ideas, information or connections. > > Kathryne > > ==== TNHICKMA Mailing List ==== > For problems, questions or instructions, > email list admistrator: Gordon at gmharbison@mediaone.net > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library