Hello Friends, I am Leonard J. McCown and have Hickman Co. roots...my grandmother Fannie Maude Beasley McCown came to Texas when she was about 14. I grew up hearing about Tennessee, Hickman Co., and Pinewood where she was born, as well as cousins, cousins, cousins. Her Beasley line goes like this...father, Robert Franklin Beasley, son of William Hilliard Beasley, son of James Baugh Beasley, son of Barnet Beasley...all of whom were in HCT. Have further back but not of interest here. Robert Franklin Beasley married Virginia Belle Allen, dau of Charles Moses Allen and Vivanah Anna Grimes (daughter of James W. Grimes and Nancy C.). William Hilliard Beasley married Narcissa Ann Bates, dau of Bazzel B. Bates and Sarah Baird (daughter of P. William Baird and Nancy Pullum). Bazzel was the son of Robert Bates and Elisabeth Perry who moved to HCT from Albemarle Co., Virginia. I have worked on these lines for many years and have a lot of cousins who have shared information with me. I follow the line as far as I can, and am always glad to find new cousins and share too. Notice the web page address at the foot of this e-mail. I collect information on down to date, but do not post information on living people, nor do I post notes. If you want to know where I got anything write me and if I know, I will certainly tell. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from new cousins. Leonard. -- Leonard J. McCown, Irving, Texas -- McCown Family History genealogy@mccown.org -- http://www.mccown.org People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. -- Edmund Burke, 1790