If anyone knows of any of these names, please let me know. I know that some of these names are in the Macon Co. 1870 Census and some in the Sumner Co. Census. In the 1880's my two sets of great grandparents, Taylor Claiborne HANES from Macon Co., and Daniel M. CARR, from Sumner Co. and their families,along with many other families migrated from Macon and Sumner Counties to Butler County, KS. They were following others who had already migrated starting in 1870. My grandfather, Robert E. Lee HANES, (son of Taylor Claiborne HANES and his first wife, Dollie ATKERSON Creasy, widow of Bluford Creasy) was among those from Macon Co. who migrated. Taylor's first wife, Dollie ATKERSON died in Macon County, he married Martha Susan CARR and they had a son, Bailey and the four of them moved to KS. My grandmother, Mattie Eunice CARR, was among those from Sumner Co. who migrated to KS, along with her 9 brothers and sisters, children of Daniel M. CARR and Nancy DOBBINS. All of these families were lookiing for flat land with few rocks to farm. The following information is from a narrative told by Magnolia Alexander HANES (daughter of Thomas HANES, brother to Taylor (my great grandfather) and granddaughter of William Claibaorne HANES and Margaret Ann CARR of Macon Co.( my great grandparents) when she was reminiscing about the migration: The first to move from TN to KS in 1870 was Wade JARED, an itinerate preacher, who had been sent to KS in connection with his work, and his wife, Alice. He told those back in TN about the flat land in Ks. Some of Jared's in-laws, the James K. Polk CARR family and the W. H. H. ADAMS family, came to KS in 1871, and more of his in-laws came in 1872. Thomas HANES (son of William Claiborne HANES) and Bill HANES (son of T. J. HANES who was cousin to Thomas and grandson of Fountaiin HANES) came next in 1874, they wrote back to TN and their families followed. The Joel RHOADS family (including his twin sister, Nan) arrived March 1, 1875. T. J. HANES and wife, Martha, parents of Bill, and H. E. REID and wife, Kittie HANES (sister to Taylor and Thomas) came in September 1875. Families kept coming for several years. John CROWLEY drove the wagon of Taylor HANES (my great grandfather). Magnolia Alexander HANES (from whose narrative this is taken, daughter of Thomas HANES) rode in this wagon. There is a little booklet "Tennessee Bend" written by Noel REID (son of H. E. and Kittie) that also tells of this migration: Cyrus HANES (brother to T. J. HANES) and his mother, Hannah ADAMS (widow of Fountain HANES) arrived about this time. Others were Noah JENKINS and wife, Mollie DAVIS, James BRADLEY and wife Puss, and many other CARR relatives. These Tennessee emigrants named their new location in Butler Co., KS "Tennessee Bend". It was near the bend of the Walnut River 2 miles south of Augusta and 2 miles north of Gordon. They were all members of the Southern Methodist Church. The land and weather weren't as idyllic as they had thought and there was a typhoid epidemic about this time. Some of these settlers corresponded with their old friends and relatives back in TN. I have an old letter written to my grandfather in KS from his uncle, W. D. HANES, in Macon Co. telling about friends and relatives, the weather, and the events of the day. The young Tennessee emigrants in Kansas grew up and married. Some struck oil on their property in KS and became wealthy and some had already moved on to Oklahoma including my grandparents, Robert E. Lee HANES and Mattie Eunice CARR and started their own families. My sisters and I are the only descendants of Taylor Claiborne HANES and Dollie ATKERSON from Macon County,TN. Any information would be appreciated. Dorothy Hamill