Jim, Another family of German descent, the Plunks, moved into Madison Co., and McNairy Co., TN about the same time from Lincoln Co., NC. You may want to focus on the Lowrance families of early Lincoln Co., NC as you search for the origins of your gggrandfather Cain LOWRANCE. Dave Johnston ----- Original Message ----- From: "J R" <jra1100444@hotmail.com> To: <TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: LOWRANCE >I am looking for information about my GG-Grandfather, Elcairey Cain >LOWRANCE. > > He was born in NC on 1 Jan 1826. When he was about 18 months old, he and > his family moved to TN. I believe that it was McNairy County, TN. > > By 1850, Cain was living in Burnsville, Tishomingo, MS. Cain married > Martha Louiza Patrick on 15 March 1866. He died in Kerrville, Kerr, TX on > 20 Nov 1889. > > I have information on Martha, his wife, but any information about Cain or > the Lowrance family will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > ______________________________