-----Original Message----- From: BOBBY R MERRILL <BRM@prodigy.net> To: TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com <TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 3:06 PM Subject: CURTIS and JEWELL Families of McNairy County >I am researching the ancestors and decendants of Benjamin CURTIS, my >g-g-grandad, born about 1798, place unknown, but possibly Alabama. >He died about 1853 in McNairy County. His wife was a Sarah???, said >to have been Native American, but I have no proof. Their children >were: Joel D., Jane, Malinda, Arilla, Solomon and Benjamin, all born >between March 1831 and March 1846 in McNairy County. Joel D. CURTIS, >married a Margaret JEWELL in McNairy County. Margaret and her sister >Jane JEWELL, were the children of Tabitha JEWELL. Unknown as to who >Tabiltha's husband was. All these folks are found on the 1850 McNairy >County census. I would be more than willing to share informtion on >these folks. >