Mark, Yes, thanks, though the map sure is rough. Not too useful without geographical features, especially for boundary areas. Just noticed your last name. Are you descended from William Ledford who immigrated to Overton County in early 1800s (most likely from VA). Had daughter Rebecca and sons Samuel and Isaac (I think). There were other children, too. I'm descended from Rebecca Ledford who married Joseph, son of Edward Crawford from whom descend a large number of Crawfords now spread out around the US. I'm trying to confirm information on Rebecca, her father William, and their ancestry. Do you have any? By the way, just recently received some exciting news. This should be of interest for all of you on the Overton List Serve, not because of the specifics, but because of the implications of the value of DNA surname projects. DNA shows our line descending from the Crawfurd Ardmillan Cadet in Scotland with only three mutations between my brother and another member of our surname (Raymond) who has well documented descent from that line. This suggests a common ancestor (CA) within 300-400 years. We were quite easily able to identify a possible common ancestor in James Crawfurd of Ardmillan, who had one son that immigrated to England (Raymond's ancestor) and several that immigrated to No. Ireland in the late 1600s (most likely including ours). So basically we now can focus our search on Northern Ireland Crawfords. Currently I am trying to find out name of sons that went to Ireland, and county/ies they settled in. This narrows our search from among many thousands, to a few specific individuals. In addition, as the number of participants grow in the surname Y-DNA project, we have a greater chance of connecting our descent with others of the surname in the region of the country that the previous generation to the earliest identified ancestor (EIA) might have come from. So far, we have not found any Crawfords here in the US with only one or two mutation differences. When we do -- it is only a matter of time -- we will be able to work productively towards filling in the five or six lost generations between the EIA (Edward) and the hypothetically (pretty reliably estimated) CA (James of Ardmillan). What DNA does in particular is narrow the search so that you can focus document research in certain specific geographic localities, and thus considerably reducing territory to be covered. Recommend you join projects for your surname if you haven't already. Provides clues that will help breech that brick wall that may have brought you to a standstill in terms of tracing your ancestry back across the Atlantic, especially complicated when it goes through Northern Ireland. Permits a focus on origins and tracing the line forward that is often limited to bridging a gap over a few generations (in our case, only about five or six). We are then home free to connect with the historical genealogy of our cadet and surname, which may not be perfectly accurate but has been extensively researched and is fairly reliable back to the advent of surnames and sometimes beyond. Joanne Crawford jcrawfordphd@sbcglobal.net On Mar 2, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Ledford, Mark wrote: There is a rough 1834 District map at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnoverto/images/1834DistrictMap.jpg Mark Ledford -----Original Message----- From: tnoverto-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnoverto- bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Crawford Ph.D. Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:57 AM To: tnoverto@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Overton County map That would be a very useful item to have for many of us. If I could find one for 1810 or 1820s, would be even better, but as Trish says, "any district map would be helpful." Joanne Crawford On Mar 2, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Trish Carden wrote: Does anyone know of a District map of Overton County from the 1850s or maybe 1860s? For that matter any district map would be helpful. I am interested whether it is online or someone has a copy they could send me by email. Thanks Trish Swallows Carden Nashville, Tennessee Trish@tcarden.com http://www.tcarden.com/tree/ensor/ [] ____ ¸...¸ __/ ____ \ ,·´o o`·,/__/ _/\_ //____/\ ```)¨(´|´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±± ¸,.-·~°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°~·-. :o° As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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