Hi Ya'll, While visiting Wayne County in June of this year...and tracking down the old farmstead...I came upon a neighbor of Garfield Darnell's...the kindly gentleman came riding up on a 4 wheeler type tractor. (I don't remember his name, think he was a Hollis.) When I explained to him that I was in the area from Texas trying to tack down what happened to my ancestor whom it seems suddenly up and left Wayne County (supposeably without a trace)...between 1880 and 1890...he immediately recalled to me that "lot's of families in the area at that time left for" ...did he say Arkansas or Alabama?...something about a "land rush". They were "giving away" land "cheep" to families especially if they had boys..."the more boys the more land" they could "buy cheep". Several families and he named them, left about that time...I sure wished I'd taken a tape recorder with me! (CRS!) Does anyone else have a clue what this man was referring to? This particular ancestor ended up having children in Texas?, Arkansas and Mississippi...he died in Arkansas (I think). (Reference to Robert B. Darnell, married Martha Howard in Wayne Co. then remarried to Mary Jane Bradley, either before or after he left Wayne Co.) Nena Wright -----Original Message----- From: tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Luna Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:45 PM To: tnwayne@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] TNWAYNE Digest, Vol 3,Issue 9 (People from Wayne County coming to Arkansas) Sylvia, Thanks for the information. I will try it. joyce Sylvia Thomas <sat@texas.net> wrote: Joyce, That was my first impression too but if you click on 'Books for Sale' and on that page click on 'Arkansas Donation Land Records' or 'Swamp Sales' you will get pages that do give you the list of names. Unfortunately the dates were too late for my kin who I think came from Wayne Co. TN to Izard Co. AR. abt. 1853. But it was fun to read and may explain why they left TN. Happy hunting! Sylvia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message