Jane, my PHILLIPS family went from Wilson County to Dyer County also. The first 6 children were born in Wilson County and the next two (at least) were born in Dyer County. I don't know where the last two were born. Most of this information is not from my research, but is a compilation of what I have gotten from other people. Zachariah H. PHILLIPS, b. 1807-Amherst Co, Virginia; d. aft 1870-Montgomery Co, Arkansas + Mary "Polly" PYLAND, b. abt 1807-North Carolina; m. 1832; d. 1851-? . . . Martha Ann PHILLIPS, b. May 1833-Wilson Co, Tennessee; d. abt 1910 . . . + Zachariah PATE . . . Minerva Jane PHILLIPS, b. Sep 1835-Wilson Co, Tennessee . . . Mary Elizabeth PHILLIPS, b. 1838-Wilson Co, Tennessee . . . Louisa PHILLIPS, b. 1839-Wilson Co, Tennessee; d. 1881-1884 . . . + Aaron GRAVES, b. 15 Sep 1846-Alabama; d. 28 Sep 1919 . . . Carolina PHILLIPS, b. 1841-Wilson Co, Tennessee . . . Margaret Ann PHILLIPS, b. 1843-Wilson Co, Tennessee; d. 1916-LeFlore Co, Oklahoma . . . + Nathaniel Mason SPEARS, b. 1843-Montgomery Co, Arkansas; m. Jul 1860; d. 1888 . . . Sarah F. PHILLIPS, b. May 1845-Dyer Co, Tennessee . . . + Francis M. SPEARS . . . John Fearney PHILLIPS, b. 1846-Dyer Co, Tennessee; d. abt 1900 . . . + (1) Mary Ann JACKSON, b. abt 1845-Alabama or Arkansas; m. 22 Feb 1866-Montgomery Co, Arkansas; d. unknown . . . + (2) Adeline GRAVES?? . . . Alice PHILLIPS, b. abt 1849-Tennessee . . . Jim PHILLIPS, b. aft 1850 John Fearney PHILLIPS and Mary Ann JACKSON are my ggrandparents. > X-Message: #1 > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:28:38 EST > From: Janey44@aol.com > To: TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <b6.107d1aca.27a6ca06@aol.com> > Subject: [TNWILSON] SAUNDERS > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Does anyone have an ELISHA SAUNDERS m. RHODA ? > All my ties are in Wilson County, and I can't find him anywhere but Dyer > County 1850. > ALL my relatives wound up in Dyer County- all sides , so I would like to > personally here from those whose families went there also, so we might find > some answers. > Thanks > JANE > Surnames: Vaughan, Johnson, Smith, Clifton, Hambrick > > ______________________________ >