My husband's third great-grandparents, Collin S. TARPLEY and his wife Nancy Jane WILKINS, came to Collin Co. from Muhlenberg Co., KY, about 1860. Their children, born in Ky and in Collin Co. were Anne F. (m. John T. GRAHAM), Sarah Emma (m. William W. HAYS), Joseph S. (m. Ola U. NICHOLS), Mary Jane (m. John Floyd CARVER), Susanah T., John Harrison (m. Minnie Hufford NICHOLS), Collin Thaddeus (m. Martha Caroline ALLEN), William Sterling, and Laura Carrie (m. Sid WOODRING). At the same time Nancy Jane's parents, the Rev. Samuel M. WILKINS and his wife Eliza Ann MARTIN, came to Collin Co. also. The Rev. Mr. Wilkins was a merchant and also an early minister of the Corinth Presbyterian Church in Parker. At least some of their other children came to TX with them: Ellington Montgomery (m. Paralee C. WEST), James Martin, John Franklin (m. Parthenia B. TARPLEY), Susan Mary, Amanda Ann , Elizabeth Sarah, William Martin, Samuel Joseph (m. Dana M. DUNLOP), Eliza Ann, Thomas Alexander (m. Georgia A. BOWEN), Susannah Louisa (m. W. Homer SMOOT). Also in 1860 Collin Tarpley's father John TARPLEY and his wife Sarah DAVIS came to Texas from Wilson Co., TN, settling initially in Grayson Co. However, by 1870 they were also in Collin Co., and John was serving as assessor of taxes. Their other children were Parthenia B. (m. John Franklin WILKINS above), William M. (m. Augusta James NEWTON), John, Jr., (m. Elizabeth S. HAMILTON), Sarah Elizabeth (m. Edward Ballinger DISHMAN), Samuel Sanders (m. Martha Jane "Jennie" SMITH). By 1870 John Tarpley's brother, Dr. Joseph Bell TARPLEY, a physician, had moved to Collin Co. from MS with his wife GeorgeAnna Hull LAKE. Their children were Robert Perry, Joseph Alfred (m. Emma Louise BILLINGSLEY), Mary Lucretia (m. James Monroe LOVELACE), Anna Jeannette (m. James P. SMITH), Sterling Lake (m. Mary Frances SHRADER), Ella Georgia (m. (1)? MARTIN m (2) Edward Ballinger DISHMAN above). George Anna's children by prior marriages were Charles Henry LAKE and August James NEWTON (m. William M. TARPLEY above). Many members of these families moved on to other parts of Texas, to New Mexico, and particularly to Oklahoma. Additions and corrections gratefully accepted. Sara Binkley Tarpley