Karen: I have never done any research in Alabama because my Pritchett's (Joshua Daniel Pritchett) lived in Brunswick, then Pittsylvania co., VA. In Sept 1857, Joshua's widow, Eliza Inge, took 12 of her 14 children and joined a wagon train to come to Texas. There were 12 other families in the train and they spent the next three months traveling on animal trails to arrive in Savoy and Bells, Texas, in late December 1857. She rented a huge house on 450 acres in Grayson county, TX, from a member of the Dugan family who previously settled the area. Eliza and her family became members of the Virginia Point Methodist Church and the family has expanded from there over the next 150 years. My husband and I were married in the church in Sep 1996, and a memorable service was held at her grave behind the church following the wedding ceremony. All my family from the Dallas area were in attendance which gave them a chance to become acquainted with a bit of their history. Eliza and Joshua were my Great, Great Grandparents. Their parents were Joshua D. Pritchett and Elizabeth Cousins in Brunswick, VA. I will keep your email and if I find an extention of this family into Alabama, I will email you. I've found the Pritchett family difficult and intriguing to follow and often mysterious. they often clustered together with life-long friends who were witnesses to deeds, wills, etc. I would recommend paying close attention to their travels with the Pritchetts. I wish you the very best in your research. Jan Pritchett-Litvin -----Original Message----- From: txfannin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txfannin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of txfannin-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:02 AM To: txfannin@rootsweb.com Subject: TXFANNIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 26 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Pritchett & Descendents (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:45 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN] Pritchett & Descendents To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1268145047.2203922@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: karendeonneholland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.fann in/1333.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear jan, My Grandmother, Madye Holland, maiden name was Pritchett. Her Mother was Elize. They are from Alabama. Eliza was a western band Cherokee Indian. I know my grandmother had a brother in Alabama but I don't know what his name was. I hope we can help each other, and who knows, we might be related. Karen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------ To contact the TXFANNIN list administrator, send an email to TXFANNIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the TXFANNIN mailing list, send an email to TXFANNIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of TXFANNIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 26 ***************************************