Hello everybody: I am seeking descendants of Dr. William R. Downs from the Elysian Fields area and William Spalding Hill, Sr., or the Jonesville/Waskom area. The siblings of these two who were my gg grandparents Martha J. Downs Hill and Zachariah Daniel Hill. Their daughter my g grandmother Hannah Frances Hill married Henry C. Wilson and lived on the State Line near Bethany in Panola County/Caddo Parish. Related families are: Carmichael, Surles, Alexander, Terry, Jones (Douglas M. Jones m. Mary L. Hill); Scott (Robert Heath Scott, CSA); Bomar (William J. Bomar, CSA); Stauts, Stroud, and Pippen. Trip Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Gail Brown <rexbrown@prysm.net> To: TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com <TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 6:24 AM Subject: Roll Call >Hi all, > >I just had an excellent suggestion from one of our listmembers, and hope >that everyone will join in and share. It's been a while since we've had a >roll call, so maybe now's a good time to do it. > >So ... please share your Harrison Co. ancestors, where they lived, when they >lived, who they married. We're still a small list, so size is not a big >problem, but, please, no gedcoms or unreasonably long posts. It would be a >good idea to do this every couple of months or so. > >BTW, all mail lists are archived at Rootsweb. Go to >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and put in the name of >the list you want to search. > >Guess I should kick this thing off, but I'm such a newcomer here - only the >last 31 years. My husband's family has been here only since the 1930s, but >his line includes >BROWN,1810 to present, England to MD to VA to Hopkins/Upshur Co. > TX, to Harrison Co. TX >Collateral lines, not necessarily in Harrison Co., are COPPEDGE and >ARMSTRONG. > >Gail > > > >==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== >Be sure to visit Harrison County TXGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/harrison.htm > >