I'd like to thank everyone for responding to my question on migration paths of families into Texas! You all have been a great help! Thanks again for responding! Shon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Richardson" <Rob_Richardson@prodigy.net> To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [TXHILL] How families migrated to Texas > The Sanford family, arrived in Hill County in 1854, took the route from New > Orleans to Galveston. They came from the Jackson, TN area originally. > Rivers and coastal routes were the quickest and safest way to go. > > Rob > > Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy Jean" <jjean1@austin.rr.com> > To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [TXHILL] How families migrated to Texas > > > > If they were part of Austin's first colony ,original 300, they even came > > across by boat from New Orleans and up the brazos. > > Jimmy > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >