In a message dated 05/30/2003 8:59:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I am confused about how to answer your questions. I checked the book > "Decatur County, Tennessee History And Families 1846-1996" for your > questions and discovered the article written about the Jernigan family was written by > you. > In the article, you answer your own questions. > Carol, In the article I described William Franklin Jernigan's life, but I never did figure out his reasons for moving to TX. His parents had died in a house fire, leaving Will and his younger brother and sister as orphans. But why did he go to TX? I find it really interesting that there were apparently many families from Decatur Co. TN who moved to Hunt Co. TX. If anyone can add their ancestors to this list of people who lived in both places, I would like to hear from you also! Sharon Tingley