My Limestone County Family is found on the 1860 Census of Limestone County. Abigail Cotten and family from 1850 DeSoto Parish, LA (the widow of John Ira Ellis Cotten) Abigail's maiden name was Herring. Permelia Smith and family from 1850 Shelby Co. TX (the widow of James Smith) Permelia's maiden name was Thomas. Betty Owens

Betty I have a Ewell Smith married to Anna Thomas in my data base that came to Limestone Co. TX. This family was in Dallas Co. ARK in 1850. Anna Thomas was the dau of David Thomas & Hannah Burson/Burton , David Thomas died in Dallas Co ARK but Hannah came on to Limestone Co. with her kids. I do not have all the kids of this family so you might want to look at this line. This family must have come out of GA by where the kids were born. I have not tracked them back from ARK yet. Barbara Thomas works this line also. She has been of great help to me on the Thomas lines. Sorry I have very few Cotten families & the ones I have go into the 1900s. Pat Oates in TX At 11:34 AM 12/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: >My Limestone County Family is found on the 1860 Census of Limestone County. > >Abigail Cotten and family from 1850 DeSoto Parish, LA (the widow of John Ira >Ellis Cotten) > Abigail's maiden name was Herring. >Permelia Smith and family from 1850 Shelby Co. TX (the widow of James Smith) > Permelia's maiden name was Thomas. > >Betty Owens

Betty, Pat Oates mentioned to you Henry Ewell Smith and wife Ann Thomas. They had a son named James, but he was born in 1842, so looks to be too young to be the husband of Permelia Thomas. Ann Thomas, daughter of David and Hannah, had three sisters (born 1810-1825) whose names are not known. But the Thomas family was never in Shelby Co TX. I don't see any connection to your group. I have a Stacy Cotton/Cotten (born c.1833 in Mississippi, daughter of a John Cotten) who married Henry Magee and lived in Grimes Co TX. Any connection to your Cotten family? Barbara Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: BeTER77@aol.com To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:34 AM Subject: [TXLIMEST] SMITH, COTTEN, THOMAS, HERRING My Limestone County Family is found on the 1860 Census of Limestone County. Abigail Cotten and family from 1850 DeSoto Parish, LA (the widow of John Ira Ellis Cotten) Abigail's maiden name was Herring. Permelia Smith and family from 1850 Shelby Co. TX (the widow of James Smith) Permelia's maiden name was Thomas. Betty Owens ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== The Limestone County Archives Project is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx