Grant, Unfortunately you missed one of the great historians of all time, Dr. George Truett Buckley (1898-c.1982) Cousin Truett was a Carroll/Booth/Paul descendant and the oldest of 20 or so first cousins of my mother; his mother, in turn, was the oldest of my grandmother's sisters and brothers and her mother was the oldest of the previous generation. I only know that his father was the Reverend Tyre Buckley and was of the Buckley families in the southern part of Shelby County. Truett lived mostly in Columbus, MS where he headed the English department of Mississippi State College for Women. This just shows you what can turn up with a little 'press' like we have here on this great Shelby Rootsweb. regards, Tony Lanagan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 3:52 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Abijah Davis >In a message dated 6/25/99 3:09:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< > Sorry sir, > but I don't now of any connections of this group to Benton County, AL or Red > River County, TX. The Abijah Davis to whom I refer was living in Saline > Count >> > >I really was not expecting a connection since those Davis's came from IL.. I >guess Abijah was a common name back then and it seems the ubiquitous Davis >family was every where. But thanks for the info. When I looked in Shelby >Co. for MIDDLETON, BUCKLEY, CLICK, and I always wondered about those Davis'. >Now I know they are not in my line it helps. > >Grant >