My name is Barbara June Walters Eberly My father's paternal family are from Alabama and Mississippi and came into East Texas in the early 1900s. His maternal family arrived a bit earlier. His mother's name was Mary Linnie Pearl (May) White Walters. Her father was Joseph Isaac Wade White. Her mother's name was Rosa Della Kirkland. She was born 4 Dec 1878 near Colmesneil, Tyler Co. Texas. Sne was married 11 Nov 1892. She died 25 Dec 1945. She had three great-grandchildren at the time of her death -- one of which was me. She died at the White homeplace in the Redland Community, near Lufkin in Angelina Co. Texas. Her parents were Zachery Taylor Kirkland and Eliza Ann Martin. I believe both died in Colmesneil although I have not put that in my database because I have no proof. However, both of Eliza's parents (Wiley Martin and Mary Ann Sears are buried there as well, so I presume the middle generation is there, too. Wiley Martin was born 18 Jul 1829 in Moore Co. NC and died 3 May 1882. Mary Ann Sears was born in Wamptunke, AL. Zachery Taylor Kirkland's parents were Zachariah G. Kirkland b. 31 Dec 1821 in Henry Co. AL and died 9 Feb 1890 in Colmesneil, Tyler Co., TX. I do not know when or where his mother, Sally Kennedy or Cannady was born or died. Her grandfather, William S. Kirkland died 11 Mar 1881 in Tyler Co., TX. He was born 16 Jul 1798 in SC and was married in Henry Co. AL to Ruth Kirkland (his first cousin). She was born 17 Sep 1798 in SC. I do not know who William's father is, although is must have been either Caleb or William. Moses is the father of Ruth and we know this because even in his will he indicated his displeasure with the marriage. Moses had a wife named Susannah. I don't know her last name. I do not have any names of spouses for either Caleb or William. They all moved from SC to AL together. Sally's father is probably Robert Kennedy or Cannady. This is based on the fact that there are legal documents indicating a close association with Moses and Caleb and Robert. My mother's family also came from NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, to TX. They mostly settled in Shelby Co. TX. Surnames are PARAMORE, RISINGER, BRIDGES, NICHOLS, MORROW, MILLING, WALKER, REITLEHUBER, KELSO, MILLS, FILLINGIM, MONROE, KILLINGSWORTH, EVERETT, MONEY, FRAKES, MANLOVE, DRAKE, LEE, GAWTON, JONES, THOMPSON, CRISPE, CONYERS, BEST I live in Cullowhee, NC which is rather isolated. We are eight and a half miles from the university where my husband teaches and we are fifteen miles from the grocery store and the school my daughter attends. I spend a lot of time in the car. On the other hand, when we saw the property for the first time, my husband got out of the car, turned to me and said, "This is the kind of place I hike the Appalachian Trail to find." I have been doing genealogy on the internet since it began being done. I am relatively comfortable with the technology -- but have been ready to pull my hair out over my equipment lately. I crashed my hard drive, got another, decided to try Windows 95 and have had nothing but trouble ever since. I tried to get rid of 95 and made a bigger mess. Then I reloaded it and have put up with irritation on a fairly regular basis ever since. I am also listowner of the REISINGER surname list. Barbara Walters Eberly [email protected] ------------------------------