This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WZVBAIB/3714.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a copy of East Texas family that was published in a book of the Little Angels, can't remember name right off, plus a later book that was published that is much larger. There are lots of names in them. My Crawford was here in the 1830's and Crawford creek was named for them. In the first publication there were several write ups on Jesse and Hannah, who divorced later. One of them lists Thomas as the first born, a fact that some of the other researchers denied. Thomas was born just before their marriage, maybe that was why. In those days, cases like this was considered bad. Anyway, my Crawford family owned land up to Nacogdoches, came from TN, and I believe that his father was Jesse, he named his son Jesse, and my grandfather named my dad Jesse. There may be a Beaman connection, since that is my dad's second name. It is not a name you see often so has to have some impact. Dad was dead before I went into researching and thought to ask where he got the name. As for the Hills, well, try connecting to Andersons, Stephens, they are here too. Email me at [email protected] Adiene