This is very interesting and helpful, Mary Beth. My 3rd Great Grandfather Jeremiah Wells was b. 1801 in Georgia and in 1830 was living in Franklin Co., GA. There was a William Wells (said by many to be the son of this William) who in 1841 married Amy Roe in Franklin Co.. Amy's sisters married into my Glover line (which connects will Wells and allied lines for several generations afterward), and among the neighbors of William "Jr." and Amy Roe are cousins to Jeremiah Wells's wife, Elizabeth Dyer. One of Jeremiah's daughters took as her 2nd husband (after the Civil War) one Roe A. Harrison. I have often wondered if this was my Wells line, but can find nothing more than circumstantial evidence. Do we have DNA from any of William's descendants? Any comments or help would be appreciated. --John Wells Gillon, Lewisville, NC On 7/8/06, Mbmjlm22@aol.com <Mbmjlm22@aol.com> wrote: > > This Wells is not in my line but thought I would post this and maybe would > help someone. This is a page from the Texas Patriot Ancestry > Album published > by Turner Publishing Company in Paducah, Kentucky. I do not have the > date of > publication. > > I am quoting all the info about him here. > > "William Wells, Sr. was born Aug. 16, 1798 to Charles and Sarah (Lewis) > Wells in Franklin County, Georgia. When Wiliam was a young man, he, > along with > his parents and brothers and sisters moved to Rutherford > County, Tennessee. > William married there and he and his wife had three children, William > Wells, > Jr., Margaret, and Jemimah. William's wife was dead by 1832 and Jemimah > died > shortly after. The oldest two children, William and Margaret, went to > live > with their grandmother, Sarah, in Georgia. William, Sr. went to visit > his > father in Missouri and while in Missouri, William heard of the Texas > Revolution > against Mexico. William was looking for a new beginning now that his > wife > was dead and the land they were offering sounded good. He would have a > place > to start over and raise his children. Family tradition says that William > joined up with Davy Crockett and came all the way with him and his band > of > Tennessee Mounted Volunteers. They entered the Alamo on February 8, > 1836. > According to an old newspaper account, William was the second man to step > across the > line that Travis had drawn in the dust with his sword. William died with > the > other brave men inside the Alamo fortress on the morning of March 6, > 1836." > Not sure of the accurace of this but it might be a starting point for > someone. Mary Beth > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > > -- The Gillons -- Eanne, John, Kathryn, Madeline, & Mary Cameron