Hi Skip, Sorry for the delay in response...just got way behind on my emails. I have seen some of your other queries and it seems there are many of us with elusive ancestors from this time period primarily in the North Carolina area. Mine apparently starting in MD then enlisting in Guilford, NC, then residing in Rockingham, NC before migrating west. Your David Williams would have been in NC and migrating to TN around the same period as my gggggrandmother Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Williams who first married her cousin William Williams [not yet indentified], this is the line I am from, she later married Winslow Turner II. I figure if I can firmly identify her father Allen B. Williams' family line, then hopefully I can locate both of my Williams lines. What are some of allied surnames connected with your Williams line? Sheryl -- I show a David Williams born in this line [too young to be yours, perhaps a namesake?]: David WILLIAMS, son of Neal WILLIAMS and Susanna Blythe LOONEY, was born 22 DEC 1851 in Jackson County, Texas, and died 6 FEB 1873. - - Neal (Neel/Neil) WILLIAMS, son of Job WILLIAMS and Nancy CAMPBELL, was born 3 MAY 1820 in Lincoln County, Missouri, and died 13 JAN 1879 in Edna, Jackson County, Texas. He m1: Susanna Blythe LOONEY 11 OCT 1848 in Texas. She was born ABT 1828 in Tennessee, and died 3 AUG 1858. He m2: Mary Jane MANKEE 5 APR 1860 in Jackson County, Texas. She was born 16 APR 1839 in Phillips County, Arkansas, and died 4 JAN 1889 in Texas. - - Job WILLIAMS, son of Alambee WILLIAMS and Sarah "Sally" UNK., was born ABT 1783 in North Carolina, and died 14 APR 1853 in Texas. He married Nancy CAMPBELL 10 OCT 1804 in Sumner County, Tennessee. - - Alembe [Allen B.] WILLIAMS, son of Unk. WILLIAMS, was born abt. 1757 in [Dorchester, MD?], and died AFT 13 MAY 1835 in [Troy] Lincoln County, Missouri. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Spelled several different ways in research papers: Alembe, Alumbe, Alambe, Alembee, Alumbee, Alambee, Allumbee, Alum, Allam B., Allenbee. Allenby Williams or Allen B. Williams are most likely the accurate given name. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - I RECENTLY POSTED A 1790 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX FOR "WILLIAMS" ON GENFORUM. I hope it's helpful for someone. - Part 1 -- 1790 Federal Census // WILLIAMS Heads of Household http://genforum.genealogy.com/williams/messages/32046.html Part 2 -- 1790 Federal Census // WILLIAMS Heads of Household http://genforum.genealogy.com/williams/messages/32047.html Skip <runamok@shawneelink.net> wrote: ---- Sheryl..... My Williams ancestors ..Namely one David Williams b.1792 NC, along with parents and siblings, migrated from Guilford, NC c.1796 >> Sumner/Smith Co., TN c.1800 >> Kentucky abt 1826 >> Franklin Co., IL (Southern IL) Have no idea who David's parents or siblings were... He is my brick wall... He had to be in Sumner/SmithCo., TN by 1810 because he served in the War of 1812 from Carthage, TN. Some of this family did migrated on to Texas at later dates. Skip Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: SHERYL WILLIAMS To: Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams migration patterns > Does anyone share this migration pattern? > > The general migration for my Williams line begins in Dorchester Co., MD 1757> Guilford Co., NC 1781; Rockingham Co., NC> Logan County, KY> Sumner Co, TN 1804 > Lincoln Co., MO 1821> Gonzales, TX [DeWitt Colony] 1830. > > Not all of this line went to TX but those that did were there by 1830 when it was still the Republic of Texas. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/863 - Release Date: 6/23/07 11:08 AM > >