This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wooten, Tucker, West Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mRXBAIB/1000.1.1 Message Board Post: No, not all the Wootens in Chattooga County came from Francis Marion Wootten. I am a Wooten who was born and grew up in Chattooga Co. GA and there were always three different sets of Wootens in Chattooga Co. One set was from Francis M. Wootten, who was my great grandfather. Francis Marion Wootten (born 1828 in SC) was the son of William John Wootten and Susannah Grant Wootten.. Only two of Francis M. Wootten's sons (out of 15 children) came to Chattooga Co. GA. My grandfather and the oldest son. Another set of Woottens in Chattooga Co. were from John and Elizabeth Wootten who settled there in about 1836, they came from SC and was probably a uncle to our William John Wootten. I believe there were also slaves of this family who also took the name Wootten. Then there was a third set, who we believe came down from NC and probably were related to the Woottens of SC. No, NOT all Woottens in Chattooga were from Francis Marion Wootten even if he did have 15 children. Most of those stayed in Dekalb Co. AL where Francis Marion lived....