by
Bobby J. Wadsworth
<[email protected]>
Genealogy is the art of finding one's ancestors in spite of one's ancestors'
best efforts not to be found.
Texas Toast
My children and I are all Native Texans. A few of our ancestors arrived here when it was still a Republic (1836�1846), and many more showed up before the first federal census (1850). Others made it in time to see Texas leave the Union (1861) and then return a few bloody years later. The rest, as the saying goes, got here as soon as they could.
American Pie
All of our known ancestors were colonists rather than immigrants, meaning they were in the New World before the American Revolution. (At least, none of them claimed on the U.S. census to have been born anywhere else.) Some of our ancestors have been traced as far north as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, but most established roots "in an early day" in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
Surname Stew
Surnames are the stuff of which genealogies are made. Some are the subjects of great interest and are well documented in various forms and media. Others are relegated to a smattering of researchers with varying degrees of organizational skills. Most of our surnames � or, at least, our particular branches � are clearly in the latter category.
Listed below are a few of the surnames, along with the states and counties in which our direct ancestors lived long enough to leave a record or two. The locations are listed chronologically to help illustrate migration patterns. Collateral lines (many of which are included on the linked pages) ventured into numerous other locations beyond those shown here.
SURNAME ST COUNTY - COUNTIES ASHFORD TN
AL
MS
TX
Wilson
Tuscaloosa - Pickens - Limestone
Itawamba - Tishomingo
Washington - SmithASKEW VA
KY
MO
TXOK
Goochland - Fluvanna - Campbell
Logan - Butler
Johnson - Henry
Palo Pinto - Montague
WashitaBROOKS TN
AL
TX
Blount
Fayette
Titus - Erath - Hood - EastlandCHEEK NC
SC
TN
AL
TX
Montgomery
Lancaster
Giles
Franklin - Fayette
Red River - TitusCOLLINGS VA
IN
MO
TX
Patrick
Greene
Cape Girardeau - Bollinger
Hood - Eastland - Somervell - TarrantGAMMON VA
NC
GA
LA
TX
(?)
Wake
Oglethorpe - Jones - Monroe
Claiborne
Montgomery - SmithGEE VA
NC
KY
MO
AR
TX
OK
(Brunswick?)
Orange
Lincoln - Casey
Montgomery - Randolph - Livingston - Grundy
Independence - Scott
Lamar - Hopkins - Bell - Bosque - Erath
LoveHOWELL NC
TN
MO
TX
(Surry?)
Lincoln - Shelby
(?)
Williamson - Burnet - Stonewall - LubbockMcGILL NC
SC
TN
AL
TX
(Cumberland?)
(?)
Giles - Lincoln
Franklin - Fayette
Red River - Lamar - HopkinsPORTER VA
TN
AL
TX
Rockbridge
Lincoln
Lawrence - Franklin
Titus - Erath - Hood - SomervellPRICE VA
NC
GA
AL
MS
TX
Greensville
Rutherford
Clarke - Jasper
Bibb - Perry - Benton (now Calhoun)
Tishomingo
Smith - Henderson - Van ZandtROBERTS TN
MS
TX
(Franklin?)
Panola
Lamar - Hopkins - Delta - Wise - Grayson - SomervellWADSWORTH NC
GA
AL
TX
Cumberland
Wilkes - Lincoln - Jackson - Fayette - Forsyth
Marshall - Blount
Ellis - Johnson
The above links will take you to descendant reports on various ancestors. On those pages, our direct ancestors' surnames are CAPITALIZED to indicate how they are connected.The information contained herein has been compiled from a variety of sources and includes a great deal of independent research. Nevertheless, you undoubtedly will find errors here. Please use this information as a guide rather than a gospel.
Notes on John ROBINSON (b. c1797) of TN, MO & TX
Thomas McGill (c1793-1862) of Fayette Co., AL
Civil War Letters of Hugh A. Brothers
Indian Creek Baptist Church ~ Smith County, Texas
Davis & Misc. Marriage Records (1873-1906) ~ Montague County, Texas
Rock Church: Hood County, Texas
~ Sources and documentation provided upon request ~
Gene Cuisine ~ Fat-Free Genealogy
If you can add to or correct any information at this site, please contact the compiler:Bobby J. Wadsworth
<[email protected]>Carrollton, Texas
�2000�2013
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