Would like to exchange information with anyone connecting to, or having information on, the following surnames being researched, or of interest to my Crow line, in the following or states and nearby Counties: Elbert/Franklin/Forsyth/Hall/Gwinnett/Cherokee and Whitfield Cos. GA, St. Clair and Cherokee Co. AL, Hill and Dallas Cos. TX: Ault, Black, Bond, Compton, Crow(e), Fann, Fenn, Fowler, Hammon, Hammond(s), Hansard, Hansford, Harlan, Harland, Harlin, Hendricks, Hendrix, Holcomb(e), Kemp, Langston, Light, Loner, Orr, Pass, Pope, Roberts, Seay, Thornton, Wheeler, Whelchel, Wilson, White, Whitworth.
Some of these folks migrated from VA>NC>SC>GA and on to AL>and Hill, Dallas Cos. TX, and points beyond, togehter.

Phillip Crow
310 Villanova Ave
Ventura CA 93003-2145

Phillip:

In Gwinnett Co., GA I have HOLCOMBE's. First, there is Elisha HOLCOMBE and family and his brother Richard HOLCOMBE and family. They are there in early 1830's. Then, Elisha's son, Elsberry HOLCOMBE and family moved from Gwinnett after the Civil War to Bartow County, GA. One of the sons, Francis E."Doc" married a Fanny KEMP there. I don't know if they had known each other in Gwinnett or just met in Bartow Co. Another son, Augustus, married a Jessie CROW, but that was after the family moved to Cooke Co., TX. Don't know if the CROW family had come with them to TX or if they met in TX. Later Gus and Jessie moved to Oklahoma while it was still a territory.

Do you have connections to any of these? Would be interested in exchanging.

Debbie

I have geneology of the Thornton's going back to Hosea, in 1700, in England, through my line to today. My personal line picks up with Isaac, in Forsythe Co., AL, 1817, married Clarinda Nuckolls in 1819, in GA, and on down. I'll be glad to mail you what I have and you can meld it together and perhaps follow your own line, down to you.

I know a Mattie Oma Pope Roe, who lives in Palestine, TX, who lived in Cherokee Co., AL, and married Henry Roe from the same co., and moved to TX to live. I'd be gald to put you in contact with her. There are still relatives in AL and AR.

My mother, Myrnice Irene Callaway Thornton, went to school with a Bolen Bond, from Teague, TX. He was a educator, well know in the state of TX. I don't have any direct knowledge of that family, but can find one if need be.

There is a family of Orr's living in Kerens, TX. He is a realtor there. I can put you in contact with him also, if you like.

The only Wheeler I know was my 4th grade teacher. If you like, I might be able to put you in touch with her family, somehow. Not sure, though.

I can only think of two Robert's that I've known. Allen, lives in Houston, TX, and Haskell, who lives here in Fairfield, TX. I worked for Allen when I lived in Pasadena, TX, and Haskell and I worked together at the Power Plant, here in Fairfield. I can contact either of them for you.

Let me know what you need, and I'll see what I can do for you.
God Bless, DT

Hi Phillip,
From what I can learn from my Thornton book, Reuben was a son of Thomas, one of three sisters (Sarah Elizabeth Thornton Montgomery, Ellender Thornton Millford, and Mary Eviline Thornton Monday) and four brothers, Freeland, Pinckney, Isaac, and Reuben who was born in Hall County, GA around 1822. Other than the 1850 census of Hall Co. GA, which listed him as 25 years of age. He appeared at the distribution of his father's estate on april 24, 1876, which was served by A.B. Nuckolls, at the residence of Z.T. Monday(Munday), Reuben's nephew, which was his "most notorious place of abode". On May 10,1876 he signed the settlement papers and dropped from our records after that.

Reuben's brother, Isaac, is my g-grandfather, Dozier is my Grandfather and Isaac is my Dad.

There are scads of Thornton's around here. I live about 90 miles south of Dallas. Hill County is about 60 miles NE of me. I live in Freestone county. Many Thorntons live in and around Freestone, Limestone, Anderson counties, which are joined together. There are also clusters around Corpus Christi, and up in the Panhandle and down through West Texas(Abiline, Odessa, etc.)

I will continue to read and see if it mentions about Reuben's making a trip to TX. We seemed to have come from VA, down through the Carolinas, GA and across the south to TX. I've met one family in Farmington NM, who could establish a connection.

This is probably more than you wanted to know about us, but maybe it will help. If I run up on anything else I will try to get it to you.

Thanks for your reply. DT

Don, thanks for your offer. Thornton is not my direct line (or is it?) but were around my Crows in lower Hall and Whitfield Cos. GA. Specifically, Reubin, George, Thomas, and Isaac Thornton. Some of these men traded property with my Crows. Thomas, I believe, was a MG and preformed a marriage between my Crows. Isaac Thornton, I understand, made several trips from Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co. GA, c.1870-1889's, to TX and remained in TX on his last trip I'm told. Since some of my Crows left the same areas and arrived in TX, I have to wonder if they migrated together?
Earlier settlers, c1700's, Thorntons, Wheelers, and my Fenn line, migrated together also. Some of the Thorntons, Wheelers, and Fenns left NE GA and went to Hill Co. TX together, c.1870.
Does any of this connect with your knowledge of your Thornton Line? If so, feel free to contact me directly at crowslanding@netscape.net or through this forum.

Forsythe County, GA
Your information is more detailed than mine. Here is what I have in my book about Ellender.
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Ellender(Ellen)Thornton, probably the fifth child of Thomas Thornton and Rebecca (House)Thornton, waqs born ca. 1820, probably in Hall County, Georgia. On february 20, 1840, she married James Milford in Forsythe County, Georgia. It would appear that Ellender died after 1854 (when son, James I., was born)and that james Milford married again. In 1860 there is a younger women listed scond after the head of the household and there is a six-month old baby in the house. Of course, it is possible that six-month old David was Ellender's James' child, that ellender died soon after his birth, and 24 year old Sarah could have been a female relative helping with the family. In any case, here is the listing in the 1860 Forsyth County, Georgia, census:

James Milford 47 M farmer b. S.C

Sarah A. 24 F b. GA

Sarah J. 17 F b. GA

Wm. P.(Pinkney?) 15 M b. GA

Frances (R.?) 13 F b. GA

Louisa 11 F b. GA

Thomas R. 9 M b. GA

James I.(Isaac) 6 M b. GA

David L. 6/12 M b. GA

This last child, David L., and eleven year old Louisa, did not recieve a share of Thomas Thornton's estate. Either David was not an heir and therefore not entitled to a share, or both he and Louisa died before their grandfather, Thomas Thornton.

From the settlement of Thomas Thornton's estate, we learn that Sarah J. Milford married an Ellis, and Frances (R.) Milford married Y.B. White.

The oldest daughter, Louvena (Levenia) Milford, was already married in 1860 and appears with her husband inthe Forsyth County, Georgia, census for that year:

S.R. McBrayer 26 M b. N.C.

Levenia 19 F b. GA

James (I.?) 2 M b. GA
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You may be correct about the wagon train. There is, somewhere in this book, a story about a wagon train with several families. I will look further and see what I can find. It has been a while since I read that particular account.

Thanks for the reply. I'm enjoying the communication with you. DT

Don,
Thanks for the information. So your ancestor was Isaac Thornton that lead the wagon train of 30 some people from Tunnel Hill GA to TX, c1867? Interesting, that is the year my Crows moved into that area of Whitfield Co. GA from lower Hall Co., GA after seving in the Civil War.
Ellender Thornton Millford, sister to your ancestor Isaac Thornton, was the grandmother of James Richard "Rich" White I beleive. Rich White married Polly Malinda(Lindy)Crow on 29 Dec. 1901 in probably Hall or Gwinnett. Her parents Coleman N. Crow b.21 Aug. 1834 and Frances (Fannie) R. Roberts. Coleman N, Crow's parents were Carlisle B. Crow and Nancy W. Whitworth. Carlisle B. Crow b. 8 Nov. 1799 in SC was my Great Great Grandfahter, Johnathan Wilson Crow's older brother. Phillip

i am descended from Aaron Kemp, Label kemp, Street kemp,
John w. Kemp, A. J Kemp, A.j. Kemp jr, and others of Forsythe county from 1845-1890

Are your Kemps related to Solomon O. Kemp and Elizabeth Kyle of Forsyth/Hall/Gwinnett Co.s GA? Solomon and Elizabeth Kemp's daughter, Nancy Caroline Kemp, married Thomas T. Crow, son of Carlisle B. Crow and Nancy W. Whitworth of Hall Co. GA.
There was also reportedly a Mary Caroline Kemp that married a Mathew E. Crow, son of John W. Crow and Avis Porter in Gwinnett Co., GA (?), but that's about all I have on these folks. Perhaps you could help me out with these Crow's and Kemps?

I've been searching for Benjamin F. Holcombe who was born in 1864 in SC. He left his family in SC and moved possibly to Ga and remarried. Family tradition says that all knew about this second family. My grandfather, Augustas McCoy ("Gus Coy") was the son of this Benjamin. Have you noted anyone in your research in Ga on the Holcombes with a Benjamin or Ben first name?
Thanks!!!
Julia M. Batchelor--Nashville,NC