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>Debi, > >Hello cousin. Mclin or Maclin and Nancy Southard were >my great great great grandparents. There daughter >Luiza married my GGF William Key or Kee of McMinn Co. >TN. in around 1840. Gillam Southard was a neighbor. >They were married in White Co. TN and the whole bunch >migrated via oxen train to Dallas Co. Mo. in 1843. > >But you are looking for stuff DAR information so let >me give you the following email address: >d.szasz@attbi.com. She can give you much information >regarding Southards that fought in the Revolutionary >War. > >Regards, >Richard > >>Debi, >> >>On a whim, I told my girlfriend, whose maiden name is >>SOUTHARD, that I would try to trace her Dad's >>ancestors in the census. I was real lucky and found >>them from 1930 on back to 1850. Her line is as >>follows: >> >>Father - Herman R. SOUTHARD (twin) and Roberta Helen >>GROSS >>Grandfather - John C. SOUTHARD and Minnie Lee GIVENS >>Great Grandfather - William A. SOUTHARD and Quintilla >>CHANDLER (twin) >>GG-Grandfather - William SOUTHARD and Mrs. Rebecca >>(Detherage) JOHNS >> >>Since the families were always in Johnson Twp., Maries >>Co., MO, (Dist 24, Crawford Co., MO in 1850 since >>there was evidently no Maries Co. in 1850), and >>Gilliam (Gilham) is there also in 1850, I'm guessing >>that Gilliam is William's father. >> >>Do you know of any sources to confirm this? >> >>Thanks! Ruth >> >>>I have been researching this Southard line for the >>>last year for my Dar Appication. I have more >>>information on them with good documentation. I must >>>retrieve my notes before I post. I do have a copy of >a >>>notarized note written by my 2Grt grandfather Richard >>>Tolliver Southard in 1929 at age 85 telling that two >>>brothers Gilliam and Maclain and families came from >>>Tennessee in 1843, some settled in Maries Co. >>>(Gilliam) and others in Dallas Co(maclain). Marriage >>>records of their children, births and the MO >Censuses >>>of 1850 seem to support this date. >>>Debi

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