My Family settled in Oconee , Ill prior to 1850 the picture of the house a cousin gave is the home of my 2nd great grand father.My father and mother where born in (Shelby & Effingham Co)Illinois , moved to northern Indiana spring of 1958 ......Relatives.......include..Beck,Miller,Settle,Mitchell,Sarver,Welch,Frailey,Jones,Beeson,Lawrence,Calhoon,Merrick,Hart,Chatham,Moore,Walker,WakeField,Askins,McDaniel..one cousin I had to tell who her grand parents where that she only remembered from her childhood which made her a 2nd cousin. I started doing this when I was 12 after getting info from my grand parents and family members, I do do my research a 1790 Gallup record made it kinda easy.... on my mothers side from Tennessee... Kites , Haynes , Spear , Charles , Lawson , Martin,Turner and more...the family was part of the 1st settlers in Tn. some settled along Dodson creek ..John Servier signed land grants of N.C. to some ancestors

My Family settled in Oconee , Ill prior to 1850 the picture of the house a cousin gave is the home of my 2nd great grand father.My father and mother where born in (Shelby & Effingham Co)Illinois , moved to northern Indiana spring of 1958 ......Relatives.......include..Beck,Miller,Settle,Mitchell,Sarver,Welch,Frailey,Jones,Beeson,Lawrence,Calhoon,Merrick,Hart,Chatham,Moore,Walker,WakeField,Askins,McDaniel..one cousin I had to tell who her grand parents where that she only remembered from her childhood which made her a 2nd cousin. I started doing this when I was 12 after getting info from my grand parents and family members, I do do my research a 1790 Gallup record made it kinda easy.... on my mothers side from Tennessee... Kites , Haynes , Spear , Charles , Lawson , Martin,Turner and more...the family was part of the 1st settlers in Tn. some settled along Dodson creek ..John Servier signed land grants of N.C. to some ancestors