Is anyone still using this board to research TOW and TOWE? My earliest confirmed TOW is Anderson TOW, who married Priscilla WALSER around 1851 and had a son. Priscilla was previously married to John TOW, who died in 1844, leaving three sons. The family moved from Davidson County, NC to Carroll County, VA around 1851 (after the 1850 census). Two of the boy stayed in Virginia, one went to Texas then to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), and the youngest (my ancestor) went to Missouri. ALL of the children of the four boys started adding an "E" to the TOW name -- reportedly this was to keep people from pronouncing it "toe".
Kristi
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