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Migration from TN to TX

Migration from TN to TX

Posted: 18 Jul 2008 1:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Newton, Waters, Anderson
Forgive me for asking what may be such a basic question, but I have three family lines that traveled from TN to TX at various times - Newton's from McMinn County TN to Tarrant County TX prior to the Civil War, Anderson's from Warren County TN eventually to Denton County TX around 1870 and Waters from Wilson County TN to Tarrant County Texas in the post WWI era. I'm curious what the real motivation was to migrate to Texas during this time period, not simply the desire to migrate. Was it simply the availability of land? the promise of better farming? a new start? Please help me understand what may have been going on (in a grand scheme of things sort of way). Thanks in advance.

Re: Migration from TN to TX

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 9:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
my family were the Tompkins,which came from Tenn.to Tex.Parker county is where they settled in the mid 1800s Theyre small daughter had a heat stroke in parker co. on the way to Oregon.Their older children went on to oregon or Cali. They bought land and farmed here.
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