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Tennessee and Missouri Ancestors

We have quite a few family lines that came from Tennessee to Missouri. This was a popular migration route. Some of these families also lived in Arkansas and Kansas.

Here are our Tennesse>Missouri surnames:

Branick (Brannock) . Clepper . Cooper . Dickens . Higgenbotham (Hickenbottom) . JACKSON . LASITER (LASSITER . LASATER) . Lowery . Owen . Rogers . Smith . Vassar>Vasser . Williams

BRANICK/BRANNOCK -- NC>AR>KS>MO>KS

COOPER -- VA>TN>MO

JACKSON -- TN>AR>MO

LASITER -- VA>NC>TN>MO

See the family reports on our main genealogy page or on the Index Page

Research notes:

BRANICK/BRANNOCK -- I am in contact with several cousins in our direct line (Elias BRANICK). There also is a BRANNOCK e-mail list. Related surnames: DICKENS, JACKSON, SMITH, WILLIAMS

COOPER -- I am in contact with a cousin in our direct line (Alden Jasper COOPER). There is a COOPER e-mail list. See related researcher web page for more descendants from VA & TN. Related surnames: LOWERY, HOGG, OWEN, VASSAR>VASSER

JACKSON -- TN>AR>MO -- This has been my hardest line to trace (John JACKSON is such a common name). Have been in contact with first cousins of my Father. There is a JACKSON e-mail list. Related surnames: BRANICK, BUZZARD, CLEPPER, HAMMOND

LASITER -- VA>NC>TN>MO -- I am in contact with cousins in our Alex (Jotham Alexander) LASITER line (HEMPHILL & SHORT). Also have been in contact with a HIGGENBOTHAM cousin (there's an e-mail list for that name too). I probably have the most on this line as others have shared their research. There also is a LASATER Newsletter. Related surnames: COOPER, HIGGENBOTHAM, HEMPHILL, HIGGENBOTHAM, HOLLAND, JOHNSON, SHORT

MISSOURI --
The Missouri web pages are great and have been a big help! (Stone County has a superb site!) The main cities (and counties) where our ancestors lived are:
Joplin (Jasper); Anderson (McDonald); Granby, Neosho (Newton); (Stone)
There also is MO and counties e-mail lists.

  • Barry Co. MO
  • Newton Co. MO
  • Stone Co. MO
  • Online Mo Death Index

    TENNESSEE --
    The main cities (and counties) where our ancestors lived are: Cannon, Rutherford
    There also is TN and counties e-mail lists.

  • Cannon Co. TN

    Related Researchers -- Web Links

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