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From: "TJH" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Hightower's
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 14:26:17 -0800


That info is unverified and the descendent chart of Samuel is from
Billingsly and is absolutely WRONG... tjh
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Hightower's


> Hi Mary,
>
> Thanks for your message and for the correction. Would you mind telling to
> whom this Robert does belong so that I can connect him to the right
family?
>
> I am trying to locate the group sheets that Joan gave me ages ago, but I
> have filed them so well that I can't even find them! :-(
>
> According to what I understand, the father of these children was Thomas
> Hightower, and his wife an "Unknown" LANGSTON. Then, I have elsewhere in
> my files that a daughter of Samuel LANGSTON,
> married an Unknown HIGHTOWER. Now, I don't know if these two are the same
> couples, or not.
>
> Here's the Samuel LANGSTON outline:
>
> Descendants of Samuel Langston
>
> 1 Samuel LANGSTON b: Abt. 1770 d: Abt. 1840
Izard
> County, AR
> ... 2 Martha LANGSTON b: Abt. 1793
> ....... +Unknown HIGHTOWER
> ... 2 Hiram LANGSTON b: 1795 South Carolina
> ....... +Eleanor UNKNOWN
>
> Have you compared notes with Kathryn Langston and T. J. Harper? I think
> they would know, if anyone would.
>
> Jean
>
>
>
>
> At 08:05 AM 12/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >Jean,
> >
> >Thanks for putting my Hightower information out there so that others can
> >see where I am coming from. I also thought that it was nice of you to
> >include the names and e-mail addresses of the people that you got this
> >information from. I have been in touch with Joan and George off and on,
> >they have been great about sharing thier information with me.
> >
> >But there has been one mistake on the son, Robert Hightower of William
and
> >Martha Hightower. The Robert Hightower that you have listed was from the
> >Independence County Hightower cousin's family. Robert Hightower was
never
> >married and died on his way back from Texas after the Civil War.
> >
> >Now when it comes to the Langston family and the Hightower connection, I
> >would get the Gold Star if I could come up with this Hightower
information
> >from some family records. In the "Billingsley Family of America" it
states
> >that Martha, the daughter of Nathan Langston married a Mr. Hightower and
> >had four children. So here starts another Langston/Hightower mystery to
be
> >solved. In the 1850 census, Hightower children: Patsy, Nathan, Heyley
Jane
> >and Mary Ann Hightower were living with Nathan and Susannah Langston.
Got
> >any ideals?
> >
> >The only Mayfield information I have is in Pulaski Co., Ky...Here I have
> >Helen Mayfield married to Marshall Raney.
> >
> >Thanks for your help......Mary
> >----------
>
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