Re: Looking for F. Bert McCollum from Texas
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Looking for F. Bert McCollum from Texas
5/27/00
NANCY I READ WITH INTEREST YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE MCCOLLUM FAMILY OF TEXAS. I AM LOOKING FOR BENJAMIN F. MCCOLLUM FAMILY OUT OF CHEROKEE, GEORGIA .DURING THE CIVIL WAR HE HAD A BAND OF MEN HE CALLED MCCOLLUM SCOUTS, THEY WERE APPOINTED TO HELP CLEAN UP NORTH GEORGIA UNION SPY RING THAT WAS GOING ON IN PICKENS,COUNTY GEORGIA AND OTHER COUNTIES. I WONDER IF YOU MAY BE KIN TO HIM LATER ON HE BECAME A LAWYER AND PRACTICED IN HAMPTON, GEORGIA. I WAS A KIRK BEFORE I MARRIED. MY PEOPLE CAME IN 1665 TO VIRGINIA, CAROLINAS,TENNESSEE,GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. KAREN KIRK REEDER