Hi Judy, and thanks for the quick response.

 

Where do I begin?  I was born in 1947 in Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama.  I have been in California the vast majority of my life, however.  If you can find it, I have a public tree on Ancestry.com titled "Helton Family Tree (JD)" and you are welcome to have a look at it.  I am only certain that the data there is fairly accurate back about three or four generations.

 

Where I am currently stuck is finding the parents of my great grandfather William Henry Helton. He was bron in Alabama 16 Dec 1868, and died 01 Nov 1938 I believe in Colbert Coounty.  On Familysearch.org I found some death information that stated his father was "Wash Helton" and listed his mother as "Allen".  Another researcher told me two things:  1) that the Helton's of Colbert County were in the Daniel Irvin Helton line and 2) that I should investigate the possibiity that my great grandfather's father was Miles Washington Helton out of TN.  No luck there so far.

 

Other possible leads in this search are Hiney Helton (Born about 1851 in Alabama, Died 1900 in Bastrop, Texas), and Henry Clay Helton (Born 1847 in Alabama, Died 1898 in Texas).

 

I am awaiting results of a DNA test which may help, but am going crazy in the meanwhile and constantly running into dead ends. 

 

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

Jimmy

Hi Judy, I have been researching the Nunley's, Heltons, Parsons, McCoys, Wilemons, from Tishomingo, Co. Ms. for many years. I use Ancestry.com a lot as well as trips to court houses, libraries. The Nunley's are a big puzzle of ancestors to try to figure out. I feel like Sherlock Holmes always trying to unscramble who is with who. I have quite a bit on these families and I am related to these names. I would be happy to share what I have. I have had the DNA test done. Interesting results with that. Looking forward to sharing information with those that maybe also may have found information that will help me.
Cathye Nunley Graham

I am interested in the following names; Nunley, Helton, Parsons, McCoy, Vaughn, Wilemon, Farris, Carpenter, Allen, Patterson, Cash.
I am mostly interested in the United States, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia.
I have been doing research for around 25 years or more.
I have a huge love of American history and History of the British Isles and Irelandl
So learning about your own history is a fascinating journey.