This site describes ancestors and relatives of Zela N. Franks (1908-1995) and her parents William Barrett Franks and Flora (Carder) Franks who lived in southwestern Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas beginning around 1912. The navigation links above provide family trees and genealogical detail for all known family branches.
The earliest ancestor line is recorded in Colonial Virginia in the mid 1600s, with others appearing later in New Jersey, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Research to now has only in a few cases led to the European origin of these ancestors. Some of Flora Carder's ancestors were from Scotland and England, and some of the long ago Franks may have been of German origin. This is an area that is ripe for further research.
Some Ancestor Families:
| Carder | (Tennessee - Arkansas - Texas - Oklahoma) | ||
| Fisher | (Germany - Virginia - Pennsylvania - North Carolina - South Carolina - Tennessee) | ||
| Franks | (Tennessee - Alabama - Mississippi - Arkansas - Texas - Oklahoma) | ||
| Galbreath | (Pennsylvania - North Carolina - Tennessee) | ||
| Gann | (Virginia - Tennessee - Alabama - Mississippi - Arkansas - Texas) | ||
| Golden | (Alabama - Tennessee - Arkansas) | ||
| Hanks | (Virginia - North Carolina - Kentucky - Tennessee) | ||
| Harrold | (Tennessee) | ||
| Kearse | (Virginia - South Carolina) | ||
| McAdams | (North Carolina - Tennessee - Alabama - Mississippi - Arkansas - Texas) | ||
| McKamie | (North Carolina - Tennessee - Arkansas) | ||
| Tubb | (Virginia - North Carolina - Tennessee) | ||
| Smith | (Virginia - South Carolina) | ||
| Wilson | (Tennessee) | ||
| Wolverton | (New Jersey - Kentucky - Tennessee - Mississippi - Arkansas) |
Site notes
- Living people are not included.
- Information here may be used for personal family research. Please cite Jerry Balkcom and this site https://www.pbalkcom.com