I ran across the following item in an older North Carolina genealogy
magazine.
I'm not related, just passing it on because of the Jackson connection. ~~
Dixie Kline Richardson, Indianapolis
"Some 4 or 5 years ago an advertisement appeared in a North Carolina paper,
making enquiries for the legal heirs of the McCollum familiy. The paper
containing
the notice was misplaced at the time and an investigation of the matter
neglected.
For the information of all parties concerned, we will state that John
McCollum was
born in Scotland and emigrated to this country about the year l750, and
settled near
Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. He had two sons, John and Thomas.
Thomas
was born at that place about the year l768 and he had a son Thomas who now
resides at Seymour, Jackson county, Indiana where he will be pleased to
receive
any information concerning the enquiry made for the McCollum family. Papers in
North Carolina will confer a favor by noticing the above." (Continuing: From
the
Seymour Times, -Indiana-, date unknown, as quoted in the Charlotte Democrat
-North Carolina- l9 October l877. Contributed by Robert M. Topkins of Cary,
N. C."