My father's (Richard BATTLES) line has a tenuous connection to Noel or William. Here's *all* the Battles information we know right now: Ron (me) Richard Battles (b 1917 d 1999 m Catherine Carden 1935) Robert N Battles (b 1893 d unknown m Bessie Ashworth bef 1914) Richard James Battles (b 1866 d unknown m Rosa abt 1888) Franklin Battles (b 1832 d unknown m Sarah) William Battles (b 1780 ) And we also have a Battles research document called "Our Battles Heritage from England to Alabama" that outlines a connection to from our William to William Noel. at: http://www.lightpatch.com/genealogy/etoa/ As the page says, it's unproven, but I plan on contacting the author when I'm back in Mississippi later this year, to see if she has any documentation. At 08:09 PM 2/21/00, you wrote: >The followinng persons probably were allied to the CADDEL family in >South Carolina and Alabama. Does anyone on the list know of any of these >individuals? > >BATTLES, NOEL, aged 80, and a resident of St. Clair County; private, >Virginia Continental Line and Militia; enrolled on September 29, 1833, >under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March 4, >1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of >list, $240. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd >Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in St. Clair County, June 1, 1840, >with William Battles; aged 100. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148. > >Listowner for: CADDELL, CADLE, CADWELL, CAUDLE, CALDER, CALDERWOOD, >CORDELL, KEADLE, BIRCHFIELD, BURCHFIELD, CALVIN and INVERNESS >Lists of Rootsweb Genealogy research on: ASHWORTH BATTLES CARDON CARDEN KENNER MCSPADDEN SMITH http://www.lightpatch.com/genealogy [email protected]