My GGrandfather went by the name Wesley Bass. However, all his legal documents and census records show him as Needham W. Bass. Is it possible your Manassa did the same thing? Could Hezekiah M. Thomas be him? Patentee: HEZEKIAH M THOMAS State: ALABAMA Acres: 79.76 Issue Date: 7/2/1904 Land Office: Montgomery Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392) Document Numbers Document Nr.: 19543 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 32437 Accession/Serial Nr.: AL5150__.311 BLM Serial Nr.: AL NO S/N Patentee: HEZEKIAH M THOMAS State: ALABAMA Acres: 39.98 Issue Date: 5/14/1906 Land Office: Montgomery Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392) Document Numbers Document Nr.: 20546 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 37488 Accession/Serial Nr.: AL5200__.172 BLM Serial Nr.: AL NO S/N -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/05