Mike - I am researching two lines of Coles in Fayette Co, AL for which I believe I will ultimately find a connection!! But so far - no. WILLIAM BIBB COLE and Sarah "Sally" BYARS had four children that married FREEMANs while in Fayette Co: Richard (1792-1864) m. Sarah FREEMAN Martha (1791-1871) m. William FREEMAN Matilda (1802-?) m. Rev. James H. FREEMAN Rebecca (1799-?) m. Rev. Jessie FREEMAN I have no other information on these couples than what's listed above! (I have wondered if Matilda and Rebecca married the same Rev. FREEMAN... Have also wondered if perhaps Matilda and Rebecca are the same person but my source documentation doesn't seem to make that a possibility. Perhaps, also, only one of the daughters married a FREEMAN and somehow the data was confused and a second marriage was added. Most of my primary resource on the COLEs comes from a cousin who has been doing research for years. While I trust his veracity and thoroughness, I have not personally researched this information.) WILLIAM DUNCAN COLE m. Cornelia Ann DARDEN in Fayette Co., AL. William Duncan served in Co, F, 38th AL Vol Reg/t. during the Civil War. (Killed in battled May, 1864). We have original letters he wrote home during the war and I have recently compiled a list of people and places he mentions in his letters. FREEMAN references include (dates are date of the letter in which the person is mentioned): 1) Jas. L. - 5/21/62 - Is in Co. F with WDC 11/12/63 - He hopes to be discharged as he is in bad health 2) Hawk - 12/11/62 - Mentions having passed Oxford, MS when going "to look at Hawk Freeman's place." 5/8/63 - Is sending Hawk cloth for Cornelia (I couldn't tell if he was sending this "home" to Hawk to give to his wife or if Hawk was somewhere in Mobile where William Duncan was serving at the time and he was "sending" it to Hawk to take home when on furlough..... Wm Duncan sent things home to his wife both ways....) 3) Billy - 1/10/63 - "Get your Pa to get Billy to write Ray for the deed" - Your guess is as good as mine as to what THAT was all about! 4) There was some kind of business/establishment/? in Northport, AL called Freeman and Nickles - 5/26/63 is first mention and WDCole refers to it several times as a place Cornelia can get something or a place where he is sending something for her to get. 5) John (may have been from LA) - 1/1/63 - WDCole heard from his brother Henry Victor COLE (living in LA but serving with an Arkansas, CSA regiment) that John was well. 6) Thomas (same 1/1/63 letter from Henry Victor above) - joined 31st LA reg't in June, 1862. 2/15/63 letter from Henry Victor - Thomas is camped @ 2 mi. above Vicksburg. Also - I have found a WONDERFUL site "Adult People Living in Fayette Co., AL Prior to the Civil War http://www.rootsweb.com/~alfayett/PreCivilWarPeople.htm It's not a complete listing but it gives you some insight into the people and families there at the time. FREEMANs are listed there; Also a note that FREEMANs, FILEs, COLEs and LEEs intermarried a lot! Please get back to me if you find any links! - Hope this help! - Leah