Karen (and the list): I have several Brasher-Garrison marriages in my database. I've marked the Brashers with asterisks: 1 Thomas Galespa Garrison b: 29 Jun 1798 SC d: 1867 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL .. +Frances (Fanny) Hanks b: 24 Mar 1798 NC d: c 1880 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL ....... 2 Polly A. Garrison b: c 1824 d: c 1882 ........... +Jackson Garrison ....... 2 Nancy Garrison b: c 1825 ***** +William Brasher m: 15 May 1844 ....... 2 Susan Garrison b: c 1826 ........... +Fanning Brown ....... 2 Parthena Garrison b: 03 Nov 1828 d: 04 Dec 1902 Fayette Co. AL ........... +John W. R. Bailey ....... 2 Louisa Garrison b: 09 Dec 1830 GA ........... +Hudson W. Culpepper b: 19 Sep 1826 GA d: 1855 Coweta Co. GA m: 11 Jul 1850 Carroll Co. GA? Father: Joel Culpepper Mother: Elizabeth Whitaker ................. 3 Mariah Gertrude Culpepper b: May 1851 prob. GA d: 1947 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL ..................... +William Berry b: 06 May 1842 prob. GA d: 12 Jun 1913 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL m: 20 Sep 1868 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL Father: William Berry Mother: Sarah Nelson ................. 3 Rena F. Culpepper b: 01 Jan 1853 d: 03 Jun 1926 Fayette Co. AL ..................... +(1) John Wes[ley?] Dobbs b: 26 Dec 1849 d: 18 Dec 1930 Fayette Co. AL m: 21 Apr 1872 Fayette, Fayette Co. AL *********** +(2) Henry Brasher m: 18 Apr 1858 ******** 3 David Brasher ******** 3 Babe Brasher ******** 3 Alice Brasher ******** 3 James Brasher ....... 2 Miriam Garrison b: 17 Aug 1833 d: 13 May 1914 Whitesburg, Carroll Co. GA ........... +Joel Adams Culpepper b: 04 Jul 1832 GA d: 28 Mar 1904 Whitesburg, Carroll Co. GA m: 07 Jul 1853 Father: Joel Culpepper Mother: Elizabeth Whitaker ....... 2 Adaline Garrison b: c 1835 ........... +Alexander McAllestor ....... 2 John Thompson Garrison b: 21 Jul 1837 Coweta Co. GA ****** +Almiranda Brasher ....... 2 Thomas Jefferson Garrison b: 09 Jul 1839 d: 03 Mar 1925 Fayette Co. AL ........... +(1) Elizabeth Matilda Dobbs b: 11 Mar 1851 July 23, 1920 d: 23 Jul 1920 Fayette Co. AL ........... +(2) Selena C. Berry m: 01 Jan 1866 Father: John N. Berry My own descent is through Mariah Culpepper and William Berry, rather than through any of these Brashers, but clearly there was a close relationship between the families. Margaret Lindsey Smith, mlsmith67@earthlink.net