In a message dated 11/17/98 5:18:23 AM Central Standard Time, ALMADISO-D- [email protected] writes: << m researching a GILES family, specifically Joseph H. GILES b. Oct 1845 who was married to Lucretia J. PETTY b. ?. They had 3 children that I am aware of: Meredith Clarence GILES b. 1883?; Daniel A. GILES b. 1871?; and Hannah D. GILES. All of these children were born in Madison County AL, but the family moved to Ellis County TX after 1880 sometime. >> This looks like a pretty good bet. Lucretia WRIGHT was one of a party of forty or fifty who came from VA/NC to Madison Co, AL, roughly between 1790 & 1815. Core of the group was about six or seven children of Capt. John & Ann Williams WRIGHT's eighteen children. Married daughters on the trip included Lucretia Wright Petty, Elizabeth Wright Arnold, Nancy Wright Elliott, and Amelia Wright Martain/Martin. (My great-great grandfather, Maj. Daniel Wright, was also in the gang.) Descendants of William Eli Petty 1 William Eli Petty 1760 - b: Abt. 1760 in Fauquier Co, VA? d: in Madison Co, AL? .. +Lucretia Wright 1760 - b: Abt. 1760 in Fauquier Co, VA d: in Madison Co, AL? . 2 John Wright Petty, Sr. 1791 - b: February 28, 1791 ..... +Anna Harris 1789 - b: 1789 ..... 3 John Wright Petty, Jr. 1824 - b: November 12, 1824