Since I have been unable to learn the names of my gggrandmother Elizabeth Thornton Sills's parents, I am again writing to ask if anyone has info about her parents. Elizabeth and Clemmie Sills were married in Sampson County, N. Carolina, on 15 November 1818. If that date is correct, they had at least one child before they were married, maybe two, since Lee was born in 1816, and Sally in 1817. Two daughters Mary Jane and Penelope were born in North Carolina after their parents were married. There is a gape of eight years between the birth of Mary Jane and Penelope, so there may have been more children. Sometime before 1830, the family moved to Lowndes County, Alabama, and eventually Wilcox County, Alabama. There Clemmie and Elizabeth had children named: Jesse L., John Henry, Handy (Hardy?), Martha E., James Needham, Nancy, and Clinton. Sally Sills married John Thornton. John's family is probably connected to Elizabeth's Thornton family, but the connection has not been found. Anyone with info about Thorntons who had a daughter Elizabeth born on 27 April 1795, would be greatly appreciated. Freda -- Researching my Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner, Blakely,Wright, Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate, Grice, Herron, Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones.