WOW!!!!!!!!! Thanks ladies. I have Peter Early Fossett, his marriage, children and most of their families. They moved to Pike Co Ga and Peter and wife and several of the children are buried in Fossett Cemetery originally Old Salem. It is still well kept and the land was given by Peter. Also his in-laws, John Swanson Brunt and wife Patience Rowland are buried there. Guess I was hoping maybe a pension application would hold a clue. I was at a loss as to how to go about checking that source. By the way: Peter was listed as Fassett in his Greene Co Ga marriage record. Some internet info has him listed as Peter Karly Fossett. There is a Peter Karly descended from the Fossetts of Thomas Jefferson plantation. There is a very interesting story of his life but not, so far as I know, any connection to my family. Will take your suggestions one by one and see where it takes me. Thanks again for the postings and all the ideas. Til next time, Joanne Yeager Thorne

Joanne, It sounds like you know quite a bit about this family and are doing a good job. I'm a volunteer researcher, and by habit I get so curious about other people's search problems, that I did a quick look for Peter Fossett on ancestry.com. It's interesting that he is found in the 1850 census as "Early" Fossett and that his neighbors in 1850 included John and Patience Brunt and Elizabeth Bradbury and that a Bradbury shows up living with widow Martha Fossett in the 1870 census. I assume you've researched these surnames. If you have a subscription to Heritage Quest, you can search for RWV pension applications. Subscriptions are often available through local public libraries. I used my subscription and found a Robert Fossett of Rowan Co. NC and his signed statement. (I can send a copy via attachement if you like.) Since Peter Early Fossett named his first son Robert, this could be useful IF you have reason to think Peter's parents were in NC. Robert's name, by the way, is "translated" by officials as Faucett, Forsett et al, although Robert's signature is clear when you remember that an S was usually written as an f. Let me know if you want the attachment. Joanne Kartak Joanne Thorne <cybergranny@nc.rr.com> wrote: WOW!!!!!!!!! Thanks ladies. I have Peter Early Fossett, his marriage, children and most of their families. They moved to Pike Co Ga and Peter and wife and several of the children are buried in Fossett Cemetery originally Old Salem. It is still well kept and the land was given by Peter. Also his in-laws, John Swanson Brunt and wife Patience Rowland are buried there. Guess I was hoping maybe a pension application would hold a clue. I was at a loss as to how to go about checking that source. By the way: Peter was listed as Fassett in his Greene Co Ga marriage record. Some internet info has him listed as Peter Karly Fossett. There is a Peter Karly descended from the Fossetts of Thomas Jefferson plantation. There is a very interesting story of his life but not, so far as I know, any connection to my family. Will take your suggestions one by one and see where it takes me. Thanks again for the postings and all the ideas. Til next time, Joanne Yeager Thorne List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com