Carol, The researcher who found all this out was actually trying to find the father of her Samuel Anderson and the child turned out to be my Thomas J. Anderson. She eliminated William Anderson s/o David Anderson as he went to England and died there. She tracked this William sr. using tax records mainly. We do not know when he was born or where or who his parents were. This is what the researcher had to say about William Anderson Sr. - bc. 1742 - 1810, may be related to, but not a son of David Anderson, merchant of Hanover, who removed to Albemarle Co. and had eight sons William, Nathaniel, David Jr., Richard, Matthew, Thomas, Edmund and Samuel. Although Nathaniel (1742 - 1812), Matthew (1749 - 1833), and Thomas (1755 - 1800) resided at times in Buckingham Co., the oldest son, William (1740 - 1796) married Mary Gist and was an attorney in London, England where he died. He was a resident of Buckingham Co. by 1764, an original constituent of the Buckingham Baptist Church, slaveholder and planter. He left a will and estate of 412 acres near New Canton which was sold in 1826 to the John Anderson Estate. He was listed as Wm. Anderson on tax lists 1782 - 1795, listed as Captain (militia) on tax lists 1796 - 1799) ; listed as Wm. Anderson Sr. on tax lists 1800 - 1810 and on 1810 Federal Census. The children are documented as follows: Richard Anderson bc. 1762 was listed by name as 21 yr. old titable of Wm. Anderson on 1783 Buckingham Co. personal property tax lists. Listed as Captain beginning 1796 tax list; listed 1810 federal census with wife and 4 children. Only child document: Son William bc 1790 (listed as tithable, 1806 tax list for Capt. Rich. A. listed 1811 tax list as William A., "S Rich (son of Richard) James Anderson bc. 1764 (listed by name as 21 yr. old tithable of Wm. Anderson on 1787 tax list. m. ca. 1786 Janie Guerrant, d/o Peter Guerrant of Buckingham Co. had son James Jr. bc. 1788 ; first listed as James A. Jr. per 1804 tax list; listed 1810 - 1814 as James A. "BS (blacksmith); listed on 1810 and 1820 federal census as single male. John Anderson bc 1767 (listed as 21 yer old tithable of Wm. Anderson on 1788 tax list) of NewCanton, Anderson & Hill, and Anderson's Ordinary, had a carriage and ordinary liscense for B&B beginning 1799 per tax list; listed 1810 census as John Anderson with wife and six children. Son John Jr. bc. 1786(1802 tax list tithable of John Anderson) listed as John Jr. William Anderson Jr. bc. 1786 (listed by name as tithable of Wm. Anderson on 1790 tax list; listed as tithable of Wm. A., Capt. or Sr. on tax lists 1789 - 1805; listed separately as Wm. Jr. in 1806, the year he bought 140 acres nr. New Canton; listed as Captain (militia) beginning 1814 - 1840's; listed 1810 - 1840 fed. census; died in 1840s (tax roll #63 should indicate exact death year) Sally Anderson m. Robert Hill March 22, 1786. Robert Hill bc. 1766 - 1770, listed as tithable of Wm. A. Sr. on 1787 tax list; partner in Anderson and Hill of New Canton; 1813/1814 estate a resident; owned lots in New Canton; may have had a son, Robt. Hill Jr., who continued in the Anderson & Hill enterprise. That's all the documentation she found. I think she did a rather thorough job of it. Debra ----- Original Message ----- From: <CGHUBER@aol.com> To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] Andersons/Buckingham & Nelson Co. Va. > I connect-- James Anderson and Jane Guerrant are my third great > grandparents. For some time now, I thought James was the son of a William > Anderson, of which I understood there were three of that name, time and > place. I am very interested in any documention of the children of William > and the relationship of James to them. > > John Anderson married Elizabeth Guerrant--John is the son of James and Jane > and he married Elizabeth, his cousin, and she is the daughter of Stephen > Guerrant and Nancy Fearn. > > Please respond. > > Carol > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > All the past mail list messages are stored in an archive. Try a search for ANDERSON at this link to <a href="http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl"> Rootsweb Mail List Archives</A> >