Virginia, Ok, I'll go with Mathilda knowing her own birth date. I don't know how old Smith was when he applied, but maybe his memory wasn't too good regarding his siblings ages. Afew more questions for ya'; On one of the first messages you sent, you had John David and Mathilda's marriage date as August 17, 1865, and on the outline you sent me and the one you sent Jean Mayfield Cuevas you have August 16, 1865. Which is right? >From somewhere I had Mathilda's marriage date as August 10, 1923, you have 1929. Again, which is right? Is Hampton and Dabner Hampton b. 1866 one and the same person We have an Ava for one of James Smith and Jenny Viola Pennnington's children. Could that be a nickname for one of the kids you have listed. I have no other info on her. And last, was Jenny Viola's last name Smith? '-) I called Paul Dean Lynch a little while ago. I was confused, because he told me Charley Pennington had a daughter named Jenny V. who married a Copeland, no first name. She must have been named for her aunt. Paul Dean siad that when Jenny's mother died, her Aunt Belle adopted her. This Jenny is still living according to Paul. I hope you don't mind, Virginia, but I thought I would send this to the Lynch, Izard and Fulton County lists. Maybe some of these Pennington researchers can give us a little help. If anyone has census, birth, death or marriage records to help with these Penningtons, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for checking your data against the Indian applications, I guess I have been lazy and didn't think to look that closely. I'll have to be more careful won't I? When I am finished entering your info into our tree, I will send an outline for corrections and additions. Judie alsadair and Virginia wrote: > Judie, > > In the time since I sent you that note today I have been going over the > application info with my notebooks. I have a couple of comments/questions? > > First of all, to answer your question-I got Mathilda's DOB from the > questionnaire she answered. So presumably she knew her own birthday, and > that is what I will follow. I also noted that another of his birthdates did > not match up with the ages on 1850 Miller Co Census-accdg to the census > Nancy Jane was 2 making her DOB ca 1848 rather than Smith's DOB for her as > 1844. > > The death dates are also confusing since Mathilda said she was about 4 when > her father died-and if he died in 1858 she would have been 12. That seems > like a pretty big mistake for her to make. I don't know. I sure wish I > could find info about John Thomas Lynch's death. She said he left for the > gold rush and died of typhoid when she was about 4 years old. But that > being said, that would mean that he left while his wife was pregnant or near > to when Statha was born. (What was the matter with these men????) I hadn't > known that the Bowlins or Lynchs lived in Pulaski Co.,Mo. Mathilda and her > family did at one point, and that is where her husband went to when he left > her- so that is a new lead of sorts. We'll see if it goes anyplace... > > Va