Hi Marcia, Well, that saves me trying to connect the two in AR, at any rate, doesn't it? ;-) Most names which are the same, only spelled differently, tend to have common roots back in time, don't you think? I am not researching that name, so don't know much about it, other than a few that have been collected in my FTM files. If one just had enough time, it could be fun to try that assumption, and research the entire name. Jean At 01:40 PM 11/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >Jean > >My fist guess is that they are NOT the same family. There were two separate >families in the Sharp County area and so far they have not been linked. One >came from Kentucky and mine came from Tennessee. Of course it is possible >that they linked in Virginia before 1810. > >Marcia