In a message dated 97-08-19 05:06:24 EDT, you write: << I have an early JOHN or JONATHON AVERY that was born in the range of 1780 to 1790 in NC (according to his 1850 census). I first found him in GA when he married Mary Ann Kelly in 1827 but have no clues about him prior to that date. >> I show a John H Avery b. abt 1780 parents Isaac and Elizabeth Avera of Virginia. Other siblings: Edith, Judith, Nancy, Isaac, William & Thomas(who lived in GA) . Donna