Jeff, I am not going to copy any of previous emails into this response due to length. Hope some of it makes sense. I dug out my information on Beasley and Brinson connections. I have a copy of Sterling/Stirring Brinson's will. Part of the reason I think that Thomas Beasley who died in Screven Co is son of another Thomas Beasley comes in part from the following: The Families of Burke County (1755-1855): shows eadright grants to Beasleys in Burke and Jefferson Counties: Thos. Burke Co. 300 acs 1796 Thos. Burke Co. 300 acs 1794 Thos. Burke Co. 200 acs 1796 Thos., Sr Burke Co. 200 acs 1792 Then: Plat Book I, pg 116, No. 193 Thomas Beasley, Burke Co, Warrant from Jno Jones Esquire dated 2 Feb 1786 & surveyed 10 Mar 1786 by Thos. Lewis C.S. 300 acres bounded by Habersham, Rutledge and vacant land. Plat Book I, pg. 126, No. 212 Thomas Beasley, Burke Co., Warrant from Thos. Lewis Junr. Esquire dated April 3 & surveyed 7 Jun 1786 by Jno Emanuel, D.S., 200 acres bounded by Hart, Colwell and vacant land. Stirring Brinson's will was before the court in Onslow Co., October Court 1778. Looks as if Estate Sale was finalized 26 Oct. 1779 Thomas Beasley was married to Anna (Jones) Brinson prior to 19 Feb 1780 as he received a share of Stirring Brinson's Estate that was made on that date. 2 Jan 1785 term of court, the deed from Thomas Beasley to John Adkinson for 100 acres of land was proved by the oath of Amos Love and ordered to be registered. All of the above is from court records from Onslow County, NC Pharibv Brinson was thought to be born cir. 1770 and oldest known son of Sterling Brinson and Susannah (Anna) Jones was born 2/3/1765. Therefore, I would say that Anna Jones was born no later than 1748, probably cir 1746. I think it has been generally thought that Thomas Beasley migrated to GA in the 1790's with his oldest children. But, the senior Thomas (at least) already held property in Burke Co (I think this area later became Jefferson Co), 1786. Also, I think that I looked at one point and one of the plats granted in 1786 could have been Burke while the other was actually Screven, which is when I think our Thomas Beasley who married Phariby Brinson probably reached age of majority. Since Anna (Jones) Brinson was still in Childbearing age, I figured that the oldest children were actually children of Thomas Beasley and Anna (Jones) Brinson. Phariby Brinson was thought to have been born cir 1770 but could have been born as late as 1778. Stirring Brinson, Jr. was born 1779 (after the death of his father). She could have possibly been mother of the older set of children, but it does not seem likely (unless there were a number of lost children in the nearly 20 years in between). Mary Brinson "Polly", daughter of Adam Brinson II married Stirring Brinson Wallace. After she died, he married Mary Reynolds, which would rule out this. An earlier Pheriby Brinson (1757) married William Wallace, Jr -- parents of Stirring Brinson Wallace, which eliminates that Phariby Brinson. Given this information, I think it is more likely that the children born to Thomas Beasley and Phariby after 1800 are the only children of this marriage and the ones born before 1800 belonged to Thomas Beasley's father whose name was also Thomas; these children could very well be from two marriages, or Isaiah (1786) and Thomas (1787) could very well be children of Thomas and Phariby, or Thomas could possibly have been married prior to his marriage to Phariby Brinson. With two Thomas Beasleys (father and son) in such close proximity, it is hard to say. And, there were a lot of other Beasleys that appeared in Burke and Jefferson at the same time -- could very well be other children of Thomas, Sr as well as brothers. If you look at the grant on pg212 listed above, and the land Thomas Beasley deeded to his grandson, Enoch Beasley, it would verify that this is part of the same land. That part of Screven that Thomas Beasleys land was located later became Bulloch. Dot