Dear Nancy--thanks for your note. I think our Cottons are from North Carolina. Tell you what--my paper will be finished in a couple of days, and I will let you know precisely where they originated. As for the Belchers, they are a mystery. I can only go back as far as my gggrandfather, Phillip Green Belcher in Alabama. I'll get back to you. Sylvia in Fl, raamses@gdi.net -----Original Message----- From: CBray53321@aol.com <CBray53321@aol.com> To: BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com <BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 2:00 PM Subject: [BELCHER] Re: BELCHER >Sylvia, > >Saw your letter to Nola and noticed that you have a Cotton family. Are any >of these Cotton family members from Pendleton Co., Kentucky? I have a >Cotton that married a Traylor around 1940. > >I also have a Mary R. Belcher b. 1815 d. 1900. The only thing I have on her >is just what is here. This information taken from a tombstone that was in >the Mire family cemetary. She could have been married to a John. I am >thinking that her last name was probably Mire or Nunnery. This cemetary is >in Pendleton Co., Ky. >If anyone has a clue as to who Mary is, I would be so grateful. > >Nancy Bray >