This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/4314.2 Message Board Post: HELLO WALTER: I AM LOOKING INTO THE BENNETTS OF WEST GA & EAST AL, TOO. MY INTEREST IS IN LEWIS H. BENNETT OF TROUP CO., GA. BUT, THERE IS ALSO A JONES BENNETT IN THE 1850 TROUP CO., GA CENSUS WHO MIGHT FIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS. JONES BENNETT HAD A SON WILLIAM -- AGE 2 IN THAT CENSUS. JONES & HIS WIFE, SUSAN, WERE BOTH BORN IN SC -- ANOTHER MATCH. MY GG-GF NATHAN WRIGHT BOUGHT LAND FROM LEWIS H. BENNETT IN TROUP CO. IN 1842 & 1845. THEN, HE SOLD LAND, APPARENTLY BELONGING TO L. H. BENNETT'S ESTATE, IN 1852. THE RECORDS SHOW NATHAN AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID ESTATE. TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, NATHAN HAD NO FORMAL LEGAL TRAINING. THEREFORE, I AM LOOKING FOR SOME FAMILIAL CONNECTION. THE 1860 TROUP CENSUS SHOWS A SUSAN LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF THERESA, THE APPARENT WIDOW OF LEWIS. I SUSPECT THIS IS SUSAN, THE APPARENT WIDOW OF JONES. BUT, I CAN'T RECONCILE THE ABSENCE OF HER CHILDREN. I BELIEVE JONES & LEWIS H. ARE RELATED. LEWIS & THERESA WERE BORN IN SC, TOO. THEN, AGAIN, I MAY BE TOTALLY IN THE DARK! BUT, IT LOOKS PLAUSIBLE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU COME ACROSS INFO ON LEWIS H. BENNETT, BORN ABOUT 1804 IN SC. ALSO, LOOKING FOR FAMILY TIES WITH WRIGHTS SC>GA/AL. THANKS LOADS !!! REGARDS ........ ROCKY WRIGHT OF SABINE PAR., LA.