On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:37:05 -0500, you wrote: >James, > >Who then are George Washington b. abt 1809, Joab no date, and Elizabeth >b. 1811, belonging to? I have John married to Jane Cantrell? Thanks, Peg James - I think George Washington Birdwell is the younger brother of the other Joseph Birdwell (born abt 1803) found in Jackson County and the above Elizabeth was their sister ... This is the mysterious BIRDWELL line - father was a Joseph and mother was a Margaret McKaughan ... There is some letter in the files where some old man aroung 1890 something that claims to be the son of a woman whose sister was Margaret McKaughan who married a Joseph Birdwell ... Just when we thought we had everybody surrounded - up pops this letter - The web site where the letter was posted, sadly is no longer available and I did not make a copy of it ... Birdwell ....