Hi again Robert, I have nothing whatsoever to help you sort out the material you've found about NC / KY connections. In fact I've done zero Kentucky research, but I can tell you something about the wife of Nathaniel who died in 1809 in Oglethorpe Co.,GA. After looking at many different records, the marriage bond was the only record where her name was spelled as Writter. All other times, in original records, it 's spelled Ritter , including the old church records in Oglethorpe and in Nathaniel's will. So that's why I chose to use the spelling Ritter, just so you know it's not an arbitrary decision on my part. With so many people working on these different Bridges lines, I bet we'll have some real breakthroughs some time real soon. I hope, I hope! I sure enjoy reading about everyone else's lines, even if I don't know anything about it. I wonder how many KY Bridges lines are on this list?? Anne P.S. I'd seen that marriage of Rita Jones to Nathaniel Bridges. With all the Jones' in my line, it makes you wonder! [email protected] Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Berry J. Bridges, s/o David > Jeanne: Robert Bridges here, the person trying to verify my Bridges line. > David S Bridges was my gggrandfather and Berry J Bridges my ggggrandfather. I > Have found and believe there are two different Berry Bridges we are talking > about. The first is Berry T. Bridges born to David Bridges from NC. The > Berry J Bridges I am concerned with is from NC and had a son named David S > Bridges. David and Berrry J Bridges were not brothers but may have been > cousins. Interesting too is that their was two Nathanial Bridges from NC. > One was Berry J Bridges brother from WAYNE County NC. One Nathanial Bridges > was married to Writter Simms (as spelled in the book Gone to Georgia). The > other Nathanial Bridges was married to a Rita Jones. I do not know yet wh ich > of these twoo were my Berry J Brother. Incidently, one of David Bridges sons, > Merrill, married a Pascience Grunolds (marriage records of GA) and had a > daughter named Malinda. Malinda married my gggrandfather David S Bridges in > Caldwell Co KY Oct 28, 1828. Apparently Merrill was deceased because > Pascience attested to her daughter being of age. >