Anna, ( shadow <shadow@socket.net> ) If what you are saying is true, then you may help me to solve a mystery that I've been trying to crack for years, so I REALLY hope that you are not mistaken! This is what I am talking about: You wrote in part: > I have a Charles Broadwater in Lincoln Co Mo, in 1836. > His daughter Mary Polly Broadwater married James Early in 1807 in Va. > They also were in Lincoln Co Mo in 1836. . . . Are you absolutely positive that this Charles Broadwater whom you found in Missouri is the SAME Charles whose daughter Polly married James Early in VA? (Botetourt Co.) Please let me know what evidence there is that this is the same Charles! Thank you! Robert Beverly rbeverly@csi.com Beverly Family Newsletter http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rbeverly/bfamnews.htm Beverly Query Page http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rbeverly/bevquery.htm