Yes, all you old-timers, it's ME again, still searching for my gggrandfather who apparently was immaculately conceived and hatched from some remote cabbage patch in GA or AL! With the roll call, renewed interest in the list and apparently some new listers I'm going to try again. I've searched diligently through all the recent information, (thanx to all of you for sharing!) praying fervently that my fantasy would be revealed but alas, to no avail. The name on his tombstone in Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, reads: "Eusrey Brown, died 9 Oct 1880, Lavaca, Ark., 68 yrs." However, that is the only place I've ever seen it spelled that way and I don't know if that is his first or middle name. The Goodspeed history of Arkansas spells it Usrey and states that he was a native of Georgia. His marriage bond reads: "Usry", The 1850 Pontotoc County, Mississippi Census which lists his birthplace as 'Georgia', reads: "Ursury", a Mississippi deed spells it Ursey. Nevada County History of Arkansas spells it Usrey. Other census/document spellings are: Ursery, Ersry, etc. The 1860, Hempstead, Arkansas census says he was born in Alabama. Sebastian County, AR. Biographies state his birthplace as Marengo County, AL. According to the Eaves Family register his birthplace was Alabama. His grand-daughter (long deceased) said that Usery was born in GA. She also thought she remembered that his first name was James and, although she couldn't remember his father's name she and other grandchildren remembered that his mother's name was Elizabeth. You ALL know how many James and Elizabeth Browns are floating around American history in AL and GA which has made identifying this man absolutely impossible for me.....perhaps some of you better genealogists than I could do it but I have gone in circles 30 years trying to put this puzzle together. The first absolute and documented evidence I have of Usrey is his marriage bond which he applied for 13 Dec 1933 in Marengo County, AL. His bride was Lucinda Eaves, daughter of Howard Harvey Eaves and Faithy Ann Price (both born in Rutherford County, NC. Witnesses to the wedding was Isaac Shelby Evans (Eaves), a cousin to Lucinda. Lucinda was also related to Alice Gertrude Eaves Bradford. Usrey and Lucinda moved to Pontotoc Co., Miss in 1848 and on to Hempstead Co., AR in 1859. In 1870 they followed their son, Howard Harvey, to Lavaca, Sebastian Co., AR and lived there until they died. In the meantime they had seven sons and three daughters: James C. b. 5 Feb 1836 in Marengo Co., AL Martha Jane b. 12 Sep 1838 John Price b. 1841 (killed in Civil War, unmarried and childless) Howard Harvey b. April 1843 in Pontotoc Co., Ms. Faithy Ann E. b. 1845 William Thomas b. 1846 George b. 1849 (presumably died a year later) Abel Lewis b. 28 Sep 1850 Lucinda C. b. 1852 Usery Martin b. 1854 Mary Catherine b. 1860 Sterling/Starling R. b. after 1862 (nothing further known of him) So if any of these names, dates, or places, seem to fit into any of your genealogies, please, please contact me. Know this is long but in searching for my ancestry I'm hoping to add to someone else's (there's that give-and-take thing again!) and have much more on these descendants if anyone thinks we might connect. Emma