Alice, Do you have a brother or cousin by the same last name to have a DNA test done? My gg- grandfather, Samuel Right/Wright Brown, mentioned in one of his books relatives who left Stillwater, NY in the late 1790s had moved to Overton county, TN. I suspect it was a brother or uncle. They were never mentioned by name. My cousin had his DNA testing done...a 37 marker and so far we have had only one other person who is connected but we can't find a common ancestor. I would highly recommend you have someone in your male line have the testing done. Sonja In a message dated 4/21/2009 2:57:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aebrown@uark.edu writes: The gentleman in the attached picture is my gg grandfather Elijah W. Brown. He was born in either Jackson or Overton County Tennessee in the early 1830's. I have had clues that his father may have been Nathaniel Brown, but I can't prove it. I have all kinds of information about him from the Civil War on. He served in the Confederate Army, Shaw's Battalion (cavalry) and may have been a pow at Camp Douglas near Chicago. After the war, he moved his family to Van Buren County Arkansas. He homesteaded in Union Township. His older daughters married men who seemed to have connections to Overton County--Gibbons, Caldwell. One of my great aunts spoke of the family coming across the water. She might have meant Ireland or possibly Wales. My gg grandmother Elvira Welch(?) allegedly came to America illegally from Wales in the 1840's. Hoping the break down this brick wall. Alice Brown ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433404x1201394533/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133109%3B36002181%3Bk)