Steve wrote : This is very interesting. There were Broyles/Byerly marriages in Harrison Co., IN, but more importantly, John Briles of Randolph Co. (son of Jacob of George?) was in Shelby Co., IN. It is conceivable that Mary Brals was a daughter of George Briles. >>>> Steve, The person that I got this information from is looking for further information. However, in the last note, I got data that was a bit different. : " The only thing that I have on Mary Brals so far is that she was born in Germany in 1743, she was married to Phillip Byerly and she died in Shelby Co. 9/17/1838. " This would change her place in history somewhat. Vickie Crim Davis vcdavis@netunlimited.net