I deleted your message in error, so don't have your name, but I may have some information to help you. My Ancestor, John Bryant had a son by the name Sylvanius (there are all variations of spellings.) He may have also had a brother by that name. Since it is not a common name, I think you might want to look in Albemarle/Amherst/Nelson County VA. I don't have time to help with individual research, but you can find information on my Logan County WV Ancestors website. The main page is http://members.tripod.com/famsteel/index.html The page that mentions Sylvanius is: http://members.tripod.com/famsteel/corbryan.html Please let me know if we connect. Dodie (Smith) Browning