I don't know anything about the scandal involving Jane and the baby, but we do have a bit of a scandal in our Burney branch, who are from Randolph Co., NC. It seems Lindsey Mabry Burney (according to the information we have) was involved in a duel with a man over the other man's wife. Lindsey won and was shipped to Texas by his father or perhaps his guardian. He never made it to Texas, but settled eventually in Alabama. The only problem we have found with the information that has been handed down is that Lindsey's fight would have occurred no earlier than 1840. Dueling was outlawed many, many years before. Does anyone have information on this branch of the family? Lindsey's parents were David M. Burney and Mary Stafford. David's parents were William Burney, Sr., and Mary Maiben. On second thought, there might be a connection to the other scandal. Jane "Ginny" Stafford married Josiah Elzevan Burney. It seems to me I remember that Jane and Josiah divorced, but I could be wrong. Could this have a connection? Sharon