This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UFH.2ACEB/444.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I am aware of the Bumgarner history, however I can't buy it until all the research is complete. Bastardly children were not allowed to reside with their mothers and were usually removed from the home and placed with another family until adulthood to learn a trade. Also, Margaret Byers married a man by the name of Houston and if in fact she is the mother of Moses, then there should be a connection somewhere to be found. Her son Christopher Houston moved to Jackson County for a time before moving elsewhere. If he had any deeds, I would like to see who signed off on them as it was usually family. There are two birth dates for Moses and one is the same as the child from Lincoln County, the other is for someone else. The family bible pages for this family was written by two different people, so were the dates correct? If you add to this that the Amanda Byers Kinslow line is of Native American descent then I have a little problem with the whole thing. I'm not sure where the Native American blood is coming from completely but I suspect from the Kinslow side. Two of Moses Byers children married people of Native American descent. I find that rather interesting. I do not believe we have really answered the question of who was the real Moses Byers. I wish I could go to NC and research, I'm pretty sure the answer is there. As far as Tabitha Rosina Harris goes, her second marriage was to a Joseph Edmundson. They had a daughter named Edna born more than likely in Roseclair, Hardin County, Illinois. She was 2 months old in the 1880 census. I have not been able to find Rosina after this census, that is why I wondered where she died. Anyways, I can't wait to see your web site when you get home. I'm glad we got to touch base. Lori