Dear Jeff, Thanks for your reply. I don't have much more information then I had already posted but a researchers gave me some information. Once shared with me that Jesse Carpenter (John's son) married a Margaret "Peggy" Wallace from Mud Bridge District. She shared with me that this area is now know as Milton. You probably knew that but is this the same area your working on? As you may very well know that this borders Mason County. John's daughter married a Matthew Bright from the neighboring county and lived in that county too. Another researcher from Huntington gave me some information regarding the spouses of John's children. Some of the surnames she gave me was WALLACE, CLAGG, CHAPMAN, ERWIN, MEADOWS, TRIPLETT, BUSH. Do you have any of these surnames? She also checked a 1820 Cabell county census and found a John living with a Thomas. I don't know if this is him or not. Please keep in touch as you research and I am willing to share any information I find. I live in Nebraska so researching Cabell from here is kind of limited and so I appreciate your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Thornton To: brights@inetnebr.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: Carpenter Connection Hello Josette My name is Jeff Thornton from Milton,WV and I saw your request for help with information on John Carpenter. I started to research the Trace Fork of Mud River Carpenters a few months ago.My mother's grandmothers were both Carpenters and I thought I would try to find some connections. I am currently looking for the parents of John D. Carpenter born circa 1840 and Samuel Carpenter born 1810. >From the land grants in Kanawha and Cabell counties in the 1820s and 1830s, I would guess there were about four Carpenters settled in that area - Alexander A. , Thomas, Joseph and John F. or John Jr.. I'm guessing that John F. and John Jr. are the same person because the land grants are in the same area - Straight Fork of Sugar Tree Creek. I don't know if any of this will help but I wanted to make contact with you and possibly you might have some information for me. I working on the Lick Creek and Martins Branch - Carpenters. Thanks - Jeff Thornton