I'm not sure whether I am going to help or hurt this discussion. In any event, here goes! My g-g-grandfather was John D. Campbell of Lincoln/Catawba County. He was born 11 Aug. 1812 and died 11 Nov. 1890. He had several children, among which were daughters named Rhoda who was born in 1834, and Pluma Rosana who was born about 1839. Both of these names appear in this thread. Rhoda married a John L. Carter on 4 Mar 1869. I have no death date for her. Pluma Rosana married first Elkanah Turbyfill on 14 Jul 1853 and second Levi Jones circa 1865. I have no death date for Pluma Rosana. Also in that county at the same time was a John Campbell. Based on his naturalization application, he was born in County Tyrone Ireland in 1798. He had several children, only two of which are named in his will of 9 Oct 1865. These named sons were Wesley and Andrew. Wes/Wesley appears in the thread. The third person in this drama is James Campbell who was born circa 1814. I believe him to be the brother of John D. Campbell. Among his children is a daughter Rosanah, born circa 1837. Since this is not my direct line, I have not explored this family. I also suspect, but cannot yet prove that John D. and James Campbell were brothers and their father was Daniel Campbell and mother was Rosana Willis. Daniel and Rosana were married in Lincoln County on 9 Jun 1809. Daniel and Rosana left Lincoln County in the 1830s with another son, Wallace Alexander and moved to Hamilton County, Illinois. (One of John D.'s sons, my g-grandfather, was named Wilburn Alexander.) If this information pertains to the thread, I would encourage those interested to go to my WorldConnect info in the URL shown below. If anyone can add to my information on these families, I would welcome the help. Jim Campbell My home page (just my lines, not everyone) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jecralnc My GEDCOM (everyone, except the living, in my database) http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jecralnc&submit=Go