In a message dated 2/25/2000 12:24:47 PM, morse@shentel.net writes: << Ratliff THOMPSON, b. 1767, s/o Archibald Thompson and Mary Elswick, m. Catty Compton Feb 10, 1762, Green Co., Ky., per Lula Hankins Hunter's transcript of Archibald Thompson Diary posted at http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/archibald In a record posted at the KYGREEN list by Barbara Marsh and rnichols, Catty's birth date is 1797, her father is Wm. Action, and bond is by Margaret Acton. >> I AM CONFUSED - did you mean Catty Compton was born "Feb 10, 1762"? Obviously, she could not have married Ratliff Thompson before he was born. Similarly, she couldn't have been born in 1797 as you indicate Barbara March posted. My records indicate Ratliff and Catty were married in 1797. Does any of this make sense? Jim Farrar