I am looking for information regarding my GGfather, William Jennings Compton 10/6/1855-12/10/11. Lineage from him is as follows: Married Lugenia Grant (B 9/14/1865, d 2/21/1932) Daughter of John Nelson Grant and Jane A Johns Children: Katie Toledo 5/11/85-12/23/16 Married G. O. Johnson Nellie Geneva 3/16/89-1970s Married J. W. Morse Crawford Nelson 11/26/1886-9/19/1887 Dessie Geneva 7/16/91-4/14/24 Married R. J. Henry Willie Harris 6/1/97-10/6/06 Ligon Grant 5/17/99-1982 Married Irene Patterson Mildred Augusta 8/13/02-12/17/27 Married Allen Keller Lenora Saratoga 10/16/95-7/22/14 Married Sylvester Patrick Selma McCord 6/23/73-1960s Married Ollie Patterson An information would be appreciated as to his father, etc.. David Compton ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCCompto@aol.com> To: <COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 7:24 AM Subject: Roll Call > Hey Folks, the New Year is here and there are no messages flowing. Lets get > things rolling. How about everyone recapping who, what, when and where they > are searching and lets get the pot boiling again. > Im searching for the parents of William Compton, b VA, 1767, d Nashville > 1846. Married Susan Mullen Dec. 1799. Have extensive information on their > children. May have found a link to Williams parents from a couple of old > bibles. Recently found a reference to the old Compton bible that may have > been in the collection of J. Emerick Nagy of Nashville. Nagy is deceased but > if anyone knows anything about this collection or the old Compton bible would > appreciate the information. > Clark Compton, List manager, also researching: Ayers, Blackman, Clark, Gunn, > Philpott, Paxton, > Thomasson, White > >