That's a grand COVEY home page the Pennington's have posted. I had assumed Melinda just hadn't completed Sam Covey's Tennessee branch that I'm hoping to connect to. I did see one niggling detail that might bear rechecking: James Covey and Sarah Lanphere's marriage date is listed 21 Mar 1707/08 -- and dau. Sarah Covey's birth date is listed 11 Jan 1707/08. Sam's son Joseph Covey and Rosanah Barringer Covey apparently migrated to TN about the same time brothers John and James Covey did. Franklin Co. TN deed book shows these transactions: -- James Winchester of Sumner Co. to John Covey, a tract of land. 5 Feb 1817 -- John Covey to Daniel McCay, a tract of land. 24 May 1818 -- Rosana Covey to George G. Black, a tract of land on the Elk River. 23 Aug 1818. -- John Covey to John Tims, 280 acres on the Elk River. 25 Dec 1819. -- John Covey to William Riley, 50 acres on the Elk River, 9 Mar 1833. (No Covey land transactions after this date.) James Covey was listed in the 1820 Franklin Co. TN Census. Also, there was a James Covey listed in the 1840 Arkansas Census. I've done some reading between the lines to trace (perhaps) a connection between John Covey and my g-g-grandmother, Sinia Covey. A published record of Arkansas marriages lists those of a Maria Covey to Joel Sanders, and of an L. Covey to E. W. Guthrie in Pulaski Co. AR on 23 Aug.1836, both by Rev. James Samson. ( "Sinia" Guthrie is name on tombstone; 1850 Texas Census listed her as "Sinde" Guthrie, and 1870 Census, "Sinaia" Guthrie. A contraction of Lucinda?) The 1830 Census for Franklin Co. TN lists two females in John Covey's household between 10-15 years old. Sinia Covey would have been 11-12 years old then. Brother James Covey's household had no females in this age group in 1830 Census. Also, John Covey's family may have moved to AR following that last land transaction in Franklin Co. TN, in 1833. So can anyone confirm or disprove this awfully thin link between John Covey and my Sinia Covey? And provide names of other children of John? John Covey's houshold in 1830 Census listed one male 5-10 years old, one 15-20, one 20-30, one 40-50. Females: one 5-10 two 10-15, one 15-20 and one 40-50. -- Gerald Moses