Thanks Evelyn for all of the information you have supplied. It's funny how you know exactly what I am looking into...Anna Bashers and Shippith Derwin from the Catholic baptismal records. Based upon the estimated year of birth for my ancestor Richard Tarvin (b. Abt 1760), Anna would have to be a sister (or at least a relative around the same age) to Zadoc Brashears (married to Susan Vaughn). The names Mary/Maria and Ann/Anna seem to run through Zadoc Brashears family. With regards to Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin's hand drawn tree, I have found multiple errors. I tend to just use it as a guide. Plus that tree only shows the William II line (brother to my Richard Tarvin listed above). Many people confuse the 2 Elijahs on that tree with the Elijah in my line. Sometimes don't you just wish they could have come up with some unique names for their children...would be less confusing for us. I will let you know if I hear anything about this. Amanda > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:14:56 -0500 > From: "Evelyn S. Leslie" > Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Brashears > To: > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Amanda, > I came up empty on Anna Brashears after searching through a lot of information > on the family - actually, I didn't even find anyone in that time frame that > might be a good candidate to be the Anna Bashers + Shippith Derwin (as > transcribed on the 1798 Catholic Baptisms for Tombigbee, Tensaw and Alabama > River Settlements.) I do see on that same transcribed record of baptisms a > Ledeck Bashears and Susanna Vaughn, which would be Zadoc Brashears and his wife, > Susan Vaughn, as the parents of child Maria Beshears, so it's entirely possible > Anna Bashers is a relative. I even looked on Dr. Tarvin's handdrawn tree and > just did not find anything on Brashears there, either. Maybe some Brashears > researcher will contact you with some information. Would you let me know if you > do turn up anything? You've got my curiosity up now! > Warm regards, > Evelyn >