David, I'm interested if you've found anything new on the John and Rachel line since you last shared your records with me. I'm enclosing my FTM gen.report. Can you or anyone else from the DC list add to or correct it? My great grandmother was Mattie Pierce. Will Melton Descendants of John Pierce Generation No. 1 1. JOHN2 PIERCE (JOHN PEARCE1 (?))1 was born October 6, 1799 in NC, and died 1862. He married RACHEL ROSS Abt. 1821. Children of JOHN PIERCE and RACHEL ROSS are: i. MARTHA3 PIERCE, b. February 23, 1822. ii. WILLIAM RILEY PIERCE, b. September 20, 1825, Henry County TN2; d. March 19, 1872, Big Sandy, Benton County TN2; m. EMILY JANE MIZELL, March 19, 18462. iii. LOUISA PIERCE , b. April 20, 1827. iv. KIZIAH PIERCE, b. March 4, 1829, Henry County TN; m. (1) NICHOLAS BREWER, JR.; m. (2) DAVID C. MATHENY, March 15, 1846. v. MARY CAROLINE PIERCE, b. January 4, 1831, Henry County TN; d. May 14, 1912, Benton County TN; m. MALCOMB J. MCKENZIE. vi. JOHN W. PIERCE, b. July 26, 1833. vii. RACHEL PIERCE, b. September 21, 1834; d. August 2, 1885; m. ROBERT CHERRY. 2. viii. HARVEY R. PIERCE, b. June 17, 1836, Benton County, TN. ix. EVALINE PIERCE, b. September 21, 1839. 3. x. EDWARD A. PIERCE, b. May 27, 1841; d. July 19, 1891. Generation No. 2 2. HARVEY R.3 PIERCE (JOHN2, JOHN PEARCE1 (?))3 was born June 17, 1836 in Benton County, TN. He married NANCY JANE STOCKDALE December 10, 1857, daughter of DENNIS STOCKDALE and CHRISTIAN MCQUAGH. Children of HARVEY PIERCE and NANCY STOCKDALE are: i. MARY C.4 PIERCE, m. H. A. PHIFER. ii. JAMES F. PIERCE. 4. iii. MARTHA "MATTIE" JANE PIERCE, b. September 16, 1863, TN; d. November 4, 1934, Collingsworth County, TX. iv. RACHEL A. PIERCE. v. JOHN W. PIERCE. vi. HENRY H. PIERCE. vii. ROENA B. PIERCE. viii. VICTORIA C. PIERCE. 3. EDWARD A.3 PIERCE (JOHN2, JOHN PEARCE1 (?)) was born May 27, 1841, and died July 19, 1891. He married MILLIE FRANCES BULLOCK December 11, 1865. Child of EDWARD PIERCE and MILLIE BULLOCK is: 5. i. JAMES N.4 PIERCE, b. January 14, 1870. Generation No. 3 4. MARTHA "MATTIE" JANE4 PIERCE (HARVEY R.3, JOHN2, JOHN PEARCE1 (?)) was born September 16, 1863 in TN, and died November 4, 1934 in Collingsworth County, TX. She married HUGHEY MELTON January 7, 1883, son of WILLIAM MELTON and RACHEL HOLLAND. Children of MARTHA PIERCE and HUGHEY MELTON are: i. OLIVER CARLOS5 MELTON, b. February 26, 1884; m. MARY ERNA MARTIN MELTON, October 18, 1910. ii. IDA BEULAH MELTON, b. January 23, 1886; m. WILLLIAM T. CHERRY, October 20, 1901. iii. FLORA LILLIAN MELTON, b. December 12, 1887; d. April 28, 1908, Quail, TX; m. TOBE J. LOWRY, July 6, 1905. iv. MAUDE LUNA MELTON, b. March 27, 1890; d. October 19, 1965; m. EARNEST PIERCE. v. HUGHEY EDGAR MELTON, b. November 26, 1892; m. ELLEN COULTER, December 24, 1918. vi. WILLIAM FRANKLIN MELTON, b. March 3, 1894, Big Sandy, Benton County TN; d. December 12, 1930, Marella TX; m. INA MYRTLE KILLINGSWORTH, October 7, 1917. vii. HOWARD ARTHEY MELTON, b. March 4, 1896; m. VERNA ESTES, June 15, 1921. viii. HARVEY FREEMAN MELTON, b. December 25, 1897; m. SUDIE STEPHENS, May 6, 1920. ix. HAZEL MELTON, b. January 21, 1900; m. ANDREW ADCOCK, April 1, 1917. x. ETHEL MELTON, b. February 24, 1902; m. CELLUS WEAVER, October 5, 1914. xi. OTIS MELTON, b. January 20, 1905; d. 1993; m. MARY FRANCES ALLEN MELTON, December 14, 1941. xii. WAYNE T. MELTON, b. January 12, 1907; d. 1994; m. CARRIE STEPHENS, December 12, 1927. 5. JAMES N.4 PIERCE (EDWARD A.3, JOHN2, JOHN PEARCE1 (?)) was born January 14, 1870. He married MARY WHEATLEY December 21, 1890. Children of JAMES PIERCE and MARY WHEATLEY are: i. EARNEST5 PIERCE, b. April 1892; m. MAUDE LUNA MELTON. ii. EVA PIERCE, b. July 1894; m. WALTER PIERSON. iii. RUTH PIERCE, b. October 1895; d. July 1897. iv. MARY PIERCE, b. February 1897; d. June 1897. v. MARGRET FRANCES PIERCE, b. December 1898; d. August 1964; m. BERT WEAVER. vi. INFANT PIERCE, b. December 21, 1908. vii. JIM BERNICE PIERCE, b. June 1913; m. LAWRENCE WAYNE. Endnotes 1. DL Snow family tree, Most of the early Pierce information comes from DL Snow's records. 2. DL Snow family tree. 3. Goodspeed's Biographies (Benton County TN).