Dear M.E. People coming into this area of Greenbrier County in the 1760-1780's were, by definition, first generation to this area. I have several folks in addition to William Donaldson that just seem to have come out of "no where." The Donaldson family did not decide how to spell their name until about 1900. Some of this was from lack of ability to spell, but among the more educated members of the family, there was a debate as to what the original name was. Various spellings included Donalson, Danelson, and several other variations. Since many immigrants came as family units, it would seem reasonable to see if we can't hook William up with some other family members. In this regard, your David Donaldson seems to be the correct age to fit into a group of brothers. Perhaps some other subscribers have an older generation that might hook up one or both of these men. Juhling McClung At 08:42 PM 3/4/99 -0600, you wrote: >I have ancestor David Donaldson b ca 1770/71 in NC (according to some >census) SC (according to others) I surmise that this may have been in the >migrating boundaries of this time period. He m Elizabeth Gallman in SC ca >1790. David was a shoemaker, literate and something of a trader and >entrepreneur. Maybe made a little whiskey too <G> Any chance of a >relationship with William? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Juhling McClung [mailto:mcclung.1@osu.edu] >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 7:10 PM >To: DONALDSON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [DONALDSON-L] Re: DONALDSON-D Digest V99 #15 > >Marion, >My William Donaldson from Greenbrier County [W]VA married Margaret >Humphrey, probably in the 1790's. He died leaving underage children, so >Margaret may have been a second marriage. Part of my problem of figuring >out children's birthdates may be due to two marriages. We should see if >this is the same guy. I don't know where he came from or anything about his >family. >Juhling McClung > >At 08:20 PM 3/2/99 -0800, you wrote: >>DONALDSON-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 15 >> >>Today's Topics: >> #1 [DONALDSON-L] Donaldson,.Wm. ["marion donaldson" ><mardon@door.ne] >> >>Administrivia: >>To unsubscribe from DONALDSON-D, send a message to >> >> DONALDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com >> >>that contains in the body of the message the command >> >> unsubscribe >> >>and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >>requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. >> >>______________________________X-Message: #1 >>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:55:19 -0600 >>From: "marion donaldson" <mardon@door.net> >>To: DONALDSON-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <19990302155227827.AAA269@mail.door.net@default> >>Subject: [DONALDSON-L] Donaldson,.Wm. >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >>Rockbridge Co Va Marriages >> >>Donaldson,William & Mary Bayles 25 Apr 1781 >>(bond or license date) >> >>Does anyone claim this William? >> >>Marion > >