Hi Dennis The answer to that one is a definite yes!! When I am on the phone to my older cousin in GulfPort MS (Codelias Granddaughter). At times with her accent it does sound like DEVER. We have laughed about it over the phone, because one day I stopped her and said, "you mean Dover not Dever". It sounds like Dever when we are in a full conversation, and she is speaking at a faster rate. The "O" is not heard. it comes out DVER. Also I found something a little interesting. Ancestry Library SEARCH, how opened up there data base for Free, for ten days on Virginia Marriage Index, 1740-1850. When Dover is put in, only one hit comes back for: Hugh DOVER mar Marie BLAIN 27th May 1819 * * Rockingham * * But when DEVER is put in 14 hits comes back. Eight of them for * * Rockingham * * Co. here is the URL http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3723.htm Does anyone have a census for that area? And I wonder what the names of Hugh Dover children are. If there was someway to match any of the Dever surnames as Hugh Dovers children. I think have a very definite answer. Just a thought:-) Patricia Dennis Dover wrote: > > A question for our Dover cousins living in the South .... is > there anyway a southern accent can orally get pronounced > DOVER that gets written down as DEAVER? > > Deaver also equals DEVER and DEVER is a possible written > transcription error for DOVER. > > This has haunted me for a long time. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom & Laura [mailto:tom-lauramsn@email.msn.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 11:40 AM > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DOVER-L] DEAVER > > Does anyone have a copy of Emmett Starrs History of Cherokee > Indians? I was looking at a list of surnames that appear in > the book and noticed alot of familiar names. > > DEAVER is on page 395 > > A few of the other names on the same page are > BAILEY > COLLINS > PINDAR > > I sure am curious about that book now! > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Search the Dover archives at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=D > OVER-L > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Search the Dover archives at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=DOVER-L --