Lou, Sorry for the confusion. Elijah Benson Dover b. 1817 is my ggg grandfather. He is the one that is listed as s/o Francis J Dover by several who have submitted to DAR and SAR. There is no question of his date of birth, because I have a Bible record, plus a picture of tombstone with the same dates. Juanita McMann and several of the early Dover researchers from what I can tell had all communicated at some point. I have copies of many of her records that I received from Joe McGriff. Joe had also been sent data from Mrs. Green, that Mrs. McMann had shared with her. We Dover descendants will be forever grateful for their contribution to keeping the records and the research that they did to provide us with clues! I think where some confusion may have come in, is with Jesse Green's autobiography. He names Benson as a son of Francis J Dover. My EB was listed as Benson Dover on the 1850 Habersham Co, GA census. The only one that he was listed that way on. I think that it was just assumed that this was the Benson that Jesse Green wrote about. The same with Nelson, and the Jarrett Nelson Dover that they are listing as s/o FJD. The problem as I see it, is in the census records. The 1820 Habersham for FJD and female (both 45+) has a male 16-18 and two males 18-26 in his household. On the 1830 Habersham Co. census he is living all by himself. On the 1840 Habersham Co. only FJD and female also 70-80 -- No Children. Both my Elijah Benson and Jarrett Nelson were born prior to 1820. They are not listed in FJD's household on 1820-30-40. My Elijah Benson md. Anna Goodson in 1837. Jarrett Nelson md. Matilda Goodson in 1845. EB would have been gone on the 1840, but Jarrett Nelson should have still been there. Jarrett Nelson was b.ca1818. My EB consistantly gave SC as his place of birth. The 1850 census shows Jarrett Nelson b. SC. Most FJD researchers say that FJD was in GA before that. If he was there earlier, then my EB's parents must have come later. I don't know who Elijah Benjamin could have been. My EB named a son by 2nd marriage Elijah Benjamin, but don't know if that means anything. It has been pointed out to me that census records are not always accurate. I've seen that myself, of course, but 3 census records in a row would be a little extreme for it to just be an error. When you compare their ages to the records of Johnson Dover, they both fit in his household 1820-30-40 with my EB living right next door to him on 1850. Another possibility of course is that Jesse Green was older when he wrote about the Dovers, had been away during a lot of those years, and was probably writing from memory. Maybe he was incorrect. I don't know----- Has anyone found land grants, deeds or any kind of record that might place a time on the arrival of FJD to GA? Sharon S