In a message dated 1/3/99 9:40:15 AM Central Standard Time, elizabethrusso@home.com writes: << please let me know your earliest DUBOIS ancestor so I can find connections >> Dear Elizabeth: I believe I have previously shared with you the DUBOSE I am researching and I realize they are not DUBOIS, but I will repeat them in case my Eliza is really yours: Benjamin DUBOSE, b. 1770 in Darlington Co., SC, d. 1851 in Maringo Co., ALA. He was a planter. He m. 1799 Susannah Campbell, b. 1778, d. 1818. Her father was a Scotch Baptist Minister One of their children: Elizabeth DUBOSE, b. 1800, m. John HUMPHRIES, a Methodist Minister in 1847. They lived in Dooly Co., GA This is not totally 'verified' but the info fits what my family has. Would love more info, if anyone has any. Thanks to all and a Happy New Year, Sharon Zingery