Reference to Nov 28 '98 citation "Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, No. 78, 1973, (Printed by the R.L. Bryan Company, Columbia, South Carolina), Part II, pages 84-92. Thanks to this I think I have finally found my "link" between Issac and Suzanne and my family branch. However some of the dates do not quite jibe with other information from other sources. In particular, the final citation on this portion: "(5) Jessie Dubose born ca. 1802 m. ca. 1825 Leah. See Sumter Co., S.C., deeds for Jessie and Leah Dubose. They had 5 children, one of which was Dr. James Gabriel Dubose, b. 1833 who m. Mary Caroline Chandler." Earlier family research by a family member reflects the following on "Jessie"/Leah: Jesse, b. ca. 1785/89, Sumter Co SC, d. ca. 1840/44, Pike Co. AL.,m. 1810 to Leah (last name unknown, possibly Willis), b. ca. 1794 in SC, d. ca 1860, Hunt Co. TX. Their children were: Willis V. b. 1812, (stated as Pike Co. AL, probably Sumpter District SC ) m.(1) Anna Rains, (2) Livonia Odom. Willis d. 1860?, Hunt Co. TX Jesse Knighten, b. 1822, Pike Co. AL, m. Elizabeth Wheeler of AL, 1-31-1850, Harrison Co. TX., d. ca. 1866, Hunt Co. TX. Reportedly killed from ambush. (Dr) Amasa Hamilton, b. 5-25-1824, AL, m. Harriet Ann Lloyd, 11-19-1857, Rusk Co. TX, d. 8-15-1905, (Homer Cemetary) Angelina Co TX. (Dr) James Gaberial, b. 2-24-1833, AL, m. Nancy Caroline Chandler, 1-3-65, Brown Co. TX, d. 12-6-1892, Llano, TX Sarah Amanda, b. ca 1838 (AL?), m. (?) John M. Hawkins, d. 1860? TX Photostat of deed, recorded 8 May 1820 shows Jesse/wife Leah, selling "...all that Tract or part of a Tract of Land Containing one hundred Acres Situated on Wolf Branch Waters of Black River, (Sumpter District, SC) being part of a Tract Containing One Thousand Acres Granted to George Andrews by his Excellency Paul Hamilton Esquire in the year (1806)....unto James Dennis...." Deed was "...sworn to them [Joseph Sprott, Albert Moes, Adam Benbow J.Q.]...23rd October 1819..." Other information provided my Aunt, by Winnie H. Rice in 1975, indicates the following information on Jesse/Leah is quoted, as provided including her notes: "1810 census, Sumter Co SC, shows Jesse (age 16-26) with one female (age 16-26) in household From later records we know that here, Leah was 16. Later, Jesse always listed in one highter bracket, 5-10 years older than Leah; therefore, here he was between 21 and 26 1820 census, Sumter Co SC, shows Jesse (16-26) + one male under 10 (Willis V.?), one female 16-26) two females under 10. (no other record of female before 1838) 1830 census, West FL, part of Walton Co., shows Jesse (40-50), one female (40-50), Males under 5, one, males 5-10, two, females 10-15, one, born 1820. Leah known to be 36. Jesse, 41/46 Male under 5, unknown Amasa Hamilton, b. 1824 & Jesse K. b. 1822 are (5-10) 2. Willis V. b. 1812 and male X, b. 1810/15 are (15-20) 2. Female, unknown 1840 census, Pike Co, AL, Jesse (50-60), Females (40-50) one, males (5-10), one, males (10-15), two, males (15-20), two; females (under 5), one, females 15-20), one (5-10) is James Gabriel, 1833. Amasa Hamilton & unknown male who was under 5 in 1830 are now (10-15), 2. Jesse K., b. 1822, is now 18, (15-20), 1. Willis V., now 28 is married and missing. m. ca 1832 [Anna Rains, 10-30- 1832 in Pike Co. AL]. 1st child b. Ala., 1834. Male X, b. 1810/15, also gone 1846 Republic of Texas Poll List, Harrison Co. Mrs. Leah DuBose Amasa Hamilton DuBose Jesse K. DuBose Willis V. DuBose 1850 census, Harrison Co. Texas Mrs. L. DuBose, age 56, f., b. S.C. N. J. Knighten 28, m. b. Ala--married with the year [Jesse K. m. Jan 31, 1850, Harrison Co., TX A.masa 25, m. b. Ala G.abrial 17, m . b. " S. (Mary?) 12, f. b. " E.(lizabeth) 18. f. b. "---Elizabeth Wheeler DuBose NOTES: This shows Leah, b. S.C. 1794. Jesse, the father is missing, probably died in Ala., 1840-45. Also missing is the son who was under 5 in 1830, 10-15 in 1840. Willis V. is married for the 2nd time & living on adjoing property. Missing is daughter b. 1820. Male X, b. 1810/15, still absent. These two children could have married in Ala. and stayed there. The son b. ca. 1826, would not show on the Tex Poll List but in 1850 would be 24. If he came to Texas with the family he did not remain with them in Harrison Co. >From these census records it appears that Jesse & Leah had 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters. There is no proof that Leah of Harrison Co. Tex. 1846, was the mother of these children or that Jesse was her husband but all evidence indicates this was a family unit." (End of Rice document) Copies of land survey in late 1850s shows that property was surveyed about 20-25 miles southeast of Greenville, Hunt County, Texas with adjacent grants made to Willis V., Jesse K. and Leah (assume their mother). Brother, Amasa H. also shown in Hunt Co. census this period. Jesse K. served as 1st Sgt, Borders Cavalry Regt, CSA, 1864-65 (Information from Texas State Archives). Copy of court records show A.H. and J.K. DuBose charged in circuit court (A.H., assualt, J.K., murder) with several continuations between 1861 and 1866. Family legend attributes this to pre-Civil War violence in that area. Jesse reportedly killed from ambush in 1866. Widow, Elizabeth, married a J.J. Pound in Hunt County in 1868. Only child of J.K. and Elizabeth known to have survived to adulthood was Jesse Knighten DuBose ("Jesse III") 1863-1920 1860 census, Hunt Co. Texas (dated 16 Sept 1860) Lavonia DuBose, 31, F, Farmer, b. Miss (widow of Willis V.) William 12, M b. Tex Alice 10, F b. Tex Eudora 9, F b. Tex Laura 5. F b. Tex Willis V. 4. M b. Tex Jesse K. DuBose 39. M Farmer b. Fla Elizabeth 26. F b. Ala French 8. M b. Tex James 6. M b. Tex Lafayette 1 b. Tex Amasa Hamilton DuBose 36. M Physician b. Ala Harriet Ann 26 b. Ala Real Estate Worth: $4500, One (1) slave, name, Bennie The above information brings to question, and some conflict, the information in the Huguenot Society Document that gives Jesse's cited birthdate of 1802. (a) If other family information is right, his oldest son (Willis V., b. 1812) would have been born when Jesse was age 10?! (b) Could Jesse (and Leah, assuming she was younger than Jesse) have legally executed a land sale at age 17 or 18? under then existing SC laws? (c) Also, deed was signed by both Jesse and "his (X) wife" Leah in 1820, five years before citation says they were married. Further information available upon request. Jack D. DuBose, Conway, AR