Although, I've enjoyed the repartee, a few things seem inappropriate for a genealogical website, and it is a shame that many long-standing researchers are getting tired of the constant delete, and are taking their expertise with them, so let's cut the chatter and get to the matters at hand. As you notice in the subject line, I continue to look for a portal to my past. I am deadlocked at approximately 1795, and would like to progress (regress) even further. Any help in that direction would be appreciated. I, too, have found some lost cousins through the internet, but seems we are stalemated at approximately the same dates. My Wheeler ancestors are well documented in an Angelina County history book, two of whom were lawyers. John Wheeler married Massey Borden (no connection to other Borden relatives). Their son, Benjamin was born in 1792 and married Mary Chandler. Their daughter, Sarah, was born in 1820 in Tennessee, and married George H. Borden. Their daughter, Mary Elizabeth married Joseph William Clayton. My Clayton connection has been a stubborn one. Very little documentation other than a probated will. James G.W. Clayton continues to elude discovery. James G.W. Clayton apparently married Elizabeth ? in Tennessee and came to Texas in about 1835, and owned land in both Wise and Angelina Counties. He was reputed to be a cobbler from Virginia. One of his sons, Joseph William is my g-grandfather. One of Joseph's sons, William Calvin, born June 17, 1867 married Rosa Angeline Williams. She was the daughter of --- David H. Williams who married Frances Melvina ?. He was a circuit Church of Christ minister, and a peddler, selling sewing notions. An interesting complication to my ancestry-- Joseph William Clayton married Mary Elizabeth Borden David H. Williams married Frances Melvina Joseph Clayton died. Frances Melvina died. David H. Williams then married Mary Elizabeth Borden Clayton. Then complicating things a bit more--step-brother William Calvin Clayton married step-sister Rosa Angeline Williams. Jesse Goodman born 1794 and married Isabella ? born 1815. Their son, Thomas J. (1842) married Amanda (1830). Charley Goodman (1868) married Laura Anna Edna Daniels. (My grandparents). Laura Anna Edna Daniels is the daughter of Emmanuel or Mordred Daniels and Mary Ellen Hester. Emmanuel Daniels may also have been known as Manny. These families are documented forward through my direct line with William Calvin Clayton and his brother, Eli Borden Clayton. Please pardon the length. Again, any help would be appreciated.