Have no information about the family of J. D. Elam, and don't know what was printed in "Life by the Roaring Roanoke," but the following Elams served in the Virginia General Assembly: Virginia House of Delegates Session 12/4/1820-3/5/1821 - James Elam, Democrat, Chesterfield County Session 12/4/1826-3/9/1827 - James Elam, Democrat, Chesterfield County Session 12/3/1827-3/1/1828 - James Elam, Democrat, Chesterfield County Session 12/8/1887-3/5/1888 - W. C. Elam, Readjustor, Louisa County Session 12/4/1901-1/12/1904 - J. D. Elam, Democrat, Brunswick County Virginia State Senate Session 1/8/1908-3/27/1908 - J. D. Elam, Democrat, Mecklenburg/Brunswick Counties Session 1/12/1910-3/17/1910 - J. D. Elam, Democrat, Mecklenburg/Brunswick Counties Virginia House of Delegates Session 1/9/1918-9/9/1919 - J. D. Elam, Democrat, Brunswick County On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:33:59 -0600 "Kent A. Elam, Jr." <kbjrelam@villagrove.com> writes: >Does anyone have any information on a J.D. Elam and/or his family who >apparently was elected to the Virginia State Senate from Mecklenburg county >in 1908 and 1910? All I have is from the book, Life by the Roaring Roanoke >by Susan L. Bracey (page 444). My Elam roots seems to be in Mecklenburg >county so I was wondering if this may be an ancestor. >Thanks in advance, >Kent Elam ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]