--WebTV-Mail-1925211922-120 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I just don't know anything anymore. I think the Johns have driven me crazy. I thought "the younger" designation interesting in light of the Leeds Johns having been called elder and younger when heretofore I had only seen Sr. & Jr. I can't figure who Alexander is. And, where is the sale of 544 acres? RUTHIEM --WebTV-Mail-1925211922-120 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by postoffice-241.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 01:54:12 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <ELAM-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-102-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id BAA00070; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 01:54:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA16971; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:01:12 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:01:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:05:57 -0500 From: "Earl H. Elam" <EHElam@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Re: Samuel Elam Sender: "Earl H. Elam" <EHElam@compuserve.com> Old-To: "INTERNET:ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com" <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <199904031306_MC2-707C-D0B@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-11.rootsweb.com id KAA16890 Resent-Message-ID: <"sV8h0D.A.yIE.ndlB3"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/718 X-Loop: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Errors-To: ELAM-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: ELAM-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Ruth, I have seen the information about Jones and John Ealam, the younger, in the area of Winterpock in 1744 before. This must have been John Elam Jr. who was a land owner in the area. What intrigues me is the Alexander who was a witness. The only Alexander I can find in that era is the Alexander who later in 1789 gave his estate to Edward Elam in Charlotte/Mecklenburg counties. If Alexander was a brother of Edward as the document states and if Edward was a brother of William and Joel of Charlotte Co., he might have been a son of John Jr. as might have the others. However, if he was the same Alexander who witnessed the transaction in 1744 he would have been born around 1723 or so, much earlier than generally supposed to be the dates of birth of any of John's alledged children. Have I confused everyone enought!!. Do you or anyone else have any ideas? Earl Elam --WebTV-Mail-1925211922-120--