Sylvia, Et. Al. I think there is a good chance that Dicey might be related to the Ellis group Dixie McCrary's book The Ellis Line From Surry-Essex VA. There is a Jeremiah Ellis there whose daughter married a Murfrey. I do not have any further information on Murfrey or Murphree from the book. I do not have information from the book on branches not of my line. Butthe similarity of names could lead to a connection if you can get ahold of the book. Not only are the names similar but the Ransom Ellis marrying Sarah Daniels about 1823 is from this same line. Could this be your Ransom in your second email? Good Luck, CindyHMB At 10:42 AM 4/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >I know that there are a number of people out there researching the elusive >Dicey Murphree Ellis Wilson! She was born Dicey Murphree, married Jeremiah >Ellis in South carolina, bore him four or five children and was widowed At 10:42 AM 4/7/99 -0700, Karen Winter & Sylvia Stevens wrote: > >I know that there are a number of people out there researching the elusive >Dicey Murphree Ellis Wilson! She was born Dicey Murphree, married Jeremiah >Ellis in South carolina, bore him four or five children and was widowed >when he died in his thirties. She came around the Allegheny Mountains with >a few of her children in tow and settled in McMinn/Rhea county Tennesse, >Athens, to be exact. She married A fellow named Wilson and bore him several >more children and then vanished! Anyone know where and when she was buried? >Her descendants inclyde Ezekiel Jesse Ransom and Sarah ellis of Blount and >Barry Counties. > >Thanx for any light you can shed. > >Sylvia > >