I have been searching for a connection to my Estes line for some time but failed to find any connection with the lines maintained by David. But then I began searching the Abraham line and started seeing lots of Estes in Meriwether Cty., GA and knew there just had to be a connection. My ggrandfather, Lewis Allen Edwards married Mary Anne Estes, in Meriwehter Cty., GA. They lived there and died there. And the strangest thing of all is that I was born there, grew up in the very same town of Gay, GA which is in Meriwether Cty., but never knew about either of them. It was only after I got seriously interested in genealogy that I began looking for the Edwards family. This led to the surprising marriage to an Estes. The town of Gay was full of Estes in the forties and fifties, and still has a good many. But I never dreamed I was a cousin. After I found the connection I began to explore for their graves. They were not buried in the Gay Community cemetery, where many of the Estes are buried, but I found they were buried in a small private cemetery, probably on land owned by Lewis Edwards, although it could have been owned by James Estes. I have not checked the record to confirm ownership, since the location was the most important thing. About two months ago I made another trip to Gay, GA intent on locating this cemetery. I had a general location, but not specific enough to make the search easy. When I got to Gay I began asking some of the locals if they knew about a cemetery which was supposed to be located close to the old Gay Community Center. I was in luck when one ot the men said there was a cemetery in the woods, but it was owned by another fellow in town. Turns out he had moved to Gay within the last few years and bought a house in town. So I headed for his house and found him in the back yard. When I asked him if he knew of the cemetery, he said there was one on the property and he would take me to it (good ole Southern hospitality). The land was heavily wooded, but he had cut a dirt road through the woods about 1/2 mile, right to the edge of the cemetery. His interest was not the cemetery, but storage for material he was using in his roofing business. He took me right to the cemetery and told me he had looked ad the markings on the graves several times. Most were clear enough to read. And there were the graves of Lewis Edwards and Mary Anne Estes Edwards. The man had been so nice. When I was ready to leave he told me to come back at any time, although he bought the property he did not own the cemetery. I suppose that is Georgia law but it may be universal. Now looking at the Abraham genealogy there is a James W. Estes m. Mary E. O'Neal. I am pretty sure that the parents of this Mary O'Neal are also buried in this cemetery. Need to do some more checking to confirm that, but there are O'Neals there. The son of James, William Nathaniel Estes m. Blanch Thrush should be Thrash. There were lots of Thrash folks around, but I know of none spelled Thrush. This Nathaniel was well known in the town of Gay and his son Royce was a big farmer in town. He hired me every summer to help pack peaches in baskets, put them into a railroad refrigerator car, and send them north to the big cities. I will be going back to Gay in the near future and will look up some of the dates on the graves so that David can add this info to what he already has. Thanks to all for making the data available to me. Cecil Alford