This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: johnbb49 Surnames: Fleming Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.fleming/504.570.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Researchers for Gassaway generally agree that John Fleming b. 1776 SC was his father. My research shows that John removed from Columbia, GA to Early, then Henry, AL by 1830 where he appears in the census. The researchers also show that John was a descendant (grandson?) of John Fleming b. 1685 and Janet Witherspoon through James b. 1722. Most of this information appears to come from Reese's book, "Carolina to California" which is poorly sourced. There is even a question as to whether John was born in SC. The only surviving son that I can find in 1880, Littleberry, gave NC as the birth state of his father. "As we speak" I am trying to find documented descendants of John Fleming b. 1685 to join our Fleming surname DNA study. I am a 100% DNA match to two descendants of John Fleming b. 1685, one through his son, John b. 1718 and the other through James b. 1722 (and John Fleming b. 1776). With more proven, documented descendants I think I will be able to "lock-in" which Flemings truly descend from the Williamsburg, SC Flemings who immigrated in 1734 with the Witherspoons and others. It should be noted that we now know of at least 4 genetically distinct Fleming lines in early GA. Descendants of all 4 spread into AL/MS and lived in the same towns as others, making it difficult to keep them straight. Coffee, AL is a good example in which a large number of descendant of two genetic lines lived. For more on that I refer you to Georgia Fleming's website at http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/Genealogy/FlemingNotes.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.