Jean When I actually read the text, I found that the numbers were volume and page numbers in this series (10 volumes) of Florida Seminole war soldiers. I have since contacted some folks in Tallahassee who can visit the Florida Archives and find out what units these gents were enlisted. I can order their service records and request a search for bounty land warrent applications and pensions/widow's pensions. My Solomon in Gadsden County had a second son born in SC after my James G. Owens, indicated in the 1830 Census of Gadsden County. Maybe I can figure out his name. He is not named in the 1850 Census of Gadsden County, but then he may have moved to Leon or Jackson counties by then. Still got to look. After working to about 6 every day, I come home and take over keeping up with our 20 month-old daughter who has by then worn her mother out entirely. This lasts to about 10 when she gets her bath and goes to bed. THEN I begin feeding the 3 sheep, 2 goats, shetland pony, and Jersey steer, along with the geese and ducks. Then I feed the two dogs, three cats, and three birds (2 cockateils and a lovebird, so-called), So by 11:30 at the earliest, assuming I have had no emergency calls, I can start online genealogy work/correspondance. My weekends are similarly consumed, so even though the Mobile Public Library Genealogy branch stays open til 6 PM, I never have time to do any research. I believe that I am the first to really work out and establish my Owens line this far back. When I first got started, I corresponded with a 94-year old cousin who had worked on this for 20 years, and never got back past James G. My break came when I got an email from a descendent of Annie Elizabeth Owens Blount, asking if I knew the James G.Owens mentioned in Annie's Widow's pension application. I had previously suspected that James had a sister. Seems that James and Charles Blount, whom Annie married after the Seminole war, served in the same unit. Also a tie to Solomon was suggested but not proven by the fact that two of Solomon's sons (both b in FL) gave sworn statements about Charles Blount, and both mentioned the service of James. I later got ALL of James' service records (he served in 1836 for a year, and later in 1841 for the same period). Along with his bounty land warrent application and some related correspondance in the file. THEN a descendent of Solomon's third son John Miles Owens emailed me that his family had an old family Bible which listed James G. Owens as a son of Solomon. They are sending me copies of this now. So now to make the connection to SC. Both James and Solomon are identified in the Census as born in SC, 1819 and 1794, respectively. In 1820 there is a Solomon Owens in Barnwell Dist, SC, who is <26, wife is <26, with a daughter <5. Having found numerous errors in the Census, I believe that this is actually my GGgrandfather, listed as a girl. He is similarly listed in the 1860 Agricultural Census Returns (Sch II) of Walton County, FL as "Jane G. Owens." So much for listening closely when you write down the names of your census district. So I have been hitting Barnwell Distr hard and heavy,and Dot, Janet, and Candy are quite tired of my emails by now, I am sure. They have been immencely helpful, and I have near proof that my Solomon in Gadsden County, Fl is one and the same as that Solomon in Barnwell Distr, SC, the son of Stephen and grandson of Solomon Owens I. That would make him a GGnephew of your Etheldred. But I try to ferret out every detail, as my notes in my GEDCOM will attest. Currently I am trying to get more details on my grandfather, Everett C. Owens I of Greene County, AL. I have by email made requests to the AL Archives about agricultural records, and have learned that Auburn University (my alma matre) has extensive archives of the Agricultural Extension Service from 1909. I am going there in March for a Cont Ed siminar (I am a veterinarian) and hope to have time to look at these materials. I might even find a photograph (there is a photographic archive for the AES in the collection there) of my grandfather and possibly his family, including my father as a boy. So that's my current status of research. I am waiting on Rev War service records, bounty land warrent applications, and pension records on Solomon and son Stephen assuming they were in NC during the war. I found a record of a Solomon Owens in Craven County, NC in 1769, and am requesting the NC Archives about any land records on him there. If he sold land and his wife waived her dowery rights by marking 'M' for Margaret, then I'd say that that's my man. I am back to NC. Need to know about your John. You seem to have quite a bit on him, and need to look it over. Guess he didn't leave a will, most inconveniently. Stay in touch, as you might wish. Scott