Wendy, I was born and raised in Brandon and knew the "Brandons" of my day. I am sure you have located the following cemetery where most of the Brandons are buried. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/hillsborough/cemetery/bran-fam.txt A marker at the entrance reads; "BRANDON FAMILY CEMETERY. The earliest marked grave dated 1857 was that of Susan Carson, mother of Martha Carson Brandon Traveling by wagon train, John Brandon, his wife Martha (cousin of Kit Carson) and six sons left Mississippi and arived at Fort Brooke (Tampa) in 1857. John aquired land in what now is Brandon. They worked the land until tragedy struck when Johns beloved wife died in 1867. John moved away and in 1868 married Victoria Varn a widow with two children. In 1874 they moved back to New Hope (Brandon) and established their homested. John helped start the first school, donated land for a church and the New Hope Cemetery. John Brandon died in 1886 and was buried in this cemetery. The Brandon name is carried on proudly by the desendances of John, many of whom reside locally." There is another cemetery located on former Brandon land which is New Hope Cemetery in Brandon. Some of the Brandons are buried there also. New Hope Cemetery is on the site of the first school in Brandon. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/hillsborough/cemetery/newhope.txt I note there are some Reynolds buried in these cemeteries also. Good luck on your research. I live in Texas...have for the last 47 years, but generally get back to Brandon once a year for my family reunion. Annette Hutchinson Rascoe ----- Original Message ----- From: "W Thomas" <wthomas@maplenet.net> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: [FLHILLSB] Roll Call These are the names I am researching: Reynolds Rev. Cooley Sumner Reynolds, moved to Tampa in 1850, m. Judith Alexander in 1854, died in 1901 in Clearwater. Brandon Wesley Brandon MS>FL>AR>FL came to Hillsborough in 1850's? Belonged to Florida cavalry in Civil War m. Louisa Elrod in 1866 in Arkansas. Brandon, Florida area Wells Robert Wells NC>TN>OK>AL>FL came to Hillsb/Pinellas area in 1905. Robert married Florence Haworth in TN in 1890. Their daughter, Hannah married Wilbur Reynolds, grandson of CS Reynolds. They were my grandparents. Wendy Thomas Warsaw, Indiana ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237