Terry, In the absence of other evidence, we had toyed with the idea that Nathan's father might be named Reuben since Nathan's son's name has no obvious origination. Your Reuben's wife's name also fits, as our Nathan named his second daughter Sarah. (His first was named Hester after her maternal grandmother.) Do you have a will or anything for your Reuben? Floyd County is a pretty far piece from Gwinnett and that is where Nathan seems to have stayed. He first appears in the 1840 Gwinnett census, but a Nathan Fowler from Walton County drew land in the 1821 Land Lottery. We don't know if this is our Nathan. Also, the orphans of Hillery Fowler drew land in the same lottery and Nathan may have been one of those. As I said, we are at a dead end. Any more information you can provide on your Reuben would be a big help. Does anyone else have any information on the children of this particular Reuben Fowler? Many thanks, Judy Fowler Kilgore Newnan, GA