Hugh, you may have been correct in your earlier accessment and that is your William, brother of Lafford, who moved to Warren, KY. There is no proof that the Betsy in the Census of 1800 in SC is William's widow. She could be the widow of another French, i.e., Michael, Nathaniel, or even Joseph, Jr. Julia In a message dated 8/20/2004 7:22:30 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Now that it is reasonably established that William, s/o Joseph and Hannah FRENCH, died after 1790 and before 1800 in SC before his brother, Simon, departed for KY, there is a William FRENCH found in KY and TN who is not identified: William French, John Denton, Whitfield Elledge, and Joseph Elledge were on 1797 Warren Co, KY Tax List