Shelia, You did great work, contacting the Orton Plantation folks. Had thought of it myself but had not enough data to furnish. Could you enlighten me a little bit. Just yesterday I received a file on Somphronius C. Long b. 1845 d? buried in Long Cemetery, Seven Creeks. M. Sarah E. Faulk on 28 Nov 1857. She was born 5 Feb 1852 and she remarried J.M. Stepehns 6/5/1841-3/31/1907/ Are these the same people mentioned in your e-mail? It certainly looks like it. This info came to me from Gary D. Long in Wilmington. I only have three children for S.C. and Sara (Sally). It is indeed a small world. I'll forward the letter to him and to the other cousins, thanks for all the info. Henny Carlisle SHELIA GARRIS wrote: > Hello again, I think every one who ever had a relative in Columbus > County is related in one way or another. Sallie was my great > grandmother. She married S.C. Long and they had five children. After > his death she married J.M.Stevens [ don't know what the J.M. stands > for and I can't find the name of his first wife] who also had five > children. They had another five children. One of these sons was my > grandfather Johnathan Faulk Stevens, who married Carrie Levenia > Canady, the daughter of Derias Clinton Canady. I am trying to find the > names of J.M.'s first wife and thier children. I think one was named > Mack or Max and one was a Robert Ellis Stevens. Do you happen to know > any thing about these people ? I contacted Orton Plantation about > cemeteries that are real close to them and about the past owners of > Orton. They said there were several cemeteries in the aera and asked > for family names, which I e-mailed them. They were to consult with > the one who knows all about the family history and get back to me. Now > to wait and see if they do. Shelia