Have followed the exchange about the Mahala Pool and the Martha Patsy Pool between Julie and Susan. I also have theses two names but not in the Forsyth Co, GA. area. However, thought I would post just in case it could help someone. I wish I had more on them. My MAHALA POOL - her family is connected to VA to Old Edgefield Dist, SC. [Not really mine, but connected to the Gentrys line, the Burnett line, the Trotter line, and Carter lines of Edgefield Dist thru various marriages] Gilly Gentry b. Bet. 1750 - 1760 Lunnenburg Co, VA. was the daughter of Hezekiah Gentry and Catherine Reynolds, who came to Edgefield Co. with their family by way of VA and Johnson Co., NC to SC by 1779 [Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT], In 1785 he owns land in Edgefield Dist. Gilly married Joseph Trotter who died in Edgefield Co. Abt. 1805. She was still in Edgefield when she married 2_ Samuel Abney. However she died Bet. December 24, 1846 - April 27, 1847. Joseph and Gilly Gentry Trotter had the following known children: Descendants of Gilly Gentry 1 Gilly GENTRY b: Bet. 1750 - 1760 Lunenburg Co., Va d: Bet. December 24, 1846 - April 27, 1847 Russell Co., Ala. . +Joseph TROTTER m: Abt. 1776 Edgefield Co., SC d: Abt. 1805 Edgefield Co, SC ..... 2 Olivia/Elizabeth TROTTER b: Abt. 1779 Edgefield Co., SC ......... +ADAMS m: Abt. 1810 ..... 2 Jeremiah TROTTER b: 1782 Edgefield Co., SC d: September 25, 1821 Edgefield Co., SC ......... +Cynthia CARTER b: February 03, 1787 Edgefield Co, SC m: 1804 Edgefield Co., SC d: Aft. September 28, 1853 Father: Charles Carter Mother: Lydia Scurry ..... 2 Daughter TROTTER b: Abt. 1786 d: Bef. 1848 ......... +Jacob WESTALL m: Abt. 1806 ..... 2 Joseph TROTTER b: Abt. 1788 Edgefield Co., SC d: 1846 Russell Co., AL ......... +MARTHA ..... *2nd Wife of Joseph TROTTER: ......... +ELLEN ..... 2 William TROTTER b: February 04, 1789 Edgefield Co., SC d: May 29, 1857 Russell Co., AL ......... +Martha [WHITFIELD] m: Abt. 1811 Edgefield Co., SC ..... *2nd Wife of William TROTTER: ......... +FRANCES b: Abt. 1788 m: Abt. 1830 ..... 2 Mourning TROTTER b: Abt. 1792 Edgefield Co., SC d: November 17, 1866 Elmore Co., AL ......... +Henry EMFINGER m: Bet. 1807 - 1809 Edgefield Co., SC ..... 2 Daughter TROTTER b: Abt. 1794 Edgefield Dist, SC d: Bef. 1848 ......... +George EMFINGER m: Abt. 1816 ..... 2 Henry W. TROTTER b: Abt. 1796 Edgefield Co., SC d: AL. ......... +Mary PERRY b: Abt. 1815 m: January 31, 1816 Edgefield Co, SC Father: Crawford Perry ..... 2 Rosella TROTTER b: Abt. 1798 Edgefield Co., SC d: Bef. 1848 ......... +John GENTRY b: Abt. 1800 Edgefield Dist, SC m: Abt. 1820 SC Father: Robert Gentry Mother: Amelia 'Milly' Unknown *.... 2 Daughter TROTTER b: Abt. 1800 ......... +Unknown POOL m: 1820 *.... 2 Hezekiah TROTTER b: Abt. 1802 Edgefield Co., SC d: Aft. 1848 ......... +Elizabeth Ann PRATER m: February 01, 1827 Jones Co., Ga. *2nd Husband of Gilly GENTRY: . +Samuel ABNEY b: Abt. 1761 m: Abt. 1820 Edgefield Co., SC d: December 04, 1848 Russell AL In Gilly's will, she names a grandaughter Mahala Pool, leading me to assume that a daughter married a Pool, but I don't know who, where or when. [Will of Gilly Abney dated 24 Dec 1846, proved 27 Apr 1847, Russell Co. AL Will Records 1838-1849 Book 1, pg.144- 145 - full copy transcribed by Betty Trotter < betr@viptx.net > has been placed into Gilly's notes, so available upon request] OTHER option: Gilly is old enought to have great-grandchildren. So her grandaughter Mahala ? could have belonged to one of the know children, and was old enought to have married a Pool. So... as you can see, I am rally lost on who she is, and if she could be connected to your Forsyth Co, Ga. info. _________________ I am a direct desc. of Henry Pool of Warren Co. GA, Patriot, thru his son Henry Ratlett Pool m. Mary Ann Cason. Here is my Pool line - direct to my grandmother but listing siblings of each direct ancestor as well. Direct Descendants of Henry Pool 1 Henry POOL b: Abt. 1759 England or Darlington dist. SC ? d: June 25, 1852 Warren Co, Ga Burial: Pool/Rhodes Cem., Warren Co., Ga. . +Susan RATLETT b: England m: 1784 Darlington Dist, SC d: 1830 ..... 2 Elizabeth (Betsy) POOL ..... 2 James POOL ..... 2 Martha POOL ..... 2 Laodicia (Lydia) POOL b: 1792 ..... 2 Henry Ratlett POOL b: March 24, 1795 Warren Co, GA d: 1852 Warren Co, GA ......... +Mary Ann CASON b: July 20, 1798 Warren Co, GA m: January 26, 1817 Warren Co, Ga. d: May 14, 1881 Warren Co, GA Burial: Johnson Meth. Ch, Gibson Hwy, Warren Co, Ga Father: William Cason Mother: Jeanette Rodgers ............ 3 Ruth Cason POOL b: November 27, 1817 Warren Co, Ga d: Abt. 1909 Taliaferro Co, Ga Burial: Sharon Methodist Ch., Sharon, Taliaferro Co., Ga ............ 3 William Jasper POOL b: November 27, 1819 Warren Co., Ga ............ 3 Tillman Newton POOL b: August 18, 1821 Warren Co, Ga d: October 01, 1897 Warren Co, Ga Burial: Johnson Meth. Ch, Gibson Hwy, Warren Co, Ga ............ 3 Mary Eliza Ellen POOL b: October 21, 1823 Warren Co, GA d: March 27, 1878 Warren Co, GA Burial: Zoar Methodist Ch, Glascock Co, Ga ................ +William Thomas ALDRED b: Abt. 1817 Warren Co, GA m: January 26, 1841 Warren Co, GA d: Aft. August 31, 1863 Warren Co, GA or Glascock Co, GA. Burial: Zoar Methodist Ch, Glascock Co, Ga Father: William Aaron Aldred Mother: Martha Elizabeth Johnson ................... 4 Mary Ann E. ALDRED b: May 30, 1842 Warren Co, GA d: June 04, 1924 Warren Co, GA Burial: Zoar Methodist Ch, Glascock Co, Ga ................... 4 Aaron Wesley ALDRED b: January 12, 1845 Warren Co., GA. d: May 29, 1904 Burial: Zoar Methodist Ch, Glascock Co, Ga ................... 4 Rebecca "Becky" Ellen ALDRED b: Abt. 1846 Warren Co., GA. ................... 4 Lucy Jane ALDRED b: Abt. 1849 Warren Co., GA. ................... 4 James Henry ALDRED b: March 09, 1852 Warren Co, Ga d: April 29, 1906 Thompson, McDuffie Co, Ga Burial: Zoar Methodist Ch, Glascock Co, Ga ................... 4 Mary Emma ALDRED b: June 04, 1856 Warren Co, GA d: October 12, 1914 [Jefferson Co, Ga.] Burial: Stapleton Bapt, Jefferson Co, Ga ....................... +John Calhoun HUGHES b: November 11, 1852 McDuffie Co, GA m: December 01, 1874 d: November 05, 1932 [Jefferson Co, Ga.] Burial: Stapleton Bapt, Jefferson Co, Ga Father: Elijah Hughes Mother: Nancy Adams .......................... 5 Addie HUGHES b: August 06, 1876 d: October 12, 1973 Burial: Wrens City Cem., Wrens, Jefferson Co., GA .......................... 5 Mary Eliza HUGHES b: July 19, 1878 McDuffie Co, GA d: January 08, 1961 Richmond Co, Augusta, GA Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. .............................. +Zachariah R. RABUN b: January 09, 1874 McDuffie Co, GA m: January 28, 1894 McDuffie Co, Ga. d: August 08, 1905 [Jefferson Co., GA] Burial: Zoar Methodist Church, Glascock Co, GA Father: Wesley Rhoan Rabun Mother: Mary Ann Elizabeth "Mollie" Wren ................................. 6 Ada Lillian RABUN b: July 08, 1895 McDuffie Co, GA d: February 05, 1973 Augusta, Richmond Co, GA Burial: Pineview Cem, North Augusta, Aiken Co, SC ................................. 6 Emma Inez RABUN b: August 16, 1897 McDuffie Co, Ga. d: 1963 Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. ................................. 6 Ernest Wyman RABUN b: January 16, 1900 possibly Stapleton, Jefferson co.Ga. d: September 22, 1954 Richmond Co, GA Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga. ................................. 6 Ruby RABUN b: August 28, 1903 probably Stapleton, Jefferson co., GA d: January 1980 Dallas, TX .............................. +WHITAKER m: Aft. 1905 .............................. +J. N. ADAMS m: Aft. 1906 .......................... 5 Irene HUGHES b: Abt. 1880 .......................... 5 Oscar HUGHES b: February 07, 1882 d: November 30, 1980 McDuffie Co, Ga. Burial: Iron Hill Christian Advent Ch,Dearing, McDuffie Co, Ga .......................... 5 Ernest Wofford HUGHES b: Abt. 1884 .......................... 5 Clifford HUGHES b: Abt. 1886 d: October 1973 Fla. [Bradenton, Manatee Co.?] ................... 4 William Thomas "Bill" ALDRED, Jr. b: Abt. 1858 ................... 4 John ALDRED b: Abt. 1862 ................... 4 Narcissa (Eliza) ALDRED b: Abt. 1863 ............ 3 Martha Ann POOL b: August 02, 1826 Warren Co, Ga d: November 20, 1868 Warren Co, Ga ............ 3 Susan Elizabeth POOL b: June 18, 1828 Warren Co, Ga d: July 13, 1834 Warren Co, Ga ............ 3 Isabel Jane POOL b: December 21, 1830 Warren Co, Ga d: September 22, 1925 Warren Co, Ga Burial: Mill Creek Baptist Ch ............ 3 Henry Franklin POOL b: December 09, 1833 Warren Co, Ga d: March 10, 1863 Warren Co, Ga ............ 3 Mary Ann Laodidea "Dicey" POOL b: May 01, 1836 Warren Co, Ga d: May 05, 1917 Warren Co, Ga Burial: Mill Creek Baptist Ch ............ 3 John James Madison POOL b: June 17, 1842 Warren Co, Ga d: July 18, 1919 Warren Co, Ga Burial: Johnson Meth. Ch, Gibson Hwy, Warren Co, Ga ..... 2 [Lucy POOL] b: Abt. 1810 . +Polly Hutchinson WILSON m: May 10, 1832 Warren Co, Ga d: August 1844 . +Eleanor HUTCHINSON b: March 20, 1809 m: January 31, 1845 d: Aft. 1880 ..... 2 Sara POOL b: September 28, 1845 d: September 05, 1936 Burial: Gibson City, Ga ..... 2 Mary POOL b: April 15, 1850 d: February 11, 1939 Burial: Gibson City, Ga Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net