This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zc.2ADI/1424.1.1.1 Message Board Post: All of this was a wild stab in the dark. All I know is that my Joel D. Stokes was born in Darlington District, SC in 1799, died in MS in 1869 while visiting his son. He was married to Harriet Dubose. Joel had these siblings: (no dates) Sylvanus, Henry, Hastings, James, Tyra, Jefferson, and Dixon. I am attempting to locate Joel's parents. One bing a Stokes and the other being a Dixon (Dickson). I assume they were in the Sumter/Darlington District in the last part of the 1700's. I thought there might be an outside chance that Sampson Dixon was Joel's uncle or cousin. Wish I knew more!