Most of you know, I long ago decided that William Galloway was really dropped off here by aliens and the men in black created fictitious stories about his origin to cover it up. But surfing Galloway sites, I have discovered that not everyone else has come to this conclusion. I have also discovered that each site listing parents for William has a different set, and new choices from the other ones I have already found around here and tossed in file 13. Well I'm willing to be proved wrong - so lets have some other theories. As background - it seems fairly well established that: William was born in 1763 or thereabouts and died 1851 He was in present day Transylvania County by 1796 He married Sarah/Harriet Ussary/Essary He had the following children: 1. Jimmie b. 1790 m. Sallie Parker 2. Rev. John C. b. 1793 m. Hanna Aiken 3. Elizabeth b. 1801 m. Christopher Whitmire 4. William D. b. 1805 m. Sarah Morgan 5. George Washington b. 1808 m. Elizabeth Jordan (plus at least two more based on census records - but I've never found names/dates for them) after Sarah's death he married Hannah Powell and they had son Robert H b. 1847 m. Sarah Jane Anderson. Census reports listing William's children show William was born in NC, SC, and VA. Either it was a very long labor, or something ain't quite right here. So all you cousins with anything other that an alien theory, please post your version. Hopefully someone actually has the right version. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter lraxter@citcom.net See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse related to at least half the county - at least once ; )