Dear cousins, I received this today and I was unable to assist. Would you please read Carman's post and see if you can find a connection? Her address is <MotherChic@aol.com> Kindest regards, Philip Sheppard Beaufort, South Carolina - related to Linda Hoxit Raxter, so I'm also related to eveyone in Transylvania County at least once - FORWARDED POST FOLLOWS..... ****************************** >Hello there! > >My name is Carmen Galloway-Spencer and i am trying to research my family >line...right now, more specifically, the Galloway line. I do not know if I am >related to your line or not but I'm going to tell you what i have... > >My ggreatgrandfather, Lawrence Lonzo Galloway was born in 1880 in Lee Co. VA. >I have looked up the 1880 Lee Co. Census and I have found three Galloways. >Well, not exactly Galloways but close the first one is >Galayway, John 26 > Susan 26 > David 7 > Mary 4 > Martha 1 >the second one is: >Gallaway, Kessiah F, 56 and widowed > Margaret D 17 > William Grandson 10 >the third one is: >Gallaway, David 27 > Letitia 27 > Sarah D 3 > Phiby 1 >My problem is this...Lawrence was born in 1880, so he was not born while the >census was being taken. The next available census was 1900 and by that time >Lawrence was not living at home but on his own with a wife. So I cannot at >this time confirm which of the three if any, is actually his family. > >Anyway, of the three families, all three Galloways listed their parents as >being born in North Carolina. If you can help me at all I would appreciate >the help. > >Thanks again, > >Carmen Galloway-Spencer *********************** END FORWARDED POST.