Since we have recently had a number of MOCK posters on the board I am wondering if anyone can flesh out this string with corrections, additions, etc. Specific attention is directed to Bob Peavy and Scottie who have some good background on this one. In the previous discussion of this lady the question was raised did she marry 2. Meredith POYTHRESS, Jr. or marry 2. Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. It has been concluded with satisfactory evidence that she married 2. Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. (Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. had m 1. Edith CLEATON, Mecklenburg County, VA 14 July 1781.) Hester WILDER....b. 25 Jan 1793? (daughter of Harry WILDER?) m. 1 Benjamin T. MOCK, m. 1813, d. 1814 Child 1. James Andrew MOCK b. 1813 Child 2. Grandville B. MOCK b. 1815 ( possibly fathered by or adopted by Grandville BEVILLE, Sr., at any rate the young man's name was changed to Grandville BEVILLE by act of the Ga. Legislature in 1838) m. 2 Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. 1817-18 (note: questionable here is the advanced age of Meredith, Sr. m. a 23 year old widow, even more questionable would be age at birth of last child). Child 3. George Washington POYTHRESS, b. 13 Jan 1819 Child 4. John White POYTHRESS b. 13 Jan 1821 Child 5. Henrietta POYTHRESS b. 1 Dec 1823 Child 6. Sarah Edwards POYTHRESS b. 14 Nov 1826 Child 7. Issac Edmond POYTHRESS b. 28 May 1828 Child 8. William ? (see conclusions below) (note: above births (except # 8) are attributed in a ledger book contemporaneously recorded by Issac WILDER, a brother of Hester WILDER MOCK POYTHRESS. While this document certainly has a ring of credibility, it must be stated that the location of the ledger book can no longer be verified.) 1830 Census, Screven, Pg. 306, 34th Mil. Dist. HH of Meridith PORTRESS (sic) Male Under 5 1 ? 5-10 1 John White POYTHRESS b. 13 Jan 1819 10-15 1 George Washington POYTHRESS, b. 13 Jan 1821 60-70 1 Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. himself Female 20-30 1 Hester WILDER MOCK POYTHRESS [the above census record has some real problems: first the unidentified male under 5, missing are "females" Henrietta POYTHRESS (b. 7 Dec 1823) as "5-10" and Sarah Edwards POYTHRESS (b. 14 Nov 1826) as "under 5" and Hester WILDER MOCK POYTHRESS' age is understated as she would be "30-40". While the 1830 census is generally very unexact in the 34th Mil. Dist., this entry seems especially full of questions. However, I construe this as the entry for Meredith POYTHRESS Sr. and Hester WILDER MOCK as nothing else seems to fit. An entry for Meredith POYTHRESS, Jr. is missing entirely and we know that in 1830 he was married to Susan R. MANER, with one child Mary (female "under 5"). Further, we know that Meredith POYTHRESS, Jr. in the mid-1820's was participating in the estate settlement of John S. MANER, by right of his wife Susan R. MANER. It does not seem reasonable to believe that the census record first above was for anyone but Merideth POYTHRESS, Sr. and Hester WILDER MOCK] 1840 Census Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. is no doubt by now deceased, leaving Hester and family unaccounted for in the 1840 census under a POYTHRESS "household" name, and perhaps they were not even in Georgia. Having not gone through the entire county census it is likely I have missed this one. However, Senior's son Meredith POYTHRESS, Jr. and wife Susan R. MANER are accounted for in the 1840 census and they plus their four children are all slotted exactly. 1850 Census Hester WILDER MOCK's first son James Andrew MOCK is accounted for in HH458. Hester's son John White POYTHRESS is accounted for in HH406, and son Issac Edmond POYTHRESS is in HH297. In HH298, now appears Hester POYTHRESS living next door to son (?) Issac as head of her own household: Hester POYTHRESS 55 F W Farmeress $800 SC William 18 M W Farmer SC Mary A. 14 F W Ga Lucy M. 9 F W Ga Jane 5 F W Ga Is this Hester POYTHRESS Hester WILDER MOCK POYTHRESS? I conclude yes. Was she born in SC? The MOCK family had relations in SC. How could William at age 18 be born to Hester in SC unless she went back to SC following the death of Meredith POYTHRESS, Sr. and had a child (William) "b. SC" and returned to Georgia. I also conclude that perhaps William and more likely the remaining 3 children in this household were children of Hester's children adopted (formally or informally) from one or more of Hester's other sons for whatever reasons. Why would they not have different surnames? Because their surnames were POYTHRESS acquired from their own father, not from Hester. And Hester may have been in SC at the time of the 1840 census accounting for that absence. Is this conclusion far fetched? The alternative is that this is an entirely different woman from Hester WILDER MOCK POYTHRESS. Living next door to HWMP's son? And born within 1 or 2 years of HWMP? And that she didn't even move to Georgia from SC until between the years of the child born in SC and the child born in Georgia (1832-1836)? Would be most appreciative for any and all corrections and/or additions. I am 500 miles from the Ga. Archives so its a spell between visits. Many thanks, Maynard Poythress