Tom cooper, thanks for your response. I am sorry to say that none of the names you mentioned sound familiar to me. I will keep your msg in hopes of making some knid of connection. Good to hear from you. Cathy Roberts Pierce pierce@cftnet.com tcooper@calibresys.com wrote: > Hello Cathy, > > My knowledge of my Roberts family is pretty slender. The earliest Roberts I > can trace with any certainty is my g g g grandmother, Merincy "Rintha" > Roberts born about 1809, died Dec 1879 in the 35 GMD, Screven Co. She > married Archibald Smith on 15 Mar 1827. They were married by William H. > Wade, JP. Arch was the administrator of the estate of Patsy Rhodes, who I > believe died in 1854. This Patsy Rhodes had a son named Bryant Roberts, who > I believe left Screven Co. for Lowndes Co. before the 1850 census. There > was also a "Julyann" Roberts that I see in the 1870 Screven Co. census > living near Rintha and her son Miles, probably around the Double Heads Bapt > Ch/Ogeechee/Rocky Ford area of Screven Co. This Julyann is listed as being > 40 years old. I have wondered if Patsy was the mother of both my Rintha and > this Julyann, as well as Bryant. This Patsy was probably a Thrower > originally, since a researcher told me that he found a record that indicates > that Willis Thrower was her brother. I have found a marriage record of > Martha Roberts to David Rhodes in the Screven Co. marriage records. I > believe the marriage occurred in 1823, which I am thinking was a second > marriage. What I would like to know now is if Patsy really was the mother > of my Rintha, which Roberts did she marry? I have found no marriage record > of a Thrower to a Roberts or anything else that matches in the Screven > records, but of course the Screven marriage records only go back to about > 1817, so there shouldn't be anything there if Patsy married the Roberts > before my Rintha's birth in about 1809. > > Regards, > > Tom Cooper >