---------- Lea and Arvil, According to the Minutes of the Wilson County Quarterly Court in Sept. 1838, Etheldred Clemmons gave William Baird a power of attorney to claim a "legacy to him in right of his wife by death of John Hancock late of Montgomery County North Carolina" from James L. Gains or his agent. There are no page numbers for the Quarterly Court Minutes from this period. I had looked at several families as possibles for Etheldred's first wife including Hancock, Harris, Bell and to some extent Hearne. The Clemmons family has ties to these families, at least as neighbors, as far back as the Bute and Franklin County period. Etheldred's father served under West Harris in the revolution and I think under one of the Bells. Given the deeds and Samuel Hancock's will, it appeared that their was a strong link that predated the marriage to Milly Hancock Edwards. My supposition is that Etheldred's first wife is named Jane because his line is the only one where Jane appears as a name repeatedly and there is a Jane Clemmons who buys items at Samuel Thompson Clemmons estate sale in 1837 who cannot be accounted for unless she is somebody's wife and Etheldred is the most likely since the other wives in the family are known. In 1830, the oldest woman in Etheldred's household is between 40 and 50. Etheldred is between 50-60. According to family sources, he was born in 1784 which should make him 56. I think she may have been about four years younger but no more. They married about 1804-05, no later than sometime in 1806 when their first child was born. If she were the female in John's household in the 1800 census, if he is the right John, that would fit (especially given the inaccuracies we find in censuses). That is about it. Anne