Hi Mary-- You asked for a reply to the list about John HARKEY who married Christina BEAVER. I don't see any reply, so I'll offer what little I have. No one will confuse it with proof. Joseph Harkey's history has the same dates as you do for John HARKEY, but in my copy of it, where I insert my own notes, after John's death date of 1846 I added in brackets a different date, so that it now reads "d 21 Feb 1846 [1826?]. I may have arrived at 1826 by looking at the Cabarrus Co. censuses. In 1830 I did not find a John HARKEY in Cabarrus Co., but I did find a Christianah, age 30-40, with 5 males ages 5-20 and with 4 females ages 0-15. The youngest child is a female aged 0-5. Also, in 1840 (but looking no further than the census index), I did not find a John, but I did find a Crissey HARKEY. Then, in 1850, Christina is living with her daughter, Susannah McDANIEL. The absence of John but the presence of Christina in 1830 and 1840 does suggest that John died much earlier than 1846. Although no spring chicken, Christina would still have been of childbearing age in 1830, but by 1830 she had borne her last child. It's not proof, but it is circumstantial evidence. Alma