This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horton, Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BBk.2ACIB/2424 Message Board Post: In my records I have the following information: Jim/Sam Horton m: Aresenious ??? Their children were: - Sarah Elizabeth Horton (aka: Louisa and Lulu - per census postings) m John Thomas Bell - Earl Horton - Viola Horton - Corinna Horton - John Horton - Mattie Horton - Sam Horton All I have as a source for the above is 'Family Knowledge'. I'm asking because I've found the following source which I'm trying to confirm or reject. Right now information is similar but not exact. See information on internet at url: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=allison1&id=I127646 If you go to site, you may notice the following similarities: 1) Husband's name is 'James' compared to our Jim 2) Wife's nickname is 'Sennie' while ours is 'Seny', her birth date is 14 Oct 1853 compared to ours of 14 Oct 1859. She was born in Cherokee Co, AL while we have family rumors that she was an Indian. Could it be she was white, but over time we confused the county where she was born with her race? 3) Children: 3a) Is 'Ella' same as our Sarah Catherine aka: Louisa or Lulu? Note her birth year is abt 1873 in AL, while our information indicates 25 Nov 1873. 3b) Is 'Lee E' or 'Robert Earl' same as our Earl? 3c) Is 'A Viola' same as Viola? 3d) Is 'Rebecca Corina' our Corrina? 3e) Is Martha E same as our Mattie? 3f) Is 'Samuel P' same as our Sam? 3g) Is 'John T' same as our John? I've sent an email to originator of information to find out her sources, but nothing yet. There are also differences in the two sources I can't account for: 1) Mother - Asenath 'Sennie' vs. Aresenious 'Seny' 2) Children 2a) If Lee E (male) is not Earl then who is he (if he was a brother who died young - it's explainable) 2b) If Robert Earl is not Earl then who is he? 2c) Who is Lue H (female)? (could she be another sibling who died young?) 2d) Who is William Bunyon? (since he has family / descendants, is he just an uncle we lost track of early on?) I have no confidence in the dates in my data for any of the children except Sarah so have no basis for determining which children were oldest. I have them listed based on sequence I was given (just can't remember by whom). Any thoughts, clarifications you might be able to shed on the above information would be very helpful