Here's my contribution of facts, and my continuing plea. Lewis Howell was born in 1778 in Wayne County, NC. He was most likely the son of John Howell, b. 1753 in Wayne County, NC, who served in the RW. Sometime before 1798, in NC, Lewis married somebody. We have never been able to find her name. In 1811, Lewis, "wife, and 6 children" were mentioned on a passport issued in Milledgeville, GA for passage through the Creek Nation to "the Western Country." Lewis and his older sons and their families show up on the 1820 Dallas County, Alabama Census. In the 1830 Census, they are in adjacent Perry County, Alabama. His brother, Ira Ezekiel Howell, was in Marengo County, AL. Lewis died in January 1840, in Perry County, AL. From his estate papers, we know that Lewis's wife died in January 1839, same place (Her name is not mentioned once, in 138 pages of estate documents). Lewis had estate settlements in Perry County, AL and Monroe County, MS. We find no record of their burials or graves in Perry County, AL. DOES ANY OF THIS RING A BELL, ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY THE WIFE OF LEWIS HOWELL FROM NC TO AL? Some of her descendants have been looking for her for 20 years. No luck with her, but with great success in finding numerous descendant lines from Lewis. The search goes on. Thanks for your time. George Howell, in Alabama