I am curious does anyone know if this Gideon A. FREEMAN is a descendant of Gideon FREEMAN b.abt 1784 d.before 1819 Mecklenburg, VA married 10 January 1803 VA Mecklenburg Co, VA Mary Richardson ELAM b.1786 VA d. 30 Nov 1852 Bond Co, IL buried Hastings Cemetery? I have two lines of ELAM going back to ancestors of my paternal great-grandmother Sarah Elizabeth (ELMORE) BESS/BEST of Bond, Montgomery & Fayette Co, IL area. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Gray <kgray@accessus.net> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] Donaldson and Williams > To Jill and others interested in DONALDSON: > > Rebecca H. DONALDSON (dau of Barnet Bailey and Mary ANDREWS > DONALDSON) was born 24 January 1824. She married Gideon A. FREEMAN > and lived in Montgomery County IL where she was a midwife. (from > "Fayette Facts" Vol. II No. 3 Notes on the DONALDSON Family pg. > 67-73). > > Karen Gray >