Betty and List, Every lineage society I am a member of is having or has had or will have a State Conference. If you hold offices in these lineage socities, as I do, then it is report time. Just finished having Colonial Dames of Seventeenth Century State Conference last week and at the end of February I have United States Daughters of War of 1812 State Conference. Oklahoma State Society Daughters of the American Revolution have the State Conference in March and Oklahoma State Society Daughters of Union Veterans have the State Conference in May. The only IL ancestor that I have in the above lineage socities is HENRY DOUGLASS who lived in Roland, Indian Creek Township, White County, IL. He was born ca 1807 in Halifax County, VA and died at Quincy, IL on 14 Dec 1864 (disease) while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. His family came by team and wagon and brought his body back to White County. His burial site is listed as Ebenezer Cemetery, White County. That is near Norris City. Cannot find a tombstone even though there is a record in the White County Historical Society where a man stated that Henry was buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery and had a military tombstone. He was married to Mary "Polly" Yates on 17 January 1826 in White County, IL. His daughter Harriet Tressie Douglass married Meander Scott (my great-great-grandparents). Their grandson, John Ruben Scott is my grandfather who was born in Hamilton County, IL., and died in Russellville, Pope County, AR in 1969. If and when I ever prove that Stephen McMahan is the father of my ancestor Reuben McMahan then I can add Stephen to my 1812 patriots. He served from the state of VA as did James McMahan (buried in New Prospect Cemetery). Reuben McMahan served during the Mexican War and they all received bounty land based on their military service. Listed in the IL Land Records they paid for their land with a warrant. Darlene Shawn Oklahoma