In a message dated 11/5/2006 10:46:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Whoo hoo!!! No Bell's, but John and Maggie Williamson are listed: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/pfd-w.htm Williamson, John J. (Maggie K. Bell) Ch William, Harry, Tillie, Agnes, Robert, May, Arthur, Frank, Joseph; Gillespie R12 Gillespie Sec5 T160a J. Williamson Est. (1867) I wish it mentioned how much land they had. We'll have to go dig through the land records sometime. Makes me wonder when they moved north to Staunton. It would appear that the land John J. Williamson was farming was owned by J. Williamson, no doubt dating from 1867. You might want to search the land records around the 1867 time frame. The land records are great! Amazing things turn up in the deeds. Linda Arnold California