I spent part of the day yesterday pulling out notebooks I plan to take with me on our trip. One book I plan to take was written by a distant cousin named Clyde Hood. (The Hoods and Spences intermarried in Missouri). Clyde and I both descend from Thomas Hood and Martha Owensby; they were our 4th g grandparents. Thomas died in 1820 and is buried in Monroe County, TN. Martha (b. 1776) lived to the ripe old age of 95 and is buried in Jasper County, MO. I started rereading the chapters in his book dealing with Burke County, NC and Greenville County, SC. I think I may have mentioned that these Hoods lived in Burke when John Spencer (Elisha Spence's father-in-law) and Samuel Inman (Elisha's son, Samuel's, father-in-law) all lived there. Samuel Inman and John Spencer appear together on a militia list. And John Spencer and Samuel Inman eventually resided in Perry County, TN (after John's tenure as sheriff of Maury County). According to Clyde, in 1789 the portion of Burke County where the Hoods lived became Wilkes County. William Spencer (who is buried in Moss Springs Cemetery in Jasper County, MO) was born in Wilkes County ca. 1816/1819, and he was the son of Joseph Spencer, whose name connects with your William Spencer of Anson and John Spencer of Anson, and Thomas Spencer of Caswell. Clyde created a map of Hood properties in Burke County and also showed them in relationship with their neighbors (whose names appear on deed records, etc., with them). He did not include the Spencer name because he didn't know of the Spencer or Spence connection with these Hoods in North and South Carolina. After I get home from my trip, I'm going to take a copy of that map and attempt to fill in the Spencer properties. Then I think that we will get a better picture of this. One of the servants Oliver Spencer transported into South Carolina in 1671/1672 bore the surname "King". Clyde's third g. grandfather was David King Hood. I suspect that the Kings intermarried with the Hoods or the Owensbys or the Spencers or the Inmans, and that this is possibly the same family????!!!! That's something else I need to work on. Another recent discovery really has me interested and it is something else I plan to investigate after I go home. Someone on the Inman list found a deed record in Union County SC for Shedrach or Shadrach Inman. John Spencer of Anson's son, Jesse, settled in Spartanburg. Also, I have found a William Spencer of record very early in Union County. There has to be a connection here somewhere, and I hope to find it. Also, concerning Greenville, SC--Clyde included a map of Hood properties there. They were in the same area where John Spencer lived when he resided in Greenville. My theory is that all of these people knew one another and probably intermarried with one another long before they ever relocated to TN or MO. But, it is an enticing prospect. And I look forward to plunging into it further. Barbara === Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D. Professional Writer, Editor, Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 "Love prevails!" -- Littleton -- April 20, 1999 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com