The book arrived yesterday ~ John Farmer's "A Family Registry of the Descendants of Edward Farmer", that is. There is NO Stephen descending from Oliver, son of Edward. Edward's son, Oliver, was married to Abigail Johnson on January 24, 1717. Their children were: Abigail, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Betty, Rebecca, Oliver, Isabella, Edward and John. John Farmer, son of Oliver, married Hannah Davis, January 5, 1764. Their children: Hannah, Rebecca, Abigail, Polly, John, Lucy, John and Hannah. I won't tell you that Stephen DOESN'T descend from Edward Farmer! I don't know, yet...but he does NOT descend in the manner which is (hinted at) in the book, "Pioneer's of Leslie County". Due to the familiarity of names, I would think it is an excellent possibility that Stephen descended from Edward SOME WHERE along the line. Concerning the aforementioned book, remember the author merely "tossed that out" and everyone accepted it as fact without doing their homework.... I have had MANY postings concerning Stephen over the last 4 months. Here is what can be proven with court documents and tax records ~ with no supposition by me: Stephen was born circa 1765 in Hawkins County, Tennessee Stephen married Nancy Russell Stephen died circa 1830 in CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tennessee Stephen was in Grayson County, Virginia (next door to Ephraim Osborn) in 1793, and was a single man. Stephen was in (present day) Harlan County, Kentucky in 1794 ~ 1824 (when he deeded his 481 acre plantation to one of his grandsons). Stephen had SEVEN children that we are sure of (tho there may have been others). Stephen was a land surveyor by trade. Stephen also owned land in present day Knox County, Pulaski County and Lee County, Kentucky. Stephen was a Baptist by faith. PLEASE! Do not post to me and tell me WHAT information you have. I feel that the information from the book "Pioneer's of Leslie County" was garnered from the "Compendium of English People in America" which is available at MOST libraries. PLEASE! Do not post to me to tell me WHERE you got your information ~ because, in John Farmer's own words (and sometimes, his own handwriting) he is NOT the father of Stephen Farmer. (At least, not the JOHN FARMER, son of Oliver, son of Edward.) PLEASE! Call your local library and ask for the book by John Farmer (1813) on "inter library loan" as I did. It is on microfilm at a library in Virginia, so it must in a dozen OTHER places. I will gladly answer ANY and ALL of your questions concerning Stephen Farmer and Nancy Russell, if I know the answer. If not, I won't "suggest" or "throw out" to mislead. Sincerely, Toni Farmer