I haven't posted my names in some time and maybe we have some new people with new computers for Christmas so I am going to list them. The Statons came from Amherst County around 1800 but the earliest proven that I have is Solomon STATON born 1792. It appears he is on the census with Thomas Staton in 1810 but he could be a grandson. Solomon Staton married to Malinda MC CLAIN, with permission from her mother, Hannah McCarty. The story is that Hannah had married a Mr. McClain who died on the Cumberland Trail coming to Ky. She then married Augustine MC CARTY and had a large family. Augustine died about 1819, their son, Andrew Jackson McCarty married to Francis McClain. Francis McClain was daughter of James McClain and Sarah..... James was born in Union Co., SC., and raised a large family in Bath County also. A J McCarty and Francis McClain had a daughter, Lucy Jane McCarty who married Oliver Perry Staton, son of the above Solomon and Malinda. Oliver Perry Staton married to Martha FIELDER, daughter of William Fielder and Elizabeth SHARP. Their son, Perry Jackson Staton was my great-grandfather. He married to Julia Ann WILLIAMSON. Julia was the daughter of William Williamson and Margaret Sarah WARNER. William died around 1910 and most of the Williamson family moved to West Virginia. William Williamson was the son of Absolum Williamson and Julia Ann Epperson. Absolum was son of David WILLIAMSON and Sally GRIFFIN. Not proven but Sally is believed to be daughter of Gordon GRIFFIN and Katherine KISSINGER. Margaret Sarah Warner was the daughter of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth SHULTZ, Jacob was the son of Jonas Warner and Elizabeth CLAYTON and grandson of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth REMY/RAMEY. Elizabeth was daughter of Samuel Perry Shultz and Mary BECRAFT. Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Becraft and Mary FOWLER of Frederick Co., Maryland. Like to hear from anyone researching these families. Joanne <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html">http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html</A>