Below is a copy of my E-mail that might be interesting to researchers of the family names mentioned; wwaynen@aol.com is the person to contact for further info.... Cuz'n Wayne Guerin, Got your package this week with more GUERIN/GEURIN info and was pleasantly surprised (again); what's this about Grandpa CHILCUTT (father of Jabez GUERIN's wife Rebecca CHILCUTT) and his heirs getting a settlement from the City of Baltimore at the expiration of a 100-year lease on the lands that part of downtown Baltimore is centered on ? Baltimore isn't what it used to be, but back when these were written, it was still quite a commercial center. It was also interesting to see that the attorney being consulted in Tenn. was named RICE; do you have any further info on his full name ? Combined with your documentation of Thomas GUERIN donating use of his land to George Washington's troops over the winter of 1779-80 at Jockey Hollow in Morristown NJ and that land being the first National Historic Park, you are batting 1,000 ! I have included Anne STAMPS above as a cc: since Anne confirmed that the John B. STAMPS who married Elisabeth B. GUERIN (daughter of Benjamin Conger GUERIN, who was brother to our Sarah Rebecca GUERIN and were children of Jabez and Rebecca CHILCUTT Guerin) was a second cousin to William B. STAMPS who married Jefferson DAVIS' sister. The STAMPS line produced William Stamps FARISH, one of the founders of Humble Oil (Exxon) who was chairman of Standard Oil in the '30-40s....W.S. FARISH III (his grand-son) is currently president of Churchill Downs and has been nominated as ambassador to England. I am hopeful we can get more info from Anne regarding the relationship between these old families. I am perusing the Civil War letters from the Stewart County WHITFORD's you kindly sent, and will photo-copy and return them (would like to digitally scan them someday); I would very much like to see any other correspondence which mentions GG-grandfather John Randolph CHERRY, who was husband to Mary Jane SYKES/SIKES, daughter of William Howell SYKES/SIKES and Sarah Rebecca GUERIN Sykes/Sikes. As you know, John Randolph CHERRY was captured by Union forces at the Battle of Fort Donelson and sent to Chicago as a P.O.W. before marrying Mary Jane SYKES/SIKES and moving to Hood County Texas after the Civil War, so the mentioning of him in WHITFORD's letters is interesting. very best regards, Bob :) ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com