Greetings, I've wondering if anyone on the list may have an insight into the identity of the John Spicer listed in the 1820 and 1830 Clay, Kentucky census. The reason I'm raising this question is that I and others have been researching for some time the parentage of Jonathan T Jones who settled on Troublesome Creek in Perry County sometime in the mid 1830s. According to Jones family oral tradition Jonathan T Jones was actually a Jonathan Spicer who had killed a man in Louisiana, married a part (or full) Cherokee girl named Lucinda (Barnett?) and went into Kentucky. Efforts to find the parents of a Jonathan T Jones have all failed, but there was certainly a Spicer family interconnected with other families that went into Kentucky on the Virginia frontier as early as the first half of the 18th century. Jonathan and Lucinda Jones had children Elizabeth, Andrew Borkin, Samantha, Dilitha, and William. The Joneses are said to have been prosperous owners and operators of grist mills in the area. There does seem to have been a Samuel Spicer also living in Clay County in the 1820s and 1830s (s/o William Spicer and Jemima Haines) who could be a close relation to the John Spicer in those censuses. Any insights would be welcomed. Best regards, Kenneth ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html