This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Magee Cole Cecil Mitchell Byerly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5AB.2ACE/2698 Message Board Post: I too am a descendent of Matthew through John Cole to Charles George Cole who married Margaret Elizabeth Cecil to Lazarus Madison Cole who married Geneva Byerly Mitchell to my mother Cathleen Cole (Schrim). I have also seen the 1850 census records that list Matthew as having been born in MD in 1774 and Catherine Magee Cole as born in VA in 1782. My understanding is that Catherine was one-half Cherokee, but I haven't found any information about her parents yet. I have complete information about the descendents of Charles George Cole who was in the Union Cavalry and also can trace the Cecil line back to John Sollers of MD. My uncle says that his grandmother, Margaret Cecil Cole, corresponded with Zerelda Cole (the mother of Jesse & Frank James). He says there is a connection, but didn't know where it was. I will be glad to share (and of course) receive information about these families. Judith Cole Schrim Mack