Thank you for the great tips.........I believe Samuel and Margaret were members of the St. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mt. Sterling, KY. That is one of the few tidbits of info I have about them. Of course, I believe they might have been members of different churches at different times........? The info about buying land is very probable. I am going to copy the e-mail you sent and keep it with my files... maybe someday more pieces of the puzzle will fit together. Thank you very much. Joan (Whitsett) Benton