Nicholas County records show an Archibald Downey m: a Nancy Evans 14 August 1823. If an Archibald Downey married a Sarah Cook in the 1790s it should be recorded in one of the counties from which Nicholas was formed in 1800. These two Archies could be father & son. Chuck At 11:09 AM 3/13/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi. My wife's family tree has come toppling down the last couple >of days or so. I have hit the mother lode. > >I am delighted to see that Archibald Downey married Sarah Cook >in Nicholas Kentucky, abt. 1792-1794. Can anyone verify this, >and perhaps even clamp down on the date a bit? > >I would be interested in the parents of Sarah Cook, also, and >I suspect they may have come from Nicholas Kentucky. Archibald >came from Pennsylvania, being born abt. 1770. Sarah was born >about 1776. Archibald wound up in Virginia, and I am not sure >if he was with his wife (I suspect so), but his wife died in >Indiana, apparently. > >Thanks, >Vince Summers >