Hi Cyndi and Rapides listers, Well, Cyndi, I just took your advice and ordered the "Three Pioneer Rapides Families" book! I've been wanting to do this for years but didn't know where to get it. Then I kept putting it off. My husband and I went to see "The Patriot" this last week and it spurred me on to find out more about my ggg grandfather, William PEARCE, who was a Revolutionary War soldier from GA. I need to order his service records and his will, and I think he probably has records with the DAR. I haven't done much research on this line yet, although I have heard from some cousins (Jane Matthews, if you're reading this, hello!). My records show that my ggg grandfather, William PEARCE's second wife (not my ggg grandmother, who was Sarah BRAY and who died in GA in 1801) was Elizabeth CHAFIN (whom I know nothing about). William and Elizabeth had a daughter named Tuzette Eliza PEARCE (b. 17 Sep. 1811). She married Leonidas Alonzo ROBERT on 4 Feb. 1827 in Wilkinson Co., MS. I think Tuzette was their only child. I don't know anything about any of Tuzette & Leonidas' children (if they had any). Do you or anyone have info on them? I wonder if Leonidas is related to your ROBERT line? Tuzette's father, William PEARCE died 6 Nov. 1813 in Rapides Parish. What I would like to have is proof that William PEARCE and Sarah BRAY PEARCE's youngest daughter, Ann Bynum PEARCE (my gg grandmother) was indeed their child. There exists a letter from her sister (a daughter of William and Sarah, Delia PEARCE DUNWOODY) calling her "sister", but there was a book I once saw and ordered from Interlibrary Loan called something like "The McCALL/TIDWELL Families" which listed the children of William and Sarah BRAY PEARCE but did not list Ann Bynum. It is possible that they lost track of Ann because she left Georgia when she was one year old, moving to Rapides Parish with her father and his other children. She then married in 1817 and left Rapides Parish for Texas with her husband (my gg grandfather) Henry William MUNSON. Maybe that's why she wasn't listed in that book? Or is it possible that Ann Bynum was an orphan and the PEARCE family adopted her? I wouldn't even be thinking this if I hadn't seen that book that listed all the children but her. Where did the name BYNUM come from? I know there are BYNUM families in Georgia. Could she have been named for someone in that family or was she really "of" that family? Like I said before, I haven't done enough research on it to answer my questions - I need to do some early Georgia research. Most of my information was sent to me by Texas MUNSON cousins. I don't remember why I ordered the "McCall/Tidwell" book - it was many years ago - but something must have tipped me off that they were related in some way to the PEARCEs. If you or anyone out there knows more than I do about any of this, I'd love to hear from you. Happy Hunting, Marianne Gilbert Phoenix, AZ On 4 July, 2000, Cyndi wrote: >Hi Marianne, > ><>... > >I haven't read the Pearce section because it's the Robert line I'm related >to... But there was enough here that I bought the book! It's available >online thru Claitor's Publishing ([email protected]) or snail mail 3165 S >Acadian at I-10 POBox 261333, Baton Rouge, LA 70826-1333. Its title code is >STHREE and it cost $37.50--$46.05 with shipping. I paid for it online and >had it within a week! > >They didn't answer my query about anyone working on an updated version--I'd >like to send along more info on my line--and a couple of corrections! > >Happy hunting, >Cyndi in Baltimore