Hello, In response to a posting on another LIST, I was recently contacted by a newly-discovered 4th cousin. He very kindly shared information with me, which would suggest that my 3rd great-grandmother's maiden name is LAWS. Others' kind exchanges further suggest possible connections to LAWS folks (and HAMPTON) of NC counties of Wilkes, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, and Unicoi, Carter & Johnson counties of TN. Best regards, Gayle Phillips Cantrell gpcantrell@home.com 1 Lucinda LAWS Born: Bet. 1820 - 1825 , , NC d: Bef. 1880 age at d: 60 est. +John PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1810 , , NC Married: Abt. 1837 Census 1: 1850 Yancey County, NC, HH#1309 Census 2: 1860 Carter County, TN, HH#110 Census 3: 1880 Yancey County, NC, HH#76 d: Unknown age at d: ? 2 Sallie "Sarah?" PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1833 d: Unknown in Shell Creek, , TN? age at d: ? +Strawberry "Straub" THOMAS Born: Abt. 1840 , , NC Married: Bef. 1863 Census: 1860 , Carter, TN, HH816, Age 23 d: 12/04/1919 in Heaton, Avery, NC age at d: 79 est. Burial: Heaton, Avery, NC 2 [1] James Bennett PHILLIPS Born: 12/1836 , Yancey, NC Census 1: 1850 Yancey County, NC, HH#1309 Census 2: 1860 Carter, TN, HH#109 Census 3: 1880 Yancey County, NC, HH#56, Green Mt. Twp. d: 1910 age at d: 74 est. Burial: Maple Springs Cemetery, Swain County, NC +Lyne VANCE Married: Abt. 1856 *2nd Wife of [1] James Bennett PHILLIPS: +Catherine C. HAMPTON?BOWMAN Born: 03/1836 , , TN Married: 02/02/1858 in , Carter, TN d: Aft. 10/17/1912 in , Swain, NC age at d: 76 est. Burial: Maple Springs Cemetery, Swain County, NC 2 Mary PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1839 2 William PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1843 , Yancey County, NC 2 Elizabeth PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1845 , , NC 2 Martha PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1847 , Yancey County, NC 2 Joseph Wesley PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1850 . . TN Census 1: 1850 NC, Yancey County, (Age 2/12) Census 2: 1860 TN, Carter County, HH#110, (Age 10 Census 3: 1880 NC, Yancey County, Jacks Creek, NC, HH#76, (30) Burial: Hampton, Carter, TN +Achsah "Axie" NELSON Born: Abt. 1855 Flag Pond, , TN Married: 03/04/1871 in , Washington, TN Burial: Hampton, Carter, TN 2 Rebecca PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1852 2 Margaret PHILLIPS Born: Abt. 1854 2 Nancy PHILLIPS Born: 1860 "It is hard when looking at the pasts of other people to understand the fine points of their lives. It is difficult to know the exact shadings of dates which were never written down and to know the intricacies of events which we have not lived through ourselves but only viewed from the distances of time and space." No Great Mischief © 1999 by Alistair MacLeod, 1st American Edition 2000, W.W. Norton & Company Ltd.