In a message dated 97-11-01 16:01:23 EST, you write: > Researching southern surnames: Bearden (TN>GA>Jefferson Co., AL; Marshall > Co.>Jefferson Co., AL), Berryhill (GA>AL), Byars (VA>NC>SC>AL), Caffee > (TN>AL), Darling, Davis (VA>NC>GA> SC>GA>AL>MS>AL; LA), Duprey (AL), Goode > (VA>KY>AL; VA>NC>AL), Hogan (TN>AL), Langford (NC), Leatham, Lee > (NC>GA>AL), Lewis (MS>AL), Lion (NC), Lowrey/Lowry (Ireland>VA>TN>AL), > Phelps (TN), Pratt (NC>TN>AL), Ramsden (AL), Riley (AL), Shaffield (Alcase > Loraine>DC>GA>AL), Stedham/Steadman (NC>AL), Taylor (TN>AL), Thomas (AL), > Watkins (Wales>VA>NC>TN>AL), Wilson (MS), Wood (AL). I have a DAVIS, LEE, TAYLOR, and THOMAS in my lines. I also have a COFFEY which would be close to you CAFFEE. I was wondering how much you know about the LEE line in NC. That is wher my LEE line was in 1796 when Mary LEE married Owen HUMPHREY in Wilkes County, NC. Randall Fields Monroe, Georgia