Thanks for your reply, Gene. The post you read is several years old and I've learned lots since then. Firstly, my John R. Lewis is not directly from the Lewis/Layman line. I was initially led to believe this by others, but upon doing my own research, found this not to be the case. To find my info look under Hall123 in World Project at Rootsweb or my unfinished Lewis pages here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~toomuchtime/pagebnew.html -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: LEWIS@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 8:34 am Subject: Re: [LEWIS] John R. Lewis/Cocke Co. TN This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tenorgb Surnames: Brown/Lewis/Baxter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/4237.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Larry: We are all having a time figuring out the Lewis's of Cocke County at that time. My ggrandmother Diana (Delphia? in some census records) may have had one or more brothers from their mother, Sarah Leannah Brown Lewis, b. 1799, when she was was married to John Leith Lewis, before she married Aaron Baxter, father of Samuel Baxter, my ggrandfather. However, the dates of their births don't reconcile. Some of us think that Diana (as we know her) had a brother named John, and since she was born either in 1828 or 1830, he could have been born within a year or so of her. Sarah Leannah and Aaron had several children, also; and Sarah and Samuel are the parents of my ggrandfather, William C. Baxter. This Cocke County Lewis thing has us unsure of exactly where the line goes. I do not know if this is your line or not, but if this helps, let me know. Gene Baxter, ggggrandson of John Leith Lewis and Sarah Leanna Brown Lewis Baxter Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message