Hey Sandy! How great to find a new Lucas cousin (we're 4th cousins once removed) and even better - we both live in Roanoke!! I followed your descent down in my files and was thrilled that I already had you in there (I didn't have any marriage or children's data though - you were born 11 June 1943 - right?!?) Here's my descent: 1. Charles Lucas m. Kathleen Annie Kawood 2. John Lucas m. Polly Wilson 3. Wilson Lucas m. Mary Catherine Webb 4. Andrew Jackson Lucas m. Priscilla Altizer 5. Jennie Lind Lucas m. Marion Lee Shank 6. Carlos Daniel Shank m. Hilda Inez Lewis 7. Betty Lewis Shank m. David Strouse Blount, Jr. 8. Marian Leigh Blount - b. 14 Aug 1952 Your Andrew Jackson Lucas had me going in circles several years ago when I was trying to sort out the Lucases. I finally got them sorted a couple of years ago. I don't know if you are interested, but there is a reunion Aug 10 for the descendants of "my" Andrew Jackson Lucas in Terry's Fork. It will be the first one that I've missed in a while (have a 25 year reunion with some kids I went to school in Germany with that weekend). I know that you would be most welcome - a few Lucases not descended from A.J. attend as well. If you are interested, let me know & I will give you all the details. I've been working hard on John Lucas's wife Polly Wilson. All my Lucas cousins swear that she is the daughter of Samuel Wilson who was killed at Point Pleasant. This is not correct. That Samuel had a totally different family that I've discovered in Augusta County. Our Sam Wilson lived many more years and ended up down in TN c. 1803. Have you done any research on the Wilsons? There is a group of about 5 of us who are working on some documentation (we're still in discussion process at the present) for these Wilsons. If you're interested, I'll be happy to introduce you to the group. Meanwhile, do you have anything on the early Lucases that might help us discover the roots of Charles and Annie? Maybe one day we could sit down together with our files and compare some notes. I look forward to hearing from you again! Leigh Blount 1136 Winchester Ave. SW Roanoke, VA 24015 540-342-9625