Judith, others in the South family appear in early Madison, etc, records. Even tho I love reading Allen Eckert's books and have several of them, most researchers would not consider his stories to be proper source material, unless he specifies where that info comes from. I have a copy of a booklet on "The Corn Compact", but not at hand. A good source for this era is Harry G. Enoch, author of "In Search of Morgan's Station and the Last Indian Raid in Kentucky", published by Heritage Books. In Enoch's book, reference is made to John South and Benjamine, but no Thomas. John South made an early land entry and many recorded docs (survey, deeds, court cases - he land-sued an Anderson) exist on this man; South's wife was a relative of Joseph and Ephriam Drake (brothers) who married Buchanan sisters in 1773-74 in VA and came to Boonesborough in 1777-78. This information comes from VA court case depositions by this family. Also in Enoch's book, the 19 signers of "The Corn Compact" at Boonesborough on 15 Apr 1779, do not include a "South". His ref for the information is Draper MSS 29 CC 59. The Thomas South could have been killed before that date; Joseph Drake was killed near Boonesborough in 1778. Mary Alice ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com