In a message dated 1/31/01 8:20:17 AM Central Standard Time, egj@tri-lakes.net writes: << Am interested in the Petty connection, my g grandmother was Melissa Petty who married Thomas T. Davis in Missouri, lived in Howell County but died in Arkansas. >> Was this Thomas T. Davis related to "Wash" Davis? If so, and you have not searched http://www.genforum.com/davis yet, you may want to take a look! There was a lengthy note about Wash Davis but I can not tell you the message number as I came across it in searching for my Wadkins (step-grandfather's) family. Happy Hunting! Beth Peck Cooper