Marie, Afraid I don't have much more information on John Estes than the basics you provided. I did a quick search over in Shannon Co, and didn't come up with anything. I do know that there is still some Estes families who live over there. I think we talked about it awhile back. There is a Missouri Estes ...of course, not the same one..but I bet she was named after this one!! I have no further info on John W. Estes :{ Robin http://members.xoom.com/Robid/Page_1.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~biddle/settlers.htm