I think perhaps whoever wrote in your Mom's Bible didn't know about Joe Moseley's first wife and thought Frankie was William's mother. In the 1900 Taney Co., Census William Isam is not living with them so I don't think she raised him. Children living with them from the first marriage are: Barbara E. 21, James J. 14, Lucy A. 13 and George N. 11--then there were Frankie's children: John Ruben Petty 23, Sarah J. Petty 20, Jacob H. Petty 15 (my grandfather) and James B. Petty 13. There appears to be some Indian heritage mixed in with all of these families, but I haven't been able to document anything--I think because they were never on the Rolls. I have a suspicion that Isaac Petty's grandmother may have been Indian. In the families of all of Isaac's siblings there is some family tradition of Indian blood. I don't know about the Esteps of Gradys (Frankie's families) because I haven't uncovered anything pointing in that direction. I do know that some of the Weavers were supposed to be Indian going back to Dave Weaver b. 1760 in Cherokee Indian Lands, N. Georgia and his wife, Tooley b. abt. 1764 in western NC. Does the EDDINGS family fit into your lines anywhere? I know that they were also connected to the Weavers. Going back to Joseph L. Moseley, do you have a picture of him? I have a really unique photo of him and Frankie sitting on the front porch of their house in Bradleyville. It was probably taken in the early 1900s. The fellow who framed the photo for me wanted a copy to hang on the wall in his studio because he liked it so much. I could scan a copy and send it to you via e-mail. A few years ago I visited a second cousin who was the daughter of Sarah Jane Petty (Frankie's daughter). She remembered visiting Joseph and Frankie as a young child. She said Joseph thought she needed some new stockings and he took her to the store in Bradleyville to buy her some. They only had white stockings on hand so he bought those for her instead of black ones she usually wore. She remembered that they didn't stay clean very long. Seems like he was a rather caring person. My aunt who is now 96 remembers getting letters from her grandmother Frankie when she was a child. It's very interesting how so many of the early Taney County families are connected in some way. Marlene >Hey Marlene, > >Joseph L. Moseley is my gggrandfather. Frankie is in my mom's Bible. She >has Frankie married to Joseph. My great grandfather is William Isam Moseley, >but his mother wasn't Frankie. Joe's fist wife was his mother. I don't know >why my mom's Bible has Frankie listed as Isam's mom, maybe it was a mistake >or that's all the family could remember. Possibly she took part in raising >him. > >I've been trying to find the indian heritage in this family. I see many >people in the Moseley message board on Genealogy.com have the same family >story as I do. My grandmother Jewel (Moseley) Pridmore told me her mother >Necie Moseley had Cherokee in her blood. > >I just figured out this last week that my ggrandmother Necie (Weaver) Moseley >and her husband William Isam Moseley were cousins. > >Necie's mother was Margaret Moseley. Margaret was Joseph's sister, and John >and Parnecie Moseley's daughter. > >I've been trying to find where John and Parnecie's son John moved to when he >moved to the Indian Nation. Do you know? Trying to find out if he's on the >Rolls. Let me know what you know. > > >Thanks so much, >Bill > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== >"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an >individual with amnesia."--David C. McCullough, "LA Times," 23 Apr >1978 > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --