There are no Dentons in the Marshall County MS cemetery book. In the Betty Couch Wiltshire book, _Mississippi Index of Wills, 1800-1900_, there is a will listed for Marshall County for a Benjamin Denton in 1846 (will book & page: P.4-489). I don't have access to the Marshall County wills here in Iowa, so maybe someone else can help you with that. The only other Denton in this book is W. A. Denton, Holmes County in 1898 (will book & page: 3-66). In Wiltshire's book, Marriages and Deaths from Mississippi Newspapers, Volume 1: 1837-1863, I found the following with Marshall County connections: Holly Springs Gazette (Holly Springs, Mississippi) Thos. A. Falconer, Publisher August 23, 1845 Married on the 30th July by Horatio Tyson, Esq., Miss Angeline Baker to Mr. Ozious Denton, all of this county. Could this be a brother of your Rebecca? Also, I've found the spelling Ozias for this first name, in case you decide to search this line for his parents. Ancestry.com has the following for Benjamin Denton: Name: BENJAMIN DENTON State: MS County: Marshall County Township: No Township Listed Year: 1841 Database: MS 1841 State Census Index Name: BENJAMIN F. DENTON State: MS County: Tippah County Township: No Township Listed Year: 1841 Page: 005 Database: MS 1841 State Census Index I found both Ozias and Benjamin Dentons in Marshall County at www.familysearch.org, the LDS library site. Also, using Google and the query, Rebecca Denton Mississippi, I found the site below which also included a Benjamin Denton as well as a female Rebecca Denton who was too old to be your Rebecca Denton, but may be a sister of the Benjamin Denton. I didn't study it, but the fellow who did this website might be worth contacting. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rayherndon/p908.htm#i13321 Hope some of this helps. Good luck. Delores ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Burnett" <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> To: <MSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:00 AM Subject: Rebecca Denton b. 1830 married 1845 Marshall Co., MS > It has been awhile since I have posted a query regarding my Denton "Brick > Wall". > > Rebecca DENTON was born about 1830 in MS, I have always assumed Marshall > County. She married John Calvin Pettus (Pettis, Pitts) May 1845 in > Marshall Co., MS. > > Rebecca and John migrated to Arkansas and there they stayed, living in > several counties, Hempstead, Columbia, Sevier. > > Rebecca died between 1884 and 1887 when returning to Arkansas from a visit > in Texas, she was thrown out of a wagon and killed during a stampede of > wild horses. > > I would dearly love to know who Rebecca's parents were. > > Kathleen Burnett > > ______________________________