This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willis, Myers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hi2.2ACIB/6031.1 Message Board Post: Steve, As you probably realize, this family will drive you nuts. The pre-civil war branches of Willis, Waller, Myers and Dodson are so intertwined it's crazy. While I have not researched this line much, it does not suprise me at all that CDA Myers married a Willis cousin. Anyway, from what I can judge, old James M. Willis and Sarah Martin had 5 kids, 3 of whom married Myers siblings (Children of James Myers and Frances Waller): Mary Willis m. Charles T. Myers (father of CDA Myers) Count Darrell Allison Willis m. Permelia Myers (CDA was a Civil War hero - here's the name connection) Rebecca Jane Willis m. Pleasant William Myers A bunch of them left Pittsylvania, VA after the losses of the Civil War for Boone and surrounding counties in WV for the opportunities offered by coal mining. Some other online resources: check out the VAGENWEB site for Pittsylvania, the Myers and Willis' have many records there. Also, WV Dept. of History has now put online many of their vital records. It is a work in progress but has been invaluable in my Bradley research. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mustlogin.aspx Kate