I can't believe I forgot to put dates etc. in my last posting, good grief! This is the story as well as I know it. My Lail ancestors had land in Rowan County, NC. My 5xGgrandfather left NC to settle in Kentucky (still part of Virginia back then). In June of 1780 my 5xGGrandfather Henry Lail was living in Virginia/Kentucky at a frontier fort called Ruddles' Station. The fort was attacked by a group of British soldiers and a band of their Shawnee indian allies. Some of the settlers from the fort were taken prisoner by the British, but the rest were either taken captive or killed by the indians. Henry Lail was one of the ones taken by the indians along with his brother and nephews. While in captivity, he married a Shawnee woman. When they married she became a Christian and took the name Elizabeth Lail. When Henry was released by the indians he and his new wife moved back to North Carolina. They had 6 children: Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, George, Jane, and John. I'm descended from George Lail. Henry and Elizabeth's daughter (also named Elizabeth) married a John White of Alexander County. My understanding is that many of the White descendants still live in Alexander County today. Many of the White's intermarried with the Pennel family in that area also. Henry Lail ran into some legal trouble around 1806 and posted his land as bail for himself and some of his friends. His "friends" skipped town and rather than forfeit his land, Henry sold it before the courts took it, and left the area also. This is where we lose track of his wife. We've tracked Henry from NC through Tennesee to Arkansas. He took sons George and John with him, so we could track the whole group as they moved West. There is no mention of Henry's wife Elizabeth after he leaves NC. We're not sure if she died, or if he left her behind when he ran from the law. There are conflicting family legends of what became of her. Some branches of the family thought she may have moved in with her daughter's family the White's. There was a long time assumption that she was buried in the small private White family cemetery near Taylorsville. Very recently, a newly located descendant of this branch of the family came forward with additional information. This family member is the one who indicated that the local Indian community in Alexander County knew a lot about Elizabeth including that her name in Shawnee was Me-Shekin   Ta- Withe and that her and Henry's story was "well known" among the local indians in Alexander County. This family member is also the one who also provided the cemetery information. If any of this rings a bell, I'd really appreciate any information you might have. Thanks, Ken Weber Columbia, MO