Tracy Stancil posted: Gwen, My Stancill research has so far been limited to NC. I too would be interested to know what indications there are that Jesse Stancill of Newton, GA was Godfrey's brother. I don't know anything else about the Jesse mentioned in the letters but he is obviously a brother of Godfrey Jr. dec'd 1850. The interesting thing here is that others have previously claimed that Godfrey Jr. only had one brother being Noble Stancill of Pitt County. In looking at some of the late 1700's deeds and at the 1790 census it seems clear that Godfrey Jr. , Noble and Jesse had several other brothers. I believe their names were John, William, and Nathan. Maybe if you or I could post a message on Genforum and Ancestry.com's Stancil message boards inquiring about the Newton County,GA Stancils then maybe someone out there might be able to share some information. Tracy The Stancil letter Number 3 says "Uncle Jesse Stancil who lived in Madison County in this state had also departed this life...... He lived with Mr. Jones Ridley before he died." I found the Madison County, MS census for 1850 on USGEn Web. There is Jesse Stancil; age 60, Gin Wright, born in NC living in the household of Samuel J. Ridley. This would be the Jesse referred to in the letter. This would make Jesse in the letter born in 1790. The Jesse in Newton County, GA was born about 1770. The Jesse in Newton County, GA is in the 1830 Newton County census as between 50 and 60 years old. It is assumed that Jesse in Newton County died in the 1830's as he is no longer listed in the census in Newton County. If these census records are correct then there are two different Jesse Stancils here. It seems now to me that the Jesse in Newton County, GA is not a son of Godfrey, Sr. There is a book entitled The Stansel Family by Edwin Nathaniel Stansel that has information on the family of Jesse Stansel family from Newton County, GA. The book does not ties Jesse to a father. But it does say he was born 10/21/1770 in NC. Jesse and some of his sons were Methodist ministers. Bennett K. Stansell, a son, of Jesse Stansell of GA was living in Clay County, Alabama when the 1880 census was taken. The census record says that Bennett's father was born in NC. It will be interesting to get further information or opinions on these Jesse's. Tracy, if you would post a message on other Stencil message boards concerning the relationship, if any, between the Newton, GA Stancils and the Pitt County, NC Stancils, that would be nice. Maybe we could get this mystery solved. Gwen