HELLO ALL, My line on my mothers side is WHITLEY, and they are alas from BEARGRASS, MARTIN county, NORTH CAROLINA. My great-grandfather was SAMUEL WHITLEY, born Feb 9, 1850 at BEARGRASS & died SEPTEMBER 9th 1921 at WILLIAMSTON. He had married his first cousin SARAH ELIZABETH "SALLY" PEEL, daughter of WILLIAM PEEL & SALLY ANN WHITLEY. They married January the 15th 1874 and moved to SAN SABA county, TEXAS. This is where my great-grandmother SALLY PEEL WHITLEY is buried. SAMUEL moved back to WILLIAMSTON leaving his family behind and no one knew where he went until his son from his second marriage (GARLAND WHITLEY} to AMANDA COLTRAIN hitch hiked to TEXAS to meet his half brothers and sisters including my mother MARY BELL WHITLEY RAWLS. SAMUEL was the son of DARSEY H. WHITLEY and LEAH ANN MOBLEY DARSEY was the son of JESSE E. WHITLEY and POLLY HARRISON JESSE E. WHITLEY is thought to be the son of JESSE WHITLEY and ELIZABETH CHANCE but I need more proof. LEAH ANN MOBLEY was the daughter of WILLIAM MOBLEY, JR. & MARY ANN ROGERS daughter of POMPEY WILLIAM ROGERS & DOLLIE COBURN POLLY HARRISON was the daughter of JAMES HARRISON & NANCY BIGGS I will order the wills for several of these soon, I also need the deeds and estate records as well and hope to clear up a few mysteries. SALLY ANN WHITLEY married WILLIAM PEEL and after his death she married the REV. HENRY BEADLE and is buried at LLANO, TEXAS just south of SAN SABA. More later BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS