I have recently rec'd undocumented information showing a Miles Abernathy Sr., b. abt. 1770, m. Amy ?, b. abt. 1775. Three known children were listed: Ellen, b. 1798, Jacob, b. 1799, and Miles Jr. (aka, Michael?) b. 1803. I'm wondering if this is the Miles D. Abernathy who later married Susannah Paar. If birth and marriage dates commonly given for these two are correct, Miles D. was 37 when he married Susannah -- if that's so, in all probablility, there was an earlier marriage. The 1810 Lincoln Co. census shows three Mileses, one of whom might be a match for Miles D. Again, information I've seen indicates that Miles D. was born, lived and died in Lincoln Co. If so, the Miles on the 1810 census is almost surely Miles D. If it is him, then there was definitely an earlier marriage because Susannah Paar could not possibly be the mother of the older children. Therefore, I'm wondering if Miles D. might have been married to "Amy" earlier, and come into the marriage with Susannah with several children. I've checked the Lincoln Co. Abernathys to no avail, and am hoping that a Catawba researcher might recognize this particular Miles and his family. The Miles/Michael mentioned is probably my ggg-grandfather, who married Isabella West on Nov 18, 1826. The surety on their marriage bond is William Larken Bradshaw, so there may be a Bradshaw connection. Most of the Cherokee Co., NC Abernathys descend from this couple, and we're all going crazy trying to figure out who Michael's parents were. Any help on this lot of Abernathys will be most appreciated. Judy