Hello, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my last message. I am starting to see how they are all related in some way. I am still unable to find my gggg grandfather in all of this. He is not listed in the book of LANIERs. Lets all see what we can come up with. (now the missing link) My gggg grandfather is Hezekiah Lanier. His wife's name is Abey (nickname). I know of two of their children. 1. Sarah Lanier b. March 1, 1829 2. George Washington Lanier b. December 1, 1838? Hezekiah is listed in the 1840 New Hanover County census along with Noah, Ivy, and Larkins. This is the only census that I have found him in. List him as being 40-50 years old and his wife as 30-20 years old and 6 children. My Hezekiah Lanier is not the Hezekiah D. Lanier in Ga and listed in the LANIER book. He is way to young. Sarah is my ggg grandmother who married a Watkins who lived next door to Watson Watkins in 1850. Watson Watkins had a Susan Lanier age 33 living with them and their next door neighbor Major Hall had Rebecca J. Lanier age 3 living with them. The entire page 341 New Hanover Co. census seems to be family related. If Hezekiah and Abey died I need to find George because he would have been 10-12 years old in 1850. He, I believe is the Geo. W. living with Thomas Lanier in Duplin in 1850 which is 10 years old but census ages are not always correct. I have taken Hezekiah, Abey, Sarah and George Washington Lanier from a bible record. The bible was printed in 1838 and belonged I believe to Sarah after she married my ggg grandfather. I believe that Hezekiah is related to Noah, and the rest some how since he was living near them. Now isn't this a mystey? Would love to hear from any decendants. ASH Wolf1912@aol.com