Dear Gale, Thank you for the rundown on the Dentons, the Wigginses, et al. You wrote at the end of your message: Which of the children of Samuel Denton and Elizabeth Mitchell are you most interested? I do have quite a bit of info one this line. What I don't have is how the Dentons and Williams are connected if they are? Can you furnish me with this? My response: If the Wiliamses and the Dentons are connected/linked by blood or marriage, it is through third parties. I believe they were neighbors back in Granville Co., NC. The land records so indicate. It is interesting that several families of Granville Co., NC migrated to Henderson Co., KY, which was part [or maybe all] of the land which Virginia granted to Col. Richard Henderson (a first cousin to John Williams, Jr. and John's brothers--William, Nathaniel and Charles). Henderson's mother was Elizabeth Williams, a sister to John Williams, Sr. [formerly of colonial Goochland Co., VA]--of the Nutbush creek area. I am under the impression--but will have to refer to my notes on another computer--that Susannah Starks who married John Williams in Henderson Co., KY was the stepdaughter of one Denton--but I may have botched this up. One of their sons was Jenks Watterman Williams whose botched biography is in Starling. Some of the info is correct, but Rebecca Stephens is not the right name for a relative. Stephens is another story connected with the Williamses, but not with Jenks!!! I will not clutter your mind with that story. But it is an interesting one!!!! The Beckhams came in here somehow, although I have NOT been able to confirm the maiden name of the wife of William Williams who was named Phillis, allegedly Beckham. Wm. Williams died at Boonesborough (Madison Co., KY) ca 25 Dec 1775. He was the cousin of Col. Richard Henderson, as stated above, and the father of Samuel Farrar Williams (b. 1759 Granville Co., NC. and must have died ca 1835 or so in Henderson Co., KY) I have not located a will, a probate, an inventory, an administration. He just dropped off the Henderson Co. tax list!!! You refer to Thomas McAdory Owen's book "History & .... of Granville Co., NC". He has the name of Phillis [Beckham], if I remember correctly, and that is the only evidence I have of her maiden name. She was the wife of William Williams and the mother of Samuel Farrar Williams. About two years after her first husband's death, she married John Mitchell, who became the guardian of her minor children. I suspect, but cannot prove, that John Mitchell was of Southside Virginia, rather than earlier of Granville Co. He left a will in Granville Co., however, indicating that he had moved there before his death. Whether he is related to other Mitchells of that general area, I am not able to state. I know about these Mitchells, as they intermarried with some of my collaterals: Isaac Mitchell and Joab Mitchell. One John Beckham, relationship to Phillis, if any, unknown, according to some Granville genealogies married one of the Henderson girls, and, I believe he migrated to Henderson Co. It has been some years since I did Henderson Co. research. But, in one of the biographies of the Henderson family, there is mention of John Beckham, and the Hendersons, who were go-getters, had not a great deal of respect for Beckham's intellect!!! Or was it was J. W. Wheeler in one of his books on NC personages who made those remarks? I believe this is the John Beckham who shows up from time to time in Henderson Co. records. At any rate, that is my interest in Dentons--that they were neighbors of the Williamses of Nutbush Creek, Granville Co.. Should you find any deeds or powers of attorney relating to the Williamses or any other records in either Henderson Co. or in Granville Co., will you share with me? I have a good many, but you know genealogists--they always want more!!! One of the things one learns to do when one has a LOT of common surnames, as I do, is to study the watercourses on which they lived, and their associates. Dentons are associates of Williamses in NC and in KY. Thanks for your nice reply. I appreciate your adding your sources. Samuel Farrar Williams had a rejected Rev War claim filed in Henderson Co. ca 1832--not six months of service--it was full of baloney about his commanding officers, et al, but at least he gave his birth year and his birthplace, and that helped me track down the proper Williams family, when tracing my great-grandfather's lineage. Now I am trying to trace some other Kentuckians. So many of my Texas lines have Kentucky and Virginia origins!!! E.W.Wallace [female] I am posting this to the Henderson Co. roots web and also the Granville Co. rootsweb. I may discover some more cousins that way. Incidentally, Timothy Rackley has lately published some deeds and wills of Granville Co., NC. If you want his e-mail catalog, let me know.