This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ABERNATHY, FORNEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iVB.2ACI/2356.4.1.1.1.3.3 Message Board Post: Alice, I just received an email from another descendant of Rev. Jos. T. Abernathy and his son, Rev. David N. The name:TURNER appears in his (Abernathy) family chart,(as a middle name) as well as the given name: DRUCILLA, spelled in his line as"Drewsilla"! This fact, coupled with the 1820 Giles TN census,1818 Maury TN tax list, Shelby and Macon AL censuses, and War of 1812 service record, (all hard copy) has really led me to conclude that my 3GGF, David Abernathy b. 1790 NC, is (at least) the circumstantially proven son of David and Christine Abernathy. Also, my exhaustive attempt(s) to link him to Joseph Abernathy have come up ZERO! Now; this raises the question of the identity of the young Joseph Abernathy, also in the 26-45 yrs category, who is next to "my" David in the 1820 Giles Co. TN census: Is he son of Joseph b. 1749, or yet another son of David and Christine? They are also right next to the Tinnons, Johnstons, Millers and Bynums, and I find this very intriguing! Lastly, I have found several errors in the booklet: "The Abernathys", by Mabel McClure. I won't bore you with presenting it all here, but the two most obvious to me are:(1) She has Robert Gilmore Abernathy in the wrong generation. (2) She tries somehow to connect David Turner Abernathy to a William Abernathy, of Connecticut. (I will not comment any further on the latter, (#2) other than I find it incomprehensible. Well, enough out of me! What do you think? I would like very much to connect with other Abernathy descendants, as I don't have the resources to research much further, and to finally and substantially prove my assertion(s). I would also like to find some more "kinfolk" out there... Otis Fuller