I have been going back through the Abstracts book (curiosity more than anything) and ran into the following: Abstract of will of Dorcas Whiteside P234 Dorcas Whiteside, 4 Jul 1819, prb in Aug 1819 Ct. by Dr. Wm. Macklean. I, Dorcas Whiteside, alias Dorcas Thompson, spinster, being in a low state of health, will to my mother Jane Whiteside, after all my just debts are paid, all the remainder of my estate � money, securities, goods, chattal, and personal effects. It is my hope that she will distribute a part of my clothing among my female relations. Sole exr: Friends Stephen McCowon. Wit: (Dr.) Wm. Macklean, Jurat, and Samuel Neely, Jurat. Isaac Alexander. CMC. (What does this one mean? "alias Dorcas Thompson, spinster?" She has the name Whiteside and refers to her mother as Whiteside, she has a surname of Whiteside alias Thompson, says she is a spinster so Thompson is not her married name � like the bit about giving clothes to her female relations, almost sounds like an "early Gertrude Stein". Maybe her mother married a Thompson, then a Whiteside; also maybe her father was a Thompson and she is illegitimate). Also found this in the appendix: Following are listed in the appendix as being testators whose wills were abstracted and published in book by Brent Holcomb Jennings Thompson 1785 D-26 (page 67 in Holcomb book) John Thompson 1790 D-109 (page 68) Thomas Thompson 1781 D-120 (page 68) Unfortunately I don't have the book but let me know if you need the complete title etc.