Katherine it very well could be G and be GELLIS or even GILLIS instead of CELLIS, but I am not sure. I know that the minister was C.J. BRUTON and his letter C is very much like the C in Elizabeth's last name, to me at least, but then I could be way wrong. The surnames that are in this record are very closely related to the BRUTON bunch but I do not have a Cellis, Gillis, or Gellis in my personal database to check by. Have some SANDER folks as well as SAUNDERS, but I noticed something else about this record now that you have brought my attention to it. I have the gentleman Sanders' listed wrong. I have put down C.J. BRUTON's initials instead of the SANDER's man's initials. I need to change that right now. Only I am having trouble making it out. Can anyone make out what his initials are? First it looks like a B.S.R. SANDERS but then looking at the B in BRUTON, I am not so sure. So now instead of answering a question, I have made another one appear. Help folks! Katherine, thank you for asking the question about the CELLIS/GELLIS issue (hoping that someone on the list will know the answer for certain for us, if not then I will add that the name could well be GELLIS as well) and thank you for making me take a second glance at this image so I found an definite error on my part. Can anyone make out the groom's name? take a look please at this URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cranford/brut0023.html Thanks in advance and here is hoping we get it figured out, hate having the man listed wrongly. Cathy Cranford-Ailstock pastseeker@nc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "K DeVore" <apgenvet@usa.net> To: <NCMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: [NCMONT] SANDERS-CELLIS Marriage > Cathy, after taking a look at this record, I suspect this was Elizabeth > "Gellis", not Cellis; if you will note, the writer made the "C" of Calvin > Crouches as a normal "C" with no flourish to start; the mystery letter is also > the 1st initial of Bruton's signature. I'm pretty sure that Gillis was a > common Montgomery Co, NC name. Can't say that I've heard "Cellis" > before...anyone else have an opinion? > Best Regards, Katherine DeVore, High Point, NC