Cindy, Thanks so much for the clarification and information. Several PAVEY/PEAVY researchers have always suspecioned that there may have been some Indian blood that entered into the family in the mid-1700's in either NC or GA. My own ancestor, John PAVEY (1754, NC?-1814, IN) was an Indian scout. The Washington Co, IN history books named him as "Pavey" ... one name (I believe) was quite common in Indians/part-Indians. His father, Samuel PAVEY, is who we believe may have been married to (at least) a part Indian. We have never been able to find any marriage records for Samuel, John, or even John's son, Anderson PAVEY (my ancestor.) Thanks, again. Marsha McWilliams -----Original Message----- From: Cindy [mailto:jimgoad@hpe.infi.net] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 3:23 PM To: rmmcw@effingham.net Cc: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] RE: Help with 1806 Wilkes co. marriage In the NC Marriage Acts of 1715 and 1741 it states..any white person who married an Indian, Negro, mustee or Mulatto or any Person of mixed blood to Cindy Marsha McWilliams wrote: illegal (especially in > NC during that time) for a white person to marry an Indian. >> Marsha McWilliams