My brick wall is who are my gggrandfather's parents. He states on his Confederate Pension application that he was born in 1822 in McDowell County, NC. I know that that county was formed till the 1840's, so he had to have been born in Rutherford, or Burke Counties or one of the other counties that made up McDowell County. His name was James C. Smalley and he married Nancy Elizabeth Witherspoon about 1851 in GA. Thanks! Sandra Smalley Holik __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail