Hi: Would it be possible to check James Wood's Fee Book for: BOWMAN(BOUGHMAN/BAUMAN/BOMAN etc.) or RHOADS(RHODES/ROADS/RHOADES etc.) I know that both families were somewhere "near the South Branch of the Potomac River, Virginia" (which covers several counties in now WV) in 1769 when a child was born in each family: THOMAS BOWMAN and JANE RHOADS. They married, had at least 3 known children: Charles born 1797, Moses and Maria. Thomas and son(s) were boatbuilders in the Wheeling, now WV area in 181? to 1828 when they moved to Vermillion Co. IN. Thank you. We have a good genealogy library here in Houston, TX and I will gladly do reciprocal research in exchange for your help. Happy Ancestor Hunting..........Susan sfsfvf@aol.com