There is an interesting page on Roy Johnson's Pace Network site about the Poythress issue: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace/poythres.htm The page includes a comment from Bruce Howard, who says that Rebecca Poythress was "still a single woman living in Prince George Co., VA when Richard and Rebecca Pace were residing in North Carolina." He also says that the Richard Pace who had land dealings with Francis Poythress was the son of James Pace. Ellen