Dear John, This is a big 'shot in the dark' and, simply, might just be a misleading detour....but, certainly, stranger things have happened in my family research than such as might be the case here. I have struggled very much with finding my PARKER family history past my paternal 2nd great grandfather, Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER, born: abt. 1795 poss. in Maryland, whom I believe may have 1st married a Sarah BAZAR December 17, 1822 in Jefferson County, Mississippi which later became Pickering County, I believe, and then we know he is found in the 1830 Copiah County, MS with his presumed 1st wife, unnamed, and their children, and again in the 1840 census and then in the 1850 Smith County, MS census he is found with his much younger 2nd set of children, unnamed but whose names I knew, and his 2nd/3rd wife, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, whom is later the head of the household in the 1870 Rankin Co., MS census. First of all, your posts to the Jefferson County, MS and Copiah Co., MS lists caught my eye since they are in the early 1800s in Mississippi and then the name of WILSON....and this is definitely a far reach....but seeing as how my groups of ancestors traveled along migratory trails with connecting families from back in the 1600s in Virginia forward until current day in Mississippi and Louisiana it is always a good place to check. My aformentioned Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, 2nd wife of Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER was the daughter of Kitty EARLE, born: Abt. 1795 in either Virginia or Christian County, Kentucky, (later Caldwell Co.,) d/o Tabitha WILLIAMS, born: Abt. 1766 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, and Samuel EARLE, IV, (RS,) born: January 20, 1760 at "Town Run" Plantation, Fauquier County, Virginia, (s/o Elizabeth HOLBROOK, (2nd wife,) and (Major) Samuel EARLE, III, (1st wife was Anna SORRELL,) and Kitty EARLE's husband, Bailey JENNINGS, born: Abt. 1789 in VA/SC/or poss. Christian Co., KY, (later Caldwell,) where in Dec. 1811 he married Kitty EARLE. He was the son of Rachel JORDAN and John JENNINGS, Sr., b: Abt. 1748 in Richmond Co., VA, then went into SC during Rev. War and then Christian Co., KY, who was the son of Sarah MOORE?/MORE? and Edward Salley JENNINGS, Sr., born: January 1720 in Richmond Co., VA, whose middle name of SALLEY may actually be from direct descent somehow or known family relationship with the SALLIS/SALLEE/SALLEY family of Old Rappahannock/Richmond Co., VA, who was the son of William JENNINGS, Jr., son of Mary WILLOUGHBY? and William JENNINGS, Sr., son of Margaret PAYNE and John JENNINGS, Sr., immigrant in 1630s to Old Rappahannock Co., VA, and Margaret PAYNE later married 2nd husb: Christopher EDRINGTON, Sr. and she was the daughter of Margaret ROBINSON and immigrant John PAYNE of Old Rappahannock Co., VA. William JENNINGS, Jr. had a brother named Augustine JENNINGS who married Hannah WILLIAMS. Edward Salley JENNINGS, Sr.'s mother and the wife of William JENNINGS, Jr. was Ann KELLY, born: Abt. 1695 in Richmond Co., VA, died: 1734/35 in Richmond Co., VA was the daughter of (Captain) John KELLY and Amy DONIPHAN, (later married 2nd husband: Edward RANSDELL,) who was the daughter of Amiee PARTRIDGE, (1st wife,) and (Captain) Alexander DONIPHANS, Sr., (later married 2nd wife, Margaret MOTT, and 3rd wife, Susannah SMITH?,) and (Captain) John KELLY was the son of Matthew KELLY, Sr. and Penelope "Nelly" NORTON, (d/o Patrick NORTON.) There is a WILSON/WILLSON family in 1600s Old Rappahannock County, Virginia and 1700s Richmond County, Virginia that married into the KELLY - DONIPHAN - JENNINGS - PAYNE - WILLOUGHBY? - WILLIAMS family group. I don't know if they were part of the same migratory group as my branches or not but some of the WILSON/WILLSON names that I have are: Richard/Robert WILSON/WILLSON who married Sarah PARTRIDGE, (sister of the above, Aime, and Samuel, Mary, and Elizabeth) George WILSON/WILLSON, b: 1722, who married Elizabeth EIDSON, d/o Edward EIDSON, Sr., b: October 07, 1680 in Dublin, Ireland, d: February 05, 1731/32 in Richmond Co., VA, and Penelope ?/KELLY?, parents of Sarah EIDSON who married Matthew KELLY, brother of my aforementioned paternal 6th great grandmother, Ann KELLY, (who married William JENNINGS, Jr.,) and son of (Captain) John KELLY and Amy DONIPHAN, (later married Edward RANSDELL,) and this George WILSON/WILLSON was the son of: Henry WILSON/WILLSON, b: Abt. 1670, who married Susannah Winifred FOUSHEE, b: Abt. 1680, who were parents of Martha Elizabeth WILSON/WILLSON, b: 1782 in Richmond Co., VA, who married Alexander Doniphan KELLY, Sr., brother of the aformentioned Matthew KELLY and Ann KELLY, and Martha's brother, George WILSON/WILLSON Like I said, don't know that there is a connection, but I have found so very many of my lines by stumbling across family groups connected back in time to family groups, etc..... Good luck. Let me know if anything connects. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick-Barnett In a message dated 9/18/2004 11:14:24 AM Central Daylight Time, Wilson950@aol.com writes: I'm looking for a John Wilson. I found him in Fair River, Lawrence County, Mississippi for the first time in 1822 on a tax list. He married a Mary Jane Newman in 1824 in Lawrence Co. Ms. John Wilson appeared on a will of Benjamin Wilson in Lawrence co. Ms. in the 1830's I could not find him on a census in 1830, but the Pike Co. Ms. list is missing for that year and I think he and Mary Jane were living there. A son Rodolphus Wilson was born in 1838 to John and Mary Jane Wilson. In the 1840 census Mary is the head of household in Pike Co. Ms. I don't find them in the 1850 census, but in 1860 she and her son Rodolphus Wilson are living in Pike Co. Ms. Rodlphus served in the 16th Ms. Infantry during the Civil War, and by 1870 he has a wife and son, and his mother Mary Jane Wilson is living in Lincoln Co. Ms with a son of her's by her first marriage, his name is Hiram M. Norman. By 1880 she must be dead. I found no more records. I found a obituary of Hiram Norman's in 1892 which said he was buried beside his mother, in Pike Co. Ms. I went to the grave and found his marker, his wife's, but not his mother's. I found a lot of Prestridge family members living near this family in Lawrence Co. Ms. and I found where one had married a Wilson in Lawrence Co. I would love to find anyone working on this Benjamin Wilson in the County. Thanks for any help. John Wilson