Annette - thanks for posting this Hudson/Pate info - I have a very good POSSIBILITY that has puzzled me for a long time -- William Pate md Agnes H Patton on 12 Mar 1859 in Ohio Co, KY. Agnes had evidently been married several times and couldn't remember which children belonged to which husband! In 1860 Ohio Co, KY, p 761, Buford (Bells Dist) HH 1222/1222 Wm Pate age 51 M b. KY Agnes Pate age 37 b. KY James M Pate age 16 b. KY Mary E Ritten age 10 b. ky Willis J Ritten age 8 b. KY James E Patten age 6 b. KY Granville H Patten age 3 b. KY Living nearby in HH 1226/1226 Thomas B Bell age 42 b. KY Mary E Bell age 31 William S Bell age 14 Robert H Bell age 12 Mary F Bell age 10 P 759, HH 1210/1210 Thomas Bell, Sr age 70 b. KY Samuel Bell age 38 b. KY HH 1212/1212 Thomas Bell, Jr age 43 Isabella Bell age 29 et al - children 1870 Ohio Co, KY, Buford (Bells Dist) HH 187/187 Wm Pate age 60 Agnes H Pate age 46 Willis H Bell age 19 Jas F Bell age 17 Granville H Bell age 13 Jesse R Pate age 7 1880 Ohio Co, KY, ED 46/24, Bartlett Agnes H Pate age 58 - widow Willis J Patten age 28 - son Granvil H Patten age 23 - son Jesse R Pate age 16 - son James Bell age 12 - nephew 1900 Ohio Co, KY, ED 101/6, Hartford Granvill H Patton age 43 Lissie Patton age 41 - wife Viola Patton age 13 - dau Agnus Pate age 77, Mother, widow, 8 children/3 living Since these 7 owned a 1/35 of estate (1/7 x 1/5 = 1/35) I would say they are PROBABLY sibs Mary W Hudson - w/o Robert Hudson Agnes Pate - w/o Wm Pate Elizabeth Patton - w/o James Patton John T Bell Ritta D Bell Josephene B Bell Delilah J Bell Were Mary W Hudson, Agnes Pate and Elizabeth Patton - nee BELL'S???? Does anyone have additional info on these families?? Jinks