Hello New Subscribers!!! Brad- If you go to Wanda's home page...I have posted several newspaper articles. The majority of them are written by George West Diehl (a famous historian) and there is also a article about Capt. John Paxton and Phoebe Alexander Paxton (not my direct branch, but VERY interesting article). These are posted at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonBios This is a great place to post info such as this (thanks for the idea Wanda!!!). Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions or have problems pulling this up!!! As far as where I am from..... My grandfather is: Edward Franklin Paxton, b. 12-1-1920 (Glencoe, OK) Charlie Ira Paxton, b. 9-6-1888 (Kingman, KS) Frank Philander Paxton, b. 10-10-1858 (Richman, VA) Samuel A. Paxton, b. 1820 (Rockbridge County, VA) John Paxton, b. 8-9-1797 (Rockbridge County, VA) Samuel Paxton, b. 3-16-1766 (Rockbridge County, VA) Thomas Paxton, b. 1720 (Ireland) Thomas Paxton, b. before 1700 (Ireland) Samuel Paxton, b. 1670 (Ireland) James Paxton, b. about 1640 (England or Scotland) Thanks All!!! Chrisanna Paxton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Welcome new subscribers REPLY INSTRUCTIONS WERE UNCLEAR, SO I JUST HIT REPLY...HOPE THAT'S OK... I am a descendant of the Paxton of Virginia, the same group that is the subject of the book "The Paxtons", by W.M.Paxton. My Grandfather, Daniel JJames Paxton is listed in there... Looking for more scoop on the Paxtons generally, especially the older lines to Ireland and Scotland. Thank you, Brad Paxton ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl In the surname field, type in PAXTON