Rex, my 2nd line of PIERCEs to converge in the area begins with the 3rd generation below--Francis PIERCE b. 1760 VA (Rev. War vet, buried in Clinton Co. KY). I think he arrived in then-Cumberland Co. a little after 1800. The following outline tree is my direct line only: Descendants of Ambrose Pierce 1 Ambrose PIERCE b: 1700 ........ 2 Isaac PIERCE b: 1735 in Caroline Co., VA d: Bef. 1791 in Orange Co., VA ............ +Ann ................... 3 Francis PIERCE b: August 1760 in Caroline Co., VA d: February 22, 1853 in Clinton Co. , Kentucky ....................... +Elizabeth ? b: Abt. 1770 d: Bet. 1840 - 1850 in (probably) Clinton Co. Kentucky .............................. 4 Ambrose PIERCE b: 1795 in NC d: Abt. 1861 .................................. +Anna ? b: 1803 in KY ......................................... 5 Francis M. PIERCE b: Abt. 1825 in Cumberland Co., KY d: Bet. October 01, 1859 - 1860 in Clinton Co., KY (see notes re 1859-1860) ............................................. +Sarah J. "Sally" SMITH b: February 05, 1828 in Cumberland Co., KY d: Aft. 1870 .................................................... 6 Jesse B. PIERCE b: February 10, 1860 in Albany, Clinton Co., Kentucky d: September 04, 1918 in Woodson, Throckmorton County, TX Burial: Woodson, Throckmorton County, TX ........................................................ +Frances Jane NEATHERY b: January 01, 1860 d: 1883 .............................................................. 7 Nancy PIERCE b: Bet. 1880 - 1883 .................................................................. +Ryan .................................................... *2nd Wife of Jesse B. PIERCE: ........................................................ +Esther Lucretia "Ella" REEVES b: May 13, 1867 in Albany, Clinton Co., Kentucky d: April 04, 1949 in Ft. Sumner, DeBaca County, NM Burial: Woodson, Throckmorton Co., TX .............................................................. 7 Arthur Franklin PIERCE b: August 07, 1894 in Graham, Young County, TX d: December 10, 1964 in VA Hospital, Big Spring, TX Burial: Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Odessa, Ector County, TX .................................................................. +Cleo Adell HARLING b: August 20, 1897 in Davilla, Milam Co., TX d: August 09, 1980 in hospital, Yoakum, Lavaca County, TX Burial: Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Odessa, Ector County, TX I'm the 9th generation in this line. Would love to connect and compare notes. Thanks--Linda