Wanda, I am also descended from James & Elizabeth - through Louisa Jane. (Chart below) By some chance have you given the info from those books to Jean Ann Flatt in Terrell,TX? She was the one who sent them to me and there was someone else working on that line who gave it to her. Of course,I don't have any more info than what's on those pages. I barely have enough to fill in from James on down so if you have Jame's whole family I'd appreciate it. At this point,all I have is what I got off the 1850 Rusk census. If you have other census records I'd certainly appreciate them. James (C) B: 17 Sep 1807 or 08 TN D:2 Sep 1869 Kaufman Co.TX; Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery Married 12 Jul 1827 Jefferson Co.AL to Elizabeth Nelms (Nellemires,Nellemans) B: 17 Nov 1812 GA D: 13 Mar 1880 Kaufman CO,TX Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery Eight children Child 1(?): Louisa Jane B:6 Sep 1834 AL D: 12 Jul 1877 Kaufman Co.TX-Cedar Grove Married John F. Sartain 7 Oct 1850 Rusk Co.TX Child 3: Salina Elizabeth Sartain B: Jun 1860 TX married John Carroll Ables 25 Nov 1878 Van Zandt Co.TX Child 4: John William Ables married Mary Ethel Edgerton Child 1: John Eugene Ables married Anne Fay Belew Child: Shirley Faye married Billie Paul Gay 3 children + 4 grd-children Shirley Gay 7711 E. Lester St. Tucson,AZ 85715 502-886-9862 I barely had time just to scan over LD Pierce's website but I did notice that he'd made contact with you at some time. Have had some contact with him lately,too,but not sure where he fits in. Hopefully,we'll find the time to do that with each other.,in spite of the holiday. Shirley