Elaine, I'm travelling & don't have full info about Meredith's son Peter, but I do have the below info, summarized as [see below for details]: Born about 1782 in Dinwiddie County, VA Was residing in Mecklenburg Co, VA in 1800 & 1801 Bricklayer Was enlisted at Danville, [in Pittsylvania County] VA 9 Aug 1814 Died 19 Feb 1815 Norfolk, VA It seems to me that, in addition to this, we've also figured out that he was married & that his widow was named perhaps Lilly (going by memory here) & that she got land which may have been in Arkansas -- The info about her getting land, I think came from the (online) G.L.O., BLM records, Eastern States Division (which, as I recall, stands for General Land Office, Bureau of Land Management). I have NO marriage info for him in my database, so the above partially-recalled additional tidbit may have just been in the catagory of "this info seems to fit with this Peter." I don't recall ever learning of him having any descendants. Details: He was listed twice -- in 1800 and 1801, in the "Mecklenburg County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1805" Mecklenburg County, VA; Family History Library film 1,854,098. [Again, going by memory here: I think both times he was listed with Meredith, as his son, though maybe only in 1800 with Meredith as his son, and in 1801 alone maybe?) I've also examined Peter's "Compiled Military Service Record, War of 1812" [which records were not yet filmed as of my review and photocopying of them on 23 Mar 1996] National Archives, Washington, DC. Notes I made from this Compiled Military Service Record for the War of 1812 show: Peter Poythress, entry # 376, in 83 Regiment (Scott's) Virginia Militia, containing only one each card for a Muster Roll and a Company Pay Roll record, both for July 1-6, 1813 at Petersburg, VA on rolls dated 6 Jul 1813, indicating he was present as a Private in Capt. William H. Cousins' Co. of Riflemen, 83 Reg't Virginia Militia, War of 1812, and that his pay, at the rate of $8 per month, was $1.33 for 5 days, I also got a copy of his entry in the Register of Enlistment [Micropublication M-233, roll 10; National Archives, Washington, DC, "Registers of Enlistment In the U.S. Army 1798-1914, Volumes 19 & 20 (P-R), 1798-May 17, 1815"] (comments in square brackets below are my own): entry # 2835 listing him as Pothress / Poythress, Peter rank: Rect. [Recruit?] Regiment: 20th USI[nfantry?] height 5'4" Blue eyes D[ar]k hair Lgt [Light] complexion age 32 Bricklayer, occupation born Dinwiddie [under "Town or County"], VA enlisted Aug[us]t 9, 1814 at Danville, VA by Ens. Smith and Lt. Rawlins for period of "War" Remarks: "D.R.[Daily Report?] Danville, Va. Augt 1814. M.R. [Muster Roll?] Capt. Bern'd Peyton's Co. Oct 31 /14 [1814], Pesent, sick. D.R. [Daily Report?] Feby 16, [illegible #/letter] I.R. Norfolk, Va. Mch. 15 /15 [March 15, 1815], Died in Reg'l Hospl [Regimental? Hospital] Feby 19 /15 [February 19, 1815]" Barbara