BPW, thanks so much for your message summarizing the known & your speculation on Lewis & David Poythress being father & son. I must be slipping: I just don't recall *knowing* that their land bordered that of each other -- Is your recollection that if I go dig thru stuff & find their deeds, that there is something in the deeds themselves that indicates the other as one of the adjacent property holders? (If that is your recollection, I'll be glad to hunt thru & find the deeds & decipher the handwriting to see it for myself -- I just hesitate, due to lack of spare time, to try the deciphering if that is *not* the reason you/we know of the land bordering each other.) Or is your recollection based on something else that I should dig thru & re-examine? Also, I'd appreciate something to help remind me where to look, since I'm blanking out on this, too -- what sort of business dealings do you recall them having with one another? Thanks, BPN