Elaine - Ah, yes - you are discovering first-hand some of the knotty problems that keep all of us from blithely "finishing" our family's genealogy <g> I, too, tend toward Rebecca Taylor as being his mother due to the Edward Giles will that doesn't mention him, but I also try to stay open to him having been born in 1800. BPW, refresh my memory again, please, as to exactly how we know for sure from your side of the family that David's father was Lewis? My vantage point in trying to determine the birth year for David is complicated somewhat by the fact that my own g-g-grandfather, James E. Poythress was born in Mecklenburg Co, VA on 13 Aug 1803. (In my family's record, which was apparently begun at the time of his marriage to Catherine S. Preston in Feb 1828, James' own birthdate & place are listed, but the identities of his father & mother are not listed.) Thus *if* James E Poythress was child of Lewis Poythress & Rebecca B. Taylor who married in Apr 1802, and assuming David is a son of Lewis, then David was either born by the earlier wife Patsey Giles, or David was born after 1803... Maybe the person who chiselled David's gravemarker made a "typo" and put 1800 when it should've been 1806 (the census' calculated birthdate) and the family never fixed the marker. (They made an error on my own father's marker & I insisted that it be re-done; turns out they just turned it over & re-chiselled the other side of the same marker with the correct date - bet that will confuse somebody someday) But even so, to me an error left in David's marker seems a little less plausible than him actually having been born in 1800. So then I circle back around to wondering why David wasn't mentioned in the Edw Giles will, and wondering how sure it is that Lewis was David's father (and of course again wondering if Lewis was the father of James E Poythress). Frustrating - BPN == = = = Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > Since there are varying birth years for David Poythress, (1800 Grave Marker) and (1806 VA 1850 census) listing him as 44 yrs. old, that raises the question as to who is his mother. Is he the youngest child of Lewis and Patsey Giles d. before 4/9/1802 or is he the second child of Lewis and Rebecca B. Taylor, who married Lewis 4/9/1802? I would really like your vote on this one and your reasoning. I am leaning toward Rebecca Taylor being his mother, because David wasn't mentioned in the Edward Giles will, as were John and Edward Poythress. Elaine <

That is like my uncle's stone from VetAdmin being wrong...and the James Speed one. That one we found out from one of the cousins was because the stone listed him as a Union veteran, not a Confederate and my gfather had it sent back. Took Judy Scruggs and brothers to rectify it 2 yrs ago...nearly a century later. Hope it doesnt take that long. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Neal" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Mother of David Poythress Dilemma > Elaine - > > Ah, yes - you are discovering first-hand some of the knotty problems that > keep all of us from blithely "finishing" our family's genealogy <g> > > I, too, tend toward Rebecca Taylor as being his mother due to the Edward > Giles will that doesn't mention him, but I also try to stay open to him > having been born in 1800. BPW, refresh my memory again, please, as to > exactly how we know for sure from your side of the family that David's > father was Lewis? > > My vantage point in trying to determine the birth year for David is > complicated somewhat by the fact that my own g-g-grandfather, James E. > Poythress was born in Mecklenburg Co, VA on 13 Aug 1803. (In my family's > record, which was apparently begun at the time of his marriage to > Catherine S. Preston in Feb 1828, James' own birthdate & place are listed, > but the identities of his father & mother are not listed.) > > Thus *if* James E Poythress was child of Lewis Poythress & Rebecca B. > Taylor who married in Apr 1802, and assuming David is a son of Lewis, then > David was either born by the earlier wife Patsey Giles, or David was born > after 1803... > > Maybe the person who chiselled David's gravemarker made a "typo" and put > 1800 when it should've been 1806 (the census' calculated birthdate) and the > family never fixed the marker. (They made an error on my own father's > marker & I insisted that it be re-done; turns out they just turned it over > & re-chiselled the other side of the same marker with the correct date - > bet that will confuse somebody someday) But even so, to me an error left > in David's marker seems a little less plausible than him actually having > been born in 1800. > > So then I circle back around to wondering why David wasn't mentioned in the > Edw Giles will, and wondering how sure it is that Lewis was David's father > (and of course again wondering if Lewis was the father of James E > Poythress). > > Frustrating - > BPN > == = = = > > Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > > > Since there are varying birth years for David Poythress, (1800 Grave > Marker) and (1806 VA 1850 census) listing him as 44 yrs. old, that raises > the question as to who is his mother. Is he the youngest child of Lewis > and Patsey Giles d. before 4/9/1802 or is he the second child of Lewis and > Rebecca B. Taylor, who married Lewis 4/9/1802? I would really like your > vote on this one and your reasoning. I am leaning toward Rebecca Taylor > being his mother, because David wasn't mentioned in the Edward Giles will, > as were John and Edward Poythress. > > Elaine > < > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Geneaology Research Web > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ >