I'm replying to the discussion regarding Thomas James Poythress. I have been asked before if I have proof for this name. I do not have proof. I am a researcher for the Dixon and Ellison families in Burke County, GA. I think it is of interest that Martha Elizabeth Amanda Poythress, daughter of Thomas James (?) Poythress, named a son Thomas James. Another of MEA"s sons, William, named a son, Thomas James, and a daughter, Amanda. Thomas James Dixon named a daughter, Martha. For what it's worth, just thought I would bring up that Thomas James was a name that stayed in the family.