Barbara, This is in reply to your questions directed to me about David Poythress: BPW, I know that David was your ancestor, so I'll ask you, too: do you have him with any middle initial, and if so what was the source document that included the middle initial? Yes, I found David listed as David E.Poythress in a Mecklenburg Deed dated 12 Jan . 1842. p. 459 and 460 Reel # 0032545. ****************************************************************************** ************** Re the request for a "burial record" of David Poythress: He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, in Henderson, Vance County, NC, and several of our List members (not including me) have seen his marker there. His marker does not seem to photograph very well due to its age. One List-member, BPW, had gotten the following info from the marker back in 1989: David Poythress, born January 26, 1800, died Sept 26, 1876. (BPW, please correct me if I have any of the parts of those dates wrong here.) Yes, these are the dates on the his marker, but his age is listed as 44 on the 1850 census and 53 on the 1860 census which would make his birth year around 1810. Best, Barbara (BPW)