For benefit of others following the discussion of Lewis Poythress & likelihood of him being the father of David Poythress, BPW emailed me off-List (& I'm sharing with the List), that she found the following references concerning both Lewis Poythress & David Poythress: - Mecklenburg Co, VA Land Deed of Sept. 1837 in which Parkinson sold 100 acres to David *bounded on the North by Lewis Poythress*. - Mecklenburg Co, VA bill of Sale in Oct 1845 Lewis Sr., gave his land to Lewis Jr. and Thomas M., land *bounded by land of David Poythress.* - Mecklenburg Co, VA in August 1844 Lewis sold 143 1/2 acres to David for $2l5.25. BPW also asked me <snip> "Do you have a copy of the 1840 census which shows in Mecklenburg, VA a James and Lewis each as Head of Family and then David as Head of Family in the 405 E. District? I made an abstract from the census but do not show any statistics which would help me construct a meaningful scenario." Yes, I have a copy of the pertinent census pages (& will get copies off to BPW), but for clarification: all 3 of these Poythress men were listed as Heads of Families in the "Eastern District or 98th Regiment" of Mecklenburg Co, VA. David's entry is shown on the page stamped with page # 405; Lewis on the page stamped with page # 407; & my ancestor James Poythress on page # 396. That year, their names were all spelled as "Portress" by the census-taker. For analysis purposes, the pertinent details are shown in the abstracts I did years ago for this Census (& for many other Poythress Census entries from various years) at our Poythress Research Website, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ Below, I'm copying the pertinent entries from the website for your convenience. In re-checking the original Census page copies today just to be sure, I find that none of these 3 households had any slaves. BPN = = = 1840 Mecklenburg Co., VA Census - p. 396 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has Jas. Portress (3 WM 5-10 yrs; 1 WM 30-40 yrs; 2 WF under 5 yrs; 1 WF 30-40 yrs; 1 SM 36-55 yrs; total counted is 8; 3 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students) - p. 405 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has David Portress (1 WM 5-10 yrs; 1 WM 30-40 yrs; 1 WF under 5 yrs; 1 WF 5-10 yrs; 1 WF 30-40 yrs; total counted is 5; 1 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students) - p. 407 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has Lewis Portress (1 WM 15-20 yrs; 1 WM 20-30 yrs; 1 WM 70-80 yrs; 1 WF 60-70 yrs; 1 Free Colored Person Male 10-24 yrs; 1 Free Colored Person Female 10-24 yrs; total counted is 6; 4 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students).