Welcome aboard, Elaine. I know we have several of your cousins within the James Speed Poythress descendancy line on our List & hope each of them will contact you. I am curious to see that you listed your grandfather as "Carlos" rather than as "Carl" as I had always seen his name before. Is that based on his name in some particular record(s), or is it more a matter of what name he went by (while having a different name in records)? I am also curious to see that you mentioned James Speed Poythress was born "around Petersburg, Virginia." I would be curious to hear how you knew of that birth location, because that is the same way the place of birth was described in one record for my great-grandfather's sister -- she & all her siblings & their parents (James E. Poythress & his wife, Catherine Speed Preston) all moved to Sumter County, AL in 1853 from Mecklenburg County, VA. (And someone had once said that they thought James E. P's nephew, James Speed Poythress, made that move with the family, though I've not found any proof of that). On the JEP family record, their births were shown as Mecklenburg Co, Va. Again, welcome - Barbara Poythress Neal (BPN) = = = = = From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:54:10 EST Subject: Hello To: [email protected] . . . As I was saying I am Patricia (Elaine) Poythress Criddle. My father is David Franklin Poythress born in Meridian Mississippi, Grandfather was Carlos Hutton Poythress born in Sumterville, Alabama and My Great Grandfather was James Speed Poythress born around Petersburg, Virginia. I am looking forward to hearing from descendants of this line and exploring our family history. Sincerely, Elaine Criddle