In a message dated 5/10/2002 2:43:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > 'We "know" Thomas was the father of George through numerous documents.' > (Actually, I wrote it but AOL's reply system always says the sender "said" > something or other). > Lyn, you rascal, you're going to get me to make a "George" timeline yet and that is a monster project. Until then, I will say that we have no document that actually "says" that Thomas was George's father. However, I feel it is about as much a cinch as one can have on circumstantial evidence. With respect to this many documents, it's almost as if the two guys were joined at the hip. Since Thomas died ca 1800 he is on no Georgia census. He preceded George as Sheriff of Burke County, he is likely one of "the orphans of Thomas Poythress" (along with his mother Martha/Patsy) in a Georgia land lottery, George was the administrator of Thomas' estate, he settles a number of Thomas' affairs following Thomas' death and takes enough great liberties in doing so to say "son.". In total there is a myriad of other documents that practically shout the relationship at one. It strikes me that almost a greater source of skepticism would be that "a" Thomas was the father of Meredith but it was not the same Thomas as the father of George. I think this one is also remote. None-the-less, I'll start working on a time line on George. Maynard