It may be of interest to some on our list that Virginia counties began maintaining birth and death records in 1853. This was very early relative to her sister southern states. Lewis Poythress died about 1845-46 so was a little early. Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:51:15 -0400 Charles Neal <[email protected]> writes: > No, so far I have found nothing to indicate ANY name for a father for > James > E. Poythress, who was born 13 Aug 1803 in Mecklenburg Co, VA. > BPN > = = = = > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:52:56 EDT > Subject: Re: Lewis and David Poythress > To: [email protected] > > Barbara, did you ever find anything on your line , James Edward > Poythress, > that listed Lewis as his father? I don't know what they might have > had back > then, other than a Death Record or Burial Record. > Elaine ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.