Barbara, thanks for transcribing and sharing. Craig, thanks for capturing from LVA. It's great to see the hard confirmation that John is son of Lewis. I'd like to propose this also strengthens the claim that Edward Poythress is a son of Lewis. Otherwise, there must be a sister of Elizabeth Giles who, like Elizabeth, also marries a Poythress, and parents Edward. I think we have all the Giles daughters accounted for and only Elizabeth marries a Poythress. Wouldn't it be interesting if this Milly Nance is the same Mahala Nance that marries Edward Poythress (1828), first cousins marrying? Edward's Mahala is listed as age 47 in the 1850 census. I've checked back through the archive and could find nothing direct about Milly Nance's parents. However, I did run across a 1795 Mecklenburg marriage of Thomas Nance to Elizabeth Giles. This is only three years after the Mecklenburg marriage of Lewis Poythress to Elizabeth Giles. Being Giles family ignorant, I'll offer a wild speculation: Could this be a recording error and Thomas Nance actually married _____ Giles, sister of Elizabeth, with Thomas and _____ becoming parents of Milly? Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj.