Barbara, I just did a search for Poythress and was disappointed to find only 3 specifics and two them were the index page and the item in one entry. Only one which was remarkable to me was that Thomas entry as a juryman in 1720 and the closest I can come to pin-pointing him is Thomas Poythres who patented 180 acres in Surry County 23 Mar 1715 (PB 10, p. 265 on database disk). For this I used Mike's trial "Proxy Census using Land Records." Otherwise, I don't have any more of a clue to him than I had before. The Thomases in this crowd are every bit as pesky as the Williams and Francises. Maynard -----Original Message----- From: Barbara P. Neal [mailto:bp_neal@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:30 PM To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Fam. Hist. Library - Thomas Poythress on PG Co Grand Jury Maynard, thanks so much for making us aware of the digitizing of the Family History Archives going on. Right now, I'm not where I can check out the BYU website you mentioned, to double-check that neat Grand Jury list you sent to the List the other day, but I'm just wondering: Does that group of "Prince George County Records, 1733-1790" really contain over 200 pages of entries that occurred before January of 1720? If so, wow, browsing thru that group could yield some really early info. (Or maybe there's a typo in either the Grand Jury date, or in the dates of the record group?) I'd welcome any further enlightenment or clarification, since I'm trying to figure out the best Thomas Poythress for this to have been. Thanks, Barbara (Bpn) 11/16/2005 John M. Poythress wrote: <snip> ... > Following is the only Poythress entry of interest to me and I included > the entire jury list as all the usual suspects are there: > 11 Jan 1720 > Prince George County Records, 1733-1790, p. 208 > ... ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Genealogy Research Web www.poythress.net