This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pyle, Piles, Smothers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VVBBAEB/685 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Newton Pyle/Piles born ca 1780 N or SC; md a Susanna(h). Died ca 1828/9 Robertson Co TN. Had son James Newton Pyle Sr (b ca 1800 NC, d bet 1855-60 Franklin Co IL who md. Nancy Smothers. This is my direct line and trying to find more information on Newton and/or his parentage. Can anyone help? Thanks, Sandi