Hi John, What an interesting story. There are some DAVIS' in the Pyle line I am working on! Unfortunately, I don't know that any of them were in LA or GA. Do you have any idea about when Peter arrived in GA? Or any other clues about his first family? (Gonna have to work on this some more....hmmmmm ..oil money .....)LOL Sara John Tyler wrote: > > Dear Cousins, > > My Pyle ancestor was Peter Pyle. By 1860, he was listed in the Census > for DeSoto Parish, LA, where many of his descendants remain today. He > married Madissie Bridges on 23 July 1843 in Floyd Co., GA. This was a > second marriage for him; I think his first was to a Davis. There is > still Texas oil money being held for descendants of this first marriage, > if they can be found. Anyone have any idea who his parents were? > > John Tyler >