glitteringgem,   I was unable to find a death record for Martha or Sarah Elizabeth Pulliam.  What I did find and you may already know this, that Sarah married Charles Hale Dalton in 1890 and she went by the name Bessie in the Census records.  Charles Hale died in 1941 in Tennessee.   Their marriage record in 1890 did not list her father, only her mother.  What I was able to find was an Ancestry member who had Sarah Elizabeth in her tree.  She shows that Sarah Elizabeth died in 1955 in Bristol Virginia, but she does not have a source for that information.  I'd be happy to contact the member for you if you would like and see if I can find out more info.  Just let me know.            From: glitteringgem@gmail.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Martha Pulliam To: ROOTS@rootsweb.com Message-ID:     <63801763-1341365770-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-808940547-@b12.c18.bise6.blackberry>     Content-Type: text/plain I'm looking for information on Martha Pulliam's death date and burial information. She was born in mcdowell, NC around 1852 and her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Pulliam was born in 1872. I have no idea if martha died at childbirth or while sarah was a little girl. If anyone can help locating martha's death cerificate and sarah elizabeth's birth info that might lead to her father's identity, that would be much appreciated! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry