This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: batchelorw Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1875.5.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bill, There seems to be little doubt that the William Roper who is residing in Davidson County, TN in 1811 is the same William Roper who divorced Polly. In looking at the 1811 Davidson County Tax List, the image of which can be found on Ancestry.com, William Roper is shown residing next to James P. Downs, a little too close for his wife Polly. As you noted in a previous post on 18 Mar 2014 titled "William P. Downs (d. abt 12 Jul 1866) and the Tennessee Chancery Case State v. James C. Allen, et al", we have the following account: "There seems to be still more to the family scandal involving William ROPER and the notorious Polly ROPER at the end of the life of the following generation. In the Tennessee Chancery Case State of Tennessee v. James C. ALLEN, et al, decided at April Term, 1874, the court considered a matter arising from the intestacy of one William P. DOWNS. Within the introductory recitation of the facts of this case, it is explained: "Bill and amended bill filed, under the act of May 26, 1866, ch. 46, to have the estate of one William P. DOWNS declared escheated to the state. The bill is based upon the ground that the deceased was the illegitimate son of one James P. DOWNS by one Polly ROPER, while she lived in lawful wedlock with one William ROPER, and that he died, never having been married, without issue, intestate, and leaving no relatives entitled by law to his estate."" Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>