I don't see any fit. My John Holmes was born in 1712 in Gloucester, England and went first to Lower Dublin township in Philadelphia County. He then went to Augusta County, Virginia where his property can be found on the Beverly map. He was then elected sheriff of Anson County. He went from there to Rowan County, North Carolina where he died about 1775. He had sons, William(1736), Richard(1738) and James(1747) and daughters, Jean, Elizabeth, Katharine, Mary and Margaret. His daughter, Katharine married my ancestor, John Milton McCulloch(1741) and they went to Matthews, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Their graves can be found in the New Providence churchyard, there, I really know nothing about any other Holmes as I only just acquired information on Katharine's parents. My primary interest is to find out more about their ancestors. I am from Georgia, not Michigan and have only been exiled to this very cold place. James Ann Arbor, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Art Holmes To: james38@provide.net Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:32 AM Subject: John Holmes I saw your posting on the Holmes digest. I do not know of the book, but because you are located in Ann Arbor, I thought you might be related to my John Holmes(1780-1856). He died in Michigan and is buried in Hudson Mills Cemetery, Pinckney Road, Dexter, MI. See my database to see if we may have a fit Art Holmes http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=holmesaw&id=I0075 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.