you sent this to RowanRoots List?? You don't mention that county at all...were they in Rowan Co.NC at some point? Berna Stillwell abner@napanet.net Napa Valley, CA I thought these sites were created to help people with their genealogy. Isn't it possible, considering the migration patterns, that the Irons family dallied at Rowan on their way west? If I knew all the answers I wouldn't have subscribed in the first place. Most of the time I love this genealogy. Cookie, in Florida