I just got off the phone with my father. He talked to his granduncle Paris James of Clyde, North Carolina. Paris had an interesting story to tell: Three James brothers came over from Ireland. One settled in Missouri, one in South Carolina, and one in North Carolina. The grave for the one in North Carolina is just behind the new WalMart in Clyde. The Missouri James is allegedly the ancestor of the outlaws Jesse and Frank James. My father is going today to look for that grave. This James would be the great-grandfather of William James, from Haywood County who settled in Cocke County Tennessed and married Lucinda Hall. So far we have been able to surmise that William's father was a William James from old Rowan County, North Carolina. Now we have a further lead. I write this to a few lists at a time because this is a cross-over. First: does anyone know of a graveyard (old) behind the WalMart in Clyde, Haywood County, North Carolina. Second: I have watched the james-l list talk about James' in North Carolina in the 1700's and have just been mesmerized because I didn't know my history back that far and can't follow the names. Does anyone know of this James who is buried in Clyde and had a brother who went to Missouri and a brother who moved to South Carolina? I'm so excited about this possible find that I'm sure I have tons of questions to ask for all of you to help me out on, but I just can't seem to think of them right now. I guess I'll just ask you to pray that the grave is found and at least gets a name, if not a date or two. Thank you, Russell D. James 558 W. Apple Dr. Delta, CO 81416-3077 neri@dmea.net