Perhaps this is why so many from Abbeville and OPD areas moved into the Troup, Harris County parts of GA there we're a lot of land grants around 1832. You can look in the Gold Lottery Book of 1832 for GA and thousands of names has good info. Sandel [email protected] Seattle Surnames: Briskey,Brisky,Brisque,Demastus,Sutton,Meadows,Hodnett,Moore,McIntosh,Leverett,Mark/Merck (States SC, GA, chambers county,AL, Washington State, TX and france)