Hi Joy, These Stotts lived in Anderson Dist. SC. I have four different Williams--but no wives. Yours, Kim Descendants of William Stott 1 William Stott ......... 2 Abdiel C. Stott 1786 - ............. +Martha Boyd 1796 - 1849 .................... 3 Drayton M. Stott 1811 - 1897 ........................ +Harriett Richardson 1824 - ............................... 4 David C. Stott 1843 - 1862 ............................... 4 Abdiel Crayton Stott 1845 - 1904 BURIAL: DeKalb Co. AL ................................... +Charlotte Phillips 1861 - 1904 BURIAL: DeKalb Co. AL ........................................... 5 Mary Solema Stott ............................... 4 Martha Jane Stott 1848 - 1937 ................................... +John Wyatt Kay 1846 - 1918 ........................................... 5 Lillian Azelle Kay 1879 - 1952 ............................................... +John Franklin Smith 1875 - 1967 ........................................... 5 Eula Lavonia Kay 1882 - 1949 BURIAL: Lebanon Baptist, Anderson SC ............................................... +Manson Sherrill Jolly 1878 - 1962 BURIAL: Lebanon Baptist, Anderson SC ............................... 4 Drayton Marshall Stott 1851 - 1931 ................................... +Mary Frances Williams 1851 - 1933 ............................... 4 Esther Margaret Stott 1853 - 1898 ................................... +Newton Oates ............................... 4 William "Middleton" Stott 1859 - ............................... 4 Nathan Stott 1867 - ............................... 4 Caroline Stott ............................... 4 Lawrence Stott .................... 3 Whitfield Stott 1813 - .................... 3 RICHARD "MIDDLETON" STOTT 1820 - 1859 ........................ +Frances Belle Bennett 1818 - 1881 ............................... 4 John Stott 1845 - ............................... 4 William Stott 1846 - ............................... 4 James Stott 1847 - ............................... 4 Thomas Stott 1849 - ............................... 4 Elizabeth Stott 1851 - ............................... 4 Jackson Stott 1853 - ............................... 4 Middleton Stott 1856 - ............................... 4 Samuel Stott 1858 - .................... 3 Crayton Stott 1825 - .................... 3 MARY E. STOTT 1825 - .................... 3 Margaret Ann Stott 1828 - .................... 3 Sufferance Stott 1828 - .................... 3 LAWREY ANN STOTT 1831 - .................... 3 Williamson Stott .................... 3 Nathan Stott ......... 2 David Stott ......... 2 Jacob Stott ......... 2 John Stott ......... 2 Elizabeth Stott ......... 2 Martha Stott You might also want to follow this lead: http://www.gencircles.com/users/krol/1/data/5799 Sarah McPherson Birth: About 1804 in Pendleton District, South Carolina Death: Sex: F Father: William McPherson b. 4 Oct 1758 in Orange (Chatham) Co., North Carolina Mother: Elizabeth Gillian b. 12 Apr 1766 Spouses & Children Elijah Browne (Husband) b. 8 Jun 1760 Marriage: ABT 1823 in Pendleton District, South Carolina Children: Newton Browne b. 11 Sep 1824 At 05:08 PM 07/22/2006, you wrote: >I am trying to locate the father of William Joseph Brown who married >Hester or Ella McPherson. They came to Alabama in the early 1800's >and settled near Anniston, AL Their children were John, Duncan, >Julia, Christinie, and Alexander McPherson Brown, b. July 31, 1832. >The mother apparently died before 1844 when the family moved to >Bastrop, LA. When Alexander married (1860) Mary Angeline Pipkin he >named his children 'Ella McPherson Brown, Minnie Henrietta Brown, >Hester Elizabeth Brown, William Joseph, Mary Sula, Danieil >Alexander, Julia May and Cora Virginia. William Joeseph stated that >he was born in SC. The only place I can find where there were both >Browns and McPhersons is Anderson county. Can anyone shed any light >on this subject. Another piece to the puzzle is that Alexander had a >cousin William Stott who married Elizabeth Pipkin.William Stott's >mother was named Mary (I think she had to be a McPherson for them to >be first cousins.) The Stotts were in Orange county but a notation >said that Mary was from the Western part of SC!! Any help is greatly >appreciated. Joy M. Coker