It helps tremendously!! But now I'm as confused as ever . . . Mary L. is the same as my material, but the Prather / Prater and the birth year. I even have a reputable fellow from GA giving me the marriage of the two Smiths in Lumpkin Co., GA. The children's names are right . . . . Now to go looking from Prather/Praters . . . Wonder if they could be Native Americans? Believe I have an ancestor who was and from SC. Well, genealogy is like this -- confusing <grin> and at times, frustrating. THANKS so much. Kay McGee ~~~~ Genealogy: http://home.earthlink.net/~kmcgee03/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cousins Link to Photo Album: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cousins/photolinks-alt.html At 08:55 AM 03/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: <snip> >Issue of Simeon and Amy McCalister Smith 9, <snip> >3. MILES HAMPTON SMITH b. 29 Aug. 1813 Pendleton SC d. Marietta, Cobb Co., >GA. m. Mary L. "Polly"Prather/Prater b. 1830 GA. >Issue: William M. --- John Edward --- James M. b. 1852 GA >---Margaret---Judson---Amy E. --- Nancy Elizabeth and Jasper A. Smith <snip> 1-- Miles Hampton Smith (1813-1896) Pendleton,Anderson County,South Carolina sp-Mary Louise Smith (1825-1903) ,,Georgia 2-- William E. Smith (1848-1914) ,,Georgia 2-- John E. C. Smith (1849-1911) Cuba,Forsyth County,Georgia 2-- James Monroe Smith [I] (1851-1930) Of Forsyth County,Georgia 2-- Margaret Jane Mahala Smith (1853-1903) ,,Georgia 2-- Judson Smith (1854-1927) ,,Georgia 2-- Aney E. Smith (1858-1900) ,,Georgia 2-- Nancy Elizabeth Smith [I] (1860-1929) ,,Georgia 2-- Jasper Newton Smith (1861-1924) ,,Georgia >Hope this helps, >A. Deason Smith in SC >Researching SMITH, KENNEDY, ELROD, DEASON, McGILL, LUSK, VAUGHN, HUGHES, >MOORE, EVANS, RAY, COOPER, HUFFMAN, POSEY, ADAIR ><snip> >==============================