Jim, Noticed your last name. I have a couple of McConnell's: Charles McConnell married Elizabeth Duncan, she was born 1823 Pendleton District, SC and died aft 1870 in Hall County, Ga. I have one known child: John McConnell. John McConnell married Linda Lavina Elrod (There are named in the Estate Papers of William Elrod, Sr. who died in 1861 in Anderson County, SC) Unknown McConnell married Lucy Gilmer. Lucy is the daughter of James Calhoun Gilmer and Martha Louise Norris. Do any of these make a connection with you? A. Deason Smith SC