Maria and all: I have different parents for the John Axson who m. Mary Ann GIbbes and John Axson who m. Martha Ann Arthur. I have the first John's parents as Samuel Jacob Axson and Elizabeth You, and the second John's parents as William Axson and Susannah Elizabeth Mouzon. Which are the correct parents and if both sets of parents had a son named John, can you tell me the proper birth and death dates? I have Martha Ann Arthur's husband as d. June 10, 1842, which does not match up with the will dates of 1834/1840 shown by CJK Also, I have William and Susannah as having twins, John and Jehu, b. Nov. 29, 1764. Is that correct? Edward -----Original Message----- From: Maria Munger <mariamunger@mindspring.com> To: SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:25 PM Subject: [SCCHARLE] Re: AXSON >I don't know about the AXSON ancestors of William Axson, but since noone has >yet responded I thought I'd add a piece from my family's history: > >John Axson, a planter of St. James Santee Parish, and his first wife Martha >Ann, were childless. When Mary Stead Allston Michau (my gggggrandmother) >died in 1807, her widower Abraham Michau entrusted the care of raising their >infant daughter Laura to John and Martha Ann Axson. (Martha Ann died when >Laura was about 11 old. John later married Mary Ann Gibbes of Charleston). > >To John Axson, Laura was his own child, and so he calls her in his will. >When Laura married Fisher Gadsden they named their first child John Axson >Gadsden. > >The Axson family bible, which was given to Laura, is now located in the >archives of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah. That church >was chosen because President Woodrow Wilson had married an Axson. (The >couple had been married there by their two fathers, both Presbyterian >ministers, so the bible was deposited in those archives.) > >Maria