Kristy, Thanks so much for your reply. And yes.......you have the right people! Rachel Clarentine (sometimes called Clementine or Clemmie) Downing married 1st Moses Smith Mitchell and 2nd John Lee Scott. I know that Moses was the son of Henry Mitchell and Nancy Boyd Jones. I think that Nancy Boyd Jones' sister may have married a Smith..........can't remember and I'm doing this from memory --- which is ALWAYS a big mistake!! Anyway, you were right about John Lee Scott being the son of John Thomas Scott who married Jamima Smith. However, my understanding is that John Thomas Scott had been married a first time to the woman who was John Lee Scott's mother. And some people think she was a Harris. But I don't know about that. Now...........can you tell me about Skull/Scull Shoals(Union Co)where Rachel C. Downing Mitchell Scott was supposedly buried??? I spent about a week trying to track that place down about 2 years ago and never did have success. VERY frustrating!!! Somehow I think that the Downings(Dowings) must have known some of these families before the actual marriage of Rachel C. and Moses Smith Mitchell. Rachel C. Downing -- and her mother Rachel Downing - were dismissed from Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church (Chester Co)in 1841. I think that James A. Downing (brother and son respectively) seems to have stayed behind and kept membership in that church. Since she was married a short time later to Moses Mitchell -- I am assuming that she and her mother must have moved to where the Mitchells were living. Can you fill in any of the blanks???? I am copying this to the Chester and Union Co SC lists--- hope you don't mind. This subject is active in both right now. Thanks, Maria