Found the following and discovered he is a cousin thru the ancestors of his biological grandparents. 1952 - Death Cert. #1003, Saluda Co, SC William Leon Matthews Male, White, Single, Child b. Mar 10, 1947, Saluda Co, SC father: William Roton Mitchell mother: Myrtle Virginia Gantt d. Jan 6, 1952, Batesburg, Saluda Co, SC cause: drowning; drowned in a stream near his home informant: (father) William R. Matthews buried: Nazareth Methodist Church, Saluda Co, SC UT: Attaway Funeral Home, Batesburg, SC He is buried alone in the Nazareth Methodist Church Cem, Saluda Co, SC, and the cem. record gives his date of birth missing in the DC above. Matthews, William L. Leon Mar 10 1947 - Jan 6 1952 Acccording to The Descendants of Henry Dominick, Sr., Vol 1. p. 179-180, (Researched and compiled by Boyd William Bedenbaugh), William Leon Matthews' father was born William Furman Roton b. May 03, 1926 to biological parents Jesse Jackson Roton and Mary Magdelina 'Maggie Mae' Fulmer. Jesse Jackson Roton died in 1930 and 'Maggie' Fulmer remarried to William T. Livingston (I don't know the date of 2nd marriage. At some point, William Furman Roton was adopted by Pearl R. Corley and John Ivey Matthews and changed his name to Matthews. I don't know the date. I have the birth places for the children of Jesse Jackson and Maggie Fulmer Roton as Newberry Co, SC So..... by blood line, this child is a Roton. He desc. from my gggg-grandfather John Rotton, Sr. as follows: Direct Descendants of John Rotton, Sr. 1 John Rotton, Sr. b: Abt. 1770 in SC d: Jan 29, 1852 in Edgefield Co., SC Burial: Possibly unmarked graves at Rocky Creek Bapt. Church, Edgefield Co, SC .. +Mary Unknown b: Abt. 1776 in SC d: Jul 11, 1855 in Edgefield Co., SC Burial: Possibly unmarked graves at Rocky Creek Bapt. Church, Edgefield Co, SC ..... 2 John Rotton, Jr. b: Abt. 1804 in Edgefield Co., SC d: Aft. 1880 ......... +Elizabeth Leopard b: Abt. 1819 in SC m: Bef. 1839 d: Aft. 1880 ............ 3 William Smyly (Roton) Rotton b: Jun 01, 1849 in Edgefield Co., now Saluda Co. SC d: Aug 28, 1896 in SC Burial: Shiloh Methodist Church, Saluda Co., SC ................ +Nancy E. Rambo b: 1858 in Edgefield Co., SC d: 1926 in SC Burial: Shiloh Methodist Church, Saluda Co., SC Father: Jesse RAMBO Mother: Sophronia STYRON .................... 4 Jesse Jackson Roton b: Sep 12, 1879 in Edgefield Co, SC (now Saluda) d: Aug 26, 1930 in Newberry Co., SC Burial: Silverstreet Lutheran Church, Newberry Co., SC ........................ +Mary Magdelina 'Maggie Mae' Fulmer b: May 27, 1891 in Newberry Co., SC m: Oct 15, 1913 d: Aug 25, 1964 in Newberry Co., SC Burial: Silverstreet Lutheran Church, Newberry Co., SC ........................... 5 William Fulmer Roton Matthews b: May 03, 1926 in Newberry Co., SC (adopted by Pearl R. Corley and John Ivey Matthews) ............................... +Myrtle Virginia Gantt ................................... 6 William Leon Matthews b: Mar 10, 1947 in Saluda Co, SC d: Jan 06, 1952 in Batesburg, Saluda Co, SC Burial: Nazareth Methodist Church, Saluda Co, SC This make William Leon Matthews my half 4th cousin, once removed, as I decend from Generation 2's brother, Willis Rotton md. Miranda May, daugher of Charles May. Startiing with generation 3 of this outline, most of my information came from The Descendants of Henry Dominick, Sr., Vol 1. (Researched and compiled by Boyd William Bedenbaugh) I don't have the book, just several pages that were copied and given to me by a fellow researcher. If anyone has more info. on these folks, or info. that the Dominick info. is in error, please contact me. Billie Jones tjones@camden.net