Marceline wrote: > Hi Folks, > > (cut, cut, cut) > > My Horry County brick wall is William and Mourning Lewis. I know from a > deed filed in North Carolina that Mourning's grandfather was Heinrich Van > Pelt, but I have not found any indication of her parent's names. I'm also > looking for the date and place that William and Mourning got married. > > Thanks, > Marceline Beem > Listowner > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>>>>>> Hi, Marceline: I have not researched nor can I verify the accuracy of the following concerning William Lewis and Mourning VanPelt, but it might bear looking into. Have you seen or do you have a copy of "William Lewis of Horry County, S.C." by Mary Lewis Stevenson? While she doesn't name Mourning VanPelt's parents, she does indicate that they, Mourning and William, met and presumable married in Charleston (Page 3). Mourning's father returned to Holland to bring his family back to the colonies but never returned. On page vi, an excerpt of a deed of gift of Thomas Banks of Bertie precinct, Albemarle county, Carolina, to William Lewis who married the daughter of Thomas Banks, states in part: : " . . . . . bounded thus Vis beginning at a marked Oak Then running along a line of mark trees to John Vanpelt's land.......". This dead was registered in November Court in 1736. If I understeand the paragraph associated with this deed of gift, then the William Lewis who married Mourning VanPelt was the son of William Lewis who married the daughter of Thomas Banks. That just might make John VanPelt the father/uncle/or other relative of Mourning VanPelt. Don't know; haven't checked. Taking into account the story of how William and Mourning met and married, it is a great possibility that John VanPelt was the brother to Mouning VanPelt's father. While this is not known to be my line, I am interested in who William Lewis was and from whence he came. My brickwall: I am missing the parents and siblings of Gilbert Lewis in Nash County, NC and explore every lead in an attempt to find them. Gilbert was born about 1795 and died in 1846 when he was thrown from his horse in the yard of Griff Lewis. We don't know the relationship between Gilbert and Griff. Any help or clues would be appreciated. Gilbert left a wife, Elizabeth (WINBOURN) LEWIS, and five children; Guilford who married Catherine Tisdale, Caswell who married Eliza J. High, Elizabeth Jane who married John R. Morris, Gilbert who died at Gettysburg, and Gilliam Augustus my GGrandfather married Temperance Jane Hogg. Hope this helps you, also. Later, ROB Robert G. Lewis EMail <rlew6897@interpath.com> Searching: LEWIS; ALFORD; FINCH; HOGG; WINBORNE; VOLIVA and others RootsWeb Sponsor; Member: The National Genealogical Society; The Alford American Family Association; The Tar River Genealogical Society