This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YeB.2ACI/216.219.1.2 Message Board Post: The Emma name does sound like it would be worth looking into. All I know about John's ch is in the above message. The man who was my source is now dead & had no ch. I reccomend that you go to Spartanburg or Laurens Co. web site & get the address of the historical society there. Write them requesting info. on Wm.'s will or Adm. papers about 1851-1852. Or a possible settlement about 1853. See if she is named as a dau. I'm sorry I have no further info. on this Wm. If you do hook up w/ John, I have more on the Pinsons & Fowlers. If you write to me at [email protected], I can send you doc. abut John's father. Good Luck, Becky Yett Root