In reply to Al Munden: It is difficult to describe where people lived. Much easier to show someone in person. In the case of the Elvingtons, there were two easily identifiable "sets" residing in two distinctly different areas near Lake View. One group being descendants of Jesse Elvington, the other descendants of old John Elvington. The lands of John Elvington were near Kemper Community. Sellers said John resided on the road from Gaddy's Mills to Nichols. That is current Rabbit Island Road, and John Elvington had several land grants in that area, including lands that now are part of my own farm. Several of John's children are buried in the Meares Family Cemetery, which is located on Rabbit Island Road, leading me to believe that perhaps John Elvington is buried there, as well. John's descendants still reside on many of those lands, including on the Meares family lands, which bound former lands of Writ Barfield. The lands on which Barrett "Writ" Barfield, Junior resided were also in Kemper Community, actually between Kemper and Cooktown. His lands in that area bounded on some lands that John Elvington had been granted and/or purchased - lands that adjoined John's other lands along Rabbit Island Road to the west. These lands of John Elvington are currently owned by the Meares family, who also descend from old John Elvington, John's granddaughter Sallie Elvington (Owen Elvington's daughter) having married James Meares. Those are the lands (Writ's homesite) where Writ is buried, and his homesite was pointed out to me several years ago by his great granddaughter, Vida Caroline Cook. Barrett's son, Robert Tally Barfield with his unmarried sister, Susan Barfield, resided at the homesite until his death. The old house described by Vida is long gone, but the site is still referred to by some oldtimers as "the Tally Place." The Writ or Tally Barfield farm bounded (to the east and northeast) on lands presently owned by descendants of William W. Barfield, also a son of Writ. William's wife was, of course, Maranda Percival Price, daughter of James S. Price. I found the series of deeds last week wherein William Barfield transferred those lands to his son, Willie Barfield (known by people I have interviewed as Mr. Will Barfield), who resided on the lands he had from his father William. So far I have been unable to learn where William, son of Writ, resided. Possibly of interest to some Price researchers, I also found the deeds wherein William Barfield purchased those lands, some through the sons of James S. Price, and some directly from James S. Price himself. They were referred to as the lands where James S. Price resided. So William W. Barfield purchased the lands of his father-in-law, James S. Price, and William later sold those lands to his son, Willie or Will Barfield for $5.00. And I went to school with the grandchildren of Mr. Will Barfield, know from my father where Mr. Will had resided, and thus know exactly where his lands were, just a mile or so from my own home. (Hayes researchers may be interested to know that this is the Will Barfield who was married to Millie Hayes, daughter of Daniel Shaw Hayes, who was a son of William H. Hayes.) All of which nicely (and finally) solved the puzzle of where the lands of James S. Price were located. Unfortunately, there is no deed recorded wherein James S. Price purchased those lands. It is possible he purchased them from some of the Barfields, as they bound on the Writ and Tally homeplace. In fact, my assumption had always been that those lands of Mr. Will Barfield, son of William W. Barfield, were probably part of Writ's lands. I had spent a good bit of time trying to figure out where the lands of James S. Price were, other deeds and census indicating that he was in that area, but not until I found the deeds last week did I realize James Price's lands were the same as Mr. Will Barfield's lands. The lands of Jesse Elvington were in the area of the Elvington / Barfield Cemetery on Nobles Road, and ran from there toward Lake View, as well as across to the northeast side of Bear Swamp. According to Sellers, Jesse lived on Bear Swamp, and the Elvington / Barfield Cemetery is on the first rise coming up off Bear Swamp on Nobles Road, on the southwest side of the swamp. I have always been somewhat mystified by the fact that William W. Barfield was buried at the Elvington / Barfield Cemetery on Nobles Road, with descendants of Jesse Elvington, some few miles distant from William's Barfield family lands in Kemper Community. Also, as the deed I quoted in the last message indicates, surprised to learn just last week that William Barfield owned some lands located in that area, bounding on descendants of Jesse Elvington. While this is somewhat "near" (within a few miles of) William's other lands that bounded on the lands of his father Writ Barfield, and near lands of John Elvington, it is far enough away to be somewhat surprising. It leads me to wonder if William and/or his wife Percy Price descended somehow from Jesse Elviington and inherited those lands, or if perhaps one of William's children married into the Jesse Elvington family. Perhaps this map link will be helpful. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3800363&e=665526&s=25&size=l The Elvington Cemetery shown at the top of the screen just south of Bear Swamp is the Elvington / Barfield Cemetery where William W. Barfield is buried. Also note what is called the Rozier Cemetery near the town of Lake View, just south of Page's Millpond. This is an error on the mapmaker's part. This cemetery has nothing to do with Roziers, but is actually the Carey Elvington Cemetery. Carey was also a descendant of Jesse Barfield. The real Rozier Cemetery is shown on the map as "Elvington Cemetery." It is located just off Old Kemper Road, a little southwest of the town of Lake View, on lands that were in the Rozier family for years, and have descended to the Bryant family through marriage. The Writ Barfield Cemetery is the one shown with no family name, near the center bottom of the map between the Cook Family Cemetery and Herod's (Hard's) Branch, just to the east of the branch. John Elvington's lands lay to the west, northwest, and southwest of Writ's lands and covered a very large area, extending well beyond the lower left part of the map. The Writ homeplace, or "the Tally Place" was the land around the cemetery. The lands that James S. Price resided on were just to the east and northeast of the Tally Place, right around the roads that intersect near the cemetery, that is, the road running west from the Cook Cemetery (Cooktown Road) and the road running south from Hwy 41 (Grain Bin Road). The other Elvington Cemetery shown on this map just off Hwy 41 is referred to locally as the "Chad Elvington Cemetery." It is on lands that were owned by Levi Elvington, whose father is not proven, but is suspected to have been John Elvington. Levi's widow, Mary Hayes Elvington Mears is buried here, along with many of Levi's descendants. The Meares Family Cemetery is located on the road running south from High Hill (Rabbit Hill Road), just below the lower border of the map. The William H. Hayes Cemetery (Parker Barfield Cemetery in the Dillon Cemetery Book) is located just southwest of Kemper, off the road from High Hill. Parkey Barfield's brother, Jasper Barfield, married one of the younger daughters of William H. Hayes by William's third marriage to Nancy Elvington. Perhaps that has some relation to why Parkey was buried here, or perhaps it was a connection through one of his wives. My farm, by the way, is exactly at the bottom center of the page, on lands that were granted to John Elvington, and to Joshua Barfield. The Brewer / Church Cemetery where my 2nd great grandmother, Celia Brewer Church is buried is also located on Herod's Branc - on the western prong of Herod's, just north of where it joins the eastern prong that the Writ Cemetery is located on, and almost due west of the Writ Cemetery. The Brewer Cemetery is not shown on the map at all. I would be happy to take you (or anyone) on a tour of these places. I would also be delighted if anyone lets me know of any errors I might have made in any of the above. I do tend to make them when I do this stuff on the fly.... Jo Church Dickerson