Al Munden wrote: << But I still am fuzzy as to how all the Elvingtons are related. As I understand there are 2 separate Elvington lines (at least) in Dillon Co area. >> All the Elvingtons in the Lake View area appear to descend from three early Elvingtons. Jesse Elvington, proven son of Zadock Elvington per Zadock's 1801 deed of gift to his children, had extensive lands on Bear Swamp, in the area around the Elvington/Barfield Cemetery on Nobles Road, just a little west of present day Lake View. John Elvington, said by Sellers to have been a brother of Jesse, is unproven but usually assumed to have been a son of Zadock. He is not named in Zadock's 1801 deed of gift to his children. John owned extensive lands in the present day Kemper Community, stretching from near Little Pee Dee River to near Crutchelow Bay, and from about the Lake View/Mullins Road to Hwy 41. (Old John Elvington had a son named John "Jack" Elvington, not to be confused with Jesse's son John E. Elvington.) Levi Elvington's father is not proven; he is presumed to have been either an older son of John, or a younger son of Zaddock. Most researchers lean toward John, but no proof has been found. Levi's lands were primarily near Barfield's Crossing, between Kemper and May Hilltop. The Elvington Cemetery off Hwy 41, on his old homeplace, is where Levi's widow and several of his children are buried. Some of those lands were purchased from Old John Elvington. Levi was father of the Levi (Junior) you mention as having married Evalina Price. In addition, there are still in the area descendants through the female lines of Nathan Elvington (and possibly some of the other early Elvingtons). Nathan resided somewhere not far from the NC State Line NE of Lake View. Nathan was another son of Zadock, named in Zadock's deed of gift to his children. Homesites for these men have been identified through analyzing land grants and plats, deeds, probate records, and cemeteries. (Census records cannot be used to concretely identify locations of residence, as the enumerator frequently hopped around.) Even though there are certain areas identified as the home sites of these four men, the records show interactions in land dealings among some of them. They were closely related. Any or all of them may have inherited from old Jacob Elvington and/or Zadock, and they and/or their descendants may have owned some lands near the others at various times. That does not alter where the main "stomping grounds" for each of them was located. Their children and grand children married extensively into the other local families, sometimes moving to lands owned by their in-laws. The interrelationships are numerous and mind-boggling. I cannot begin to get into them here. << Percy Price married Wm Barfield , she was dau/of James Price. That would put her near the Jesse E. clan. >> I do not follow this reasoning. James Price resided between Cooktown and Kemper, per various deeds regarding his lands, as did William's Barfield's father, Barrett "Writ" Barfield, Jr. In fact, James Price's lands appear to have probably been owned earlier by Writ Barfield. William and Percy Price Barfield also owned a tract of land near the Elvington/Barfield Cemetery on Nobles Road, per the deed I recently posted to the Marion List. The deed regarding that land, several miles from their family lands, and the burial of William and Percy at the Elvington/Barfield Cemetery, makes for something of a little mystery. I don't have a clue as to the answer. << The Kemper clan of Elvingtons were from the John E. line , so that makes me think Levi may be kin to the John E. line . >> Again, I do not follow this. John E. Elvington was a son of Jesse Elvington, and is buried at the Elvington/Barfield Cemetery. As for other individuals you mentioned: George W. Elvington was a son of Owen Elvington, son of Old John. Owen and his wife are buried at the Meares Family Cemetery near Kemper. George and his wife are buried at Bear Swamp Baptist Church. Zadoc, in the 1850-1900 time frame you mention, was a son of Old John Elvington, probably the youngest. He resided on lands formerly belonging to his father, and still known as "the Zadick Place." His only two children, Nathan and Owen, died in the Civil War. Zadock and his wife are buried on the Zadock Place. (See my posting of this cemetery to the Dillon Cemetery Genweb site.) The Alfred Elvington you mention was a son of Levi Elvington, Sr (c1800-c1846). (There was an earlier Alfred Elvington, who had some land dealings around 1800-1820, but he appears to have gone to Mississippi early in that century.) Alfred, son of Levi, is buried at the Elvington Cemetery on his father's old homeplace, as are most of Alfred's children. Alfred had a son named George Franklin Elvington, known as "Little George" and not to be confused with George W., son of Owen. Hugh Elvington was a son of Jesse Elvington. I'm not certain where Hugh resided, but his son Carey is buried at the Elvington Cemetery, just off Rogers Road on the west side of Lake View. (This cemetery is incorrectly labeled "Rozier Cemetery" on the topographical maps of the area.) There are deeds that indicate that old Jacob Elvington, grandfather of Hugh, had land grants somewhere in that area, but I can't be certain if these are the same lands, nor what hands they might have passed through prior to the burying of Carey Elvington here. Hopes this helps to clarify the situation a little. Jo Church Dickerson