Thanks Curtis, The 1761 attack that you mentioned is the one that killed my ancestress, Sarah( ? )Ferguson, who was visiting the McKenna/McKinney home at the time. This other attack(if it really occured)would have involved the parents of Andrew Neely(think their names were John, b. 1722; d. 1783 and Elizabeth). But as you can plainly see, the info on them does not synch well with an Indian attack. I agree with you that 1783 would be rather late and very unlikely as the Cherokees were fairly well subdued by then. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------