Nancy - This Polly is Mary (or Polly) DELK Shiver, wife of Warren SHIVER. Now, who Warren belongs to is a mystery at this point. They were married in Laurens Co., GA on 5 Apr 1835. Her father is most likely Elisha DELK, who died in 1838. There is an interesting string of court entries about his estate, which was being handled by Warren SHIVER and Absalom E. PAYNE. In Mar 1838 it is entered that they are mismanaging the estate, and by Jul of the same year they are being dismissed as administrators for mismanagement... Warren himself appears to have died 9 Feb 1843 (I believe this is from the James & Polly Shiver Bible). The children listed as Miranda (who eventually became the 2nd wife of Absalom E. PAYNE (his first wife was Sophronia LOFTIN). Absalom and Miranda married 9 May 1855, and she was 24 years his junior. Miranda died 8 Oct 1925 and is buried in Beersheba Cemetery, Dale Co., AL. Interesting to note that their first son was named Warren... The other children of Warren and Mary (or Polly) DELK were: Laura Ann (b. 1837), Julian (male, b. abt. 1840), Warren, b. abt. 1842, and then there is Russell... A problematic child if Warren did indeed die in 1843, as he is estimated in the census to have been born in 1846... Hmmmmm.... ;-) Also, (although I can't find it right now of course...), I believe there is a DELK woman living next to Polly (can't remember now if I thought it was her sister or her mother; can't remember her age). That was what first tipped me off that this was most likely Warren's wife, then started looking into things a little more closely... So, now you know what I know (which isn't a whole lot I'll grant you!) :-) Mary Kathryn -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@attglobal.net My Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy/ South King Co. Gene. Soc. page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe/ Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe/ Lawrence Co., IL USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illawren/