Hi All, I have heard of this book on the Person family, but have not seen it myself. The person that put the book together was not a Solomon researcher, so as in most cases such as this, they made mistakes. William Solomon b. 1785 in Franklin Co., NC d. 1845 Lincoln Co., TN. married Hartly Bridges b. 1791 Franklin Co., NC (Not England) , d. 1851 Lincoln Co., TN. William and Harty had children that migrated to DeSoto Co., MS. Three of their sons married daughters of Henry Joyner and Cynthia Gardner Persons. The book refers to one of these sons as John Randolph Solomon, who in fact was John Rhea Solomon, who was named for his father's friend and neighbor John Rhea. One of John Rhea Solomon's sisters married a son of this same John Rhea. John Rhea Solomon always signed his name John R. and did have a son John Randolph. People have assumed that they had the same name. Harty Bridges was the daughter of William Braswell Bridges and Nancy Bell, and her family was active in the American Revolution. Harold Solomon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Martha Wooten Solomon" <dr.martha@home.com> To: "Solomon: Harold Solomon" <hsolomon@pdq.net> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 4:39 PM Subject: posting > Harold, > Would you tell our Solomon list about this book? > > Thanks, > > Martha > > > GenForum: > > > I have a book that is called Amos Persons. It is written by Barbara Knox > that tells abouth John Randolph Solomon.It tells about Mary Cynthia > Joyner born in 1827 died in nov. 1923 in Coldwater, Miss married John > Randolph Solomon on Feb.19, 1846, Hardeman co. Tenn.John Randolph > Solomon (b. July 4, 1820 d May 22, 1888,) DeSoto co. Miss., son of > Willman Solomon or North Carolina and Hartley ( Bridges) Solomon of > England.