At 04:58 PM 5/30/99 -0700, you wrote: >Just as we have seen that the initials L.D. might have originated with >Lorenzo Dow, the Methodist >(?) Preacher, is there a background to the initial T.J.? > >Was there a person of notability to whom these >initials are attributed? > >[email protected] Karla, Thomas Jefferson of course. One of my ancestors had twin sons - named one Thomas Jefferson and the other George Washington. I have seen a lot of Thomas Jefferson ______ in doing research. Seems expecially around 1830s or bit later. Now why then I am not sure since Jefferson was long gone. Mary Turney Miller [email protected]