Regarding Noah S. Tarver of Georgia: As proved by his grandmother's will, Noah was the son of her daughter, Ava Smith, and Robert Ruffin Tarver, the grandson of Mary Nancy Robinson and Etheldred Jordan Tarver, Sr. According to Grave Markers in Burke County, Georgia, (Waynesboro, Georgia: Chalker Publishing, 1974), Pg.131, by Lillian Lewis Powell, Dorothy Collins Odom & Albert M. Hillhouse, Noah Smith Tarver and his wife Narcissa Youngblood (and several of their children) are buried at Hopeful Baptist Cemetery in Burke County, Georgia. They were married on Jun 07, 1822 in Richmond Co., Georgia, according to Georgia Marriage Records: 1754-1850. These records support the lineage as put forth in Alcander Tarvers manuscript. Also noted in Grave Markers in Burke County as buried at Hopewell are several children of Robinson Tarver and wife Anley Vurdic ... This couple is probably the Ed identifies below: >Co GA were his children. One son for sure was Roberson [or Robert] Tarver, >b 18 Apr 1825. who married Florence Auly Burdick. Mark's obit was among the >family Bible records for the Roberson Tarver family. The record cited follows: : From Marengo County Alabama Records Pg.348, Burke County, Georgia. Elizabeth Smith, of said State and County. Will. "Having already disposed of nearly all I have to my children and grandchildren..." Little grandson Smith Tarver. Balance to Benjamin T.L. Smith who has taken care of me in my old age. Benjamin T.L. Smith, executor. 13 Jan 1853. Witnesses, William R. Palmer, S.W. Palmer, Bergn. (?) Palmer, James Brandon, Jr. Benjamin T.L. Smith shows that his mother Elizabeth Smith, late of Burke County, Georgia on the 11th of February, 1854, at his residence in Marengo County made her will witnessed by William R. Palmer, S.W. Palmer and Benjamin Palmer, residents of Burke County, Georgia, and James Brandon in Richmond County, Georgia. The said Elizabeth Smith left the following heirs at law: Your petitioner, a son, over 21, of Marengo County, Alabama. Winifred Patterson, wife of Robert L. Patterson, of Jefferson County, Georgia. Benjamin Brown, 20 years, California (Brown?), aged 16, John Brown, aged 14, Melton Brown, aged 12, Isabella Brown, aged 10, and Julia Brown, aged 6, all children of Martha Brown the wife of James S. Brown, who was a daughter of said Elizabeth Brown and who died before her, all of Burke County, Georgia. ... Noah Tarver and Etheldred Tarver, over 21, of Burke County, Georgia and Elizabeth Tarver, wife of Mark Tarver, over 21, Horton County, Texas, Winifred Youngblood the wife of Abram Youngblood, aged about 20, of Jefferson County, Georgia, Robert B. Tarver, aged about 18, and Smith Tarver, about 16, both of Burke County, Georgia, and all children of Ava Tarver, who was the wife of Robert Tarver and a daughter of the testator, and who died before her. One of the witnesses stated the will was made in Burke County, Georgia "and she left for Alabama shortly after" in 1853. The deposition re the heirs, as shown, was dated 21 March 1856. My best, Lotus #Lotus D. Cirilo, Executive Director <lotusc@tyler.net> #Tyler Independent School District Foundation #PO Box 2035 Tyler TX 75710 Ph.(903) 531-3543 #******************************************************** #Tarver-Gen <http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/> #Genealogy. Collaborative family research. Tarver Welch #Lee Cockerham Rogers Reeves others. Searchable gedcom, #queries, transcribed records, message forum, mail list.