Bobby wrote to Julia: Re: "Ma was raised by a BURNS family that is linked to CRC cousin, Jean Cosby." Bobby just wanted you to know that the Andrew BURNS who married abt 1848 Eveline MITCHELL PERRY was the step father Mary Ann PERRY b 1839, wife of Killis FREEMAN. Mary Ann's parents were Nathan PERRY and Eveline MITCHELL. Both sons of Andrew BURNS and Eveline MITCHELL: Andrew BURNS b abt 1849 and Thomas Jefferson b aft 1850 Census, were the younger half brothers of Mary Ann PERRY and both were Jean COSBY's two grandfathers. Jean and I can't find Eveline MITCHELL's family and I can't find Nathan PERRY's family. There's an 1838 LCT marriage record for Nathan and Eveline, and the 3 (Nathan, Eveline, and Mary Ann) are in the 1840 LCT Census, but nothing more or less on Nathan PERRY. I have absolutely no clue about what happened to Nathan PERRY. The next record I've found is the 1848 marriage record for Andrew BURNS and Eveline PERRY, then the 1850 LCT Census for the Andrew BURNS family showing Andrew 53, Evaline 37, young Andrew 1, and Mary Ann PERRY 11. Janice