In a message dated 04/08/2001 11:43:30 AM Central Daylight Time, kaye.cross@gte.net writes: > The name John William runs > predominantly in this family each, or at least nearly, each generation. You are right about the William, and you can add Timothy to it. Almost every generation going back to the mid-1700s in NC added their Williams and Timothys to the confusion. Its been a while since I've visited my notes on NC, but I believe the Arkansas branch might have descended from the Timothy Bloodworth who was the last to leave Edgecombe Co., NC, in the 1790s early 1800s. He was probably a brother to my 3rd great grandfather Thomas B. Bloodworth who came to Sumner Co. about 1797. One of Thomas's sons, William, stayed in Sumner County, and the other, Timothy, settled in Robertson. Some of Timothy's children stayed in Robertson, some settled in Davidson, and some chose Sumner. This John William is the grandson of Timothy. They have been a difficult family to research because, with one exception, no Bloodworth in 250 years has written a will. Most lived long enough to see their children grown, so there are only a few court records naming minor children and some of those don't name the deceased parents. Almost all disposed of their real estate before they died. But that's what makes genealogy so much fun. Joyce