Greetings, I'm trying to go back one more generation in the family that I know of as Cross who used the alias of Smith. Trying to see if the Cross name is connected in anyway to Carter Co. The wife was a Bowers and I had great help from this list with her family and history. In Civil War Pension records witnesses for identification stated the family used both the Cross and Smith name interchangeably, but marriage records and census are recorded as Smith. In my file I had a list of Tennessee Land Grants C-Cz, posted on the CROSS list in 1999 by Rex Bertram. I printed it out at that time just in case it would be useful in the future. There are two Cross men listed in Carter Co. who could possibly be a connection. They are listed as follows: Cross, David (CT) 1837, 175a, E dist, bk 20,p. 438, g#21294 Cross, Samuel, (CT) 1829, 75a, E dist, bk 15, p 529 gg 16048 Rootsweb Family Trees have David (1796 & 1799) and Samuel (about 1800) Cross in families in Sullivan Co, possibility brothers and one entry shows a Samuel in Carter Co. Since my James Cross alias Smith (1819) had a son named David it made me curious that there could be a connection. I realize James hiding under the Smith name makes it harder to connect them, but since there seemed to be few Crosses in the area there is a chance they are related. James was married to Lovinia Bowers in 1841 so if he was living in his family home in 1840 the census wouldn't show his name, although he would be a male in the 20 year range. My queries in Sullivan Co. haven't been successful, so far. Thanks, Joan Williams, Miami, FL.