The earliest Walkers in the Claiborne/Hancock County area settled in the stretch on what are now known as Little Sycamore and Mulberry Gap Roads, with their settlement starting sometime before 1818, although I can't prove exactly when. They lived near the Colemans, the Bakers, the other Bakers, the Davises, the Sumpters, the Overtons, the Joneses, and a number of others. I've recently been able to find some of the long missing children from that generation and wondered whether anyone had any likely candidates for two of the wives I have found. Specifically, Jonathan married a woman named Margaret who was born about 1812 in Tennessee, and Henry married a woman named Mary born about 1808 in Virginia. Both Jonathan and Henry left the area with their families a few years after their father died and settled for a while in Dade County, Missouri; Jonathan later moved to Grayson County, Texas, although I have not been able to figure out for sure what happened to Henry's family past 1850. Does anyone have a missing Margaret or missing Mary from that area or southern Lee County, Virginia, who might be the wife of one of the two? I'm mostly looking for hints that can narrow down a deed search. Thanks. -- Phillip A. Walker [email protected]