Well, ya'll know how you just can't resist throwing in the info. on your "brick wall" every once in a while? So, I haven't made even a chip fly off of that wall in so many years I just can't remember when! Since it's kind of slow I just thought I'd put my info. out and see if anyone out there hears a bell ring ---- MATTHEW GILMORE--born circa 1769. Siblings of Matthew Gilmore were William Gilmore, Elizabeth Gilmore Davidson (married George Davidson), Mary Gilmore Scott (married ALex Scott), Jane Gilmore McCrory (married James McCrory) John Gilmore, William Gilmore,James Gilmore. Matthew Gilmore owned property in both Dickson and Blount Counties when Tennessee became a state in 1796. He married MARGARET LOGAN in 1800 in Blount County. The couple then moved to DIckson Tennessee where they resided when their first child JAMES GILMORE was born in 1803. NOW, I've been told that there was a Logan that married into the COOKSEY family, I haven't been able to check at the library for specifics, but there was a COOKSEY family that owned a farm on the same road just a couple of miles down from MATTHEW GILMORE. I wondered if this Logan could be a relative/brother/sister of Matthew? I tried searching back the deed from my own property which lies about half way from the 1800's location of the above mentioned Gilmore and Cooksey places. I noticed in 1870 part of it had been put up for auction because a George Cooksey had given the farm to his daughter Fannie Cooksey for a wedding present. However, her husband had been killed in the civil war, she was now remarried and lived on the new husband';s farm and had no need of this property. That's it in a very small nutshell, anyone have any ideas on any of these Gilmore's or Logans??? It's hard to believe after 15 years of searching I just can't crack the mystery. Where is Matthew's final resting place?? Who was Margaret Logan's family?? When did Matthew pass on?? and many more questions. I guess it's just like the fisherman that keeps going back to the same pond trying to catch that one 20 pound catfish he knows is in there. If he ever really caught it he wouldn't know what to do! I'd be most interested in any ideas or info!!!! Caroline