Gail: Thank you for posting the Big John and etc update. Yes, I am still very interested in the Big John saga. If others are not, please feel free to contact me privately. I have been reading up on collateral families to see if perhaps there would be a clue there. I have neglected to try to locate John in the 1800 census records. I probably should do that next. Regarding Eleanor, she is (lucky, lucky girl) in and around Peru (the country) at this time. She is also going to Machu Picu. Her lines are not specifically Mayes, but Solomons. She and I had corresponded on this prior to her trip. I have sent her a couple of emails on her Solomon and Bibbins lines that she won't get until she returns, a little more than a week from now. If memory serves me right, Franky Solomon married Elijah Bibbins. It would be that line of Solomons she seeks. Later, Sheri Gail Roorda <[email protected]> wrote:Dear fellow researchers, In case you are wondering I am still working on "Big" John and Nancy Mayes Mayes's family. It occured to me that there was something odd about the final settlement of Big John's estate. See settlement documents transcribed by Larry Hodge at Selena's website: http://uneedspeed.net/~sdulac/ESTMayesJohn1852.htm and http://uneedspeed.net/~sdulac/ESTMayesJohn1850.htm or at GenForum http://genforum.genealogy.com/mayes/ msg #1143 msg #1137 etc. (Something has been niggling at my mind every since we were discussing the odd wording on the Edward Mayes heirs document. (BTW to all who are interested in Edward my filmstrip IS in at the FHC in St. Joe, BUT it came in the day after the last time I was able to get to St. Joe. :( hopefully I will be able to get a photocopy of this land record sometime soo.) It struck me that John Joyce was most likely dead by the time Big John's estate was settled. Note the "by receipt of Nancy Joice" etc. John should have been a cosignatory.. The Trigg County census shows a Nancy Joyce as head of household. James Joyce is still living in 1850 and listed with HIS Nancy so I thought the other Nancy Joyce was most likely the Nancy I was seeking. Somewhere along the way I did check the index for all other Joyces. and found the information I was looking for. Although there are no online images the ancestry index apparently includes the mortality index. John Joyce aged 30 born North Carolina died in January cause of death "fits". More later..although I do not know if anyone, but Sheri is interested in this stuff. Eleanor I hope you don't mind a nosy question. How do you descend from the Mayeses?? Perhaps I can be of some help in your research. apologies to the rest of you if you are not interested in Nancy and Big John, but I thought somebody might be curious about my queries into Joice (Joyce) marriages. Gail ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more

Anytime anybody gets any help from anybody, I'm always glad, e-mail away.--Bill > apologies to the rest of you if you are not interested in Nancy and > Big John, but I thought somebody might be curious about my queries into > Joice (Joyce) marriages.