Lamar, Cheryl, & C. White: My earliet known ancestor was Eligah White, b. abt. 1821. Came to Hardin Co. from NC - year unknown. Was on 1850 census in Hardin Co., 2nd District. Wife is listed as Sarepta (various spellings), and son Wilie W. who is one year old. (Sistler lists as Wilie, but name is actually Wilce. There was also a daughter, Eliza Caroline who m. James Gooch from McNairy Co. and moved to Arkansas. I believe Eligah's family was in Decatur Co.12th Dist. in 1860. Census reads E. - 40; S.G. -30, W.W. - 12, W. G. - 4; J. S. - 2. The ages are correct. The W. G. would be my great grandfather, William Gus White who was b. in 1857. J. S. would be younger brother. We have evidence that Eligah (Liege) was hauled off to prison by some "good" Hardin Co. folks, where he died in 1865. They tried to steal his last horse, so he shot one of them. (The raiders had already taken some horses earlier, so he was about fed up with it.) After Eligah was killed, William Augustus "Gus" and his brother went to Texas and then to Kansas City, according to family story. Gus was back in Hardin Co. by 1880 when he married Jane Ann Pine Dexter Love, daughter of William Love and Louise Crowder Love. They had six sons. Sylvester, b. 1882, Thomas Clayton, b. 1884; John Simpson, b. 1887; Jessie Lee, b. 1889;( my grandfather); Leige Gus, b. 1892; and William J. "Briant" b. 1897. My father told me that his father "Gus" talked about Uncle John White. He is supposed to be buried at Cerro Gordo. Also talked about Uncle Meady. Eligah may have been part of the Ledicy White family, but cannot prove or disprove it. p.s. There is a Family Group Sheet on the web that shows William Augustus White as the son of William Jackson White (I believe of Olive Hill area.) This is not correct. Although William Jackson White had a son b. in 1857, he is William Andrew White. David Cagle, please correct if I'm wrong.