You may be getting your William Stapletons mixed up.My GGGRANDFATHER was William Nelson Stapleton. son of Andrew Isaac, son of Andrew sr. My William was md to Sarah Ann Debord,d/o Abijah Debord and Madema Wells. My William was killed in the Civil war and Sarah Ann raised the children in Hancock and Grainger Co. If you have the NEW HANCOCK COUNTY BOOK. I have an article in there about them. If you would like more info ,, email me and I will try to answer your questions. Pat email copsimpson@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <TNHAWKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <TNHAWKIN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: TNHAWKIN-D Digest V05 #32