This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3385.3.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: David: I can solve that mystery for you. There are some children and alot of grandchildren of Francis Marion "Faint" Burton, Jr. around Rogersville still. All the ones I have talked to know that Francis Marion Burton, Jr.'s mother was Nancy Ann Mallet (They say she was an Indian, and is buried at Pond Hill Church.). They also know that Francis Burton, Jr.'s father was Francis Burton, Sr. who was called "Ned." The Burtons that I have talked to said that "some men came by on horses" and killed Francis "Ned" Burton a couple of months before Francis Burton, Jr. was born. That doesn't mesh too well with the Willis descendant's story that James of Iredell avenged his father's death, but all these accounts are oral and the dates match pretty well. That's just some food for thought. Take it for what it'sd worth.