In a message dated 6/8/03 10:48:45 PM Central Daylight Time, SHOKE2253@aol.com writes: > Donna O'Brien > Were you Bess from Lincoln Co, NC? Hi Helen: There may have been some of them that were in NC at one time. There were several children. My gg-grandmother Cora Bess was born in Warren Co., TN and her father (Eli Bess) and grandfather (John Bess) were born in SC. Donna O'Brien (Researching: White, Harris, Thompson, Patrick, Havner, Murray, Sitz, Slaughter, Kenny, Smith, Troy, Robertson, Richmond, Lockhart, Bess, Rawlings, Anderson, Shote, Anders, Blair, Killian, Hargis, Bost, Floyd)