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/HiB.2ACI/2076.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Nathan and Ronn, Maybe both of you can help me. Sorry I was so vague in the last e-mail, but here is more concise information. Here is my two bits of "evidence" for the Parrish families connection to the Strother family, particularly James Strother. 1. David W. Parrish, had a son, James Strother Parrish, born February 2, 1827 in Sumner County, TN. James was David's only son. 2. In a Wilson county, TN estate inventory for a Philemon Bowers, in 1796, there is mentioned a Henry Parish (father of my David W. Parrish) and James Strother. Now, I don't know if this line of Strothers were ever in Wilson County, but I would assume so, since it's so close. Here is my history of the Parrishes: Henry Parrish was born circa 1765 in NC or VA and was married to a woman named Elizabeth in the 1780's. Henry and Elizabeth lived in Franklin County, North Carolina, until 1793, when they moved west to Wilson County, TN. Henry Parrish died in 1811. Very soon after that, his son, David W. Parrish, fought in the War of 1812, and afterwards moved to Sumner Co., TN, where he was married in 1813. He later moved to Christian Co., KY. Henry and Elizabeth Parrish's children were: David, Fanny, William, Jane, Martha, and Elizabeth. Maybe Parrish and Strother were just related on a friendship level, but I am hoping there may be another connection. Here is the whole of the estate information I found from the Wilson County mailing list: "WB A - p. 171 - Inventory of estate of PHILEMON BOWERS, decd. March 7, 1796. Among the items were 1 negro woman Annaky, 1 negro girl Cresey, 1 negro boy Anderson, 1 negro girl Eady, a negro Jimmy. Persons mentioned: HARVEY, JAMES STROTHER, WILLIAM BROWN, KANNON COOPER, HENRY PARRISH, JACOB FOX, WILLIAM STONE, SOLOMON BIBBY, BENJAMIN RICHRDS, CHARLES RICHARDS, GEORGE RAILEIGH, JOHN RIMES." I then looked at the entry above it. This was the will of Giles Bowers, 1796. In it he mentions "To daughter PATSY STROTHER 5 shillings." He also says that Philemon Bowers, listed above, was his son. My guess is that James Strother would have been Philemon's brother-in-law. Who knows. What are both of your take on this? Thanks.