My aunts of Dallas TX spent 44 years and tens of thousands of dollars researching our William Preston Anderson without one clue as to who his parents were, or who his brothers or sisters were. The aunt that passed away was determined to see that we were connected to the William Preston Anderson family from Va and Nashville that I think she would not consider any data that suggested otherwise. We have just about everything on the Va Anderson group and the similarities are astounding, but we cannot fit our guy in. This William Preston first married Nancy Bell then second Margaret Lapsley Adair. One of his children was James Patton Anderson best known for his service in the CSA. I think we are related somehow to the Robert G Anderson family. People back then tended to move, live, and marry within the same group. Almost without exception, everyone that our WPA knew came from or thru White Co, TN. (Hickory Valley). Our William Preston first showed up in 1848 when he married Rutha Moore at the home of her parents, Thomas Moore and Sarah Doyle Moore, Bossier Parish, La. The witnesses to his marriage were R G Anderson, Jr, Elijah P Lewis, Jr and some man named Jacob M Scoggins. Our William Preston claimed to be have been born in 1824. Thomas Moore, Elijah P Lewis and our William Preston had plantations in Cotton Valley (north Bossier Parish) just a few miles apart. Our WP raised race horses, he was not a farmer which was a little unusual back then. James Anderson b 18 Aug 1764 in Md, d after 1834 in Bedford Co. He stated he lived in Sullivan Co, TN, then White Co, Tn then to Bedford Co., Tn. We do not know as yet how many other children he had besides Robert G Anderson Sr. We do know that RG Sr of White Co, Tn went to Madison Co, Al, then to Madison Co, Ms then to Nacogdoches TX were he died in 1841. Robert G Sr b 1782 d 1841 first married Rebecca Fry daughter of James Frye and Nancy Speers. They had James Gilmore Anderson Nancy Jane Anderson William P Anderson (not the one we are looking for) Robert G Anderson Jr Sallie Anderson After Rebecca died, he married Judith Sherrill Lewis daughter of Lewis Sherrill and Mary Mason. Judith was the widow of Elijah P Lewis Sr. Judith and Elijah had Mary Polly Malinda Lewis and Elijah P Lewis, Jr. (EPL Jr ended up marrying the sister of Rutha Moore our WPs wife, Malissa Moore in Bossier Parish). We do not know if Robert G and Judith Sherrill had any children, I wish I knew. James Gilmore Anderson - m Hannah McAdams 15 Sep 1823 Nancy Jane Anderson - m John Penn 8 Jun 1825 William P Anderson - m Ann D Ward 31 May 1836 Madison Co, Ms Robert G Anderson, Jr - m Judith Ann Ligon 20 Jun 1833 Sallie Anderson - Nothing, but b 1 Jan 1813 White Co, Tn I have been hoping against hope that we could prove that Robert G Anderson Sr and Judith Sherrill Lewis had children after their marriage and one of them would be our WPA. They were both in the late thirties and children would certainly at least be probable. I know this is a very long message, but I would greatly appreciate any nudge in the right direction. Best regards and Happy Hunting, William Kent Anderson PointBlank, TX