I found your family story on this website, which mentions someone aquitted for the murder. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txkaufma/murders/murders.htm The person with the web site may have further locations of his sources. Very intriguing story! Also, if you would like to write me off list, I have at least one of the Meador books, concerning the early branches in Virginia. --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.