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/mkB.2ACI/63.1.1 Message Board Post: The William Sutton in my message, who moved from Bedford County, TN to Fayette County, TX around 1840 was apparently born in Virginia in 1782 or 1783. That date is based on census records. He had a son named William born in Bedford County, TN. I am told that the son's birthdate is Nov. 8, 1823. William (b. 1782/3) had a brother John who also lived in a section of Bedford County, TN, that was later partitioned into Coffe County, TN. John had sons named Walter Finley and William B. According to a Goodspeed I found, William B. Sutton was born in Bedford County on Jul. 12, 1834 This doesn't sound like a very close match to your William, but there could still be a link. Almost every Sutton family in Bedford County had a son named William. Let me know what you think. Rob Sutton rcsutton@ix.netcom.com