This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bilbary, Bilbrey, Smedley, Graves Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/1014 Message Board Post: Don't know if any of you Bilbary/Graves families already have this but found info providing WH's family all the way back to 1745, and thought I would share just in case. Listed all the spelling variations I've found and links: Bilbrey/Bilberry/Bilbery/Bilbary Father: Bonaparte (Bonapart) b. 28 Feb 1849 Mother: Louisa Mariah Smedley b. 12 Jan 1845/9 Children: John Lewis BILBERRY b: 04 DEC 1871 in Texas William Henry BILBERRY b: 10 MAY 1872 in Texas Isabella BILBERRY b: 1873 Albert Mayburn BILBERRY b: 07 MAR 1881 in Austin, Travis County, Texas Also possible younger brother: John Miller Bilbery b. abt. 1886 (they have family bible listing father of John Miller Bilbery as Bonapart Bilbery). Good Link for Mother's line - Smedleys & Bony's children http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bettym&id=I966 Good Link for Bonaparte's line - none of his children listed http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=guyzimmerman&id=I20142 Another good link for Bonapart's line - children listed http://www.familyorigins.com/users/h/o/o/Fred-C-Hooper-Wildomar/FAMO1-0001/d16.htm#P2650 Also have some census and land sale info that was forwarded to me from another descendant. Let me know if you want a copy. If you have anything different please let me know. Cindy