Can anyone tell me the parents of the following William E. Whitton? William E. Whitton b: 1823 in Georgia d: Bet. 1853 - 1860 in Shelby County, Texas, m. Ethelindy Unknown b: 1825 in Alabama m: Abt. 1842. They had the following children that I know of: Sarah Whitton b: 1843 in Alabama; William L. Whitton b: 1845 in Alabama; Nancy A. E. Whitton b: 1847 in Alabama; Edward T. Whitton b: 1849 in Alabama; James Whitton b: 1853 in Texas. I suspect they are closely related to the following family but do not know how: William Crawford Whitton b: 1792 in Fauquier County, Virginia d: November 05, 1848 in Coweta County, Georgia m. Catherine Hanson b: June 07, 1802 in Clarke County, Georgia d: 1893 in San Augustine County, Texas m: November 24, 1817 in Clarke County, Georgia. They had the following children: George Whitton b: Bet. 1817 - 1852 in Clarke County, Georgia; John Wesley Whitton b: 1820 in Clarke County, Georgia d: 1857 in San Augustine County, Texas, m. Martha Ann Eaves b: May 04, 1830 in Alabama d: October 04, 1905 in Shelby County, Texas m: Abt. 1847; Enoch H. Whitton, Sr. b: December 1820 in Clarke County, Georgia d: Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Shelby County, Texas, m. Martha Ann Thompson b: September 1833 in Alabama d: September 28, 1904 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Texas m: August 12, 1851 in Rusk County, Texas; William Washington Whitton b: May 13, 1823 in Clarke County, Georgia d: February 20, 1915 in! San Augustine County, Texas, m. Mary Lydia Hughes b: February 07, 1824 in Edgefield County, South Carolina d: November 03, 1905 in San Augustine County, Texas m: August 24, 1845 in Coweta County, Georgia; Elvira Minerva Whitton b: October 20, 1824 in Clarke County, Georgia d: 1900 in Shelby County, Texas, m. John W. Burns b: 1809 in Tennessee d: 1872 in Shelby County, Texas m: February 15, 1851; Bede Whitton b: 1831 in Coweta County, Georgia d: in Rusk County, Texas, m. (1)Sylvester Swain b: 1826 in Coosa County, Alabama d: 1899 in Rusk County, Texas, and (2) Silvester Lucien m: August 05, 1851 in Rusk County, Texas; Catherine (Cassie) Whitton b: 1834 in Coweta County, Georgia d: Bet. 1870 - 1880 in San Augustine County, Texas, m. Manuel Archibald Rivers d: Bet. 1863 - 1870 m: April 01, 1853 in San Augustine County, Texas; Robert H. Whitton b: June 04, 1838 in Coweta County, Georgia d: September 10, 1918 in Shelby County, Texas, m. Mary S. Unknown b: 1843 in Tennessee m: in! Georgia; Mary Ann C. Whitton b: 1839 in Coweta County, Georgia d: Bet. 1880 - 1900 in San Augustine County, Texas, m. Westmoreland (Wesley) McKinney b: January 1830 in North Carolina d: 1909 in San Augustine County, Texas m: 1856 in Texas; James P. Whitton b: June 04, 1842 in Coweta County, Georgia, m. (1) Susan P. Wagstaff b: January 03, 1846 in Texas d: April 09, 1891 in Shelby County, Texas m: Abt. 1868, and (2) Olivia Pickard b: January 1875 in Illinois m: Abt. 1890; John Robert Whitton b: June 04, 1842. Any help would be appreciated. Doyle T. Brittain 330 Moose Club Drive Athens, GA 30606 athensga@ix.netcom.com