Hi Fred, Thanks for posting this information.   It's funny you mention the McClanahans as I was recently contacted by a descendant of the McClanahan/Marshall marriage who happens to be a DNA match for me on FamilyTreeDNA.    Anyway, I don't know if the Lancaster Co., VA Marshalls are connected with the Westmoreland Co., VA Marshalls.   However, I did run across something very interesting.  I found the Marshalls in Lancaster Co., VA mentioned with a Francis Wright as follows: The following was excerpted from Mike Marshall's Rootsweb site at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I22519 BEGIN 1670-1674 Lancaster County Order Book; Antient Press: pg 245-246 Lancaster County Court 12th of November 1672 The County of Lancaster beinge indebted in the iuste quantity of 23287 lb. of tobaccoe have ordered yt, a Leveye of 50 lb. of tob: p poi: bee raised upon the sevall p:sons hereafter men coned by the Sheriffe of this County & by hym paide to the sevall: p ;sons hereafter men coned accordinge to order hereafter exprest (vizt.) Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL 4 JOHN BERREY 1 RICHD. MARSHALL 2 FRANCIS WRIGHT 1 END In Westmoreland Co., VA, Thomas Marshall who died 1704 purchased land from a Francis Wright (see "mention" of that deed below).  Is this the same Francis Wright mentioned in Lancaster Co., VA? The following was excerpted from Mike Marshall's Rootsweb site at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I04768 BEGIN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & WILLS. No. 8. Part 1; 1723-1738 {Antient Press}: pp 92 THIS INDENTURE made the 23d day of October in ye first year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye 2d., by ye grace of God of Great Birttain France & Ireland. King Defender of the faith &c., And in ye year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred & twenty seven. Between WILLIAM MARSHALL of ye County of KING and QUEEN in ye Colony of Virginia. Planter, of the one part and JOHN MARSHALL of ye County of Westmoreland in Virginia of the other part; Witnesseth that WILLIAM MARSHALL in consideration of ye sum of five shillings Sterling money of England to him in hand paid, ye receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath and doth hereby bargain and sell unto JOHN MARSHALL his heirs all that tract of land (except ye parsell of Land wch: was sold out of it to MICHAEL HULBURT) scituate in Westmoreland County in Washington Parish on or near APPAMATOX CREEK & being part of a tract of land containing 1200 acres formerly granted to JNO: WASHINGTON &THO: POPE. Gent. by Patent dated the 4th September 1661. & by them lost for want of Seating & since granted to Coll. NICHOLAS SPENCER by Order Genii. Court dated September ye 21st 1668 & by ye sd. SPENCER assigned to ye sd JNO: WASHINGTON ye 9th of October 1669, which sd, two hundred acres was conveyed & sold to THOMAS MARSHALL by FRANCIS WRIGHT & afterwards acknowledged in Court by JOHN WRIGHT ye 28th day of May 1707, which two hundred acres of land be ye same more or less and bounded, Begining at a black Oak standing in ye Southermost line of ye sd. 1200 acres & being a corner tree of a line that divideth this two hundred acres from 100 acres of MICHAEL HULBARTs, extending along ye said Southermost line West two hundred poles to a marked red Oak, thence North 160 poles to another marked red Oak, thence East 200 poles to a black Oak of ye sd. HALBARTs finally by ye sd. HALBARTs to ye place it began, with all houses & all other things thereunto belonging: with the rents issues and profits thereof; To have and to hold the land & premises unto JOHN MARSHALL his heirs during the term of six month that by vertue thereof and of the Statute for transferring uses into possession, JOHN MARSHALL may be in the actual possession of the premises & might be enabled to take a release of the same to him his heirs, In Witness whereof the parties to these present Indentures interchangeably have set hands & seals ye day & year first above written Sealed and dd. in sight & presence of FRANCIS LACON, JANE LACON, WM: MARSHALL THOMAS THOMPSON Westmoreld. ss. At a Court held for the sd. County the 27th day of March 1728 WILLIAM MARSHALL personally acknowledged this Lease of Land by him passed to JOHN MARSHALL to be his proper act and ded, which at the instance of the sd, JOHN MARSHALL is admitted to Record Test G. TURBF_RVILE, C. C. W. Recorded the 29th day of March 1728 pr. G. T. C. C. W. END Don't know if we are talking the same Francis Wright, but interesting to see this name mentioned with both the Lancaster and Westmoreland Marshalls!  I think Halbert may also be connected with both locations as well, but not sure. Thanks! David