Posted on: Amherst County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Amherst/671 Surname: McClain ------------------------- Hi Nancy. I am sure you have seen the discussion by Don Marsh of McClainExchange on your subject and I'm afraid I can't add anything. However, in discussing this riddle, Don Marsh stated: "A land deed on February 15, 1796 in Amherst County, Virginia (Book G, page 677) JAS. FRASER and wife MARGARET to JAS. Clark, refers to land adjacent to DAVID McCLAIN. No other record of a DAVID McCLAIN in Amherst County has surfaced. Who was he?" In your research of the McClains have you come across anything on DAVID McCLAIN in AMHERST or adjacent counties? I am a descandent of DAVID McClain b. c. 1711, died 1813 Shelby County, Kentucky. He possibly was in North Carolina in 1778 and Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1789, arrived in Mercer County, Kentucky about 1790. His son John was in Bedford County, Virginia in 1783. Would appreciate anything you might have on above DAVID or any indication the MCCLAINS in Amherst/Nelson Counties are tied to those of Bedford County, Virginia. Thanks! Luther