This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PERSINGER JOHNSTON HUMPHRIES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACI/737.11.1.2 Message Board Post: Debby, Thank you for posting the will of Eve JOHNSTON that was proved in Botetourt Co., VA in 1809. Were you, or anyone, able to figure out Eve JOHNSTON's LINK, or relationship, to Henry PERSINGER? WHO was Eve JOHNSTON married to? Or was JOHNSTON her married name? Any info would be MOST appreciated. I am VERY interested in what their relationship may have been. Do you know if Eve JOHNSTON had a daughter named Grace (aka Grizzy, aka Grizelda)? At this point, I even have to wonder if Grizzy may have been a second wife of John Henry PERSINGERs, and/or perhaps the first MAY wife may have been a JOHNSTON?! COULD it have been Eve? Or could Henry PERSINGER have previously been married to one of Eve's daughters? According to MANY, Henry PERSINGER md. Grizzy in 1809 in Greenbrier Co., VA (which was WELL after the birth of his many children). Addtionally, I cannot find ANY marriage record of John "Henry" PERSINGER in Greenbrier Co. I think it MAY have been something in which someone started posting & this marriage year was simply REPOSTED as fact. After searching all 4 volumes of the Greenbrier Marriages by Mr. Shuckley), no such marriage record seemed to have existed. The following census, after Henry PERSINGER's death in 1824, in 1830 - There is a Grace PERSINGER in the Alleghany Co. Census between the ages of 60-70. Could Grizzy have been a Grace Elizabeth (Grace Lizzy; Grizzy). So many questions, and a BRICK WALL for us all. Respectfully Requested, Sandra HUMPHRIES RAEDEL Descendent of John "Henry" PERSINGER, who later died in Alleghany Co. VA (formerly of which was a portion of Botetourt Co., VA.) A GREAT THANKS to Peggy MILLER who has posted Henry PERSINGER's at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/alleghany/wills/jhpersin.txt