Al, I found this in the Douglas Register, Thomas, Jesse, in Cumberland & Jane Bowles in Goochland 1781 - Feb. - 15. pg. 21. The wife's name was not Howell in this Register. Maybe a different Jesse Thomas. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Albert C. Metts, Jr. <ametts@juno.com> To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 10:21 PM Subject: [VABUCKIN-L] MARY HOWELL >This is Al Metts of San Antonio. This is my >first message to your list, but I have been reading >the excellent messages. I am researching Jesse >Thomas, from Cumberland. He fought at Valley >Forge and came home. In about 1779 or 80, he >married a lady, MARY HOWELL, and she came from >next door in Buckingham County. This lady inherited >5 kids from Jesse's first wife, Sallie Wood, and she >gave Jesse 7 more kids! Jesse died in Cumberland >on July 2, 1805. A couple of years later, Mary took >the family to Nashville. > >MY PLEA FOR HELP is: Does anyone have a record >of the marriage of Jesse Thomas to MARY HOWELL >in about 1779 ?? Does anyone know who her father >was or anything else about this great lady? Please! >Al Metts ametts@juno.com > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >