I need some help/advice regarding a genealogy problem. BACKGROUND 1. Thomas Burrus was born in Culpeper Co, VA on 11 Aug, 1774. He was married in Culpeper Co on 6 Nov, 1803 to "Polly Meade". 2. Thomas Burrus and family moved to Madison Co, KY in 1808, then to Howard Co, MO in 1816. Thomas died in Howard Co in 1849. 3. The father of Thomas Burrus was Michael Burrus. Michael served in Rev. War from Culpeper Co (I have his pension application.) Michael Burrus is listed in Tax Records of Culpeper Co from 1782 until 1813, when he moved to Henry Co, VA. Michael moved to Howard Co, MO about 1833. PROBLEM: I cannot find anyone in or near Culpeper Co in the time frame of 1803 named Meade. Tax records of Culpeper or surrounding do not list a Meade. I would like to check out the original marriage records for the name Meade. I obtained a microfilm of the Culpeper marriage register. It certainly gives the name "Polly Meade". However, this register is obviously a "rewrite" of the original records. While I'm sure that I cannot personally see the original records, I would like to find out where the real original marriage records are and how I can get some to look at the records. Another Avenue I would like to pursue is the minister that performed the marriage; his name was Lewis Conner. From the marriage register it appears that he was a traveling minister, who, periodically "dropped by" the courthouse to give a "data dump" of marriages that he had performed. A consective listing of the marriages performed by Lewis Conner and contained the name "Thomas Burrus", added up to about 90. Does anyone know anything about Lewis Conner? I'm especially interested in the area that he covered in his ministry. Any help or ideas or advice would be appreciated. Jim Heffron jheffron@getnet.com