Hi, Bud, The Sarah Catherine "Sally" SIGMON (I have her as b. 05 Dec 1818) who m. Lewis HALE (b. 26 Dec 1818), is my great-grandmother. She was the daughter of Peter SIGMON, Sr. and (I believe) his first wife (some say her name was Mary Unknown, some say Mary HALE, some say she was an Indian woman, name unknown). We have thus far been unable to find out from where Peter SIGMON and his first wife came. The earliest record I'm aware of is from when he signed the 1785 legislative petition requesting the formation of Franklin CoVA. Peter SIGMON obtained a marriage bond in Franklin CoVA 05 April 1819 (Wingfield's **Marriage Bonds**) to wed Catherine WILLIS, a much younger widow with seven young children by her first husband, Bennett WILLIS. Bennett died while in military service at Radford, VA, 18 Jan 1814; he and Catherine NOSSEMAN married 13 Nov 1800, Monroe County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and had children: John Bennett WILLIS m. Mary Frances WINFREY; Mary WILLIS m. Peter SIGMON, Jr.; Elizabeth WILLIS m. Joseph SIGMON; David WILLIS m. Susannah WINFREY; Jonathan WILLIS m. Arabella PFLIEGER; Rachel WILLIS m. Samuel PALMER; Hugh WILLIS m. Susan ROBERTS (of North Carolina). (See Juanita SIGMON HALSTEAD's **THE SIGMONS OF VIRGINIA**, Scott Depot, West Virginia, 1986.) The elder Peter SIGMON died 22 Aug 1837. It is not impossible that he fathered the Sarah SIGMON who was born abt 1834, but unlikely. He and Catherine had been married since 1819 without (to my knowledge) having other children. However, in Nov 1829, the younger Peter SIGMON married Mary WILLIS, one of the above seven children of Bennett and Catherine WILLIS. According to the Franklin CoVA US Census of 1860, Peter SIGMON, Jr. and his wife, Mary, listed a daughter named Sarah, age 25, which would have made her the age of the Sarah SIGMON who m. Charles Henry JONES in 1863. Robert SIGMON (son of Peter SIGMON, Sr.) and his first wife, Elizabeth GIBSON (m. Dec. 1839 - Wingfield) had a daughter named Sarah "Sally" SIGMON, b. 27 July 1843. Robert N. SIGMON, son of Robert and Elizabeth, was b. 28 Jul 1861, d. 29 Jul 1952, m. (according to my record) Martha Eleanor VIA, about 1889, had a daughter b. August 1898 named Sarah B (Blanche?) SIGMON. She is one year old on the 1900 Franklin CoVA Census, p. 28 A, Blackwater District, taken June 9th, 1900. This is the way I think the "Sarah SIGMONs" go. Hope this helps. Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Jones" <Bud.C.Jones@cox.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Sarah Sigmon > Carolyn, > > I have four Sarah Sigmons in my files: <snip>