A Thomas Hughes residing in Loudoun County VA bought Section 1 of Range 6, Twp 10, which I believe is now in Guernsey County OH (at that time the range overlapped existing Belmont and Harrison counties) on March 30, 1805 (Certificate #1266). I am looking for any information linking him to a later Thomas Hughes who fathered Joseph Hughes abt. 1839 in Guernsey Cy, whom I believe is my great grandfather. A Joseph Hughes fathered Thomas Jefferson Hughes (my grandfather) in 1866 in Madison Twp, Guernsey Cy. If there is a connection, also looking for information on VA antecedents. I am not certain that the 6-10-1 section corresponds to the later Madison Twp site. Any info on that would be appreciated as well. There also are records of a Thomas Hughs, the possible assignee of a William Fuller, paying non-resident taxes in 1801 on Virginia Military Tax District land in Ohio (which would have been further west than the land cited above), and a Thomas Hughs paying poll taxes in Loudoun County Virginia between 1782 and 1787. Hughes and Hughs spellings were interchangeable during this period of time. No idea if there is any connection between these Thomas Hugheses other than geographical coincidence and similarities in time frame. --- Robert Hughes --- rah39@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.