At 03:18 PM 4/6/2000 , you wrote: >Possible maiden name of Mildred Gregory Vaughan, mother of Joseph Gregory and >Ambrose Gregory-----Seventh Day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1789.      >Milderidge Vaughan[Her "O" Mark] .          Sealed and Delivered in Presence >of: Joshua James,  Jose > Carter,  David Chandler(x), Ellixander (O)Ourbey(Alexander Overby). ---{note >Mildred Gregory has same mark as Overby O} ------this also blends with this >deed----Mecklenburg Co VA--Oct 1777, Richard Gregory and Zachariah Overby of >Mecklenburg Co. to Ada >Finch, the Bluestone tract "of land we now live  on." ----and also---  DB >5:423,424  7 Apr 1779; 14 Apr 1779 GTR: Nicholas Overby of co. of Meck. GTE: >Peter Overbey of sd Co. Consid: 100 pd Acres: 182 acres Lying in Mecklenburg >and Hallifax on Tewayhomm >(shows measurements){Aarons}on Griffin's line Sig: Nicholas Overbey   Wit: >John Murray; Edward Finch; Richard Gregory   > Re Milderidge Gregory-Vaughan's mark being "O" - something to think about. The Vaughan's were certainly involved with the Overbeys in more way than one. The "O" mark on the original will has a line through it. Wonder what that could mean? Thanks for sharing the observation. I had never thought of it as having any significance, other than a mark. JoLee