Whether you remember my posts from winter 2004 or not, I feel the need to make a correction for the archives. At that time while working with a buddy, I chose to adopt Benjamin Hawkins as a father for my Thomas R. Hawkins. Thomas is my 3-gr-grandfather and I am very certain of the connections leading to him. I have had to "unadopt" Benjamin Hawkins as his father this year, however. I had found that the Benjamin that I was looking at was living in Orange County in 1840 according to the census. However, by 1850 he had disappeared from the Orange County, Virginia Census. While looking at Orange County resources available through the LDS FHL, I found a will for a Benjamin Hawkins dated circa 1841. So I ordered it. I have only looked at it briefly just before I left to go out of town a couple of weeks ago. However the good news is that it is definitely the will for the Benjamin that I have been looking at. The bad news (actually not so bad...) is that he specifically says that he leaves all of his land to his NEPHEW Thomas R. Hawkins. So I am back to square one on who Thomas's father is. In case anyone else is interested in this Orange County Hawkins will, my quick notes say that he also mentions: his wife Mary niece Mary Hawkins Sarah F. Coleman Matilda Marshall Josanna Marshall land that he had laid off to sell to John Todd bounded by Charles Scott and William Cole (dec)_ and friend William C. Scott Let me know if any of these names have meaning for any of the researchers on this list. I hope to get a chance to get a better look at the will this coming Saturday if anyone wants more information. Marsha in WV