Pamela, You probably already know this but to clarify, Nelson's 3rd wife was Sarah Cannaday, d/o William A. 'Patrick Billy' Cannaday & Martha "Patsy" Wright & the widow of Isaac Young. Do you know when Nelson died? Sarah d. 8-6-1882 PCVA but she was c21 yrs younger than Nelson too. Barb R. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon & Pam Moran [mailto:jmoran@rlc.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:23 PM > To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Mary MORAN and father Nelson MORAN > > > The two Nelsons are one and the same- in fact, he married three times, > the last to Sally Young. he was fairlly prolific and Truman and I > are still > collecting Moran cousins up and down the East Coast. The big secret of the > Nelson and Mary Owen Moran family is who their parents are- I continue to > hunt in Amhearst and Albemarle. Albemarle County had both a William Owen > and William Moran in the mid-1700's. Nelson and Mary's first born son was > named William- coincidence? Many of the Morans migrated from Albemarle and > Amhearst to Ky- except Nelson who headed down to Patrick - anybody else > chasing this Moran line? > > Pamela Ridge Moran > >