This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1019.1.2 Message Board Post: In a deed dated 5 Jan 1813, Bk. 18, Pg 190, a Robert Adams sold 50 acres and a gristmill lying on the Bannister River for $300 to Richard Gross. Three years later this appears to be the same land, listed as 50 acres lying on the Bannister River "known by the name of Mill Tract being bounded by the Stephens, ? & Devins lines", that Richard and his wife Elizabeth sold to Robert Pierce. During this transaction Elizabeth was examined privately and the deed fully explained to her. At the time the deed was presented in the clerks office the deed states "and of the said Elizabeths relinquishment of her Dower in and to the lands conveyed by the said Indenture heron endorsed admitted to record." With this land being sold in the 2nd deed being listed as part of her dower, I'm wondering if she was related to the Adams that the land was purchased from originally. This is the only hint I have to who Elizabeth's family could possibly be. If anyone could assist with this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jerry Taylor