This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lester Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/1091.1211.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jo, This is the only documented info I have for Martha Lester. As I understand it, the LDS is reliable. 1. LDS Internet Web Site, familysearch.com, Abner H. Lester, Pedigree Chart Martha Arthur, daughter of (_______) and Hannah Rebecca (_______) Arthur; born in 1751 in Montgomery Co, VA; married in 1772 Abner Alexander Lester. 2. "Pedigree Resources File", CD #9, LDS, submitted by Stephen Haynes, 10905 Braden Court, Fredericksburg, VA, 22407 on 9 Jan 2000. Martha Rebecca Arthur was daughter of Gabriel and Hannah Rebecca "Nikitie" Cherokee. For Alexander Abner Lester, I have this without a source document: Alexander Abner Lester was one of the early pioneers of Fincastle Co., Virginia. He received land by grant and settled in Montgomery County, VA. Revolutionary War - He was sworn in on September 9, 1777 to Captain Daniel Trigg's Company. Prior to 1801 the family moved to Russell County, VA and settled for a few years. Around 1809 he moved to Floyd County Kentucky and later sold his Russell County property.