Deborah, I don't see a connection, but it's possible. We're in some of the same areas and my g-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Surgernor Davis, whose mother was Elizabeth Livesay, named one of her children Mattie Davis. I notice you have a Mattie Livesay. I don't have the 2 Bledsoe & the Gilliam, you note, but my mother is a Bledsoe & her grandmother is a Gilliam. Below is my Livesay. Mary My Livesay Family branch: Thomas Livesay (b)1730 (d) 1797 (m) Margaret McGeehee ?? George Livesay (b) 1765 Fort Bedford, Franklin Co., VA (d) 1837 Hancock Co., TN (m) Nancy Anderson 1765-1843 Hancock Co., TN James Livesay Oct. 28, 1782 Ft. Bedford, Henry Co., VA (d)1837 Hancock Co., TN (m)1 Leathy Goins (m)2 Ellender Cadwell (b)1782 Grayson Co., VA (d)1850 ? Andrew Livesay 1802 Lee Co., VA (d) ? Arrow Anderson Cemetary, Black Water, VA (m) Nancy Anderson (b)1802 Grayson Co., VA (d) ? my g-g-grandparents: Elizabeth Livesay July 5, 1834 Blackwater, Lee Co. VA (d) Feb. 14, 1916 VA (m) Stephen Samuel Surgernor (b) Jan. 6 1831, Franklin Co. TN (d) July 4 1904 VA They had 9 children: Rachel, Sanders, William Willis, Robert H., Elizabeth, Patrick H., Emily, Anderson, and, Mock. my g-grandparents: Sarah Elizabeth Surgernor May 5, 1860 Hawkins or Hancock Co. TN (d) 10-17-1929 Roda Wise Co., VA (m) 1George Davis (b)1852 Hawkins Co.TN (d)05-19-1939 Roda, VA; (m)2 Andrew Jackson Roberts 3-4-1877 VA / 7-29-1937 KY my grandparents: Birdie Jane Davis (b) 03-12-1882, Blackwater, Lee Co., VA (d) 09-27-1954 Lynch, Harlan Co. KY; (m) Eddie Walter Forrest Harris (b) 08-21-1878 Bethel, York, SC (d) 05-09-1938, Telephone, Fannin Co., TX my parents: Vivian Harris (b) 8-8-1906, Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX (d) 3-15-1970 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX (m) Edith Gertrude Bledsoe (b) 6-13-1910, St. Charles, Lee Co., VA (d) 4-22-1979 Houston, Harris Co., TX (bur. Dallas, TX). .............................................................................. .................................. In a message dated 3/26/04 10:50:09 PM Central Standard Time, deborahjohn@adelphia.net writes: > Mary-You wouldn't happen to be part of the following Livesay Family would > you??-Deborah Thompson Clarkston > > Descendants of Esley Livesay > > > > > Generation No. 1 > > > 1. ESLEY1 LIVESAY was born 1842 in TN. He married REBECCA ANN. She was born > 1848 in KY. > > More About ESLEY LIVESAY: > > Census: 1880, Hancock Co TN > > > Children of ESLEY LIVESAY and REBECCA ANN are: > > i. ANDREW J.2 LIVESAY, b. 1867, Rockcastle Co KY; m. SARAH L. CHILDRESS, > August 14, 1915, Lee Co VA; b. 1877, Lee Co VA. > > ii. M. AGNES LIVESAY, b. 1868, KY. > > iii. JOSEPH B. LIVESAY, b. 1869, KY. > > 2. iv. LAURA J. LIVESAY, b. 1872, TN. > > v. MATTIE F. LIVESAY, b. 1875, TN. > > vi. SUSAN H. LIVESAY, b. 1878, TN. > > > > Generation No. 2 > > > 2. LAURA J.2 LIVESAY (ESLEY1) was born 1872 in TN. She married (1) JOSEPH > LIVESAY. She married (2) ANDREW J. MUNSEY, JR. November 08, 1906 in Lee Co > VA. He was born 1856 in Bland Co VA. She married (3) DAVID O. BLEDSOE > September 14, 1910 in Lee Co VA, son of WINFIELD BLEDSOE and SARAH GILLIAM. > He was born February 26, 1862 in VA, and died November 22, 1927 in VA. > > More About DAVID O. BLEDSOE: > > Burial: Bledsoe Cemetery, Pattonsville, Scott Co VA > > > Child of LAURA LIVESAY and JOSEPH LIVESAY is: > > i. JOHN HENRY3 LIVESAY, b. September 24, 1894, West Blackwater, Lee Co VA; > d. May 1979, Church Hill TN; m. (1) BESSIE GILREATH; m. (2) MOLLY CHILDRESS, > July 17, 1915, Lee Co VA; b. 1892, Lee Co VA. > > More About JOHN HENRY LIVESAY: > > Burial: Carter's Valley > > > Child of LAURA LIVESAY and ANDREW MUNSEY is: > > ii. LILLIE3 MUNSEY. > > > Child of LAURA LIVESAY and DAVID BLEDSOE is: > > iii. EDGAR3 BLEDSOE, m. ROSA PARALEE BLEDSOE, May 01, 1936. > >