> I have also been told that Drayton's mother was Elizabeth Vermillion. In > the 1850 census, Drayton age 11, is listed with his mother Elizabeth, age > 35, along with James D. Vermillion, age 31, Carson Doughery, age 40, and > Ruth Dougherty, age 80. > > Do you know how all these people tie together? Here they all are (I have James O. Dougherty, you have James D.): Descendants of William DOUGHERTY 1 William DOUGHERTY b: June 23, 1766 Strabane,Tyrone,Ireland d: November 10, 1821 ,Russell,VA +Ruth TOWSON b: May 10, 1770 ,Baltimore,MD m: May 4, 1790 Baltimore,Baltimore,MD d: 1862 ,,VA 2 Ezekiel Towson DOUGHERTY b: March 20, 1791 ,Baltimore,MD d: January 1868 Lebanon,Russell,VA +Martha (Patsy) ELKINS m: January 1, 1814 d: May 2, 1837 *2nd Wife of Ezekiel Towson DOUGHERTY: +Mary FURRY b: Abt. 1805 ,Wythe,VA m: September 4, 1838 ,Claiborne,TN 2 James DOUGHERTY b: October 13, 1793 2 Sarah "Sally" DOUGHERTY b: November 13, 1796 ,Rockbridge,VA d: Aft. 1850 +James O. VERMILLION m: January 4, 1818 d: Bef. 1850 2 Martha DOUGHERTY b: March 19, 1799 2 Philemon DOUGHERTY b: July 8, 1801 d: August 17, 1801 2 Washington DOUGHERTY b: November 7, 1802 +Polly GIBBS m: March 27, 1825 2 Ruth T. DOUGHERTY b: February 1, 1806 ,,MD d: June 12, 1871 2 Carson DOUGHERTY b: May 9, 1808 2 Elizabeth DOUGHERTY b: June 23, 1810 +Archelius Dickenson HALE m: June 4, 1835 2 Patsy U. DOUGHERTY b: June 20, 1813 2 Margaret "Peggy" R. DOUGHERTY b: March 28, 1819 ,Russell,VA d: July 16, 1903 Hale's Mill,Scott,VA +George APPERSON b: August 22, 1796 ,Culpepper,VA m: May 24, 1842 ,Russell,VA d: Bef. 1903 2 William DOUGHERTY, Jr. d: July 6, 1847 +Rosanna VERMILLION m: November 8, 1825