Norma, It looks like his line would be William Waldrop (b.1775) m. Rachel Babb(b.1773)They left Amelia Co. Va for South Carolina>>Tillman Waldrop (b.1810) m. Elizabeth Bailey(b.1808)>>Joseph(Joe) S. Waldrop (b.1843 Greenville,SC) m. Polly Ann Callahan(b.1840 Erwin,TN). I can't find where he lists his father, but the male children of Joe and Polly are: William Adolphus(b. 1872 Madison County,NC) Josephus Hendricks (b.May8,1877 Madison County,NC) Loduskey (b. May 17,1879) Rev. Henry Elford(b. April 1,1881)...he refers to him as Uncle Henry near the beginning of the book. Willis G. (b.1883) Jesse L.(b.1886) Andrew Jackson (b.March 6,1888 Madison County,NC) In two places Joe (his grandfather) is listed as Joseph S., in another he's listed as Josephus S. Donna Waldrop Gandy Norma Unger <norma888@earthlink.net> wrote: Yes, who was the first in the line of the James Waldrop who wrote the book? Norma Waldrop Unger ==== WALDROP Mailing List ==== To use Waldrop Message Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/wal/Waldrop To Review Archived messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WALDROP-L --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search