Hi Everyone - I hope someone can give me a lead. Here is my dead end Webb Line with my ggrandmother born in Rush Co.IN.There are also Franklin, Hancock and Grant Co., Connections: Descendants of Johnathon Sr. Webb Generation No. 1 1. JOHNATHON SR.1 WEBB Married RACHEL LEWIS According to the book, The Lewis Family" by William G. Lewis, Johnathon Webb Sr was in the War of 1812. Children of JOHNATHON WEBB and RACHEL LEWIS are: 2. i. JOHNATHON JR.2 WEBB. ii. RUTH WEBB m. HUGH BRISTON iii. RACHEL WEBB m. JOHN GEORGE Generation No. 2 2. JOHNATHON JR.2 WEBB (JOHNATHON SR.1) He married FRANCIS ALLEY STACEY In the book, Lewis Family Pioneers of eastern Tennessee and IN Territory by William G. Lewis Published 1928, reprinted 1979 by Book Mark, Knightstown, IN (Copy in my Library) The author states: "Of my grandfather's sister I knew but little. One of them Rachel, married a man by the name of Jonathon Webb." "Records have been found of the families of three children of Jonathon and Rachel Lewis Webb as follows: Ruth married Hugh Brison Rachel Married John George Jonathon Jr. married Francis Alley Stacey Johnathon Webb Jr was among the first to pay taxes in Franklin Co., IN in 1811. He was taxed for owning 5 - horses. Francis Alley married a man by the name of Stacey who died and left her with one daughter Mary. She then married Johnathon Webb,Jr and they had one daughter, Ruth Webb who was born in Rush Co., IN on 14 Nov 1819. Johnathon Webb, Jr also died in 1819.This made Francis a widow twice at 20 years of age. Then in 1927, Francis married Thomas Lakin and they had four children. They were Simon, Sarah, Caroline and James, all were born in Rush Co.,IN Child of JOHNATHON WEBB, Jr and FRANCIS STACEY is: i. RUTH3 WEBB b. 14 November 1819, Rush Co., IN, d. 8 April 1901, Grant Co., IN, m. (1) HOLMAN EASTES, 22 December 1836, Rush Co., IN; b. 21 February 1817, Union Co., IN; d. 27 February 1880, Grant Co., IN, m. (2) HENRY SHANEHULSERl Aft. 27 February 1880. Ruth was born in Rush Co., IN and according to the book, The Lewis Family, Pioneers of Eastern TN and IN Terr. by William G. Lewis, Ruth's Father was Jonathon Webb Jr. implying that his Father was also Jonathon Holman Eastes was born in what is now Union 1 county, February 21, 1817, which was four years before that county was erected as a separate civic entity, his parents having been among the early pioneers on what then was the western frontier of settlement, for it was not until in the year following that the lands west in central Indiana were ceded to the government by the Indians. Before the lands in what is now Hancock county were all taken up Obediah Eastes, father of Holman Eastes, moved over into that part of the state, entered a tract of land for a home and there became a permanent resident. It was thus that Holman Eastes became a resident of Hancock county. In Rush county on December 22, 1886 he married Ruth Webb. He established his home in the Mt. Comfort neighborhood in Hancock county and there remained until in 1856, when he moved to the neighboring county of Madison and established his home on a farm in the Summitville neighborhood. In 1878 he disposed of his interests there and moved to the neighboring county of Grant, where his last days were spent, his death occurring on February 27, 1880. His widow survived him for more than twenty years, her death occurring on April 8, 1901. Holman Eastes was a Republican, a Methodist and a Freemason. For years he served his local public as justice of the peace. <<<<<<<<<<< END OF RECORD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>… If anyone has any information on this family or knows of any other researchers please contact me. Best Regards Roy Eastes, Gulfport,MS