Dear Josh -- Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but some of the names/locations you're researching appear to connect with some of my brick walls. My gg-gf Ferdinand W. BEARD, b 1817-18 Bedford Co VA married Mary Wyatt HOWELL 1841 Monroe Co. MO. No direct proof as yet, but I odds-and-ends of various documents strongly suggest he's the son of: Robert M. BEARD and Nancy C. WEBB, married 1809 Franklin Co VA, then migrated to Monroe Co Missouri by late 1830's. Nancy C. WEBB is the eldest daughter of Theodrick WEBB (b. 1749) and Sarah HUFF, married abt 1770. Theodrick WEBB's will, proven 1807 Franklin Co VA, names wife Sarah and six children: daughters Nancy, Jane and Ursula; sons Theodorick F., Creed and Bird (Burd). Executors and guardians to his children: Jacob Webb (Theodrick's brother) and Henry T. Callaway; Witnesses: Thomas Thompson and William Greer. Wife Sarah (Huff) WEBB later marries (?) George WALKER. Brothers Theodorick F. WEBB and Bird (Burd) S. WEBB also migrated to Missouri. Burd S. WEBB married Polly E. BEARD. Some descendants of these folks are later found in Kansas, Kingman and Sedgwick counties. Again, I don't know if any of this connects, but hopefully, some of the info will provide you a lead or two. -- Candi Beard Nation Subj: [WEBB] William & Lucy Payne Webb, Bedford Co., VA Date: 7/2/01 9:59:44 AM Central Daylight Time From:    jdean@concentric.net (Josh D. Dean) Reply-to:    WEBB-L@rootsweb.com To:    WEBB-L@rootsweb.com Greetings: I too have an ancestor named William Webb. He was born abt. 1817, probably in Va., died 05/14/1904, in Bedford Co., Va.  Lived near Old Stewartsville, in Bedford Co.  Married Lucy Payne (born abt. 1820, died 1884) daughter of James Payne and Sarah Anderson, of Bedford Co., date of marriage bond was October 19, 1842. Their children were: Ferdinand H. Webb, born abt. 1842, Enlisted Co. D. 28 Virginia Inf'y (Captain Wingfields Company) March 16, 1862, Bedford, Va., Captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Died prisoner of war at U. S. A. General Hospital, Chester, Pa., July 25, 1863, from exhaustion following a compound fracture of the left thigh. Buried in mass grave of Confederates at Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. James N. Webb, born abt. 1844 George W. Webb, born abt. 1846, settled in Cedar Vale, Kansas Robert N. Webb, born abt. 1848. died young Minerva Ann Webb, born 06/05/1852, Bedford Co., VA., died 01/17/1928 McPherson, Kansas. Married John Alexander Moomaw, also of Bedford Co., VA., 05/10/1871. Belonged to Mennonite Brethren Church. They are my gg-grandparents. Sarah M. Webb, born abt. 1854 Eliza A. Webb, born abt. 1863, married a Moorman, and lived in Bedford Co., Va. Henry C. Webb, born abt. 1867. If anyone connects to this family, I would really appreciate hearing from you, as I have had very little success find information of this family. I have no idea who Williams parents were, and also know very little about many of his children. Sincerely, Josh D. Dean