Kimmyann, in my experience in genealogy over the past 40 years have taught me to record as close to verbatim those things that you are/will be told and set it aside but never forget it is there. I was told information about my greatgrandfather when I was about 16 that appeared to not be feasible at the time with what limited knowledge I had of the family. As I continued my research over the years some of the things began to appear to have some validity to them and now, although I have not proven any of that information for a fact, lots of it seem to be holding somewhat true. Yes some of the information has gotten colluded over the years coming by word of mouth, but never discount any of those tales. I was told (way back then) that my ggranfather had a brother Tobe who was a Texas Ranger. Nearly thirty years later, after having never found that name anywhere including the Texas Rangers, I finally started finding information on a Tobe, but he was not a Texas Ranger, but a U. S. Deputy Marshall for Judge Isaac Parker in Ft Smith, Ark. As my research progressed, I found that although my ggrandfather came from SC and Tobe came from Ga, it seems my ggrandfather moved to Ark for a short time within miles of Tobe, and they lived within arms reach in Georgia for a while as well. Other ties have been proven over the years as well, but I completely discounted the story originally as a thought that some of the family were "told" stories of goodness to haze over some things that were thought to be not so good in the family "way back when". Keep those thoughts of what the family tells. I am sorry I am unable to help you otherwise, but keep up the good work, in time it WILL pay off. Ted