This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ed_Wells Surnames: Wells, Lindsey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5559.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am a Wells from Calloway County who has done a lot of research on the Wells families of Calloway. Unfortunately, I can't answer your question. There were at least four unrelated Wells families. The two largest were my family, descended from Philip Wells of South Carolina, and the Thomas Lea Wells family from North Carolina. The two families used many of the same surnames, so are very hard to separate. Thomas Lea Wells married Mary Rainey. Rainey T. Wells, the founder of Murray State, was a member of this family. Thomas had a son name James Madison Wells who married Sarah Ann Whaley and had a son James Madison Wells, Jr. However, I don't believe your James Madison was one of these; the dates are wrong. Your James Madison Wells married Sarah Ann Lindsey, as you say. She was the daughter of Vines Monroe Lindsey of Choctaw Co., Mississippi. One wonders how she came to KY, since Vines Lindsey apparently did not move there. There were no Lindseys living in Calloway at the time, but many in Marshall County. There was a John(?) Lindsey there some years earlier, and, oddly, was a JP that married James Madison Wells, Sr. and Sarah Ann Whaley. I found a deed transaction for a quarter section of land at T2 R6 QS9 NW that was bought by James Madison Wells in 1853. The land was previously owned by Isaac Wells, who I believe was part of my Wells family, but I am not sure exactly how. Probably he was the son or grandson of Lewis Wells, who moved to Calloway from Green or Hardin County, KY. He was the son of Philip Wells, born in Laurens County, SC and died in Green county in 1814. My GGG-grandfather John Wells was Lewis Wells' brother. If the James Madison who bought this land is your James Madison, then we are distantly related. Oddly, the above land is within a mile of the Eggner's Ferry Bridge that was knocked down by a ship last night. Sorry I can't give you a definite answer. I will continue looking through my old files to see if I can piece together who James Madison Wells was. Ed Wells Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.