Dear Mary, I have now been able to see your WHITAKER information. What a nice listing. However, it does not seem to connect with my WHITAKERs at all. My Elder John WHITAKER (often called Peg-Leg), was born ca 1870 in Rowan County, NC., married Martha (Willcoxson) Wilson in Wilkes Co., TN and died in Lincoln Co, TN. His son William (my ancestor) was b ca 1783 in either Wilkes Co., NC or perhaps in Woodford Co., KY. He m. Elizabeth Hammond probably in KY ca 1805. He died ca 1836-1838 in Nacogdoches County, TX and "they" say is buried in the Old North Church Cemetery on the edge of Nacogdoches (the town), TX. I do not find any branch of our WHITAKER family in any state other than NC, TN, KY and TX and so far none of the records show any spelling other than WHITAKER in any generation - forward or backward. Sorry, I know this probably will not help you at all. However, I have received an e-mail from Buddy WHITeAKER whose information may hit closer to yours since it does not seem to click with mine. In case you have not seen his message, a copy of it follows. I sent him basically the same information as is above. Good luck with your research. I know from experience how hard they are to separate and put back together again. Billie Beth .......................... Buddy Whiteaker wrote: > > Hi, Billie Beth. My name is Buddy Whiteaker. I learned of your > interest in the WHITAKER family ( all spellings ) from the WHITAKER-D > Digest V02 #13. > > I hope that you may help me with some of my family research. My > ggg-father was Henderson Whiteaker, born in Indiana in 1814. At > that time on the frontier there were not a lot of records. He lived > and married in Dubois County, IN in 1840. The year before his > marriage the courthouse burned and all records of his family were >destroyed. > > Do you have any information about family of your Elder John Whitaker > that might help me on my research? I would be interested in having > whatever you may be willing to share about your Whitaker family. > Thanks, Buddy > Whiteaker, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, < whitbud@arkansas.net>