Speaking of variant spellings, sometimes it is even within one household at one time or another. I have a 3rd great grandmother who spelled her maiden name Sarah MOSELEY -- her brother spelled his Samuel Gathright MOZLEY. To this day here in Douglas County there are both Moseleys and Mozleys, and they are all descendants of the same 18th century couple in Bedford County, Virginia. Sandy Whittington Douglasville, Georgia

Just an observation here.... I have a WHITITNGTON/CLE(A)VELAND connection that is solid. In pulling the application for a Black Hawk War pension from the National Archive I found an affidavit sworn by a CLEVELAND in which CLEVELAND is spelled two different ways AND the CLEVELAND for whom the affidavit was written signed with an "X". It was a personal epiphany. One of these days I wouldn't be surprised to find SMITH spelled JONES...:-) Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 6:14 AM Subject: Re: SPELLING....many reasons.. > Speaking of variant spellings, sometimes it is even within one household at > one time or another. I have a 3rd great grandmother who spelled her maiden > name Sarah MOSELEY -- her brother spelled his Samuel Gathright MOZLEY. To > this day here in Douglas County there are both Moseleys and Mozleys, and they > are all descendants of the same 18th century couple in Bedford County, > Virginia. > > Sandy Whittington > Douglasville, Georgia > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > W H I T T I N G T O N F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y G R O U P > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >