Evelyn wrote: >Don't know how much help this will be, if any, but my ggg grandfather was >Ephraim Claybourn/Claibourn from Knoxville/Knox Co. Tn. m 1809 Knox Co. Mary >"Polly" Browning, sold his land and moved to Wilson Co. Tn. where his >daughter Leticia, married Jesse Williams, Jesse had a brother named William >Divine Williams, I havn't found the "Divine" connection yet, but am sure >there is one. There are a lot of Williams in the area also, Jesse's parents >were David Williams and Elizabeth VanHooser, poss both born in Va., I can >find no parents or siblings for David, who died ca. 1840 prob. Wilson or >Dekalb Co. Tn. his children moved to Mo. and Ark. in late 1850's. would like >to hear from other Wilson/Dekalb Co. Tn. Williams families and maybe sort out >the Williams, if possible--Thanks Evelyn Evelyn, I have the VanHooser book by Joyce Lindstrom that shows an "ELIZABETH VAN HOOSER, b. abt. 1790 in Montgomery Co., Va., the daughter of ISAAC VAN HOOSER and MARGARET HUFFMAN or HOFFMAN; moved with her parents to Wilson Co., Tenn. where she met and married 23 June 1812 DAVID WILLIAMS, b. abt. 1786 and died before 1850. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Warren co., Tenn., which became DeKalb Co., in 1838." Some of their children are listed, but no Jessee. Is this the same Elizabeth and David you write about? Carl Cason, Bothell, Washington email: ccason@compuserve.com