Bill, I was looking at Ancestry 1790 census and noticed that there were three Wooten men in Surry County in 1790--Richard, Thomas, and Thomas JR. My Silas does not seem to show up anywhere in any Ancestry census. Marsha in Wv billcyphers@erols.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Wooten, Bass > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mRXBAIB/17.456.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I too would be interested in corresponding with NC Wootens. > > My g-g-g-grandmother was Malinda Wooten who married Aaron Bass in Surry County in 1820. I no nothing about her parents/siblings.