Hi, WOOTENs!! My two earliest known WOOTEN ancestors are my g4grfather: WOOTTON, Simon, Born ??? 1750 in Halifax Co?, VA, Died ??? in Buckingham Co?, VA; WARFA: appears in Chesterfield Co VA tax lists 1756 and Buckingham Co VA tax lists in mid 1780s. A Simon WOOTON/WOOLTON/WOOTTEN received a Bounty Land Warrant for service in the War of 1812; his widow, Mary W., received a pension (Bockstruck's Colonial VA Soldiers). SP UNKNOWN, Mary And their son, my g3grfather: 1 WOOTEN, Joseph W., Born 9 Nov 1776 in Buckingham Co? VA, Died 20 Jul 1842 in Mt Hermon KY at age 65; buried in Wooten Family Cemetery west of Barren Co home. "Gentleman farmer" and physician [WaRFA Quarterly Vol II, 2, June 1982]. "...born and reared in Virginia, he was bound to a Mr. Bagbey (Bagby) who brought him to Barren Co., KY, about 1800. He became an extensive farmer and owned some 3,000 or 4,000 acres of land, and was also a large slave holder. He was of German descent." <Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County (SGorin), in the biography of his grandson, Junius, son of Sylvanus B.> SP WILSON, Sarah, Born 18 Dec 1790 in Franklin Co VA, Married 25 Dec 1805 in Franklin Co, VA for 36 years, Died 12 Apr 1857 in Mt. Hermon KY at age 66; surety by Ezra Wilson; buried in Wooten Family Cemetery with Joseph I have yet to be able to find out any more information about Simon and his wife, including any other issue. The information on Joseph and his descendants (about 300 as of now) is pretty solid if anyone wants to see it, but I'd sure like to find someone who knows something about my earlier origins! -Tony in WI [email protected]