Hi Thomas, Thanks for your response to my query. I have to say this adventure on the Wooten side of my family tree is at the very beginning. As you can see I don't have alot, much less any documentation ( first hand ) for proof. My source of info comes from a book "An Alverson Family History" compiled by Barbara Alverson Morris and published by James Gibson Alverson of San Gabriel, Ca. dated 1980. Barbara and her husband, Prof. Wesley Morris lived in Houston TX at the time of publishing. I have done a search on the internet for them and have not been able to locate them at this time. Also I have as a source my great aunt and grandmother on my mother's side who told me about "Maggie" Wooten being the wife of Charles A. Alverson. Barbara sites as her sources for the info on Maggie (Margeret) and Charles as Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Mrs Jon Stubbs, and Mrs. Robert Reid, 1978. Us Census Records, Death Certificates for Gus and Maggie Alverson, and Tombstones in Pelzer SC, Pelzer Cemetery. Considering your statment about being a "generation off" with our similar people, it looks to me that we aren't that far off. Margeret was born in 1875 which would make her the right age to be a sibling to the rest of your John Henry Wooten's children. However you do not have her listed. The only other possible clue I have been able to come up with is from David Wooten's web site http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/davidwooten/default/index.htm That lists a Margaret E Wooten born abt. 1875. daughter of, see below: James David Wooten and Mary Ann Brown had the following children: 472 vi. Eli Bryant Wooten was born about 1865. MARRIED 1ST COUSIN MOLLY PINSON 473 vii. Catherine Wooten was born about 1867. MARRIED SEABORN HARRELL 474 viii. Molly Wooten was born about 1872. MARRIED PRESTON PARKER 475 ix. Margaret E. Wooten was born about 1875. Hope to keep pecking away with this and get to the bottom of who her parents and grandparents are. I feel that all I would need is a generation or two and I will be able to plug into one of these well established lines. Please keep in touch! Steve Pearson Thomas Wootten wrote: > > Thomas Wootten wrote: > > > > Thomas Wootten wrote: > > > > > > Steve: Your query regarding J. H. Wooten is very interesting. I am > > > researching my great grandfather, John Henry Wootten, who married > > > Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell in 1865. We are, however, at least a > > > generation off in our dates. Here is what I have about my great > > > grandfather: > > > > > > John Henry Wootten, born Wayne County, NC June 23, 1833. > > > married Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell, b. Prince George's County, MD > > > November 23, 1840. > > > > > > Year of marriage: 1865 in Baltimore City MD. > > > > > > Children: > > > 1. Alice M. Wootten, b. 2/8/1866 in Prince George's County, MD > > > 2. John T. Wootten, b. 2/13/1868 > > > 3. George Washington Wootten (my grandfather), b. 10/16/1870 > > > 4. Lewis Wootten, b. 3/9/1873 > > > 5. William Muncy Wootten, b. 11/16/1875 > > > 6. Franklin P. Wootten, b. 5/21/1878 > > > 7. Uriah M. Wootten, b. 7/23/1880 > > > 8. Henry E. Wootten, b. 4/13/1833 > > > > > > >From the information you provided there is at least one, perhaps two > > > generations separating my names from yours, however the fact that my > > > great grandfather was John Henry (J. H. ) Wootten and my great > > > grandmother was Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell (Wootten) really is > > > interesting and almost too much to be a pure chance. > > > > > > Can you (or anyone else on this net) find a link here? -- *********************** Steve Pearson [email protected] *********************** Nobility isn't a birthright, it's defined by ones actions. ***********************