Am searching for information on the ancestry of my Rowley & Stanley lines. James West Rowley & Sarah Stanley were married 1 December 1833 in Jackson County, VA/WV. Anna Rowley, d/o James West Rowley & Sarah Stanley, married James Barnhart on 4 April 1850. James Barnhart & Anna Rowley were my ggg grandparents. >From the 1850 Jackson County, VA Census comes information on the following households: Sarah ROWLEY 49 born Mason County, VA William 19 born Jackson County, VA Calvin 12 born Jackson County, VA James BARNHEART 20 Anna 15 So Anna Rowley's age of 15, between brothers William & Calvin, places her birth as circa 1835 in Jackson County, VA. I also have a connection to Sarah Rowley through my Huffman line. In Jackson County Deed Book 11, pages 111-112, is a document where Sarah Rowley makes her son-in-law John Stuart Huffman ( my ggg grandfather) her power-of attorney. Sarah Rowley, according to the document, had been living with John Stuart Huffman & Ruth Stanley Ables Huffman ( my ggg grandmother) since 11 May 1855. Ruth Stanley was born, according to Census records circa 1821. Therefore, we know that Ruth was the d/o Sarah Stanley & that she was born out-of-wedlock to Sarah Stanley prior to her Jackson County nuptial with James West Rowley on 1 December 1833. We also know that Ruth Stanley & Anna Rowley were half sisters. I have read a descendants chart posted online that claims that James West Rowley was the s/o William Henry Rowley & Elizabeth Van Ziles. I have presently been unable to confirm this. Please forgive me if I rambled on. Thank you in advance for any information or guidance. I look forward to hearing from you & learning more about the families Rowley & Stanley. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com