This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ploverrover Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.jackson/6643.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Carole, Don't know if you saw my answer to your 9 Oct posting on the Wirt Co. page. If you combine that info with info on the two Jacobs ( use their death dates ) available in LATTER DAY SAINTS FAMILY SEARCH you should get a fairly strong confidence factor. Jacob I appears to have married Martha Hughes daughter of Jesse Hughes the noted frontier guy. Sam was their grandson. He married Elizabeth Ledsome. I am a descendant of Jesse Hughes' sister Deborah who married a Radcliff. Suspect we're way distant cousins. Only thing I found as a discrepancy was Jacob I is listed as being born 1762 vs. 1771 but the death dates of 1847 jive. Jacob I also is listed as having a Sam as his Dad. The geography seems to go lewis Co. to Wirt to Wood which seems logical. If you see anything out of whack here let me know and I'll try to solidify it in another manner. Jim Fletcher Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.