In a message dated 9/25/00 8:51:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, you wrote; > Although the parentage of Joseph A. Pauley [1757] is in question, there > exists a few clues available at this time which tend to lead me in a > direction, either correctly or possibly erroneously. > > I) As per family papers, his marriage certificate (24 Mar 1833-Kanawha > County, VA) states his father as John and Nancy; his age is listed as 23. > Although the mother's maiden name is not included, this does lead in a > specific direction. > > III) There exists in the Kanwaha County Courthouse, a record of marriage > for Jane Pauley to Samuel Hudson on 21 May 1827. It lists her parents as > John and Nancy. > Is this mere coincidence that two (2) Pauley's claimed to be the children > of John and Nancy in the same county only 70 months apart. This female was > 23 at the time of her marriage (b. abt 1804). > Does anyone have more info on this John Pauley? Descendants of John Pauley 1 John Pauley .. +Nancy Taylor Father: Mother: .... 2 Susan Pauley b: 1801 in Pittsylvania Co., VA d: Bef. 1860 in Virginia ........ +Jesse Clark, Sr. b: 1795-1800 in Pittsylvania Co., VA m: 16 January 1820 in Kanawha Co., VA d: Aft. 1870 Father: Mother: Thanks for writing, Sandy in Florida I have discovered how to get rid of the tables in AOL 6.0, copy the message into the note book, then copy to word, the HTML formatting will go away!