Larry & List, We had some discussion about this in late August/early September of 2001. Here's part of what's in the archives at Rootsweb. There's more stuff there, but I had trouble cutting & pasting and gave up in disgust. Email from Archives: I'm not sure how much help I can be, but here's what I've got. The 1830 Census for Campbell County, KY, p. 255, shows Phillip Yelton (age 30-40) as head of a household consisting of a female age 20-30, a male age 10-15 (no idea who this is), and 2 females under 5. John Phillip Yelton (s/o John Yelton & Anna Lambert) m. 1st Harriet Tull on 23 Mar 1824 in Campbell County, KY. Harriet died 9 May 1825 & is buried in the Nagel Road Cemetery. I believe Mary (b. ca. 1825) was the only child of this marriage and that Harriet died in childbirth or very shortly thereafter. (After her half-sister died, Mary married George B. Holmes on 27 Dec 1848.) Mary is mentioned as Mary Holmes in her father's will. If anyone has access to the 1850 Census & can find George & Mary it would give us a better idea of Mary's age & which wife she belongs to. m. 2nd ?? b. ca. 1800-1810, d. ca. 1830-1833 [I believe there was a wife between Harriet & Esther because there's an adult female in the household in the 1830 Census and because at least two children (Harriet & Elizabeth) were born after Harriet Tull's death and before the marriage to Esther Caldwell. Note that it is extremely common to name a child of spouse #2 for deceased spouse #1. However, I have never seen a second marriage record in Campbell County for Phillip Yelton, and apparently neither has anyone compiling Campbell Co marriages.] The children of this marriage were, I think: 1. Harriet (b. ca. 1826, md. George B. Holmes 6 Nov 1845 & d. 28 Oct 1846. (The cemetery transcription says 28 Oct 1816 but I think that's either a typo or a misreading of the inscription. None of the other graves are that old & the inscription says age 20 years wife of George B. Holmes. If she was 20 when she died, then she can't be Harriet Tull's child.) 2. Elizabeth (b. ca. 1830, m. William Caldwell 22 April 1850). Elizabeth's father consented to her marriage, which indicates that she was underage. m. 3rd Esther Caldwell, 21 Nov. 1833 in Pendleton County, KY Children of this marriage were John J. (b. ca. 1834), Missouri (b. ca. 1836), and Amelia Jane (b. ca. 1839). I think it would help if we knew more about the John C. Caldwell will. When was it written (as opposed to recorded)? If, as Burnetta seems to think, Hetty the daughter of John was Phillip's second wife, why isn't she referred to as deceased in her father's will as her brother Mathew is? That is why I'd like to know when the will was written. If the will was written before Hetty's death (sometime before Nov 1833) perhaps her father didn't bother to change it after she died. In going over all this, I can see some holes, particularly in assigning the children. I wish I could help more, but ancestry.com seems to be down this afternoon. Cheryl