Cousins, A further clarification of the two letters to "Mrs. Oliver" I posted previously. This comes by way of correspondence between Mrs. Reba HOLMES BROWN and Velma BRASSELL BEUERLE. July 31, 1973 from Reba to Velma, "You ask about the story of the Indian blood of Susannah YOUNGBLOOD. I have heard that, too. Mrs. Oliver attempted to investigate it. She wrote a lawyer, W. T. Weir, of Philadelphia, MS in 1954, and he replied that "Poor Davis (or Davie) is listed on page 136 of Volume 7 of American State Papers. He had 20 acres of land in cultivation a the time and was awarded 120 acres." Reba continues, "I mentioned this "Poor Davie" or "Davis" to my Norwood cousin in Greenville, SC, who is a lawyer and a native South Carolinian, and he feels that rather than such tradition, we could have in our background the Poores and the Davies, both prominent South Carolina families. ... Am sending you a copy of some correspondence between Eugenia OLIVER (This is the Mrs. E. C. Oliver I mistakenly identified as Oliner.) and two women in Tylertown, MS. The Aisley COLLINS who m: Elias WOODRUFF is supposed to have had a sister named Susannah, who married Benj. YOUNGBLOOD. I may be badly mistaken in this, but until something documented proves it to me, I am still doubting. In the context of the letter, I'm not sure if she's doubting the Indian tradition, the South Carolina connection possibilities, or Susannah being a sister of Elias W. and marrying Benj. Y. Yes, I know that Susannah COLLINS and Benj. YOUNGBLOOD married. However, I am looking at the transcript of Moses COLLINS, Sr.'s Bible and there is no Elias written as a brother to Susannah. (This Bible's has family records from 1750 to 1888.) More to chew on! Joyce Zachman