These pages identify
the brick walls I would
most like to break
through.   

If you know anything
about any of these
families, please
e-mail
me - even if what you
have is just more
speculation.
TEN MOST WANTED
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ancestor's name to see
the whole story about
what I know and what
I'm trying to find.
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Many researchers believe Elizabeth's maiden name was Calloway but I can't
prove that.
Last Updated:  12 Jul 2008
1.    John William McCauley (b. 1880, d. 1959 in KY) - (McCauley Line)
Who were his parents?  He said they were Joseph S. McCauley and Nancy Jane
Bennett from the Heard County, Georgia - Randolph County, Alabama area but no
one has been able to find them.
2.    Stephen Wolfenbarger (b. 1838, d. 1861) - (Hopkins Line)
Was he the father of James Arton & William Columbus Hopkins?  We only have
oral family history to go on.
3.    John R. Petty (b. abt. 1836 in TN) - (Hankins Line)
Who were his parents?  His father may have been John Petty from Bradley County,
Tennessee.
4.    Margaret Thomas (b. abt. 1839 in GA, d. bef. 1880) - (Hankins Line)
Who were her parents?  Margaret married John R. Petty in Whitfield County,
Georgia in 1857.
 New information has come to light that indicates Jesse &
Rebecca Thomas of Lumpkin & Murray Counties in Georgia are almost certainly
Margaret's parents.  
5.    William Taylor (b. bet. 1798-1805 in VA or NC, d. aft. 1880 in KY) - (Taylor Line)
Who were his parents?  Many researchers say they were William Taylor and Jean
Guffey but where's the proof?
6.    Rachel ? (wife of Stephen Hopkins Jr.; b. abt. 1808, d. bef. 1880) - (Hopkins Line)
Her maiden name may have been McFarland.  Her daughter's death certificate lists
the name McFardan but I have no clues about her parents.
7.    Rhoda Ann Lavender (d. bef. 1850) - (Taylor Line)
Her father was John Lavender of Lincoln County, KY but nothing more is known
about him and I have no leads about her mother.
8.    Thomas Howard (of Wilkes County, NC) - (Hopkins Line)
Who was his wife?  Most researchers say she was a Cherokee Indian named Lettie
Durham but I haven't found anything to prove that.  (Most, if not all, of Thomas'
children settled in southeastern Kentucky.)
9.    Delinda ?  (wife of James Weeks and Elisha Shaw; d. abt. 1834) - (Hankins Line)
Her maiden name and the names of her parents are unknown.
10.      Elizabeth ? (wife of Champ Mullins; b. bet. 1775-1780) - (Taylor Line)