So as I’m digging around trying to make some more sense of the my whole Smith and Franklin finds for Harriet SMITH, I stumble across some more information for the possible mother of Mahala REYNOLDS, wife of Tarlton GILLESPIE.

I am reasonably sure that John REYNOLDS was Mahala’s father, and I’ve read in multiple places that Abigal Hardwick WADE was her mother. I’ve now found the actual date and place for John and Abigal’s marriage in Amherst, 24 Aug 1788. Given that John REYNOLDS married Nancy MILAM on 18 Mar 1800, and that Mahala was born about 1796, I think it is reasonable to think that Abigal was Mahala’s mother. Again, a little more proof would be a lovely thing.

I found a snippet in Amherst in the Revolutionary War where it talks about her chosing a guardian when her father Pearce WADE died. I’ve got to get it all recorded, but it looks like some interesting stuff to say the least.

It appears that genealogy finds are going to be more on maternal sides of my lines this year!