Thanks, all! I thought of Haper's Ferry, too, but the second word on mine, definitely is not Ferry. I have another capital "F" to compair it to and the do not match, it looks like "G." ON the first work, it doesn't look at all like Harper's, sorry.:-) It looks like it has 4-5 letters and the first letter I am just guessing on. The last letter of the first word could be an "f" or "t."

I'll check out those websites bph, thanks! It's frustrating because I've done so well on reading the rest of the stuff! There are lots of mentions of Sewell's Mtn. and Alderson's Ferry.

Guest, Q, aren't the old papers interesting? I have an IOU to my ggranddad from someone named "Poteet." I've posted it to the Pottet family genforum and promised them a copy, without collecting, no interest even.:-)

Thanks a bunch!

kat