Ken,
Thanks for the descendants chart of Jonathan Osborne. I did not have any
information going back from James Osborne and Mary Whitaker as Abigail's
parents. I am not as concerned about the two wives of Zachariah as Orin
is. Somewhere in soutwest Virginia some ten plus years ago, articles I
read in either the Wise county or Lee county library showed Zachariah's
wife as "Abigail (Elizabeth) Osborne". I have long since assumed that one
was her given name and the other was a nickname. Other charts I have seen
since do have Zachariah married to an Elizabeth or an Abigail. You show no
details, b., d., m., on Elizabeth Osborne, only on Abigail. Who knows???
Therefore when I entered info from your chart I deleted the Elizabeth shown
as James Osborne's daughter and still show Abigail (Elizabeth) Osborne.
I have learned over the years (some thanks to Orin) that one needs to
record sources and notes, regardless of how insignificant they may be.
Otherwise questions are more difficult to resolve. On the other hand, if I
waited to piece my genealogy puzzle together only with documented data, I
would probably make no progess. So I put everything down and document what
I can.
Use the above for what it's worth, and I'm grateful for all of the
"Zachariah Wells Reserchers" inputs.
Eddie