This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AJ.2ADIB/2139.1.1 Message Board Post: My greatgrandfather, Pryor Adkins, had a brother named Sherwood who was born about 1842 in Scott County, TN. Their mother was Parrazida Low. They are shown in the 1850 census in Scott county living in a household with John Adkins, Parasitta Adkins, Solomon Adkins (74 at the time, so may be John's father) Sary Adkins (13), Prier Adkins (10), Sherwood Adkins (8), Arthur Adkins (6), Martha Adkins (2) and Margarett Adkins (2). They were living on the same property as the Duncan family -- first name of husband looks like Charles. John may have been a tenant farmer. Pryor married Elizabeth Byrd before they left Tennessee for Missouri, Arkansas and, finally, Oklahoma. I don't know if this is your Sherwood's family or not, but it may give you a new start.