CJ, As Jennifer stated in her 1860 South Carolina lookup for this family, they were in Mississippi during the 1850 enumeration also. For that reason, I am cross-posting this transcription to the MS-lookup list for inclusion in the correct archives: 1850 Winston County, Mississippi - September 24, 1850 - Roll M432_382/page 350 508 - William H. Ferguson, age 38; farmer; born GA Elizabeth, age 40; born SC James, age 19; farmer; born AL William, age 12; born AL Eugenia, age 8; born AL; attended school within the year Cornelia, age 6; born AL Marion, age 4; born MS Angaline, age 1; born MS From the above, it appears that this family moved from Alabama to Mississippi about 1845, and this is most likely the correct family indexed in 1840 Alabama. I am also posting this transcription to the AL-lookup list for inclusion in their archives: 1840 Autauga County, Alabama - No Township Given - Roll 1/page 12 W. H. Fergasten - 21001 - 000001 (2 free white males under age 5, 1 aged 5-10, 1 aged 20-30 - 1 free white female aged 30-40) Unfortunately, there were no other Fergasons indexed in 1840 Autauga County, so I have no suggestions for finding the parents of William in earlier census. He, being born ca 1812, would have likely appeared as a number in the 15-20 age category in a Fergason household in either Alabama or Georgia in the 1830 census. There are 19 Ferguson heads of household indexed in 1830 Georgia and 14 in 1830 Alabama. Any (or all) of those may contain unnamed free white males aged 15-20. Sorry. Good luck! Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: C.J. Kennedy To: GA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: [GA-CEN] FERGUSON William H./ Georgia, USA. Hello, I am looking for the parents of; >. William H. FERGUSON. Born; Georgia ?? (USA) He Married; >. Geneva Elizabeth ARMSTRONG. Born; South Carolina ?? ------------ Child; Angelina M. Ferguson. Born; May-22-1849 Jackson Mississippi, Died; October-02-1937, Bend, San Saba County, Texas. She Married; Marshall Ney Gorman. September-20-1875, Giddings, Texas. ------------- I appreciate any help, information, and or census look-up you can provided. Sincerely Thank You! C.J. Kennedy ------------------------ ==== GA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== List tools for you to use (sub, unsub, archives, admin addy) - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/GA/misc.html Just scroll down the page until you get to the section for this list. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx