Tammy, This needs a lot more investigation, but I (personally) think that John Tyler Franklin may be the same person in the household of Lucy Simmons in the 1850 and 1860 census. In 1850 he was listed in the census as John, age 10, and in 1860, he was called Tylor, age 20. In neither census year was he named as Franklin, but perhaps didn't begin using his father's name until he married and had a need to give his legal name. If indeed, he is the same person shown as age 25 in 1870, he was shown in the 1860 census as Indian. I am sure you noticed that in the 1870 census, both Lucy and JT's son, William, were enumerated as Indian, but JT was not. Benjamin Franklin in 1850 Coosa County had a son named John whose age is a better match. He was 5 on the 1850 census, so would have been 25 in 1870 Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Tammy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:50 AM Subject: [AL-CEN] Franklin's /Simmon's Coosa County > I have a big puzzle. > In the 1870 Coosa county Alabama census there is a J.T. Franklin listed > with son William and housekeeper L. Simons{Simmons}.By the 1880 Coosa Census > I believe J.T. Franklin to be dead because William Franklin and Lucy > Simons{Simmons} age 85 are listed in the household of William Stubblefield > and wife Nancy.William Franklin is listed as William Stubblefields cousin > and Lucy Simons{Simmons} is listed as his grandmother.There were Franklin > aires{Elizabeth Kelley} that married a William Stubblefield earlier. So with > William Franklin being a cousin to a Stubblefield. > I'm trying to make the link to Benjamin Dekalb Franklin {grandfather to > Elizabeth Kelley who married a William Stubblefield }and my William > Franklin.{Note} There is a marriage between a John T. Franklin and a Selia > Dean in 1866 Coosa County Alabama . My William Franklin was born in 1867. > According to family stories William's dad was killed in Rockford Alabama for > his sheep.William Franklin was born in 1866-67. > William Franklin's dad was said to be full Indian. There is a William > Benjamin Franklin listed in the Guion Miller Roll.William's son James Tyler > Franklin looks like he is of Native American descent int the pics we have of > him. Thru family folklore William Franklin or his dad was a medicine man. > Please,any help, > my husband is not in good health and I promised him I would find his tree > before. > Tammy > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >