This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bob15955 Surnames: BELCHER, HOLLEY, HORTON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.bibb/3761.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Annie, I was able to obtain a better copy of the 1900 census than perhaps you were (via Genealogy.com). The last line shows that your James Belcher was born in June 1849. Places of birth show AL VA Ireland [the only one that I really believe is VA] I have done quite a bit of work on this mystery and have concluded that your family did come to Bibb, AL from Tennessee and before that from Virginia. There is nothing yet that is absolute proof, only a likelihood. The link back to Tennessee and prior to Virginia is one Zach T. Belcher born TN Sep 1847. He was from a Belcher family from Gallatin, Sumner Co. TN; father William H. Belcher b. VA 1797, mother Elizabeth b. VA 1808. Zach had a brother James born TN 1849 Zach suddenly appears in the 1880 Bibb, AL census just about the time that your James married Henrietta Wallace. I am theorizing that both Zach and his brother James came to Alabama around 1880. James and Zach were in the Sumner TN census 1850 thru 1870, but they are no longer there in 1880. I am sending you a Word file to your e-mail address with the data I have been able to compile on your family. robert holley Miami, FL Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.