This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GS.2ADI/399.458 Message Board Post: I'm not sure where Cherokee or Marion counties are located in Alabama. My grandmother was a Tennison -- her name was Mary and she was married to Vanderbilt Hamilton. They lived in Eclectic Alabama.