Mark, I have a copy of the DeKalb County census 1870. I have listed 3 households with Beck's. 21-21 BECK, Thomas, 60mw farmer 800/892 Tenn. Jane, 26fw k.h. Alabama Sarah T., 17fw Alabama. ARMSTRONG, M., 39w 200/118 Tenn. ARMSTRONG, Nancy, 16 fw Alabama. 23-23 BECK, William, 22mw on farm none/(?) Alabama Lydia A., 16fw k.h. Alabama 51-51 BECK, Lucinda, 56fw k.h. none/115 Tenn. HARTMAN, Prisella, 27 fw Alabama. I found no NIBLET'S listed though. Good luck. Sandy Owsley [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: [ALCHEROK] Emily Beck, Cherokee County Land Warrant, 1893 Dear List Members, I'm just back from another genealogical field trip up there, researching my Wood and Niblet lines, but unfortunately didn't find much of anything new or helpful. However, as I look over old photocopies of census records that I've made, I'm pretty sure I've identified an Emily Beck, in whose household my orphaned gggranduncle George A. Niblet was living in 1870 in Cedartown GA, as George's sister Emily Niblet, now apparently married to a man named Beck. However, since her husband doesn't appear in the household, he must have been dead, perhaps a Civil War casualty. Yesterday I located a land warrant for an Emily Beck, Cherokee County, AL, dated 1893. Since Emily's brother William moved to Cherokee County after 1870, it's quite possible that Emily did, too, and that this land record I've found is Emily Niblet Beck's. By the way, the legal land description is this: W1/2NW Section 6 Township 12-S, Range 12-E. Don't know just where that is, but it is in Cherokee Count! y.! Has anyone there in Cherokee County come across this name before and would be able to shed some light on the identity of this Emily Beck? Many thanks. --Mark