Hello -- This is what some people call a fishing expedition. I hope I catch a good one! My great-great grandparents were John Roper Billingsley (descendent of Clement) and Martha J.D. Scott Billingsley. The 1860 Autauga Census (Kingston Beat) shows a Scott household at house 758 and at house 759. It shows John's family (father C.C. Billingsley) at house 811. John Billingsley and Martha Scott married in Autauga Co. in 1872; John was age 25 and Martha was age 16. Both died and were buried in Chilton Co. The occupants of house 758 were all named Scott: John (26 yrs, born AL), James (52 yrs, born NC), Martha (29 yrs, born NC), James (6 yrs, born NC), Martha (4 yrs, born NC), Carie (2 yrs, born NC), and Mary (<1 yr, born NC). Occupants of house 759 were all named Scott: a 50-year-old woman, two men in their 20's, one girl age 15, and one girl age 13. They were all said to have been born in SC. Questions: 1. Does anyone know anything about these Scotts? I believe the 4-year-old Martha is my ancestor, John Roper's wife. 2. I wonder if 52-year-old James and 29-year-old Martha were married and had just recently migrated into Autauga Co. (since baby Mary was born in NC). 3. I wonder if Martha was perhaps James's second wife, since he was 31 years older than she. 4. I wonder who 26-year-old John Scott was; he was born in AL 5. Was John a relation of James? 6. The marriage certificate for John Billingsley and Martha Scott says that John and Martha were married at "John Scott," which I take to mean "at the home of John Scott." Did house 758 belong to John (I need to look at the original census page to see about this)? 7. Were James and family staying with John until they found a place to settle? 8. What was the practice at that time when a family migrated to a new area? 9. Is it likely that the second houseful of Scotts, born in SC, was related to the first, most born in NC? 10. Did clans of families settle in nearby houses in early Autauga? 11. Is there any way to guess at the distance between house 758 and house 811? I suspect that John Billingsley and Martha Scott were neighbors in 1860, and then they married in 1872. Pat, in Texas