This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//QS.2ADI/473 Message Board Post: I am researching Spencer families who lived in Chickasaw and later Riveron from 1850-1900. I am trying to make connections back to thier families who came from TN and settled in Chickasaw before the 1850 census. Of interest are A.E Spencer, born 1824 in TN; Oliver E. Spencer, born 1826 in TN;, Jessee ( Jessey) Spencer born 1824 in TN. Also of particular interest is Thomas Spencer born 1833 in TN ( my gggrandfather) who owned the Spencer Hotel in Riverton, and operated the first public ferry from Riverton to Waterloo.