This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEE, Joiner, Kirksey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/980 Message Board Post: I finally found my gg-gm Delila Joiner LEE in 1870. She was in Butler Co., Ala. in 1850 with her husband Bennett LEE and first three children. (#889) LEE, Bennett, age 30, farmer, born in NC; wife Delilah, age 25, born in NC, three children--Permelia, age 5; Elizabeth, age 3; and Lovie, age 1. Delila was in Conecuh Co., Ala. in 1860 with her husband: Rural Hill pg 1095 #998/961 LEE, Bennet, 45 years old, farmer from NC. wife Delilah, 36, born in AL. children Eliza, 13; Permelia, 11; Lovett, 10; George, 8; Lucinda, 6; Susannah, 4; and Lucy, 2. Bennett Lee died during the Civil War. 1870 Monroe County, Alabama Census Beat 3 Dennard's Bluff July 1, 1870 p. 452b 742/742 Delila LEE 45 f w Keeping House Alabama Lovet 20 m w Laborer 743/743 Lucinda 45(error???) Keeping house Susan 14 f w Lucy 11 Lorenzo 5 (Lonzo?) Frances 5 Kirksey, Jackson 40 m laborer North Carolina I'd love to know what happened to Delilah and her son Lovett/Lovie. I've found all the other children, but I can't find Lovett or his mother Delila in 1880 or afterward. Cheryll