If someone has access to the 1850-1860 Henry County censuses, would you please check to see if there is a Pearson/Person Messer with wife Arminda/Amanda listed? They could possibly have children: Alexandria, Mary A, James M and Carolina. By 1860, Julia should show up. thanks bunches, Kathy _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com

Kathy: I subscribe to Ancestry.com and did a search for Pearson/Person MESSER in both the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and did not find him indexed under that name. But I did find him in 1850 and 1870 by searching by his first name only - in both cases, his last name was mis-transcribed. Here's what I found: 1850 Henry County, Alabama, Southern District, p. 378B Person Messer (indexed as "Messen"), age 30, farmer, born in NC Amanda age 25, born in Ga. Alexandria age 6, born in Ala Mary A. age 4 born in Ala James M. age 2, born in Ala Caroline age 5/12, born in Ala 1870 Henry County, Alabama, Prec. 9, Abbeville P.O., p. 390 Person Messer (indexed as "Weser"), age 52, farmer, born in NC Amanda age 47, born in Ga. Polly age 21, born in Ala Emaline age 19 born in Ala Julia age 17, born in Ala Seaborn age 13, born in Ala Nora (?) age 10, born in Ala John age 8 born in Ala Jane age 6, born in Ala Mason age 1, born in Ala By the time of the 1880 census, Person had moved to Suwannee County, Florida: 1880 Suwannee Co., Florida, Dist. 146, p. 306 Messer, Person J. 62, farmer, born NC Arminda 56, wife, born in Ala. Noah 19, born in Ala. Jane 17, born in Ala. John 15, born in Ala. Martons(?) 10, born in Ala. (Arminda's birthplace was listed as Alabama, but the children's mother's birthplace was given as Georgia.) There was also a James Messer living with his family in Suwannee County in 1880. I assume this was Pearson and Arminda's son James M. (he had a 6 year old son named Pearson, most likely named after the boy's grandfather). Finally, I found the following cemetery record at www.rootsweb.com/~alhenry/Cem/pineygrove.htm (Submitted by Pat Long ) BROWN, Julia Ann - b. December 28, 1852 - d. April 4, 1927 [Died Headland Alabama the Daughter of Amanda Golder (born Alabama) and Pearson Messer (born Alabama) Informant for death certificate 6754 is Mrs. Henry Kirkland, This could be one of the 2 worn graves listed above] Hope this helps. By the way, my husband is a MESSER, whose ancestors were also from Henry County. So I assume he is somehow connected to Pearson Messer - but I have no idea how at this point, as I didn't have anyone by that name in our tree. If you know or learn anymore about Pearson's family, I would greatly appreciate your sharing that info with me. Thanks! Best regards, Janet >If someone has access to the 1850-1860 Henry County censuses, would you >please check to see if there is a Pearson/Person Messer with wife >Arminda/Amanda listed? They could possibly have children: Alexandria, Mary >A, James M and Carolina. By 1860, Julia should show up. >thanks bunches, >Kathy