This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/4.108.112.310.331.329.359.360.2 Message Board Post: Andrew Joseph Plunkett is NOT the son of John Plunkett and Jemina Moore. He appears to be the son of JAMES Plunkett whom I believe is the BROTHER of John. James was only enumerated on the 1830 St. Clair Co. AL census before he disappears. He had four children one of which would be Andrew Joseph. There were 2 females and 1 male who have not been identified. Apparently, James' wife died and he remarried 23 Nov 1831 to Lisheba MOORE. She most likely is related to Jemina Moore. They had at least two children--James born 1832 who married Rhoda (unknown) and Dyer born 1838 who married Henrietta Laster. Then it appears that James, himself, died and Lisheba PLUNKETT married George Butler 22 Feb 1843. It can only be assumed that neither of them lived to appear on the 1850 census. Dyer is an orphan in 1850 and Thomas King appiled to the court to become his guardian. Thomas King apparently was a neighbor. The reason that John Plunkett is not the father of Andrew Joseph, James, and Dyer is proven by the 1830 St. Clair Co. AL census. He has TWO males and TWO females listed. They are 1. Sarah b. 1823 m. Joshua Box. 2. Thomas born 1825 m. Jershua McCoy. 3. Margaret born 1829 m. Ezekiel Sandlin. 4. Jonathan born 1829 (a twin to Margaret. There were no other children listed. These four children are all found living in Marion Co. AL on the census along with John Plunkett and Jemina Moore. Therefore, Andrew is NOTt a son of John. Later, we find Andew and James living together in Jefferson and Marshall Cos. AL which tends to show that they are indeed half-brothers.