This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NEWBURY, VAUGHN, WARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TS.2ADE/1801.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I remembered this morning that I had forgot that Margaret was in the 1850 Wilcox County, Alabama household of Peter Christopher Newbury. Note that in this transcription Peter appears to be enumerated as P. E. NEWBURY. "1850 WILCOX COUNTY ALABAMA CENSUS ; p.798: 805 5 843 NEWBURY P. E. 43 M Farmer 4500 NC 805 6 843 NEWBURY Sarah 36 F MS 805 7 843 NEWBURY James 12 M AL X 805 8 843 MILSTED Mary A. 10 F AL 805 9 843 VAUGHN Margaret 12 M AL X 805 10 843 WOOD Charles 15 M AL X 805 11 843 WOOD Lawrence 13 M AL X 805 12 843 MCKEE James 22 M School Teacher AL 805 13 843 MARSHAL F. 19 M Student AL 805 14 843 HOLLOWAY Lewis 29 M Physician AL 805 15 843 HOLLOWAY Mary E. 17 F AL" I am glad to hear that there were two young daughters in Beckham's 1840 census household. I had wondered about Margaret's actual parentage. It is also interesting to note that HOLLOWAY's were in Peter's 1850 household and that a Margaret HOLLOWAY was a witness in the 7 May 1838 Abbeville District, S.C. Will of Samuel PERRYMAN, which also stated that Beckham VAUGHAN was taking care of his affairs in Lowndes County, Alabama. I don't know why Margaret was in Peter's 1850 household, but it looks like she and James must have been childhood sweethearts!