Posted on: Pike County, Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Pike/1617 Surname: Dorman ------------------------- Good morning, I found the following in the book, "The 1850 Census of Pike County, Alabama" copied by Dorothy Ann Folmar: #733__Farmer__($600) Dorman, Mason_______46___SC ________Rachel______41___NC ________James_______18___AL ________Hannah______15___AL ________Rachel______11___AL ________John*_______09___AL ________Elizabeth___07___AL ________Andrew______04___AL ________Cansada_____02___AL The following information came from: "ABSTRACTS FROM GENERAL ESTATE BOOKS 1-12 1823-1880 from Papers of the Pike County Historical and Genealogical Society of Troy, ALabama Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 1 & 2 1998" "DORMAN, JOHN A. , Guardiannship____________Book 9, Pages 831-837 On Mar. 23,1857 Isaac I Broxton was appointed guardian of John A. Dorman, minor heir at law of the estate of Mason Dorman, late of Covington Co., AL. Signing the bond as sureties were Jason Carlisle & Levi Freeman. Inventory of property of the minor was presented to Court on June 8, 1857. He had $228.03" This gives you the name of the father (Mason Dorman) of John A. Dorman, You might find the mother's name by checking the marriage records of Covington Co. AL. Wynnette