Yes, I believe you are right and not crazy. The Wilson family in East Texas, with over 14 family members (3 sons went as Rebel in civil war) do not appear in any 1870 census -- they are there in 1850 and 1860 and some members in 1880 (A. G. Wilson went to Warren, Bradely County and took his family). A lot of the land (from land grants that dated back to when Sam Houston brought the Wilson clan out from Alabama to Texas and Arkansas) disappeared. Only a small portion of land was left to be given to the sons, most having been taken by what my grandfather said were "carpetbaggers from the North." A lot of distrust of the North remained even during the time I was growing up in there in the 1960's. -----Original Message----- >From: bjw <jann_woodard@yahoo.com> >Sent: Jul 23, 2007 2:07 PM >To: arbradle@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ARBRADLE] 1870 census > >I know this will sound crazy, but do any of you have trouble trying to find families in the 1870 census? I have at least five different families that are in Bradley Co. in 1860 and are still there in 1880, but cannot locate them in 1870. I know this was during the reconstruction period and strange things happened, but five families? I do know lots of folks went to Texas during this time, quite a few folks were killed in regard to martial law etc., but I still want to know if any of you have come across this same thing. > > Jann > > >--------------------------------- >Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com