I'm looking for any information on a Henry Forrester or Foster born in Virginia about 1791, lived in Tennessee, died in Arkansas before 1860. Did he have a son named John who married a woman named Nancy about 1835? In 1850 Henry and the family of a son (?) was in Searcy Co., Arkansas. In 1860 remnants of this family were in Madison Co., Arkansas. It appears that Henry was dead by 1860. I haven't been able to locate any of the older boys after 1850. The daughter Milly/Millie presents an enigma. She retains the Foster name, but has a number of children. Did she marry a cousin or did she have children out of wedlock? Is this Henry Foster/Forrester the same as the Henry Foster who was in Monroe Co., Tennessee at least up until 1848 when the paper trail on him disappears? And, is he the same Henry Foster who was on the early Carroll Co. tax lists of 1840/2? And if Nancy's husband was named John (this from another unverified source) where was he in 1850? It appears that Nancy had 3 children between 1850-1860, so either John was still around, albeit not on a steady basis, or Nancy was having an extra-marital love life while retaining the Foster name. 1850 Searcy Co. Census, Campbell Twp. Henry Forrester 59 VA Nancy Forrester 29 TN Alfred Forrester 13 AR William Forrester 11 AR Mary Ann Forrester 9 AR Elizabeth Forrester 7 AR Milly Forrester 3 AR Joseph Forrester 1 AR (Of particular interest to me. Did he die young or is he the Joseph Foster on the 1860 Carroll Co. census? See below.) 1860 Madison Co. Census, Piney Twp. Nancy Foster 38 TN Mary Ann Foster 18 AR Elizabeth Foster 15 AR Milly Foster 13 AR Henry Foster 8 AR Harrison Foster 2 AR Rebecca Foster 2 AR 1860 Carroll Co. Census, Hickory Twp. David H. Garrett 32 TN Carpenter (a leter census says he was born in VA) Melissa P. Garrett 23 AL Alvin C. Garrett 5 AR Margaret M. 1 AR Joseph Foster 10 AR (Bound) Joseph Garrett 30 TN 1870 Madison Co., Piney Twp. Nancy Foster 68 f AR Henry 18 m AR Harrison 13 m AR Harrison 13 m AR (Should read Rebecca) 1880 Madison Co. census, Hickory Twp. Millie Foster 40 AR TN TN Carry 16 AR AR AR John 12 AR AR AR Bill 12 AR AR AR Ellen 8 AR AR AR Jane 6 AR AR AR Babe 2 AR AR AR