This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/1697.2 Message Board Post: Interesting conflict in the 1870 Census index that bears further research in the actual microfilm. John, Rebecca, Mary M., and Amanda are in household 171, Spadra Township. However, Mary is shown as b. AL, rather than Arkansas as stated in 1880. If 1870 is correct, you are looking for a family startup in Alabama. If 1870 is wrong, then the family startup was Arkansas. The pension application becomes more interesting, as it will often tell marriage date an place. 1900 Census might also help, although Mary is likely married and gone from home by then.