Dan, I'm afraid I don't have all the answers you requested, but I've found a few tidbits that might be helpful. The surname Chaffin does not appear in the 1850 Marion Co Federal census. 1860 Marion Co Federal census for Sugar Loaf Township. # 970 Kinsey Chaffin 30 b TN. Sophia 30 b TN. Haywood 6 b AR. Jackson 4 b AR. Lewis 1 b AR. The surname Chaffin does not appear in the 1870 Marion Co Federal census. A large percentage of the MCAR population went to Missouri as a result of the Civil War. 1880 Marion Co Federal census for Sugar Loaf Township. #319 Thomas Chaffin 29 farmer TN NC TN. Caledonia 29 wife TN TN TN. George W 7 son AR TN TN. William 4 son AR TN TN. Alice 1 dau AR TN TN. #333 Haywood Hudson 46 farmer TN VA NC. Clarissa 32 wife MO IL IL. Stephen Chaffin 19 boarder AT TN TN. #339 Leonidas Rainey 36 farmer TN TN TN. Emma 30 wife AL AL AL. Charles 7 son AR TN AL. Nettie 5 dau AR TN AL. Thomas 2 son AR TN AL. Lewis Chaffin 21 boarder AR TN TN. "Marion Co Marriage Records 1888-1896" by Marian Burnes & Vicki Roberts. Nancy L Chaffin aged 23 of Franklin Township m MCAR 1 Jan 1886 E M Lindley aged 20 of Franklin Township. W H Chaffin aged 37 of Lead Hill, Boone Co AR m MCAR 5 Nov 1891 M J Jenkins aged 22 of Sugar Loaf Township. "Marion Co Marriage Records 1896-1905" by Marian Burnes & Vicki Roberts. Ida Chaffin aged 20 of Dodd City m MCAR 7 Nov 1899 W H Aver aged 32 of Dodd City. Ella Chaffin aged 20 of Dodd City m MCAR 9 Nov 1904 Robert Lawhon aged 25 of Monarch. Liddie Chaffin aged 18 of Kingdon Spring m MCAR 15 Nov 1904 Manuel Duvall aged 24 of Dodd City. Bulah Chaffin aged 18 of Kingdon Spring m MCAR 12 Sep 1905 James Trease aged 18 of Kingdon Spring. "Marion Co AR 1890" by Helen McMindes (a reconstruction of the 1890 census). J M Chaffin is a taxpayer in Franklin Township 1890. L A [Louis A] Chaffin b Feb 1860 AR TN TN is a taxpayer in Crockett Township 1890. [Lewis, 21, is a boarder in the household of Leonidas & Emma Rainey in 1880 in Sugar Loaf Township. In 1900 Louis A 40 is married in James Creek Township.] Susan A wife b April 1870 MO KY MO. (m 16 yrs, 4 ch, 4 lvg as per 1900 census). Lydia B dau b March 1885 AR AR MO [m Manuel Duvall]. Buela M dau b Dec 1887 AR AR MO [m James Trease]. Jerry R son b Nov 1890 AR TN OH. S D [Stephen D] Chaffin b June 1861 AR TN TN is a taxpayer in Sugar Loaf Township 1890. [Stephen, 19, is a boarder in the household of Haywood & Clarissa Hudson in Sugar Loaf Township 1880. In 1900 he is married in Dodd City Township.] Sarah R wife b June 1867 MO MS KY. (m 1? yrs, 8 ch, 6 lvg as per 1900 census) Myrtle L b June 1884 AR AR MO. Edward G son b Sep 1887 AR AR MO. Fred G b Aug 1890 AR AR MO. My suggestion for further information on this family would be to go to county web pages and census records in Missouri. Because at least two of the children of Kinsey and Sophia married women born in MO would indicate some sort of tie with that state - probably escape from the Civil War horrors around here. I'd begin with the border counties that existed in 1860 and 1870 (Ozark & Taney) and move north into Greene Co. You might also look into Carroll Co records before 1869 and Boone Co AR aft 1869 (that's when Boone was created out of Carroll and a tiny strip of Marion). Both have web pages tht are linked to the Marion Co web page. The records for Marion Co prior to Aug 1887 were burned in the courthouse fire of that date. Every shred of paper was burned - totally. Federal records (US census, land, etc) and a few State records are all that remain to research. The writings of S C Turnbo, Ingenthron, Jeffreys, and Schoolcraft as well as the earliest issues of the Mountain Echo (began printing April 1886) are the closest we have to historical and genealogical facts before 1887. Sorry I couldn't come up with anything else. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask away. Guarantee nothing, but I'll do my best. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:33 AM Subject: Fw: Chaffin > Folks if I've already forwarded this to the list please just chalk it up to old age and over work <G>. Please respond directly to Dan Captkruts@aol.com > > Thanks > > Linda > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > MuskogeeCoOk: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmuskog > SurnameLists: H.A.A.S/H.A.S.S. L.E.W.A.L.L.E.N > ********************************************************** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: D Krutsinger > To: lhaasdav@mindspring.com > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:41 AM > Subject: Chaffin > > Dear Linda: > Could you please forward to me at Captkruts@aol.com the info you have on Kimsey Chaffin pg# 673 Sugar Loaf of the 1860 Marion Co. census I believe that he was my Great Great Grandfather and we are trying to confirm what his full name was and who all of his children were. It is thought at this time that KIMSEY was his middle name and that his full name was Elias Kimsey Chaffin and I need to confirm this. Thank for any help you might be able to provide. > > Dan H. Krutsinger