I am posting mine again also......... I have Columbus J "Lum" traced to 1910 just before he died.........I know this is my great granddaddy's (John) brother due to family that my granddaddy knew about..........I even have a death certificate of his oldest daughter......... the name Edward sure runs in my family..........my granddaddy was Edward Paul Howard b 1872 in middle Tn to John Howard.......... My goal is to find out who Dorcas was? Maybe an Armstrong? Find out more about Darling B? was this her husband........( from the other census, I think he was the only one in 1840 that would fit with the children) What happened to John listed in the 1850 and 1860 census living in the household of his mother, Dorcas.......... I found Columbus in Franklin Co in 1870 but have not found the rest of the family, not even Dorcas BUT 1880 in Williamson Co I find Dorcas living in the HH of son Columbus.......family 113 and living with family 105 is a Mahala J. Howard............sister? correct age? Thanks in advance for any help...........pj ALSO There is a Dorcas ARMSTRONG listed on the 1850 Coffee Census in the 12th Civil District ......there are several ARMSTRONGS listed such as ... John ARMSTRONG 47 Farmer b Ga with his wife and children Family 719 Then Family 720 is as follows Mary RUSSEL age 26 b Tn with several children and Darcas ARMSTRONG age 69 Female b NC......at first HOWARD was written but marked through and ARMSTRONG written above it....... Family 721 Dorcas HOWARD age 33 as head b Tn with her children living with her......... Family 722 I am not sure of the name but b Ga age 26 wife 25 b tn Family 723 William ARMSTRONG 40 b Ga and his wife and children I am sure that the Dorcas HOWARD is mine (was her husband Darling HOWARD listed in 1840 census?) I also want to know if maybe she had been an ARMSTRONG before she married a HOWARD? Surely there is someone out there researching either or ARMSTRONG or HOWARD .......... I can not get to Coffee Co..........I have not found much online to help me.......................thanks.........pj