This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/855.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I read your posting. I am trying to find the surname of Esau Hartsell's first wife Elizabeth. I located Esau Hartsell in Cocke County, Tennessee in 1850: Family no. 360-- Esau Hartsell 30 male TN farmer Elizabeth 23 female TN Morris 4 male TN Isaphine 1 female TN Esau Hartsell was in Jackson Township, White County, Arkansas in 1860 and 1870. Both census records can be found on the White County, Arkansas Genealogy main page. The children's names varied somewhat. I decided that their children were: Morris 1846 Isaphine Susan 1849 Lawson 1852 Mary Mavis 1854 Sarah Martha 1856 Nancy 1859 James 1859