In response to Cindy Dickinson of Springdale, AR: The ages and childrens' names in this MS family line up almost perfectly with your Alfred Barger. Do you have any locations other than the NC place of birth for Alfred & Annie? I will dig deeper. Copied from 1850 U.S. Census, Noxubee County, MS Page 219, #131 ALFRED E. BARGER Age 37, Farmer, $800, birthplace, NC Others listed in household: 1. Annis (?), 35, NC 2. Sarah C., 15, TN 3. Martha, 11, TN 4. Nancy E., 6, MS 5. Susan C., 5, MS I am not sure if, or exactly how, this family is related by my family which came from Rowan County, NC, then lived in Henderson Co., TN. But some of my people lived in Tippah Co., MS in 1850, through the first part of the war, and returned to Henderson Co., TN after the war. My gr-uncle George had a son named Alfred Ernest Barger, and considering that they tended to name children after kinfolk, I suspect some relationship. What more do you have on your Alfred Barger family? Susan Barger Donahue bargerhaus@msn.com suzid@tripod.net