Am attempting to fit together the family of David and Nancy Breedlove. After moving from Wilson Co., TN where they were married in 1810, to Simpson County, Kentucky where they are listed on the 1820-1850 census, it is unlikely we can ever prove who their children were. Both David who died before 1840 and Nancy in 1857 lived all of their adult lives in Simpson County where most of the records were destroyed in a fire. Ellen Byrne just sent me some information that shows that Warren Jackson Breedlove gave Simpson County as his place of birth so that now fits him into the above family and the only family of Breedlove's that were there when Warren and his brother Giles were born. The following is a synopsis of the 1820 to 1840 census listings for David with my best guesses for his children: 1820 1 Male under 10 Cornelius Vaughan 1812 1 Male under 10 Unknown M1 1813-1816 or 1817-1820 1 Male under 10 Warren Jackson 18 Jan 1817 1 Female under 10 Unknown F1 1810-1820 1 Female under 10 Unknown F2 1810-1820 1 Female under 10 Unknown F3 1810-1820 1 Female under 10 Unknown F4 1810-1820 1830 1 Male under 5 Unknown M2 1826-30 1 Male under 5 Giles Sep 1825 1 Male 5 - 10 Thomas M. 1822 1 Male 10 - 15 Warren Jackson 18 Jan 1817 1 Male 10 - 15 Unknown M1 1813-1816 or 1817-1820 1 Male 15 - 20 Cornelius Vaughan 1812 1 Female under 5 Unknown F5 1825-1830 1 Female 5 - 10 Unknown F6 1820-1825 1 Female 5 - 10 Unknown F7 1820-1825 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1815 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1815 1840 1 Male 5 - 10 David Wallace 1833 1 Male 15 - 20 Giles Sep 1825 1 Male 15 - 20 Thomas M. 1822 1 Female under 5 Unknown F8 1835-1840 1 Female 10 - 15 Unknown F5 1825-1830 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F6 or F7 1820-1825 1 Female 20 - 30 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1820 1850 widow Nancy is listed with only one child David W. age 17. Note that before the 1830 census two of the four unknown daughters either died or were married and that a third one of these four either died or married before 1840. Unknown daughter F6 or F7 died or married before 1840 along with Unknown sons M1 and M2. Cornelius married in 1836 so he is not in the household. Evidently Warren Jackson has left home seeking his fortune after his father David died. I have only a few clues as to the identity of the eight daughters. One could be a Mary Breedlove b 1836/7 who married a John Stewart. One could be an Ann (or Nancy) Breedlove who married an A. C. Harris, and another could be a Sarah Frances Breedlove b 1837 who married a G. C. Turner. These three families lived in Simpson County and the wives are listed in Vital Records as having children in the 1850's. There is a Harriett Breedlove b 1819 living in Logan County next door to Simpson in 1850 who may be the last female 20-30 from the 1840 census. There are also two children, David Decatur Breedlove b 1844 and Virginia S. Breedlove b 1843 living in other households in Logan County in 1850, so Harriett could be the widow of Unknown M1 who has already died before 1850, leaving these two children. As to the two unknown sons, there are several possibilities. One could be the Milton Breedlove b 1814 and the Nathan b 1812 who lived next to each other in Kansas and Missouri on two censuses. I had placed them both as sons of Martin and Elizabeth Carr, but Nathan may be the son of Martin while Milton is the son of David. There is also a John Breedlove b 1828 KY living in Wisconsin in 1850 that may be Unknown M2. I have communicated with descendants of all five of the known sons so hopefully there are some more family stories out there that can help piece this family together. Working in a county where most records were burned is not very fruitful. You have to use every little scrap of data you can find and hopefully get enough pieces to make the puzzle somewhat clearer. I'll never get all of the pieces but at least I've tried. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. Tom