In a message dated 02/09/2000 8:20:38 AM Central Standard Time, BRUCE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Children were: > Jefferson b. 1824, George b. 1830, Jane b.1833, Rufus > b. 1840,. James b. 1845 and possibly Catherine b. > 1852. Any ideas are welcomed. I can't help you on this Jackson Co., TN family except to caution you that William Bruce in Sumner Co had a son named Jefferson. This Jefferson Bruce was born about 1805, married Mary Wallace on 19 Sep 1832, and migrated to Mississippi in 1839. I have never found any evidence that the Jackson Co. Bruce family and this particular Sumner Co. Bruce family are related. It is believed that William Bruce's brothers James, Sr., and Robert were also in Sumner Co. for a few years in the 1790-1800-1810 period, and there were other Bruce families there as well who may or may not have been related. Joyce