Cal, is this your John???? 1850 Darlington SC federal census: Page 581, lines 28-33, Dwelling and family number 560 Hugh Campbell age 32, laborer, born North Carolina Mariah Campbell age 30 b South Carolina (rest born SC) Dav'd or Dan'l Campbell age 8, male Susan Campbell age 5, female John Campbell age 3, male Hugh Campbell age 2, male I didn't find either of them in 1860.. Did you find them? They are both (Hugh & John) in Darlington county.. Different towns in 1880. In 1880 Hugh states he and his parents were born in SC.. I think this is lazyness on census taker's part. Hope this helps some Marge Cal Campbell <bbatdega@charter.net> wrote: Beth, I have almost all descendants of my g-grandfather John J Campbell, b. 1846/9 in SC (Darlington) and Cynthia Jane Elmore, b. Jan 1858 in Sumter/Darlington, SC, but I have found nothing on John J Campbell,'s parents or siblings. One census says his father was from NC and another states that he was from Ireland. There are no records on him in Darlington. Any help would be appreciated. If I can be of any help to you, let me know. Cal Campbell