This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: iamflj Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carroll/4663.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Shannon, Thank you for that information. I found the Barnaby Curry/Mary Gibson family detailed on some other family trees. There were at least 11 children, some (including Lidia) born in South Carolina from 1802 to 1809 and the rest in Amite, Mississippi from 1811 to 1822. There is a Barnaby Curry on the 1820 federal census for Wilkinson, Mississippi. Mary Gibson Curry is on the 1850 census in Bossier, Louisiana (age 69), living with son Dudly and next to son Jacob, two of Lidia's brothers. There's a record in "Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935" of Lidia Curry marrying Ransom DEES (reported as DUS) in 1829 when she was 20 in Amite, Mississippi. They appear to be on the 1830 census there too, as DEES, with no children. I didn't find a record of Lidia later marrying John Carrol, though that is still possible since the first Carroll children were born when Lidia was 29. On the 1860 census in Bossier LA Lidia Carroll is listed as head with her children, including Emily, and there is also another Carroll family in the house -- R.C. Carrell 28 and Mahalo Carrell 23 (actually Anderson Rutherford Carroll and wife Mahala) and their three children. Anderson Rutherford is the son of Anderson Carroll, who appears to be roughly the same age as John Carrol. Anderson Carroll Sr. was in Amite, Mississippi at the same time as the Currys (1820 census) and in East Faliciana, Louisiana in 1840 (1840 census). Anderson Carroll Sr's wife was Elizabeth DEES (this is getting interesting). Her mother Charlotte DEES 66, also born in South Carolina, is on the 1850 census for East Feliciana, LA along with her grandchildren Anderson Rutherford Carrol and his two siblings. She died at 76 in 1860, the census year when Anderson Rutherford and his family have moved in with Lidia and her children. Maybe John and Anderson were brothers, or cousins, for the families to! be associated in this way. Maybe in time this will be more meaningful in understanding the Carroll history and ultimately Emily and Benjamin Johnson. If not, it's still interesting! Thanks again for your reply and information. Franklin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.