This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/1690.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My early information comes from a Genealogy "Samuel Sulser, Pioneer of Gadsden, Alabama and Allied Families" by Mildred S. Wright. In 1805 a Samuel "McColl" bought lots near Kingston, TN. In 1808, a Samuel "McCall" filed a homestead claim on White Oak Creek. In 1808 Samuel McCauley appears in Capt. Jesse Rather's company. There seem to have been two "Sam McCallie" in the county in 1830 - one south of the river, a male 30/40 with a boy under 5. The one north of the river, which would have been the present county of Roane had: a boy 10/15; 2 boys 15/20; boy age 20 a girl 5/10; 2 girls; 10-15; 2 girls 15-20; 2 girls 20/30 (Elizabeth). In 1840 the family moved to Dade Co.,a Ga. There appeared Samuel Carson with a wife 30/40 and Samuel McCauley 60/70. Samuel Carson married Elizabeth "Betsy" McCauley. They moved to DeKalb Co., Elizabeth appears in the 1850 census with no husband. (There is a will on file in DeKalb Co., AL. for Samuel Carson who died in the mid 1840's.) Elizabeth was age 44 in the 1850 census. Samuel and Betsy had the following children: Mary E; John (d. in Civil War); Caroline (md. Charles Lewis Driskill), William: Margaret E. Samuel was buried in White Hall Cemetery in DeKalb Co., AL. No dates appear on his stone. Your evaluation will be appreciated.