I just looked up some names in Fountain County IN. Land patents were granted to: Brice, Christina, Mary, and Samuel Carter 1850 census index: Amanda, Christina, Elizabeth, John M., Louisa, Martha, Samuel and Thomas. Some of these were children living with other families. Places of birth were PA, OH and IN. Marriages: Carter, Eliza Ann & Morehouse, Hirum 4-12-1845 " Cyrene & Keller, Lee 11-4-1839 " Elitha & Robinson, Morgan J. 12-23-1847 " John M.& Booe, Amanda 5-18-1850 " Joseph & Gallespy, Sarah 7-22-1841 " Lavinia & Horn, James 11-29-1838 " Mary M & Bruner, Jacob 9-28-1850 Sharla, I see you have the name HORN in your list of maternal ancestors. I'm not sure, but I think the Horn surname is connected to my Carters: Ruth Horn m. John Reffit 1811 in Madison County KY. John and Ruth might have been the parents of my James Carter's wife (Marguerite Reffett) >>>> > I see a lot of posts on Fountain, IN which makes me > wonder if these CARTER's are somehow connected to > those of IN. > > I'm also aware of Elon College in NC, however it was > not yet in existence at the time my Elon was born. > > Malatheall, no clue!! > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks for your time, > Sharla Linex > > Researching: Paternal: ALLISON, BOSTICK, BURDETTE, > EASTERLY, EPPINETTE, HORN, LENNOX/LENOX/LINEX, > WILLIAMSON > > Maternal: BRANCH, CALLAWAY, > CAMPBELL, CARTER, DEATS, DAWSON, HOLDEN, NICKS, > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com